Khadkikar has Mumbai in a spin

MUMBAI, OCT 23: A fresh bunch of Mumbai lads aspiring for big-time cricket received a jolt at Wankhede Stadium this afternoon. An inept b...

MUMBAI, OCT 23: A fresh bunch of Mumbai lads aspiring for big-time cricket received a jolt at Wankhede Stadium this afternoon. An inept batting display by Mumbai batsmen gave Maharashtra the initiative in the West Zone Cooch Behar under-19 encounter here today. The Mumbai bowlers, however, restored some pride at the closing stages by prising out two rival wickets.

Leading the days honours was 18-year-old Pune off-spinner Kashinath Khadkikar, who claimed six wickets for 42 runs. The first year Bachelor of Commerce student of SP College, playing his first Cooch Behar match, bowled a teasing line to lure the rival batsmen to doom.

Electing to bat, Mumbai showed no sense of application and crashed from a healthy 92-2 to a miserable 139-9, three of them falling at 125. The clatter of wickets was temporarily stemmed by the resilient last pair, Shakti Prasad 35 not out: 62b, 56m, 3215;4, 1215;6 and Gaurang Joglekar 3.

Opener Vinayak Mane 44: 105b, 145m, 5215;4 was the only other batsman to defy the opposition.Interestingly, it was his dismissal that triggered the collapse.

Maharashtra lost opener Virag Awate 0 and Narendra Jadhav 4 with only ten runs on the board.

SCOREBOARD

Mumbai 1st innings: Vinayak Mane lbw b Khadkikar 44, Kamran Chaudhary c Kumbhare b Kulkarni 11, Sushant Manjrekar run out Kamtekar 7, Sangram Bagul c Laghate b Jadhav 27, Sammy Salaria c Dhawale b Khot 11, Onkar Khanvilkar b Khadkikar 11, Santosh Chafe c Awate b Khadkikar 8, Prathmesh Athavle lbw b Khadkikar 0, Rohan Ganpule c Shinde b Khadkikar 5, Shakti Prasad not out 35, Gaurang Joglekar b Khadkikar 3; Extras: 1lb, 11nb, 2w 14. Total: all out in 84 overs 176

Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-38, 3-92, 4-110, 5-125, 6-125, 7-125, 8-138, 9-139.

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Bowling: Charudatta Kulkarni 12-3-34-1 2w, Narendra Jadhav 14-2-43-1 5nb, Hrishikesh Shinde 7-1-30-0 5nb, Kapil Laghate 5-1-15-0 1nb, Kashinath Khadkikar 29-13-42-6, Sayeed Khot 14-11-11-1.

Maharashtra 1st innings: Amit Kumbhare batting2, Virag Awate lbw b Athavale 0, Narendra Jadhav b Joglekar 4, Kashinath Khadkikar batting 4; Total: two wickets off six overs 10.

Fall of wickets: Gaurang Joglekar 3-2-4-1, Prathmesh Athavale 2-1-5-1, Shakti Prasad 1-0-1-0.