Bahutule spins Mumbai to victory

Mumbai defeated Gujarat by nine wickets to collect eight points in the West Zone Ranji Trophy match at Wankhede stadium on Tuesday.

Gujarat began the day losing opener Vivek Gandhi (54) to offspinner Ramesh Powar. Veteran Mukund Parmar scored 43 off 88 deliveries with seven boundaries. Nilesh Modi stuck to his task and battled hard during the day but was dismissed for 90 (off 281 balls,12 boundaries), with the score board reading 237 for six. Thirteen runs later the Gujarat innings ended on 250 in 109.4 overs. Sairaj Bahutule put his leggies to effect use scalping five for 58 and Ramesh Powar picked up three for 77 .

Mumbai needed four runs to clinche victory. Opener Vinayak Mane was dismissed with one run on the board. Wasim Jaffer (4 not out) and Robin Morris got the runs in the second over without any further damage.