Ajinkya Rahane and Prithvi Shaw faltered yet again as Karnataka pacers wreaked a havoc and bundled out Mumbai for a paltry 194 on the opening day of their Elite Ranji Trophy game at Bandra-Kurla complex.
However, skipper Suryakumar Yadav (77 off 94 balls; 10x4 and 2x6) stood alone when all other batsmen failed. His knock ensured that the hosts at least went past the 175-run mark.
Earlier, the four-pronged Karnataka pace attack justified skipper Karun Nair’s decision to bowl first on a breezy morning as they ran through the Mumbai batting line-up.
Mumbai was reduced to 86/6 at lunch.
Surya and Shashank Attarde (35 off 51 balls; 6x4) then rallied the innings with their 88-run stand off 92 balls with Attarde playing the second fiddle.
Surya played a responsible knock as he took the team out of the rubble.
In reply, Karnataka openers Devdutt Padikkal (32; 5x4) and R Samarth (40 not out) gave the visitors a sedate start by conjuring 68 for the first wicket.
However, left arm spinner Shams Mulani pegged back Karnataka by removing Padikkal and Abhishek Reddy (0) in the same over as Karnataka were 68-2. Rohan Kadam (4) was dismissed by offie Attarde.
At stumps, Karnataka were 79/3 with skipper Karun Nair (0 batting) with Samarth as Karnataka still trail by 115 runs.
delhi restrict Punjab
Mohali: Delhi’s seamer all-rounder Kunwar Bidhuri and leg-spinner Tejas Baroka restricted Punjab to 266 for eight after Shubman Gill grabbed headlines for arguing with an umpire in at IS Bindra stadium.
Bidhuri (3/62 in 13 overs) and Baroka (2/34 in 10 overs) put the brakes on scoring on the opening day of the Group A match. Skipper Mandeep Singh’s painstaking (81 off 181 balls) was the only saving grace for the hosts.
Gurkeerat Mann (65 off 50 balls) entertained for a while as he struck 12 boundaries in his innings before a delivery from left-arm spinner Vikas Mishra (1/52 in 29 overs), whose job was to bowl wicket to wicket and keep one end tight, castled him.
Mandeep and Anmolpreet Singh (45) had a 64-run stand before Bidhuri got one to held its line and trap Anmol plumb in-front.
Sharad Lumba (0) gave a return catch to Baroka, who also removed Anmol Malhotra, caught by skipper Dhruv Shorey.
At 223 for six, Mandeep didn’t have the option to attack as Bidhuru struck twice with the old ball, castling Mayank Markande and then getting Mandeep caught by substitute fielder Vaibhav Kandpal.
Maharashtra 44 all out
New Delhi: Services bowled out Maharashtra for 44 with medium pacer P S Poonia returning figures of 5/11.
By stumps on the opening day, Services took full control of the Group C game by taking a 97-run lead.
Poonia, who got his wickets in 10.2 overs, was complemented by Sachidanand Pandey (3/18) and Diwesh Pathania (2/13), as Maharashtra were shot out in 30.2 overs.