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          13/02Result
          2nd Semi-final, Ranji Trophy at Cuttack, Feb 13-17 2016
          Match drawn (Mumbai won on 1st inns)
          Player of the Match
          Aditya TareMumbai
          13/02Result
          2nd Semi-final, Ranji Trophy at Cuttack, Feb 13-17 2016
          Match drawn (Mumbai won on 1st inns)
          Player of the Match
          Aditya TareMumbai

          Iyer, Lad lift Mumbai to 327

          • ESPNcricinfo staff
          Feb 13, 2016, 08:00 AM

          Mumbai 327 for 7 (Iyer 90, Tare 68, Lad 57*, Sakure 4 for 102) v Madhya PradeshScorecard

          A brisk 90 from Shreyas Iyer and complementing 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.

          Medium-pacer Chandrakant Sakure took 4 for 102, accounting for Mumbai's top three but the side recovered through a string of fifty-plus stands to pull Mumbai out of trouble.

          MP won the toss and Sakure got a breakthrough with Akhil Herwadkar's wicket in the 11th over, but Mumbai still forged on through an 88-run second-wicket partnership between Iyer and Bhavin Thakkar. The side suffered a wobble when Thakkar and Suryakumar Yadav were dismissed in successive overs with the score at 112 for 3 but recovered as Iyer added 57 runs with Aditya Tare.

          Iyer fell 10 runs short of his fourth hundred of this Ranji Trophy season, his 103-ball stay at the crease yielding 13 fours and a six. It was his ninth fifty-plus score in this season, a tally second only to Vijay Bharadwaj [1998-99] and Abhishek Nayar's [2012-13] 11 in a season. A 65-run partnership for the fifth wicket between Tare and Lad, followed by a breezy 75-run partnership between Lad and Abhishek Nayar kept Mumbai in control.

          After Tare's dismissal for 68, Nayar and Lad lifted the tempo of the innings, the former scoring a 48-ball 43 that included seven fours. His partnership with Lad progressed at a rate of 5.17 and took the side past the 300-run mark. Lad saw Mumbai through to close of play with an unbeaten 57 off 115 with 11 fours.

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          • 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.