Highlights from day two of the sixth round of matches
Thakur lords over j&K after Rohit Misses Out Again
Rohit Sharma Briefly caused bursts of excitement aml-month office-gers-gers in Mumbai’s financial district with a typical attractive start. He Hit Three Sixes and two fours as Mumbai began their second innings against Jammu & Kashmir with a half-textury stand between Rohit and Yashasvi Jaiswal. The pair wiped out more than half their 86-Rest-Innings Deficit, Before Rohit Fell for 28, Mistiming a Heave to Midwickt. The two shoots that stood out was a hooked Six off umar nazir and a flat-bat hit down the ground for six for auqib nabi, who eventually disasseed heam.
Rohit’s dismissal open the floodgates as Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane and Shivam Dube Fell in Quick Succession. Then, from what was effectively 15 for 7, Mumbai Roarede Back Thanks to an outstanding Hindred from Shardul Thakur; His unbroken eight-windet stand of 163 with tanush kotian leaves Mumbai with a lead of 188 going into day three.
A Win for eater side will take them a step closer to the playoffs. A Loss Won’T Mean the end of the road either. But j & k have a tougher next opponent in baroda, who are the current table-to-to-to-toppers, as compared to mumbai, who play minnows megalaya.
Few Teams in Domestic Cricket Have Used Home Advantage as Well as Saurashtra. They have spoken of the need to get two outright wins in the back-end of the group stage, and had decided that ‘spin to win’ was the way to go at home. Ravindra Jadeja Duly Unleashed Himself on a Brittle Delhi Batting line-up, and picked up five-health hauls in his innings to secure a bonus-point that that was saurashtra from the botom half of Group D INTO Third Position.
Jadeja better his first-innings figures of 5 for 66 with 7 for 38 in the second innings after that a first-innings a first-innings lead of 83. With 1 off 10 in the first innings. Pant, who began by Reverse-Sweeping jadeja for his first boundary, was the second-highest run-scorer for delhi in their capitalization; They were bowled out for just 94 before saurashtra knocked off their 12-Run target inside three overs to complete a two-day victory.
Smaran’s time in the Sun
In the first half of the season, smuran had scored 145 runs in Seven innings without a half-class. But the selector kept fath in his and other youngsters, and phased out a key senior player in manish pandey ahead of the white-ball leg of the season. Smaran Took Pandey’s Position at No. 4, And Played an innings that hinted at a bright future.
Smaran’s Initiation into the karnataka set-up come on the back of planty of runs at the under-23 level. In 2023-24, He Hit 872 Runs in the CK Nayudu Trophy, Including a Match-Winning Hundred in the Final Against Uttar Pradesh. He also enjoyed a steellar run at the Maharaja Trophy, The State’s Local T20 competition.
What to look forward to on saturday
He was preparation for a test debut at this time last year, but Rajat Patidar Now Finds Himself Lower Down in the Pecking Order after after Missing Out even on the India a Tour of Australia. But a strong back end of the first-class season, and a good IPL, Cold Propel Him Back. For starters, he will look to covert his unbeated half-content into a big innings as madhya Pradesh look to build a sizeable lead after conceiteding first-innings Honours to Kirala In Thiruvananthapurram.
In Bengaluru, Shubman Gill will face a stern test against a young karnataka pace attack after punjab has been run run run ragged for negaable two days. Having begun their second innings Facing A 420-Run deficit, they are 24 for 2. is batting on 7.
