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Mumbai cope well with absence of key players

Mumbai cope well with absence of key players

Wasim Jaffer was proud of having made the semi-final with a team missing so many first-choice players but also felt the toss had an important role to play

05-Jan-2012•Abhishek Purohit at the Holkar Cricket Stadium

Mumbai make semis on first-innings lead

Mumbai make semis on first-innings lead

Mumbai eased into another Ranji Trophy semi-final on the basis of a massive first-innings lead after their quarter-final against Madhya Pradesh ended in a draw

05-Jan-2012•Abhishek Purohit at the Holkar Cricket Stadium

Chavan ton virtually shuts door on MP

Chavan ton virtually shuts door on MP

Mumbai's ruthlessness was on display as their last pair stretched their lead to a 242, almost taking them to the semi-final barring an improbable second-innings collapse

04-Jan-2012•Abhishek Purohit at the Holkar Cricket Stadium

Kaustubh Pawar the quintessential Mumbai batsman, says coach

Kaustubh Pawar the quintessential Mumbai batsman, says coach

Sulakshan Kulkarni, the Mumbai coach, says Kaustubh Pawar typifies the defiant attitude of Mumbai batsman and says it is nice to have a batsman in the side who is willing to keep the ball on the ground

03-Jan-2012•Abhishek Purohit at the Holkar Cricket Stadium

Kaustubh Pawar turns the tables on MP

Kaustubh Pawar turns the tables on MP

Kaustubh Pawar rescued Mumbai from a precarious position with a fiercely-determined century and along with the lower order, all but batted Madhya Pradesh out of the Ranji Trophy

03-Jan-2012•Abhishek Purohit at the Holkar Cricket Stadium

Dogged Chopra steers Rajasthan out of trouble

Dogged Chopra steers Rajasthan out of trouble

A round-up of the first day's play from the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy Elite League

02-Jan-2012•ESPNcricinfo staff

MP rally after timid batting effort

MP rally after timid batting effort

Madhya Pradesh's fast bowlers fought back with relentless discipline, after their batsmen displayed poor application against an average attack, on a wicket that demanded it

02-Jan-2012•The Report by Abhishek Purohit at the Holkar Cricket Stadium

Madhya Pradesh banking on seamers

Madhya Pradesh banking on seamers

While Mumbai's depleted attack might not seem threatening, they have the pedigree of Dhawal Kulkarni and Ramesh Powar to test MP, who are banking on TP Sudhindra and Ishwar Pandey to make inroads

01-Jan-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Indore

'The balance has been missing' - Jaffer

'The balance has been missing' - Jaffer

The Mumbai side that will face Madhya Pradesh is almost unrecognisable from the team that played Rajasthan last year, due to injuries and unavailability of players

01-Jan-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Indore

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