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, 3x4, 1x6) and Gaurang Joglekar (3).Opener Vinayak Mane (44: 105b, 145m, 5x4) 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.SCOREBOARDMumbai (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) 176Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-38, 3-92, 4-110, 5-125, 6-125, 7-125, 8-138, 9-139.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.
