Mumbai perish to Dhruv’s groove

NOVEMBER 18: Rakesh Dhruv left Mumbai in tatters at the Brabourne Stadium this morning. The young left-arm spinner claimed seven wickets ...

NOVEMBER 18: Rakesh Dhruv left Mumbai in tatters at the Brabourne Stadium this morning. The young left-arm spinner claimed seven wickets to send Mumbai hurtling to an innings and 11 run defeat on the concluding day of the West Zone Cooch-Behar Trophy league match. If Dhruv’s spell formed the high point in the match, Mumbai’s batting hit the pits as they caved in without a fight for the second time in the match. He had impressive match figures of 12-84.

Resuming at their overnight score of 12-2, Mumbai were bowled out for 156, which was marginally better that the first innings score of 129. Saurashtra had made 296 in their first essay.

Barring opener Vijay Singh (74: 86b, 106m, 9×4, 1×6) none of the other batsmen could come to terms with Dhruv’s bowling.

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With this victory, Saurashtra join Gujarat to make the knock-out grade. Both teams finished with 21 points each.

SCOREBOARD

Saurashtra (1st innings) 296
Mumbai (1st innings): 129
Mumbai (2nd innings; overnight 12-2): Vijay Singhc Wadher b Dhruv 74, Rubesh Kumar c Joshi b Dhruv 0, Shakti Prasad c Joshi b Dhruv 0, Sushant Manjrekar c Dharajiya b Vegada 18, Sangram Bagul lbw Karavadra 11, Aziz Shaikh st Dawda b Dhruv 1, Prasad Patil c Dharajiya b Vegada 22, Prakash Palande b Dhruv 16, Rohan Ganpule c Dharajiya b Dhruv 1, Uday Karkera c sub (S Patel) b Dhruv 3, Prathmesh Athavale not out 0; Extras: (8b, 2lb) 10. Total: (all out in 35.3 overs; 142 mins) 156.
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-4, 3-44, 4-95, 5-106, 6-115, 7-147, 8-150, 9-156.
Bowling: Karavadra 16-5-62-1, Dhruv 11.3-1-46-7, Vegada 8-0-38-2.