Deshpande and Thakur run Tamil Nadu ragged
Mumbai 45 for two (Musheer 24*, Sai Kishore 1-3) path Tamil Nadu 146 (Vijay 44, Washington 43, Deshpande 3-24, Kotian 2-10) by 101 runs
After opting to bat on a grassy, red-soil pitch on the Bandra Kurla Complex, Tamil Nadu folded for 146 of their semi-final towards Mumbai. Fast bowler Tushar Deshpande carved up the highest half of the TN line-up with seam motion and additional bounce earlier than spinners Tanush Kotian and Musheer Khan wrapped up the tail within the post-tea session. In response, Mumbai misplaced each Prithvi Shaw (5) and Bhupen Lalwani (15), however Musheer and nightwatcher Mohit Avasthi guided their staff to stumps with none additional hiccups.
Avasthi had mixed with Shardul Thakur to set the tone for Mumbai’s opening-day dominance. After going extensive of the crease and beating N Jagadeesan’s inside edge, Avasthi hit the within edge and had the opening batter popping a catch to brief leg for 4. Thakur had struck within the very first over when he pinned B Sai Sudharsan lbw with an inswinger for a duck. Sudharsan, who was returning to motion after recovering from a again niggle, additionally burnt a overview in the course of the course of.
Deshpande then ripped out Pradosh Ranjan Paul (8), R Sai Kishore (1) and B Indrajith (11) to depart TN at 42 for five. Captain Sai Kishore had bumped himself as much as No.4 as a pinch-blocker to guard the center order, however the transfer backfired this time, with Deshpande bursting by way of his defences and knocking him over for 1. In their house quarter-final against Saurashtra, Sai Kishore had promoted himself to No.3 and scored a vital half-century to tug TN into the lead.
Washington Sundar, who was launched from India’s Test squad, and Vijay Shankar solid a 48-run partnership off 191 balls for the sixth wicket to briefly resist Mumbai’s red-hot assault. Vijay acquired going with a flicked 4 off Avasthi and a punchy straight drive off Deshpande. But Thakur stopped him on 44 after lunch. He had angled one in from over the wicket and acquired it to seam away simply sufficient to kiss the surface edge.
Washington’s innings might have been reduce brief on 11 had Shreyas Iyer latched onto a tricky likelihood within the slips off Thakur. Washington had one other nervy second on 19 when he was given out lbw off left-arm fingerspinner Shams Mulani. But a overview saved him, with the tracker indicating that the ball would have bounced over the stumps on the red-soil floor.
After the moisture dried up, Washington took extra dangers together with the decrease order, however they might not take TN to 150. M Mohammed, who hit a career-best 85 off 99 balls in the first round, laced Thakur for 4 successive fours within the 51st over. Musheer, although, ended Mohammed’s cameo within the subsequent over, his first of the innings, when he had him nicking behind to slide. Musheer additionally trapped Sandeep Warrier together with his left-arm fingerspin to complete with 2 for 18. Kotian, the offspinner, dismissed each left-handers Washington and S Ajith Ram to additionally come away with two wickets.
Kuldeep Sen, TN’s visitor pacer who had sat out of the final three video games, then marked his return with the dismissal of Shaw in his first over. Sai Kishore had Lalwani, Mumbai’s highest run-getter this season, lbw, however the hosts trimmed the deficit to 101 by stumps. With each Iyer and captain Ajinkya Rahane within the shed, Mumbai will look to bat TN out of the semi-final on Sunday.