Stumps in Mumbai 153 for 6 (Shaw 76, Kotian 20*, Jain 4-67, Suthar 2-40) and 537 to lead All India 416 (Abhimanyu 191, Jurel 93, Kotian 3-101, Mulani 3-122) by 274 runs
Day four of the Irani Cup began with the rest of India well placed to challenge Mumbai’s first innings score of 537, with overnight batsmen Abhimanyu Easwaran and Dhruv Jurel performing well at the start. Shams Mulani, however, drove them back in successive overs to end the fight, and from 393 for 4, Rest of India scored 416 all out. That gave Mumbai a comfortable lead of 121, which Prithvi Shaw added to from then on, and put the team in a strong position to finish on top.
Abhimanyu and Jurel were on 151 and 30 overnight, and Jurel was quick for both of the two in the morning, hitting 76.85 to reach 93 before Mulani sent him back trying to sweep off wicketkeeper Hardik Tamore . That ended the fifth wicket stand of 165 runs, and one wicket led to another when Abhimanyu fell, sending the ball over the outside leg stump to Tanush Kotian at short leg. He fell in 191.
No one from Rest of India reached double figures after that as Mulani and Kotian finished with three apiece.
Mumbai’s second innings was all about Shaw. With wickets falling at the other end, all the spin – Saransh Jain the offspinner and Manav Suthar the leg-arm spinner – Shaw did his job with gusto, scoring 76 off 105 balls with eight fours. and six. Shaw, who had missed the first innings, scoring just 4, was Mumbai’s fifth wicket of the night, to Jain, who had 4 for 67 to Suthar’s 2 for 40.
The rest of India will be hoping to end Mumbai’s innings early in the morning and give themselves a chance to take off, however it is a tall order and unlikely – because the spinners are very much in the game at this stage – but Mumbai will start the game. day I feel better in two camps.
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