Shams Mulani and Yashasvi Jaiswal emerged as the stars of the day as Mumbai had Uttarakhand on the mat on the third day of the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal at the Alur Cricket Ground 2 on Wednesday.
Mulani’s fifth five-wicket haul (5/39) of the season meant Mumbai bundled out Uttarakhand for a paltry 114 runs at lunch. Despite a match-winning lead of 533 runs, Mumbai opted to give its top-order another go at the Uttarakhand bowlers.
Jaiswal (103, 150b, 10x4, 2x6), playing only his second First Class match, then made the most of the opportunity to lead the run-feast. At stumps, with captain Prithvi Shaw and Aditya Tare, promoted in the order in a bid to boost his confidence, also scoring fifties, Mumbai was 261 for three, with an unassailable lead of 794 runs.
