Mumbai surrender to Vinay’s pace
RANJI TROPHY Karnataka pacer grabs six wickets to bundle out former champions for 44, their second-lowest innings total
BANGALORE: Mumbai touched a new low as they were bundled out for 44, their second-lowest innings total in the history of Ranji Trophy, in the semifinal against Karnataka that saw a staggering 21 wickets fall by the wayside on the first day here.
Pace spearhead R Vinay Kumar bagged six wickets to help Karnataka skittle out the 40-time winners for a paltry total at the M Chinnaswamy stadium.
Abhishek Nayar did not come into bat as he underwent medical treatment after suffering an injury during Karnataka’s first innings. At stumps, Karnataka were struggling at 10 for two in their second innings with a lead of 168 runs with eight wickets in hands.
The hosts had made 202 in their first innings, before Vinay Kumar (6/20) performed the TOTAL 21 22 23 23 23 TEAM Hyderabad Southern Punjab Sind Jammu & Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir
demolishing act on Mumbai.
When the stumps were drawn, night-watchman Abhimanyu Mithun was batting on 4 while Ravi Kumar Samarth was yet to open his account.
Uthappa and K L Rahul made four and two, respectively before they were picked by Mumbai’s star bowler Shardul Thakur and Balwinder Singh Sandhu.
Opting to bat, Karnataka made 202 all out in their first innings with Robin Uthappa AGAINST Rajasthan Northern India Southern Punjab Delhi Haryana SEASON 2010/11 1934/35 1938/39 1960/61 1977/78
top-scoring with 68 runs and was ably supported by Manish Pandey (34), who stitched a crucial partnership of 81-run for the third wicket after the hosts were in trouble at 34 for two.
The Mumbai side bettered their previous lowest score of 42 all out against Gujarat in 197778 Ranji Trophy season.
BRIEF SCORES: Karnataka 202 (Robin Uthappa 68; Shardul Thakur 4/61) & and 10/2 vs Mumbai 44 (Vinay Kumar 6/20)