da pixbet： Mumbai, continuing their good show in group A, had Rajasthan in a spotof bother at stumps on the second day of their Ranji Trophy SuperLeague match at the Wankhede stadium on Sunday
05-Mar-2000Mumbai, continuing their good show in group A, had Rajasthan in a spotof bother at stumps on the second day of their Ranji Trophy SuperLeague match at the Wankhede stadium on Sunday. After scoring 336 intheir first innings, they dismissed nine Rajasthan batsmen for 224runs at close.The Rajasthan bowlers did well in the morning to restrict Mumbai whowere 280 for five when they resumed their innings. Medium pacerKrishnakumar was in the forefront taking three of the five wicketsthat fell in the morning to finish with four for 69.However when it was Rajasthan’s turn to bat, they came a cropperagainst the bowling of medium pacer SR Saxena who ended the day withfigures of five for 53. In the process he surpassed his previous bestRanji figures of four for 61 against Maharashtra. A defiant 83 byskipper Gagan Khoda provided the silver lining. Khoda opened thebatting and batted three hours before he was sixth out at 149. Hefaced 122 balls and hit ten fours and a six. With RJ Kanwat (16)Khoda added 55 runs for the second wicket off 8.2 overs. Then withSanjeev Sharma (33) he figured in a sixth wicket partnership of 74runs off 21.3 overs. RB Jhalani (32) and JK Sharma (21 not out) keptthe innings afloat till stumps with a ninth wicket stand of 33 runsoff 10.1 overs. But Mumbai are in a position to call the shots fromnow on.