Mumbai v Gujarat - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kumar-Shri-Ranjitsinhji-c71870 Trophy - Group A – Day 3 – Live Score and Update
Gujarat 244 and 159/5 (53.5 ov) v Mumbai 447 - Gujarat trail by 44 runs with 5 wickets remaining
Mumbai are in a confident position against Gujarat, as the latter trail by 44 runs with five wickets remaining in their second innings in reply to Mumbai’s huge first innings score of 447, at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai.
After bowling-out Gujarat for 244 before the end of the first day, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 batsmen had a blast on this wicket, as they punished the bowlers on the second day, ending with 323 for five.
They were now in a better position and aiming to continue their onslaught on the third day to put their opponents under considerable pressure.
Resuming their innings, SA Yadav and AM Nayar led their side towards 357, before the former was trapped in front of stumps by KD Patel after bolstering 42 runs.
A run later, Mumbai lost their next batsman when AA Chavan was given lbw without opening his account.
AM Nayar and DS Kulkarni then grabbed hold of the situation, as they two batsmen halted the bowlers, keeping the scoreboard ticking.
The batting pair took the score to 396, before DS Kulkarni lost his wicket after scoring 22 runs.
With Nayar unbeaten on 72, Mumbai were bowled-out for 447 runs, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gujarat-c787’s RB Kalaria and KD Patel caused enough problems to share three wickets each.
It was now imperative for Gujarat to give a strong performance in their second innings to subdue their opponents.
However, their plans went awry when they lost their first wicket with only 13 runs on the board as opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319 after scoring only 12 runs.
The second-wicket partnership between SB Gohel and BH Merai was commendable, as the two took the score to 59, before the latter fell after bolstering 24 runs off 53 deliveries.
It was then time for skipper, PA http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huzefa-Mohammed-Patel-c63657, to take the field; however, with only 63 runs on the scoreboard, Gohel was clean-bowled by Chavan with 27 runs to his name.
With MC Juneja unbeaten on 39, Gujarat ended the day with 159 runs on the board for the loss of five wickets.
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