Shreyas slams ton but Tamil Nadu gain 3pts from draw
Mumbai, Oct. 27: Talented Mumbai batsman Shreyas Iyer with an attacking 138 stole the show on the final day on Friday as the team’s Ranji Trophy Group C match against Tamil Nadu petered out to a draw at the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC here.
Iyer’s 11th first-class ton and his 187-run partnership with opener Akhil Herwadkar, who made 132, saw Mumbai make 371/5 before declaring in the second innings after conceding a 76-run lead to the visitors.
Tamil Nadu had posted 450 in reply to Mumbai’s first innings total of 374. The game ended with Mumbai’s declaration. Tamil Nadu got three points while the home side had to settle for one.
Resuming at the overnight 85/1, Iyer continued with his attacking ways and played some delightful shots. He was not afraid to go for the big hits and finished with nine sixers.
After dominating the Tamil Nadu bowlers, he was finally run out by K. Vignesh. Having conceded the lead, Mumbai had an uphill task at hand to force the pace and go for a result and Iyer’s splendid ton provided 425/9 decl. & Jharkhand 81/0 (Kishan 46*). Points: Jharkhand 7, Haryana 0. At Trivandrum: Kerala 335 & 250/4 decl. (Saxena 105, Samson 72, Sachin Baby 30) bt Rajasthan 243 & 211 in 83.4 overs (Bist 70, Lomror 53, Bishnoi 35, Joseph 5/84). Points: Kerala 6, Rajasthan 0. 132, Lad 40, Yadav 32) drew with Tamil Nadu 450. Points: Tamil Nadu 3, Mumbai 1.