Ranji Trophy: Mumbai's Mohit Avasthi bags seven wickets against Kerala on Day Two

In response to Mumbai’s first innings 251, the home side were restricted to 244 with Avasthi’s accurate and disciplined bowling (7-57)

Medium-pacer Mohit Avasthi singlehandedly dismantled Kerala’s batting line-up with seven wickets to leave Mumbai in command on Day Two of their Ranji Trophy Group B fixture here on Saturday.

In response to Mumbai’s first innings 251, the home side were restricted to 244 with Avasthi’s accurate and disciplined bowling (7-57).

With a narrow lead of seven runs in the first innings, Mumbai came out for their second innings with a strong intent to extend their advantage.

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Openers Jay Bista and Bhupen Lalwani exhibited class and composure, remaining unbeaten at the close of play.

Bista’s unbeaten 59 (67b; 3x4, 1x6), combined with Lalwani’s resilient 41 (90b; 4x4), propelled Mumbai to 105 for no loss, an overall lead of 112 runs with all wickets intact.

Earlier, Sachin Baby was Kerala’s top scorer (65; 130b) but he could not convert it into a big one, falling to Tanush Kotian (1-10; 3 overs).

Skipper Sanju Samson (38) also fell cheaply with Avasthi running through the Kerala middle-order.

Brief scores
Mumbai 251 & 105-0 (J Bista 59*, B Lalwani 41*) v Kerala 244 (S Baby 65, R Kunnummal 56, S Samson 38; M Avasthi 7-57, S Mulani 1-67, S Dube 1-22)

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