MUMBAI: Perhaps, it's the week of the underdog. Coming into this Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match against Mumbai, Karan Sharma, who captained Uttar Pradesh last year, had endured a miserable time, having made just 95 runs in his last 12 innings, with 27 being his top score.
On Monday, at the Wankhede Stadium, though, he turned out to be his team's hero, overcoming a wrist injury while scoring an unbeaten 67 (173b, 5x4, 2x6) to steer UP to a two-wicket win over table-toppers Mumbai. The six points that UP collected from their first outright victory over Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy since January 2006 means that they now have 11 points after four games. Mumbai, who have 20 points in as many games, will want to treat this as a blip before they take on Bengal from February 2 at Kolkata.
