𒈔Mumbai cricket has lost a cricketing stalwart as Milind Rege, a revered figure in Indian domestic cricket, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 76.
🧸Catch the highlights of the third day of play at the Ranji Trophy 2024-25, semi-final matches, right here
𒈔Mumbai cricket has lost a cricketing stalwart as Milind Rege, a revered figure in Indian domestic cricket, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 76.
MUM 188/7, trails by 195 runs vs VID
KER 418/7 vs GUJ
𒈔Day 3 action gets underway with Mumbai trying to bulk up a decent score against Vidarbha whereas Kerala eye a huge total against Gujarat.
ꦗTanush Kotian, Akash Anand have brought up Mumbai's 200 on the board in 63 overs. Vidarbha leads by 183 runs.
꧒Kerala have been bowled out for 457 in their first innings against Gujarat on day 3 of the semi-final in the Ranji Trophy. Mohammed Azharuddeen remains unbeaten on 177.
👍Akash Anand nears his maiden First-Class hundred. However, Mumbai are 8 down against Vidarbha and still trail over 100 runs against the opposition.
⛄Akash Anand's 106 has given Mumbai something to fight for against Vidarbha, who are in the driving seat against the reigning champions.
🀅Mumbai are all out on 270, surrendering a massive 113-run lead against Vidarbha. This could have been much worse, had it not been for Akash Anand's first first-class hundred (106).
Mumbai 270 all out in 92 overs.
Lunch taken in both semi-final matches -
Vidarbha 0/1 at Lunch vs Mumbai with Atharva Taide dismissed on the second ball by Shardul Thakur.
🐎In the other semi-final, Gujarat have started strongly, going at 61/0 against Kerala.
🌞Action has started in both the semis. Mumbai have scalped the wicket of Atharva Taide pre-lunch whereas Gujarat have started-off nicely, not losing a wicket in response to Kerala's big score of 457. Aarya Desai has brought up his half-century.
▨Australian spinner Matt Kuhnemann has undergone a bowling action test, the result of which will be revealed next week. The left-arm spinner was reported for illegal bowling action after the 2-match Test series against Sri Lanka earlier this month.
🐻Shams Mulani has done the damage for Vidarbha as the Mumbai spinner picked up two wickets, to leave them three down. However, the latter still have a minor advantage in the game, with a lead over 100 runs.
Gujarat 146/1 at Tea vs Kerala
Vidarbha 65/4 at Tea vs Mumbai
🍸The third and final session of Day 3 of the semi-final 1 and 2 are underway. Gujarat have lost only one wicket and are hopeful to take a lead in the first innings against Kerala's 457. Mumbai have managed to take four wickets in the second session but Vidarbha are in the lead of more than 200 runs in their second innings.
𒀰Priyank Panchal completed his century with a six off the last delivery of the 56th over. Panchal hit Aditya Sarwate's delivery out of the boundary ropes to complete his century in style. Gujarat still trail by 268 runs in the first inning with nine wickets in hand.
ꦇVidarbha captain Akshay Wadkar and Yash Rathod have added 78 runs for the fifth wicket. Rathod completed his half-century and took his team's lead near 250 runs. They are eyeing to set a big target for defending champions Mumbai in Nagpur.
🔯Kerala still have a big lead in the first innings over Gujarat but they need some wickets to put themselves back into the game. After 70 overs Gujarat are 219 for the loss of a wicket and the second-wicket partnership between Priyank Panchal and Manan Hingrajia is also nearing 100 runs. Kerala desperately need a wicket at this moment.
The third day ended in the Ranji Trophy 🍌2024-25 semi-finals with Vidarbha taking a 260-run lead in the match against Mumbai with six wickets in hand. They also have the first-inning advantage over the defending champions. Kerala could not take wickets on time and allowed Gujarat to bounce back in the match on Day 3 when they made 222/1 but still trail by 235 runs.
🍎That is stumps from Day 3 of the semifinals of the Ranji Trophy 2024-25. Join us tomorrow for the live action of Day 4. That's all from our side for today. Until tomorrow, goodbye and goodnight!