Mumbai have Rajasthan in some trouble

Mumbai, continuing their good show in group A, had Rajasthan in a spot of bother at stumps on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Super League match at the Wankhede stadium on Sunday. After scoring 336 in their first innings, they dismissed nine Rajasthan batsmen for 224 runs at close.

The Rajasthan bowlers did well in the morning to restrict Mumbai who were 280 for five when they resumed their innings. Medium pacer Krishnakumar was in the forefront taking three of the five wickets that fell in the morning to finish with four for 69.

However when it was Rajasthan's turn to bat, they came a cropper against the bowling of medium pacer SR Saxena who ended the day with figures of five for 53. In the process he surpassed his previous best Ranji figures of four for 61 against Maharashtra. A defiant 83 by skipper Gagan Khoda provided the silver lining. Khoda opened the batting and batted three hours before he was sixth out at 149. He faced 122 balls and hit ten fours and a six. With RJ Kanwat (16) Khoda added 55 runs for the second wicket off 8.2 overs. Then with Sanjeev Sharma (33) he figured in a sixth wicket partnership of 74 runs off 21.3 overs. RB Jhalani (32) and JK Sharma (21 not out) kept the innings afloat till stumps with a ninth wicket stand of 33 runs off 10.1 overs. But Mumbai are in a position to call the shots from now on.