MUMBAI: Having been busy with India A duty, pacer Tushar Deshpande was playing just his third Ranji Trophy match for Mumbai this season.
On Sunday, the 28-year-old showed why he was MS Dhoni's g o-to bowler in the IPL last year, and why the national selectors are still interested in him. On a flat pitch which has mostly helped the spinners, the man from Kalyan steamed in with vigour and got Mumbai the two vital wickets they desperately needed, enabling them to get a 36-run lead on the third day of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal against Baroda at the MCA's BKC ground. Mumbai were 21 for one and ahead by 57 runs at stumps.
