Shubman Gill, a good player against non express pace. showed that he had got his focus, as he scored a ton against a non penetrative attack. Even England’s attack was considered as non penetrative by an English expert. If you analyse, you will find that Ind:s is penetrative and balanced, different from others.

Kerala took a 2 run first innings lead and the match is moving towards a draw. Kerala storms into the finals due to her bowling out a Keralite skippered Vidharbha.

In the other match, Bombay is feeling the heat. Nemesis has visited Bombay and it is only natural that she is devastated one day. Poetic Justice for Karun Nair is worked out by Providence this way. Outstanding players like Karun Nair, Jaiswal and Bhumrah are out and mediocre players overrated.

Gujarat: 429/7 [Priyank Panchal 148 (237), Jaymeet Patel (74* (161), Jalaj Saxena 4/137] 

Vidarbha vs Mumbai, Semi-final 2, Nagpur

Vidarbha resumed Day 4 on 147/4, with Yash Rathod and Akshay Wadkar occupying the crease. Their 158-run stand for the fifth wicket came to an end as Wadkar walked back on the score of 52 runs. Rathod had no support from the other end and batters could not resist the questions posed by Mumbai bowlers. The only sensible stand came when he batted along Parth Rekhade and put up 34 runs for the eighth wicket.

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Rathod was the last man to get dismissed and he contributed with a significant 151 runs, as Vidarbha were bundled up for 292 runs with 22 runs as the lead. Mumbai’s second innings took a blow as early wickets made them lose momentum from the start and they found themselves at 65/3. Their opener, Akash Anand dug his base and found a good batting partner in the form of Shivam Dube. The duo remained unbeaten on 27* and 12* runs respectively, as Mumbai put 83/3 on the board in their second innings at stumps. The side is chasing a huge target of 406 runs and they currently need another323 runs to win the match.

Scorecard:

Vidarbha: 292/10 [Yash Rathod 151 (252), Akshay Wadkar 52 (202), Shams Mulani 6/44]; Mumbai: 83/3 [Akash Anand 27* (92), Shivam Dube 12* (24), Harsh Dubey 2/26]

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