Riding on a splendid bowling by debutant seamer Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Saurashtra beat Madhya Pradesh by 227 runs on the fourth and final day of their Ranji Trophy Group A match and entered into knockout stage. Playing his first Ranji Trophy, Jadeja scalped six wickets in Madhya Pradesh's second innings giving away 51 runs off 26.4 overs. After scoring 242 in the first innings, Saurashtra restricted MP to 135. With this win, Saurashtra earned six points and improved their position with 23 points.Mumbai are through to the knock out stages, despite a draw, after winning three points against Gujarat on the basis of their first innings lead, on the last day of the group A Ranji Trophy match Mumbai today. The hosts failed to register their second outright win of the season, as they were unable to chase the score of 135, after they had bundled out the opposition for 337.
News On AIR | January 1, 2013 11:08 PM
Saurashtra & Mumbai in knock-out round of Ranji Trophy