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This is an archive article published on November 11, 2013
Mumbai score big win after Yuvraj & co flatter to deceive
Punjab were 150 for 4,still 249 runs from the target.
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There were cheers from the ebullient crowd during the first hour of play as Yuvraj Singh stepped out to hit left-arm spinner Vishal Dabholkar for a six. Anticipating a half-century by the local hero,the number of spectators at the Sector 16 Stadium had begun to swell.
Playing his first Ranji match against Mumbai on this ground,Yuvraj had an improbable task at hand. Punjab were 150 for 4,still 249 runs from the target,and given the way the match had progressed he needed bring out his A game to even salvage 1 point,leave alone all six. He looked comfortable till this point,though,having added 42 runs off 103 deliveries with Uday Kaul to Punjabs overnight total of 108/4. With the early morning threat seen off,one box was ticked for the home team.
expensive drive
Or so it seemed till Yuvraj,in a rush of blood to the head,went for an expansive drive off Javed Khan and was caught at the cover region by Kaustubh Pawar. The crowd fell silent as Yuvraj walked back having made 40.
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It was to be the highest score of Punjabs innings as they simply caved in after his dismissal.
Kaul (22) was trapped in front by left-arm spinner Iqbal Abdulla at 171. And 178/6 became 178/9 as Dabholkar,too,joined the feast.
No.11 Rajwinder Singh Golu batted like any No.11 would in such hopeless situations. He threw his bat at everything,managing to hit six fours in his 17-ball 29 before becoming Abdullas third victim of the innings.
The home team were skittled for 214,giving Mumbai a 184-run victory. Dabholkar (4/87) finished with 10 for 125 in the match his maiden ten-wicket haul.
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Brief scores: Mumbai 282 and 271 beat Punjab 55 and 214 (Yuvraj Singh 40,Rajwinder Singh Golu 29,Vishal Dabholkar 4 for 87,Iqbal Abdullah 3 for 37) by 184 runs
Points: Mumbai 6,Punjab 0
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