Wednesday, 10 December 2014

J&K take historic win over Mumbai

Jammu & Kashmir shocked domestic heavyweights Mumbai with a historic four-wicket win by chasing down 237 on the last day at the Wankhede Stadium. J&K needed 179 runs when the fourth day. Khajuria and Ian Dev Singh stitched a 52-run stand to take them past 100. Ian Dev scored a brisk 30 off 25 with four fours before Dabholkar struck. Khajuria continued to steer the ship and brought the required runs within 70 after bringing up his fifty. 

Khajuria was named Man of the Match for his fifty in second innings and 107 in the first.
Jammu & Kashmir are the 12th teams to beat Mumbai in 81 seasons of Ranji Trophy. Mumbai have now lost for the 23rd time in 465 games. Others to beat Mumbai: Baroda (4), Maharashtra (3), Haryana, Gujarat, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh (2), Holkar, Nawanagar, Delhi, HyderabadKarnataka (1).
scores: Mumbai 236 & 254 lost to J&K 254 & 237/6 (Shubham Khajuria 78, Ian Chauhan 30, Parveez Rasool 32, Hardeep Singh 41*; Vishal Dhabolkar 2/67) by four wickets.