Ranji Trophy Final HIGHLIGHTS, Mumbai vs Vidarbha Day 3: VID 10/0 at Stumps, Musheer hundred helps Mumbai set 538-run target

Mumbai dominate throughout Day 3. Musheer Khan’s hundred was well backed up by the fifties from Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer and Shams Mulani as Mumbai burried its opponent under the metaphoric mountain of runs. Dhruv Shorey and Atharva Taide wiped off 10 runs from the 528-run target, but its going to be a stiff ask from them and the other Vidarbha batters to pull through here.

Shardul Thakur for the final over of the day. Shorey punches through cover and gets off strike. Taide clips behind square for another single. FOUR! Shorey gets on top of this length ball and glides it past mid wicket. A positive start for Vidarbha.

Stumps on Day 3.

Shams Mulani starts for Mumbai. Two singles each for Shorey and Taide in the opening over.

Dhawal Kulkarni is given the honour to lead Mumbai out onto the field for the final time.

Atharva Taide and Dhruv Shorey open the run chase. First over coming up.

Dhawal Kulkarni is caught behind and Vidarbha’s long and tiring stay on the field comes to an end. Yash Thakur claims the final wicket, his third of the innings.

Dhawal Kulkarni c Wadkar b Yash 0 (4)

Fifty for Shams Mulani with back-to-back boundaries. The first is a pull over mid wicket followed by a paddle sweep. He takes 82 balls to get to the half century.

Mokhade gets Tushar Deshpande lbw. Sharp turn for the off-spinner who pitches the ball on the leg stump line. The ball turns away from the leftie and hits the back pad. A desperate review from Deshpande but it cannot save him. This is Mokhade’s first First-Class wicket.

Tushar Deshpande lbw b Mokhade 2 (13)

Tushar Deshpande starts with the same defiance which Kotian operated with. He gets off the mark off Thakare with a nudge down to third man. Just nine runs off the last overs but Mumbai has 400 on the board now. 

Vidarbha captain Akshay Wadkar is currently taking treatment from the physio. Looks like a problem with his lower back.

Harsh Dubey completes his fifer. A full length delivery to Kotian skids on and crashes into the wickets. 

Tanush Kotian b Dubey 13 (33)

A welcome boundary for Mumbai to break the attritional period of play. Kotian swings hard on a wide-ish delivery from Dubey and threads it through the infield on the off side. He then flicks it after stepping down to run two. The lead is worth 500 runs.

Umesh is getting a hint of reverse swing and causing trouble to the batters. A loud appeal when Tanush Kotian is struck on the pad but the ball did a little too much and was angling down leg.

Mulani uses his luck once more, this time against Umesh. Tries to drive a delivery way outside off and edges it. It squeezes between first and second slips and gets him a boundary.

Shardul Thakur is out on the first delivery. Dubey turns the ball from the off stump, beats the outside edge and takes the off stump. Dubey will be on a hat-trick in the next over.

Shardul Thakur b Dubey 0 (1)

Musheer Khan falls. The end of a valiant innings. He tries to flick the ball off his front foot but mistimes his shot. The ball thuds onto the pad for a pretty straightforward decision for the umpire.

Musheer Khan lbw b Dubey 136 (326)

That will be Tea on Day 3.

Yash induces a drive from Mulani which flies through the slips and runs away to the boundary. Yash also looks like he’s having disomfort with his left shin. He’s gone off the field now.

BOWLED HIM! Yash Thakur returns to get the wicket of Tamore. The ball pitches on the off-stump line and then straightens just enough to beat the bat and crash into the off stump. 

Hardik Tamore b Yash 5 (11)

Shams Mulani is the new batter in. He chips the ball over mid on and collects two runs. A single through covers to finish the over.

Hardik Tamore gets off the mark with a punch through point off Harsh Dubey. 

Musheer plays out a maiden over from Thakare.

IYER IS OUT! He tries to clear long off, hoping to get to his hundred with a maximum. The ball comes off the toe end of the bat and Iyer is caught in the deep.

Shreyas Iyer c Mokhade b Thakare 95 (111)

Musheer has been on strike for a good part of the last three overs. He slashed Thakare and got an edge to fly over the slips. He is on 128 now while Iyer is five short of his century.

WICKET! Is it? Musheer gets an outside edge onto the keeper. But the umpires want to double check if the ball carries cleanly. Nope, not out! The replay shows the ball comes off the pad and not the bat. Musheer goes on.

Shreyas Iyer inching closer to his century. While he was collecting boundaries at will until now, they have dried up just a bit. The partnership between Iyer and Musheer is now worth 157 runs.

Musheer tries to sweep at a full-length delivery from Dubey. Aman Mokhade is positioned at mid wicket, and he dives to his right to try and pluck a screamer. He gets a hand to it but the power behind the shot ensures the ball pops out of his right hand.

Hundred for Musheer! The second of his First-Class career. Gets it on his pads from Yash, and he clips it away to run two and get to the ton. He ends the over with a cut over the slip cordon for FOUR.

Shreyas Iyer is attended to by the team physio. He has continued in the same vein he ended the first session. 

Musheer is just two runs away from getting to his century.

Mumbai with the momentum at Lunch on Day 3. Shreyas Iyer’s quickfire 68 has expedited the warning sirens for Vidarbha.Musheer Khan is now on 86 and will look to get to a well-earned ton.

FIFTY for Shreyas Iyer, and to rub salt in Vidarbha’s wounds it comes off an edge through slips. Get it off just 63 balls to inject some momentum in the innings.

Musheer Khan on 79, who collected a boundary against Taide two overs back.

Shreyas Iyer continues to move from strength to strength. SIX, a pull shot off Yash who cannot quick land the ball short enough. FOUR for Iyer down to fine leg off Dubey.

Iyer with a pull shot against Yash Thakur. The attempted bouncer ends up being a simple half-volley. FOUR more for Iyer as he heaves the ball through the long off region. Mumbai is past 200 now.

Shreyas Iyer getting into the flow now. He’s played a cover drive and a late cut off Harsh Dubey to pick two FOURs in the early stage of his innings. Musheer batting on 62. Mumbai’s lead also clears 300.

SIX! Iyer takes this good-length delivery from Thakare on the up and lofts it over the lonf off boundary.

WICKET! Rahane gone! He leans in for a front-footed defence and gets a feather on it. A sharp catch for the keeper. Harsh Dubey does the trick to end this 130-run stand.

Ajinkya Rahane c Wadkar b Dubey 73 (143)

Shreyas Iyer is the new batter in.

Musheer’s first FOUR of the morning. He turns his bat face and runs the ball down between slip and gully. Four runs from this Aditya Thakare over.

Five runs from Umesh’s next over. Rahane starts it with a clip through mid wicket, but the timing is a bit off and yields only two. Three more singles to follow.

Rahane opens the face of his bat to guide the final delivery from Umesh’s over to third man and retains the strike.

A small mix up in the next over from Yash. Rahane wants a single but Musheer sends him back. Rahane has given up when the cover fielder makes the throw. He was miles off his crease. There is no backing up which allows the single eventually.

Yash Thakur bowls from other end. Completes a maiden against Musheer.

FOUR! Rahane starts the day in style. Flicks this over-pitched delivery from Umesh on his pads through mid wicket.

The overnight Mumbai batters Rahane (58) and Musheer (51) walk out to the centre. Umesh Yadav to bowl the first over of the day.

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