It was a historic Sunday at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium for Madhya Pradesh as they defeated Mumbai by six wickets in the final to clinch their maiden Ranji Trophy title.The historic win was fashioned by centuries from Yash Dubey, Shubham Sharma .
Bengaluru, June 24 (PTI): Unheralded Yash Dubey and Shubham Sharma made the biggest stage of Indian domestic cricket their own with well-crafted centuries, that pulled the rug from under heavyweights Mumbai’s feet as Madhya Pradesh took a giant leap towards their maiden Ranji Trophy title, here on Friday. Mumbai’s first innings score of 374 looked reasonably good on the second day but Dubey (133, 336 balls) and Sharma (116, 215 balls) added 222 runs for the second wicket to take MP to a solid 368 for 3 at the end of day three. Madhya Pradesh now need only seven more runs to take a decisive first innings lead and unless they suffer a collapse in the fourth innings, the title is theirs for taking. MP had lost to Karnataka when the last time they competed in a Ranji Trophy final in the 1998-99 season. The duo took the sting out of Mumbai attack with some ‘khadoos’ (stubborn) batting straight out of Chandrakant Pandit’s coaching play book as 245 runs were scor
Madhya Pradesh openers Yash Dubey (11 not out) and Himanshu Mantri (31 not out) did well in seeing off the fast bowlers before getting runs against spinners to take the side to 43/0 in 16 overs at tea on day two of the Ranji Trophy final at the .
Continuing his impressive consistency of runs in domestic cricket, Sarfaraz Khan once again reminded national selectors about his ability to win matches after he smashed an impactful hundred for Mumbai on day two of the Ranji Trophy final .
Sarfaraz Khan s run-making juggernaut continued with his fourth century of the ongoing Ranji Trophy season, making a stunning 134 in guiding Mumbai to 374 in 127.4 overs on day two of the final against Madhya Pradesh at the M. Chinnaswamy .