Leaders Online Desk: The final match of the much-debated Ranji tournament for the past few months is underway from Sunday at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The Ranji Trophy title match is being played between 41-time champions Mumbai and two-time champions Vidarbha. Vidarbha captain Akshay Wadkar won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Mumbai scored 224 all out in the first innings on the strength of Shardul Thakur's innings. (Ranji Trophy Final)
Batting first in the match, Mumbai's innings started well. Prithvi Shaw and Bhupen Lalwani shared a partnership of 81 runs for the first wicket. Yash Thakur broke this partnership. He caught Bhupen with Akshay Karvi. He could score 37 runs. After this Harsh Dubey clean bowled Prithvi. He could score 46 runs. After these two wickets, the Mumbai batsmen slumped. Musheer Khan was dismissed for six, skipper Ajinkya Rahane for seven, Shreyas Iyer for seven and Hardik Tamore for five. Rahane and Shreyas, who were trying to make a comeback in Team India, failed again. After this, Shardul Thakur, who came to bat, tried to save the team's innings by batting well. This time Tushar Deshpande gave him valuable support. Shardul's 75, Prithvi Shaw's 46 and Bhupen's 37 have helped Mumbai reach 224 runs. Harsh Dubey, Yash Thakur of Vidarbha took 3 wickets each in bowling. Along with them, Umesh Yadav took 2 wickets and Aditya Thackeray took 1 wicket
Rahane and Shreyas flop again
Mumbai's innings started well. Prithvi Shaw and Bhupen Lalwani shared a partnership of 81 runs for the first wicket. Yash Thakur broke this partnership. He caught Bhupen with Akshay Karvi. He could score 37 runs. After this Harsh Dubey clean bowled Prithvi. He could score 46 runs. After these two wickets, the Mumbai batsmen slumped. Musheer Khan was dismissed for six, skipper Ajinkya Rahane for seven, Shreyas Iyer for seven and Hardik Tamore for five. Rahane and Shreyas, who were trying to make a comeback in Team India, failed again. Both of them had earlier flopped in the Ranji semi-final against Tamil Nadu. (Mumbai vs Vidarbha Ranji)
This year's Ranji season has been in a lot of turmoil. The BCCI was angered by the non-participation of some international cricketers in the tournament. The names of Shreyas and Ishaan Kishan are prominent in this. Ishan took a break from the series against South Africa in December last year, but did not participate in the Ranji. He was busy preparing for the IPL in Baroda with Hardik Pandya. At the same time, Shreyas was dropped from the team after two Tests in the series against England due to poor form.
Shreyas did not play the Ranji due to a back injury after being dropped from the team. After the start of the quarter-final match against Mumbai, the NCA issued a statement that Shreyas is fully fit and has no problem. Shreyas reached the camp of his IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders citing an injury. So BCCI reprimanded him. As a result, both Shreyas and Ishaan have been excluded from the BCCI's annual central contract. However, Shreyas made a comeback to the Ranji team. He is now playing the final for Mumbai.
It's time for the Ranji Trophy Final.
It's Mumbai Vs Vidharbha – the Maharashtrian derby. pic.twitter.com/T8QK2H18Mz
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 10, 2024
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