Their maiden title
June 26, 2022 15:05
MP 108-4 (29.5 ovs) and 536 vs Mumbai 374 and 269 | Scorecard
Madhya Pradesh beat Mumbai by 6 wickets to win their maiden Ranji Trophy title at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday.
On the final day, Mumbai could only manage 269 in their second innings, leaving MP with a paltry target of 108, and they did it in style as Pandit won a record sixth national title as a coach.
Sarfaraz Khan (45), who finished the season with 18 short of 1000 runs and young Suved Parkar (51) tried their bit, but with the need to attack at every opportunity, MP's Kumar Kartikeya (4/98) and the other bowlers knew that wickets would come their way.
While chasing, there were some hiccups, but with just over 100 to get, it was a stroll in the park for the MP team.
Leggie Sarfaraz in the attack now and after two dots, Patidar gets the bottom edge of the bat to third man for a four.
A dot later, Patidar scores the winning run with a single to cover.
MP beat Mumbai by 6 wickets.
Aditya Shrivastava is the new man in and he is off the mark with a single.
Two dots later, Patidar takes a single. A dot to end the over as 2 runs and a wicket come in the over.
Mulani continues and he starts the over with the wicket of Shubham Sharma who hands a catch straight to Armaan Jaffer at short cover. He is out for 30.
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