Milestone alert: Jalaj has to his title 100 wickets at St.Xavier’s College.
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A becalmed and dutiful accumulation by Mumbai batters on a pitch which is quick turning to be a spinner’s ally left Kerala with a frightening job of chasing 327 for a win within the Ranji Trophy match on the St.Xavier’s school floor right here on Sunday.
The makeshift opening pair of Jalaj Saxena (12 batting) and Rohan Kunnummal (12 batting) had solutions throughout the brief passage of play within the remaining session. But the ultimate examination on Kerala’s batting talents might be on Monday and on a pitch the place eight second innings wickets fell to spinners.
Jalaj accomplished a private milestone by taking 100 wickets on the venue, and it rubbed on to his batting as he crossed double figures for the primary time on this collection. At stumps, Kerala was 24 for no loss and nonetheless has a mountain to climb.
Earlier, the in a single day pair of Jay Bista and Bhupen Lalwani performed unhurriedly and prolonged the opening wicket stand to 149. The hard-working M.D. Nidheesh shocked Bista (73) with steep bounce and was caught behind by Sanju Samson.
Bhupen (88) was upright and stroked the ball with class however he was overwhelmed and bowled by a ball from Shreyas Gopal which saved a tad low. Mumbai went into the lunch at 197 for 2.
The pitch modified its character after lunch below the blazing solar. There was adequate assist for the spinners and Jalaj discovered his rhythm. He snared captain Ajinkya Rahane (13) with a supply that bounced, forcing the batter to fend a catch to leg slip. Suved Parkar (14) and Shivam Dube (1) left in fast succession as Mumbai slumped to 226 for 5.
However, tenacious batting by the decrease order propped up the Mumbai innings once more, leaving Kerala pissed off.
P.Y. Pawar (35) and Shams Mulani (30) punished the free deliveries so as to add 32 runs for the sixth wicket earlier than Nidheesh cleaned up the previous.
Jalaj breached Tanush Kotian’s defences however Mohit Avasthi (32) counter-attacked and together with Mulani added 37 runs for the eighth wicket. Sachin Baby took a shocking catch at brief leg to dismiss Mulani off Shreyas Gopal. The leg spinner then prised out Dhawal Kulkarni (5) and had Mohit caught within the deep, slogging to finish the innings for 319.
Mumbai-1st innings: 251.
Kerala-1st innings: 244.
Mumbai-2nd innings: Jay Bista c Samson b Nidheesh 73, Bhupen Lalwani b Gopal 88, Ajinkya Rahane c Vishnu b Jalaj 13, Suved Parkar c Baby b Jalaj 14, P.Y. Pawar b Nidheesh 35, Shivam Dube c Samson b Jalaj 1, Shams Mulani c Baby b Gopal 30, Tanush Kotian b Jalaj 3, Mohit Avasthi c Thampi b Gopal 32, Dhawal Kulkarni c Vishnu b Gopal 5, Royston H. Dias not out 0. Extras (b-8, lb-10, w-1, nb-3): 2 Total (in 97.4 overs): 319.
Fall of wickets: 1-148, 2-189, 3-205, 4-220, 5-226, 6-258, 7-265, 8-302, 9-314.
Kerala bowling: Thampi 16-3-47-0, Jalaj 31-5-80-4, Nidheesh 22.2-4-59-2, Shreyas 24.4-1-82-4, Suresh 3.4-0-33-0.
Kerala- 2nd innings: Rohan S. Kunnummal batting 12, Jalaj Saxena batting 12; Total (for no loss in six overs): 24.
Mumbai bowling: Kulkarni 3-0-16-0, Mulani 3-0-8-0.
Source: www.thehindu.com
