MUMBAI: It began on a sour note when Mumbai's senior team was knocked out of two white-ball tournaments at the league stage, but this season is turning out to be the best one for the domestic giants in recent memory.
A day after Mumbai's Under-25 team qualified for the final of the CK Nayudu Trophy, the city's Under-19 team provided the icing on the cake by making it to the semifinals of the Cooch Behar Trophy. On Thursday, Day 4 of the contest, Mumbai beat Rajasthan in the quarterfinal in Kolkata on the basis of a 58-run first innings lead to make the cut.
Brief Scores:
Rajasthan 363 & 127-6 (R Sharma 52 not out, K S Rathore not out 41; Prince Badiani 3-16) vs Mumbai 421
Jemimah's effort in vain Skipper Jemimah Rodrigues scored 93 (54b, 11x4, 3x6), but her knock went in vain as Mumbai lost to Punjab by seven wickets in a Senior Women's T20 League match at the JSCA Stadium in Ranchi.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai 156-6 in 20 overs (Jemimah Rodrigues 93, RS Chaudhari 39) lost to Punjab 160-3 in 17. 4 overs (Harmanpreet Kaur 57 not out, Taniya Bhatia 51) by seven wickets
Route Mobile win Route Mobile Limited beat Mumbai Division Sports Association by 173 runs in a first round clash of the Times Cricket Shield (75 overs ) at National CC on Thursday.
Brief scores:
Route Mobile Ltd. 333 all out in 74. 2 0vers (Sanket Kashte 93, Saeed Shaikh 149 (144b,20x4,2x6); Ravindra Sante 4-83, Afsar Khan 3-66) bt Mumbai Division Sports Association 171 all out in 33 overs (Rohit Dixit 32, Ausaf Chunawala 46; Hitesh Parmar 3-66, Shashikant Kadam 5-32) by 173 runs
