Iyer, Shaw hit blistering centuries in Mumbai win
Shreyas Iyer and Prithvi Shaw hit blistering hundreds to help Mumbai pile on 400 for five in 50 overs and defeat Railways by 173 runs on Sunday to record a third successive win in the Vijay Hazare Trophy here.
After opting to bat, it was a dominant show from Mumbai. Iyer (144 in 118 balls) and Shaw (129 in 81 balls) punished a listless Railways attack.
After that, they bundled out the opposition for 227 in 42.4 overs, with Shams Mulani returning with figures of 3-26.
Mumbai is only the second side in domestic cricket to record 400 or more after Madhya Pradesh’s 412/6 versus Railways in 2010.
After Mumbai skipper Ajinkya Rahane (3) departed early, it was the Iyer-Shaw duo which stole limelight at the famed M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
While Iyer smashed eight fours and 10 sixes, teen-sensation Shaw had 14 fours and six other hits over the fence.
The two conjured a 161-run stand for the second wicket to lay foundation for a big total.
The 18-year-old Shaw, who missed a hundred by a whisker in the first game, completed his maiden List-A century for Mumbai. And it just took 61 balls for the right-handed Shaw to reach it.
After Shaw departed, Iyer continued the onslaught before being caught by Harsh Tyagi off Anureet Singh.
Experienced Suryakumar Yadav (67) and Siddhesh Lad (30 not out) helped Mumbai reach the 400run mark.
It was an uphill task for Railways and they were never in the fray. They kept losing wickets at regular intervals before being bundled out for 227.
Railways skipper Saurabh Wakaskar (48), Prashant Awasthi (41) and Ankit Yadav (35 not out) showed some resistance, but that wasn’t enough to take the side home.
In the first two games, Mumbai had defeated Baroda by nine wickets and Karnataka by 88 runs, respectively. In the other two Elite Group A matches, Himachal Pradesh put on a splendid performance to outclass Goa by four wickets in a low-scoring match at Alur.
Riding on Ankit Bawne’s unbeaten hundred and Satyajeet Bachchav’s five-wicket-haul, Maharashtra defeated Punjab by 94 runs in Bengaluru.
Brief scores:
At Bengaluru: Mumbai 400 for 5 in 50 overs (S Iyer 144, P Shaw 129, Anureet Singh 3-73) won against Railways 227 all out in 42.4 overs (S Wakaskar 48, P Awasthi 41, S Mulani 3-26) by 173 runs. At Alur: Goa 148 all out in 45 overs (D Misal 30, A Verma 29, A Jamwal 4-25) lost to Himachal Pradesh 152/6 in 32.1 overs (P Chopra 65, P Khanduri 47 not out, A Pandrekar 3-44) by four wickets.
At Bengaluru: Maharashtra 281/5 in 50 overs (A Bawne 100 not out, N Shaikh 60, M Markande 2-41) won against Punjab 187 all out in 40.3 overs (S Gill 36, M Vohra 27, S Bachchav 5-54) by 94 runs.
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