Maharashtra146;s Mr Consistent

Tell him about Gautam Gambhir cementing his place as an opener and, subsequently, the door closing on him he doesn8217;t look fazed. 8216;8216;One has to perform regularly to stay in the reckoning. With so many cricketers in the wings one has to perform at the first opportunity and has to be consistent to hold his place,8221; said Jadhav after his fighting 51 against Mumbai in a lost cause today.

Mumbai qualify

AHMEDABAD: Mumbai registered a 51-run win over Maharashtra in their last league match of the West Zone Ranji Trohpy one-day leaguehere today.
Brief scores: Mumbai: 248-7 Wasim Jaffer 52, Vinayak Samant 42; Ajit Patil 3-57 bt Maharashtra: 197 Dhiraj Jadhav 51, A Kale 66, Nilesh Kulkarni 5-41

Vadodara win
Ahmedabad: Vadodara seamers ripped through Saurashtra to register a 84-run victory.
Brief scores: Vadodara: 258-9 R Pawar 89, Parab 69, S Kotak 7-43 bt Saurashtra: 174.