Riding on superb centuries by their openers Subham Rohilla (135, 119b, 15x4, 4x6) and Ravi Chauhan (100, 120b, 11x4, 1x6) and their 232-run stand off 226 balls for the first wicket, Services handed domestic giants Mumbai a stunning eight-wicket drubbing in their second Vijay Hazare Trophy (One-dayers) match at the JSCA Stadium in Ranchi on Sunday.
A fine hundred (104, 122b, 13x4) by talented opener Yashasvi Jaiswal helped Mumbai score 264 for 9 in 50 overs against Services, for whom Diwesh Pathania took three for 4 8. However, Services had little trouble chasing down the target by the 46th over once Rohilla and Chauhan got going.
While Mumbai’s bowlers were brilliant just 24 hours ear lier against Bengal, whom they bowled out in just 31. 2 overs, they endured an ordinary outing on Sunday as the wicket eased out, with Aman Khan conceding 68 runs in 6. 3 overs while taking one wicket. Ear lier, Mumbai were in trouble when they lost Prithvi Shaw (5) and ‘keeper-bat Hardik Tamore (1) early, before Jaiswal and skipper Ajinkya Rahane (43, 67b, 3x4) a dded 105 for the third wicket in 134 balls to bring the innings back on track. Later, left-arm spin bowling allrounder Shams Mulani chipped in with 48 (58b, 5x4).
Jaiswal had slammed three consecutive hundreds and a 78 in the knockout stages of the Ranji Trophy in June. He had scored 266 runs in 10 games@33. 25 in Mumbai’s victorious Syed Musht aq Ali T20 Trophy campaign.
Mumbai now play Maharashtra in their third game on November 17.
Sarfaraz misses match due to stones in kidney
Meanwhile, in a blow to Mumbai, their batting mainstay Sarfaraz Khan missed the match due to stones in his kidney.
"There were small stones in his kidney (less than 5mm in size), due to which he w as experiencing pain in his stomach. He was admitted to a hospital. He should be fine soon and since there’s a three-day break now, he should be available for the next match," a source told TOI.
Brief Scores: Mumbai 264-9 in 50 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 104, Shams Mulani 48, Ajinkya Rahane 43; Diwesh Pathania 3-48) lost to Services 266-2 in 45. 3 overs (Shubham Rohilla 135, Ravi Chauhan 100) by 8 wickets
