http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 – 1st Day’s Update
Madhya Pradesh 192 v Mumbai 70/5 (33.0 ov) - Mumbai trail by 122 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
On the first day of the third quarterfinal in the ongoing Ranji Trophy Elite, Mumbai trail by 122 runs with five wickets in hand against Madhya Pradesh in their first innings at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore.
On Monday, January 02, 2011 after winning the toss, Mumbai chose to field first in the four-day game to restrict their rivals from posting a daunting total in their first innings.
Mumbai made early inroads by grabbing their first wicket before the batting side could register a run, as opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zafar-Ali-c98403 walked off the field with nil.
However, Madhya Pradesh recovered well from the early loss as opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Naman-Ojha-c2057 and number-three batsman Mohnish Mishra forged an impressive partnership against their rivals.
The duo hammered 54 runs together, before suffering the loss of another wicket when Mishra was removed by medium-pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kshemal-Makarand-Waingankar-c71817, on 33 runs.
Later, Mumbai saw the back of Ojha, who lost his wicket after hammering an innings of 23 runs. At the time of his wicket, Madhya Pradesh had amassed 61 runs on the board.
While, the rest of the Madhya Pradesh batsmen failed to give an eye-catching performance, it was the belligerent knock of 63 runs by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Udit-Alok-Birla-c94563 that helped his side post 192 runs at the end of their first innings.
From Mumbai, pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dhawal-Kulkarni-c1367 incinerated the opposition by taking five wickets in his 23 overs.
Coming out to bat, Mumbai also suffered a batting collapse as the batsmen failed to play big innings against a decent bowling attack by Madhya Pradesh.
On 26 runs, Mumbai lost their first wicket, which triggered a batting meltdown and saw half of the batting line-up back in the pavilion in a matter of minutes.
At stumps, Mumbai could bolster only 70 runs for the loss of five wickets, with Kaustubh Pawar unbeaten on 30 runs and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hiken-Shah-c1550 standing on just a run.
From Madhya Pradesh, pacers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Murtaza-Ali-c78072 grabbed two wickets each.
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