
Hosts Hyderabad defeated Mumbai by nine wickets to pick up four points in the Elite B Group Ranji Trophy cricket match on the final day.
The hosts bundled Mumbai out for 115 and scored 354 in the first innings taking a massive 239 lead. The visitors were all out for 268 in the second essay, leaving an easy target of 30 runs for Hyderabad for an outright victory. Hyderabad batsmen scored the required runs in 8.2 overs after losing opener D B Ravi Teja.
The hosts now have eight points from four matches while Mumbai are yet to open their account this season.
Resuming at 68 for 3, Mumbai were never in contention barring R Sharma8217;s heroics who scored a well-compiled 95 came off 185 balls with 11 hits to the fence. Ramesh Powar 21 and W A Mota 27 were the other batsmen to show some resistance. For hosts, Absolem and P Ojha picked four wickets apiece.
Brief scores: Mumbai 115 and 268 Rohit Sharma 95, Wilkin Mota 27; Alfred Absolem 4/67, P Ojha 4/78 lost to Hyderabad 354 and 33/1.
8226; Gujarat-Bengal: Gujarat 329 038; 302/4 Azharuddin Bilakhia 122, Bhavik Thaker 61 no, Niraj Patel 41 drew with Bengal 326.
8226; Andhra Pradesh-Baroda: Andhra 342 and 128/2 Mannava Prasad 61 no, Prasad Reddy 57 drew with Baroda 325 Rakesh Solanki 113, Jacob Martin 78; Syed Sahabuddin 6/80.
8226; Tamil Nadu-Saurashtra: Tamil Nadu 500/8d 038; 110/2 S Anirudha 56, Ramaswamy Prasanna 33 no drew with Saurashtra 386 Cheteshwar Pujara 177; Rajamani Jesuraj 4/74, V Yo Mahesh 4/111.
8226; Punjab-Maharashtra: Punjab 550 038; 28/0 Karan Goel 20 drew with Maharashtra 452 Sairaj Bahutule 52, Yogesh Vijay Takawale 51; Rajesh Sharma 6/143.