Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Monday, Dec 22, 2008
ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version
Google



Sport
News: ePaper | Front Page | National | Tamil Nadu | Andhra Pradesh | Karnataka | Kerala | New Delhi | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous | Engagements |
Advts:
Retail Plus | Classifieds | Jobs | Obituary |



Sport - Cricket Printer Friendly Page   Send this Article to a Friend

Comfortable victory for Mumbai

MUMBAI: Wasim Jaffer and Ajinkya Rahane guided Mumbai to a comfortable victory over Punjab in the seventh round of the Ranji Trophy Elite League Group ‘A’ tie on Sunday.

Chasing a target of 149 after the visitor was bowled out for 382 on the fourth morning, the former India opener and prolific Rahane feasted on the attack to finish the job around lunchtime.

Earlier, Uday Kaul had remained unbeaten on 136 as Mumbai ended Punjab’s resistance early on the fourth morning at the Brabourne Stadium, the 19-run addition to the team total coming off the left-hander’s bat.

Mumbai took its tally to 31 and top the Group ‘A’ at the end of seven games. The scores:

Punjab — 1st innings: 202

Mumbai — 1st innings: 436

Punjab — 2nd innings: S. Sohal b Verma 51, K. Goel lbw b Verma 26, R.I. Singh c Samant b Powar 33, P. Dharmani c Nayar b Powar 34, U. Kaul (not out) 136, A. Kakkar c Samant b Malvi 58, C. Madan b Sharma 32, G. Singh c Chavan b Powar 1, A. Singh c Rahane b Chavan 0, S. Ladda (run out) 0, V. Khanna c Samant b Malvi 0. Extras (b-1, lb-7, nb-3) 11. Total (in 97 overs) 382.

Fall of wickets: 1-71, 2-84, 3-124, 4-169, 5-276, 6-331, 7-340, 8-341, 9-371

Mumbai bowling: R. Powar 32-2-154-3, A. Chavan 21-4-59-1, U. Malvi 15-2-48-2, R. Shaikh 9-1-53-0, R. Verma 13-4-42-2, A. Nayar 6-1-17-0, R. Sharma 1-0-1-1.

Mumbai — 2nd innings: V. Samant lbw b A. Singh 13, W. Jaffer (not out) 52, A. Rahane (not out) 82. Extras (b-3, lb-1) 4. Total (for one wkt. in 27.1 overs) 151.

Fall of wickets: 1-21

Punjab bowling: G. Singh 6-2-20-0, A. Singh 6-2-24-1, V. Khanna 7-0-37-0, S. Ladda 5-0-29-0, A. Kakkar 3.1-0-37-0. — Special Correspondent

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail



Sport

News: ePaper | Front Page | National | Tamil Nadu | Andhra Pradesh | Karnataka | Kerala | New Delhi | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous | Engagements |
Advts:
Retail Plus | Classifieds | Jobs | Obituary | Updates: Breaking News |


Sportstar Subscribe


News Update



The Hindu Group: Home | About Us | Copyright | Archives | Contacts | Subscription
Group Sites: The Hindu | The Hindu ePaper | Business Line | Business Line ePaper | Sportstar | Frontline | Publications | eBooks | Images | Ergo | Home |

Copyright © 2008, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu