Mumbai concede big lead as Unadkat,Chawla on the mark

Jaidev Unadkat and Piyush Chawla shared the spoils as for Rest of India piled on the agony of Mumbai by taking a huge 394 first innings lead.

Jaidev Unadkat (4/41) and Piyush Chawla (3/70) shared the spoils as for Rest of India piled on the agony of Mumbai by taking a huge 394 first innings lead on the third day of the Irani Trophy cricket match at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium here on Sunday.

In reply to RoIs total of 668,Mumbai were bundled out for 274 with Unadkat and Chawla sharing the spoils.

Instead of forcing the follow on,Rest of India preferred to bat again and were 45 for 1 at stumps to extend their lead to 439 runs with nine wickets still intact.

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Captain Yuvraj Singh,desperate to regain his spot in Indian Test team,was unbeaten on 10 while the century maker of first innings Abhinav Mukund on 19 at the draw of stumps.

Earlier,Resuming at 26 without loss,Mumbai gave a spineless batting display. Barring skipper Wasim Jaffer (71) and the ninth wicket partnership of 70 runs between Iqbal Abdulla (33) and Dhawal Kulkarni (32) there was nothing to mention in the Mumbai batting.

Brief scores: ROI 668 & 45/1; Mumbai 1st innings all out 274 in 87.4 overs (W Jaffer 71,A Rahane 41; J Unadkat 4/41,P Chawla 3/70)