RANJI REPORT MUMBAI VS PUNJAB
TWISTS & TURN AT THE WANKHEDE
Chavan’s 9-23 Gives Punjab The Jitters
Mumbai: It was a Tuesday that Mumbai’s left-arm spinner Ankeet Chavan will not forget in a hurry.
From
watching his team sweat under the burden of having to chase a mountain
of runs, he turned Punjab’s second innings affair at the Wankhede
Stadium here into a molehill, bringing the tabletoppers to the brink of a
shocking defeat against Mumbai in the Group ‘A’ Ranji Trophy league
tie.
Nine
Punjab wickets fell to Chavan’s left-arm guile in their second innings
on Tuesday afternoon, triggering an unthinkable collapse that put Mumbai
back in the game with the thought of an improbable victory playing on
their minds. With a bit more time on hand, a victory could have been
achieved.
Coming into Tuesday, Mumbai were 216 runs short of
Punjab’s mammoth first innings total of 580, but dramatically fell short
by 95 runs after losing three middle-order wickets for just one run.
Rohit Sharma, batting overnight on 163, walked out and completed his
double ton but he would be extremely disappointed at surrendering three
points for the first innings lead.
However, just when it seemed
that there wouldn’t be any further drama and a dull draw was expected,
Chavan bowled a dream spell to wreck an in-form Punjab batting order in
their second outing. With the exception of Amitoze Singh caught off
Ramesh Powar’s bowling, the remaining nine Punjab batsmen, beginning
with the openers, failed to negotiate Chavan as they were dismissed
either caught behind or were caught at slip.
It was an aberration of sorts for a team whose batting exploits have been the flavour of this Ranji season.
Punjab’s lame 59 meant Mumbai were back in the game,
staring at an unlikely target of 155 runs in 11 overs. The hosts opened
with the aggressive Abhishek Nayar and Sharma and they made their
intent clear immediately. Punjab pushed their fielders in the deep as
Sharma slammed three sixes until he was caught at long-on for a brisk
28. Mumbai lost their second wicket soon, in Aditya Tare, and by then,
the hosts were way short of time and overs to score another 106 runs off
42 deliveries.
The victory, that could’ve been the season’s most astonishing, never came.
Chavan,
who has 38 wickets to show from 11 first-class matches, managed nine of
them right here with what looked like a combination of luck, pluck and
bowling the right line and length.
It was his first five-wicket haul in the Ranji Trophy which earned him a total of 12 wickets in this nerve-wracking game.
Top-ten bowling figures in Ranji Trophy Ankeet Chavan’s nine-wicket
haul (9-23) is the best-ever figures by a Mumbai bowler in the Ranji
Trophy. This is only the second instance, the first being 9-38 by
Raghunath Wadkar way back in 1937-38. Besides, Ravi Shastri had a
nine-wicket haul for Mumbai, but that was in the Irani Trophy match in
1981-82. Here’s a list of top ten bowling figures in Ranji Trophy:
10-20: P Chatterjee Bengal vs Assam, Jorhat 1956/57 10-78: P Sunderam Raj vs Vidarbha, Jodhpur 1985/86 9-23: A Chavan Mum vs Punjab, Mumbai 2012-13 9-25: S Hyder Ali Railways vs J&K, Delhi 1969/70 9-29: F Shaikh Goa vs Services, Delhi 2002/03 9-31: Madan Lal Delhi vs Haryana, Delhi 1979/80 9-34: T Gyaneshwar Delhi vs J&K, Delhi 1961-61 9-35: VB Ranjane Maha vs Sau, Khadakvasla 1956/57 9-38: RR Wadkar Bombay v WI, Jamnagar 1937/38 9-45: Amarjith Singh Kerala vs AP, Kannur 1971/72
From watching his team sweat under the burden of having to chase a mountain of runs, he turned Punjab’s second innings affair at the Wankhede Stadium here into a molehill, bringing the tabletoppers to the brink of a shocking defeat against Mumbai in the Group ‘A’ Ranji Trophy league tie.
Nine Punjab wickets fell to Chavan’s left-arm guile in their second innings on Tuesday afternoon, triggering an unthinkable collapse that put Mumbai back in the game with the thought of an improbable victory playing on their minds. With a bit more time on hand, a victory could have been achieved.
Coming into Tuesday, Mumbai were 216 runs short of Punjab’s mammoth first innings total of 580, but dramatically fell short by 95 runs after losing three middle-order wickets for just one run. Rohit Sharma, batting overnight on 163, walked out and completed his double ton but he would be extremely disappointed at surrendering three points for the first innings lead.
However, just when it seemed that there wouldn’t be any further drama and a dull draw was expected, Chavan bowled a dream spell to wreck an in-form Punjab batting order in their second outing. With the exception of Amitoze Singh caught off Ramesh Powar’s bowling, the remaining nine Punjab batsmen, beginning with the openers, failed to negotiate Chavan as they were dismissed either caught behind or were caught at slip.
It was an aberration of sorts for a team whose batting exploits have been the flavour of this Ranji season.
Punjab’s lame 59 meant Mumbai were back in the game, staring at an unlikely target of 155 runs in 11 overs. The hosts opened with the aggressive Abhishek Nayar and Sharma and they made their intent clear immediately. Punjab pushed their fielders in the deep as Sharma slammed three sixes until he was caught at long-on for a brisk 28. Mumbai lost their second wicket soon, in Aditya Tare, and by then, the hosts were way short of time and overs to score another 106 runs off 42 deliveries.
The victory, that could’ve been the season’s most astonishing, never came.
Chavan, who has 38 wickets to show from 11 first-class matches, managed nine of them right here with what looked like a combination of luck, pluck and bowling the right line and length.
It was his first five-wicket haul in the Ranji Trophy which earned him a total of 12 wickets in this nerve-wracking game.
Top-ten bowling figures in Ranji Trophy Ankeet Chavan’s nine-wicket haul (9-23) is the best-ever figures by a Mumbai bowler in the Ranji Trophy. This is only the second instance, the first being 9-38 by Raghunath Wadkar way back in 1937-38. Besides, Ravi Shastri had a nine-wicket haul for Mumbai, but that was in the Irani Trophy match in 1981-82. Here’s a list of top ten bowling figures in Ranji Trophy:
10-20: P Chatterjee Bengal vs Assam, Jorhat 1956/57 10-78: P Sunderam Raj vs Vidarbha, Jodhpur 1985/86 9-23: A Chavan Mum vs Punjab, Mumbai 2012-13 9-25: S Hyder Ali Railways vs J&K, Delhi 1969/70 9-29: F Shaikh Goa vs Services, Delhi 2002/03 9-31: Madan Lal Delhi vs Haryana, Delhi 1979/80 9-34: T Gyaneshwar Delhi vs J&K, Delhi 1961-61 9-35: VB Ranjane Maha vs Sau, Khadakvasla 1956/57 9-38: RR Wadkar Bombay v WI, Jamnagar 1937/38 9-45: Amarjith Singh Kerala vs AP, Kannur 1971/72
Mumbai spinner Ankeet Chavan celebrates his ninth wicket against Punjab on Tuesday
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