da betano casino： Hosts Mumbai were in a suicidal mood as they managed to salvage a drawagainst Baroda in the Under-22 West Zone tournament match played at theWankhede stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday
Staff Reporter24-Jan-2001Hosts Mumbai were in a suicidal mood as they managed to salvage a drawagainst Baroda in the Under-22 West Zone tournament match played at theWankhede stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday. Mumbai earned five points bankingon their first innings lead and the visitors went home smiling with threepoints.Mumbai were set a target of 44 runs off three overs in the second inningsto win the match. The hosts went after the runs and in the process, lostsix wickets for nine runs in three overs. Two of the wickets were needlessrun outs. Shekhar Joshi scalped three wickets. Joshi was on a hat-trick onthe last ball of the day. He foxed Sachin Sawant with the fourth ball ofhis second over and skipper Hrishekesh Shinde was back in the pavilion onthe fifth. The last ball was bowled with a rare field placement, with allnine fielders in the slip cordon. Amol Bhalekar played out the last ball.Joshi returned with the magical figures of three for six runs off two overs.On the opening day on Monday, Mumbai skipper Hrishikesh Shinde won the tossand invited the visitors to bat first. His medium pacers did not disappointhim as they reduced the Baroda top order to 79 for three in 30 overs.Opener Rohan Salvi (42) and Jitendra Singh (44) put up a brave fightback.Rohit Chandorkar top scored with a quickfire 49 off 55 balls with sevenboundaries and two sixes. Baroda were all out for 195 off 67.2 overs.Sachin Sawant scalped five for 36 and Sriran Kannan supported him withthree for 38.The hosts lost their first two wickets in quick succession. PinkeshGurbaxani sent back Amol Patil and Shekhar Joshi scalped Sachin Sawant fornought. The middle order fought back. Kunal More and Saket Adhikari added230 runs for the fifth wicket off 52 overs. More top scored with anunbeaten 173 off 208 balls with 24 hits to the fence and one over it.Adhikari scored 77 off 188 balls with eight boundaries. Mumbai declared on336 for five off 110 overs, taking a 141-run lead.Baroda did not far any better in their second innings and were bundled outfor 184 off 84.5 overs. Jitendar Singh top scored with 71 off 187 ballswith seven hits to the fence. Sriram Kannan was the wrecker-in-chief as hebagged four for 38. Kunal More took three for 29 with his left arm spinners.