Mumbai enter final on lead in Cuttack run fest
Mumbai made it to the Ranji Trophy final for the first time in three seasons, but were denied an outright win courtesy centuries from Naman Ojha (113) and Harpreet Singh (105)
13/02Result
2nd Semi-final, Ranji Trophy at Cuttack, Feb 13-17 2016
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![Mumbai]( "Mumbai")
371 & 426 -
![Madhya Pradesh]( "Madhya Pradesh")
227 & 361/5 (109 ov)
Player of the Match
13/02Result
2nd Semi-final, Ranji Trophy at Cuttack, Feb 13-17 2016
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![Mumbai]( "Mumbai")
371 & 426 -
![Madhya Pradesh]( "Madhya Pradesh")
227 & 361/5 (109 ov)
Player of the Match
Day 5
Day 4
Suryakumar, Tare tons set MP 571 target
Centuries by Suryakumar Yadav and Aditya Tare helped Mumbai gain the upper hand by setting Madhya Pradesh a mammoth target of 571 on day four in Cuttack
Day 3
Suryakumar-Tare stand deflates Madhya Pradesh
Aditya Tare and Suryakumar Yadav's unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 190 extended Mumbai's lead to 429 with seven wickets in hand at stumps on day three
Day 2
Ojha fights but pacers help Mumbai take control
Madhya Pradesh wobble their way to 197 for 5 at stumps on Day 2, trailing Mumbai by 174 runs, with Ojha and Ankit Dane having put together an unbroken 60-run stand when play ended
Day 1
Iyer, Lad lift Mumbai to 327
A brisk 90 from Shreyas Iyer and fifties from captain Aditya Tare (68) and Siddhesh Lad (57*) led Mumbai to a strong 327 for 7 on the first day of the semi-final against Madhya Pradesh in Cuttack
Others
Mumbai's experience v Madhya Pradesh's steel
Mumbai hold the aces going into the Ranji semi-final, but Madhya Pradesh will bank on pluck and collective effort to raise title aspirations for the first time in over a decade and a half
Ranji Trophy
| Group A | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT | NRR |
| VIDAR | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 0.047 |
| BENG | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 0.11 |
| ASSAM | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 26 | -0.304 |
| DELHI | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 0.215 |
| KNTKA | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 0.336 |
| RAJ | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 17 | -0.313 |
| MAHA | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 0.301 |
| ODSA | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0.016 |
| HRYNA | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -0.406 |
| Group B | ||||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT | NRR |
| MUM | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 0.851 |
| PNJB | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 0.045 |
| MP | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 24 | -0.059 |
| GUJ | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 24 | -0.092 |
| UP | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 21 | -0.117 |
| TN | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | -0.322 |
| BRODA | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 17 | -0.045 |
| RLYS | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0.039 |
| AP | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -0.459 |
| Group C | ||||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT | NRR |
| SAU | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 36 | -0.061 |
| JHK | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 0.088 |
| HP | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 1.013 |
| SVCS | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 0.472 |
| KER | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 0.084 |
| GOA | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 18 | -0.21 |
| J + K | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -0.053 |
| HYD | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -0.467 |
| TPURA | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | -0.76 |