da mrbet： A star studded Board President’s XI beat back a strong Mumbaichallenge to win their Wills Trophy quarterfinal clash by 28 runs atthe Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday
11-Jan-2000A star studded Board President’s XI beat back a strong Mumbaichallenge to win their Wills Trophy quarterfinal clash by 28 runs atthe Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday.The highlight of the well contested game was an unbeaten 133 by Orissaopener SS Das. Put in to bat, Board President’s XI were given a soundstart with Das and his partner Jyoti Yadav (45) putting on 111 runsoff just 18 overs. Yadav faced 57 balls and hit six fours. Left handerS Sriram was run out for three but skipper Azharuddin (24) and Das gotthe innings going again with a third wicket partnership of 48 runs off10.3 overs. S Sharath, another left hander was also, like his TamilNadu collegue Sriram, run out for two. But Das and Sanjay Bangar (38)provided the much needed filip to the scoring rate by adding 81 runsoff 13.3 overs for the fifth wicket. Bangar faced just 43 balls andhit three fours and a six. During the association, Das reached hiscentury and then kept going. By the time the President’s XI inningsended at 272 for six off 50 overs, Das had faced 140 balls and hit 13fours and two sixes.Faced with a formidable target, Mumbai needed a good start. WasimJaffer (43) and RJ Sutar (12) got them off to fair beginning puttingon 39 runs off 6.2 overs. T Kumaran dismissed Sutar and No 3 JatinParanjpe (1) in successive overs, dealing a severe blow to Mumbai’shopes. When Jaffer fell at 73 after facing 52 balls and hitting eightfours, Mumbai were in deep trouble. However skipper Amol Muzumdar(50) and Sushant Manjrekar (23) raised their hopes by putting on 47runs off 11.3 overs for the fourth wicket. This was followed by afifth wicket partnership of 41 runs off 8.5 overs between Muzumdar andAA Rane (26). But the fall of Muzumdar (he was the sixth batsmen to bedismissed) at 178 was the death blow to Mumbai’s hopes. The skipperfaced 88 balls and hit four of them to the ropes. And though SVBahuthule (25) and Amit Dani (28) came up with valuable contributions,it was obvious by now that Mumbai were fighting a losing battle. AndKumaran came back for a second spell to take three quick wickets andbring the innings to a swift end. He finished with five wickets for 37off 9.1 overs as Mumbai were all out for 244 in 48.1 overs.