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With Team India’s Test series against England over on Saturday, where the hosts won by an innings and 64 runs in Dharamsala to clinch the five-match contest 4-1, former India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar focused his attention on the final of the Ranji Trophy, which is underway at the Wankhede stadium between Mumbai and Vidarbha. And the batting legend was left disappointed by Mumbai’s batting performance in the match as the home team suffered a middle-order collapse, which included another failure from captain Ajinkya Rahane and Shreyas Iyer.
Put into bat first, openers Prithvi Shaw and Bhupen Lalwani got Mumbai off to a promising start with an 81-run stand before Yash Thakur broke the stand by dismissing the latter, while Harsh Dubey got rid of the former a few more overs late, leaving the hosts. at 89 for two in 22.2 overs. Mumbai then fell to four down for 99 runs before lunch, with Umesh Yadav sending Iyer packing in another dismal display from the India batsman, while Rahane’s poor run continued with a dismissal for just 7 off 35 in the second over. Day 1 session.
Mumbai’s middle order, therefore, collapsed from 89 for two to 111 for six in a space of 97 balls as Vidarbha came back into the match to emerge on top.
While Sachin praised the response of the visiting players, he criticized Mumbai’s “normal batting” performance in his social media post. He wrote, “After a good start, @MumbaiCricAssoc batsmen played normal cricket. On the other hand, Vidarbha have kept things simple and put pressure on Mumbai. I am sure there will be many exciting sessions in this game as the match develops. The wicket is grassed but the ball will spin and help the spinners as the game progresses. Vidarbha will be happy with the way they got back into the game after a solid partnership in the Mumbai openers. The first session belonged to Vidarbha.”
Despite the collapse, Shardul Thakur fought a lone battle against Vidarbha with his unbeaten knock of 58 that left Mumbai at 202 for eight at Tea.
This was the second time Thakur looked to rescue Mumbai after his stunning knock of a century in the semi-final match against Tamil Nadu last week.
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