Mumbai thrash Baroda, but fail to progress

Mumbai skipper Ajinkya Rahane smashed a 45-ball 71 yesterday

Mumbai hit top gear in the final Group ‘B' match thrashing Baroda by 82 runs to lift their run-rate to 0.990, but failed to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy here on Tuesday.

The resounding win came a tad too late as Bengal ticked all the boxes to top Group ‘B' with a better net run rate (0.995) than Karnataka (0.379), who still qualified finishing second after both the teams finished with 16 points. Mumbai finished with 12 points with three wins and two losses.

Indian Test vice-captain and Mumbai skipper Ajinkya Rahane continued his sublime form to slam a fourth half-century in five matches (71 from 45 balls; 8x4, 2x6).

His opening partner Prithvi Shaw too was back among runs in a blistering 63-ball 83 (6x4, 4x6) as the duo fired all cylinders in an entertaining 153-run (100 balls) opening stand to lift the total to 193-2. In reply, Baroda were restricted to 111-9 with off-spinner Tanush Kotian claiming 4-16.

Later in the day, Bengal stunned heavyweights Karnataka by seven wickets with inspirational performances from pacer Mukesh Kumar (3-33) and opener Abhimanyu Easwaran (49-ball 51 not out) to storm into the quarter-finals.

Brief scores
Mumbai 193-2 (P Shaw 83, A Rahane 71) beat Baroda 111-9 (V Solanki 27; T Kotian 4-16, M Avasthi 2-23) by 82 runs

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