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Ranji Trophy: Shams Mulani takes Mumbai closer to victory against Assam

Updated on: 13 January,2023 09:51 AM IST  |  Guwahati
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Left-arm spinner Shams Mulani, as was the case in earlier games, was Mumbai’s hero with 4-111 while Test man Shardul Thakur, Mohit Avasthi and Tanush Kotian claimed two wickets apiece.

Ranji Trophy: Shams Mulani takes Mumbai closer to victory against Assam

Shams Mulani

Hosts Assam were in a poor way on the penultimate day of their Group ‘B’ Ranji Trophy clash against Mumbai at the Amingaon Cricket Ground here on Thursday.


They got bowled out for 370 in response to Mumbai’s massive 687-4 declared and on following on, were gasping at 36-5 at stumps, trailing by 281 runs.


Left-arm spinner Shams Mulani, as was the case in earlier games, was Mumbai’s hero with 4-111 while Test man Shardul Thakur, Mohit Avasthi and Tanush Kotian claimed two wickets apiece. Seventy-plus knocks came from the blade of Assam’s Rahul Hazarika, Rishav Das and skipper Gokul Sharma.


In Assam’s second innings, the first two mentioned were dismissed for single-digit scores while Sharma was unbeaten on seven. Thakur claimed three of the five wickets to fall and enjoyed amazing figures of 4-1-12-3 while Avasthi sent back openers Subham Mandal (0) and Hazarika (6).

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Mumbai are eyeing their third outright win of the season after being denied one by Tamil Nadu in the last game held at the Brabourne Stadium.

Brief scores
Mumbai 687-4d (P Shaw 379, A Rahane 191, M Khan 42; R Parag 2-167) v Assam 370 & 36-5 (S Purkayastha 12*; S Thakur 3-12, M Avasthi 2-19)

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