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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)

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Scorecard Summary

MUMBAI 371(102.5 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

MADHYA PRADESH 227(92.1 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

MUMBAI 426(125.1 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

MADHYA PRADESH 361/5(109 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

  • 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)

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Finally gets one

0

No. of centuries for Naman Ojha in this Ranji Trophy season, before this match. He scored the first century of this season in this match after six 50s .

Massive target

571

Target set by Mumbai in this match, is the highest in a Ranji Trophy semi-final since Karnataka set 615 runs to win for UP at Chinnaswamy in 2009-10 .

Unstoppable

1200+

Runs for Shreyas Iyer in this Ranji Trophy season. He is the 5th player to score 1200 or more runs in a season. Last was Kedar Jadhav (1223 in 2013-14).

Tough opponents

0

No. of times MP has beaten Mumbai in Ranji Trophy history, in 10 meetings. They lost six and four were drawn.

A record season

9

No. of scores of 50 or more for Shreyas Iyer in this Ranji season. Only Vijay Bharadwaj (1998-99) and Abhishek Nayar (2012-13) scored more - 11 each.

Long ago

2005-06

Last time Madhya Pradesh entered the Ranji Trophy semi-finals, before this season. They entered into the Plate League semi-finals three times since 2005-06.