Madhya Pradesh v Mumbai – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kumar-Shri-Ranjitsinhji-c71870 Trophy, 2012/13 (Group A) – Match Update – Mumbai clinch narrow 7-run win
Zaheer Khan and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Madhya-Pradesh-c809, in their Group A match during the ongoing Ranji Trophy, played at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore, from December 22 to 25.
MP had kicked the match off by winning the toss and choosing to field first on day one. Ishwar Pandey (27.2-7-54-6) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anand-Rajan-c44173 (25.3-9-70-3) were both impressive, but a handful of solid performances from the Mumbai batsmen got them up to a first innings
total of 304, after which they were all out. Kaustubh Pawar remained not out on 111, and the innings hinged mostly on his performance. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aditya-Tare-c932 (42) chipped in with useful contributions, and Mumbai posted a total
of 304, after which they were all out.
MP’s innings, in comparison, was not as effective, with Nayar (16-2-46-3), http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Udit-Alok-Birla-c94563 (27) and wicketkeeper
batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Naman-Ojha-c2057 (26) were the only other ones who managed to pass the 20-run mark. The rest remained ineffective, and MP were restricted, all out, to a first innings total of 244.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wasim-Jaffer-c96307 (67) and Nayar (62*) were the most effective batsmen, while Tare (42) chipped
in with a decent score. Combined, their efforts got Mumbai up to a good total of 250 after which they declared, and the team set MP a final target of 311 to chase.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jalaj-Saxena-c1632 top-scored with a fighting
128, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ankit-Sharma-c1053 (30) chipped in with small scores. However, they failed to make much of an impact in the end, and Nayar took the last two batsmen out of the game to cut MP off at 303, all out – 7 runs short of the target.
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