Mumbai batsmen peak late

MUMBAI, OCT 25: The Mumbai batsmen came good but it was too late to make an impact in their West Zone Cooch Behar under-19 opener against...

MUMBAI, OCT 25: The Mumbai batsmen came good but it was too late to make an impact in their West Zone Cooch Behar under-19 opener against Maharashtra which concluded at the Wankhede Stadium today. The run-charge was spearheaded by Sushant Manjrekar, who fell short of the three-figure mark by four runs, and Sangram Bagul 51: 92b, 151m, 3215;4. The duo were also involved in a 98-run association for the fourth wicket which formed the basis of the side8217;s total of 237. The left-handed Manjrekar8217;s 96 came off 139 balls and was inclusive of seven boundaries and a six. His vigil lasted more than three hours.

In fact, once these two departed, the innings lasted just 57 runs during which six wickets fell.

Off-spinner Kashinath Khadkikar 5-80 was once again Mumbai8217;s nemisis and ended up with a match-haul of 11-122. Left-arm spinner Sayeed Khot, cleaned up the tail to end up with three wickets for 60.

Maharashtra, who needed 218 runs for an outright victory off 40 overs, were content in gaining batting practice asthey ended the day at 88-2. The visitors thus garnered five points from the encounter while Mumbai had to settle for three which could well have been more had they not let the opposition of the hook.

Scoreboard

Mumbai 1st innings: 176

Maharashtra 1st innings: 195

Mumbai 2nd innings; overnight 45-2: Vinayak Mane c Dhawale b Kulkarni 10, Kamran Chowdhary lbw b Khadkikar 23, Sushant Manjrekar c Dhawale b Khadkikar 96, Shakti Prasad c Kumbhare b Khadkikar 13, Sangram Bagul camp;b Khadkikar 51, Onkar Khanvilkar c Shinde b Khot 1, Sammy Salaria st Dhawale b Khot 12, Rohan Ganpule c Laghate b Khot 3, Santosh Chafe run out 6, Prathmesh Athavale c Shinde b Khadkikar 10, Gaurang Joglekar not out 1 ; Extras: 3b, 3lb, 5nb 11. Total: all out in 63.5 overs 237.

Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-45, 3-84, 4-182, 5-191, 6-215, 7-219, 8-221, 9-230

Bowling: Charudutta Kulkarni 10-3-28-1, Narendra Jadhav 7-1-19-0 1nb, Kashinath Khadkikar 24.5-5-80-5, Hrishikesh Shinde 4-0-29-0 4nb,Sayeed Khot 13-1-60-3, Kapil Laghate 5-0-15-0.

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Maharashtra 2nd innings: Amit Kumbhare not out 33, Virag Awate c Khanvilkar b Prasad 24, Ranjeet Kamtekar b Prasad 16, Chetan Bhuimbar not out 14; Extras: 1lb 1. Total: for two wickets in 40 overs 88.

Fall of wickets: 1-36, 2-57.

Bowling: Gaurang Joglekar 2-0-13-0, Prathmesh Athavale 4-1-4-0, Shakti Prasad 14-8-19-2, Rohan Ganpule 5-0-8-0, Onkar Khanvilkar 7-1-24-0, Sushant Manjrekar 8-3-19-0

Result: Match drawn

Points: Maharashtra 5, Mumbai 3.