Lahli: Medium pacers Dhawal Kulkarni and Tushar Deshpande wrecked havoc by grabbing four wickets apiece as Mumbai put themselves in the driving seat by dismissing Tamil Nadu for a paltry 87 on the opening day in their Ranji Trophy Group A match here on Thursday.
Mumbai skipper Aditya Tare's decision to insert the opposition in proved right as Kulkarni and Deshpande ripped through the Tamil Nadu batting line-up at the Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium here.
Only three Tamil Nadu batsmen could reach to double digit scores with Baba Indrajith being the highest scorer with 28 not out.
Kulkarni, who scalped Tamil Nadu's top three batsmen, returned with figures of four for 31 while Deshpande gave away 25 runs for his four wickets. Another medium pacer Balwinder Sandhu got two wickets for 14 runs to rout Tamil Nadu who were dismissed in 45.3 overs.
In reply, Mumbai also struggled but not to the extent Tamil Nadu had done. Mumbai were 85 for four in 32 overs at stumps to trail by 2 runs with six first innings wickets still in hand.
One-drop Kaustubh Pawar was batting on 28, in company with captain Tare (22 batting).
Summarised scores
Group A
- In Delhi: Railways 257/5 (S. Shukla 117n.o.) vs Punjab
- In Hyderabad: Madhya Pradesh 292/7 (H. Singh 112 n.o.) vs UP
- In Jaipur: Baroda 285/2 (A. Waghmode 103) vs Gujarat
- In Lahli: Tamil Nadu 87 (D. Kulkarni 4/31, T. Deshpande 4/25). Mumbai 85/4.
Group B
- In Delhi: Maharashtra 210 (V. Aaron 4/47). Jharkhand 33/2
- In Vadodara: Assam 132/6 (V. Sood 2/29) vs Delhi
- In Visakhapatnam: Odisha 134/6 (B. Samantray 53n.o.) vs Vidarbha
- In Vizianagaram: Saurashtra 269/5 (J. Shah 120n.o.) vs Rajasthan
Group C
- In Bhubaneswar: Himachal Pradesh 318/7 (P. Chopra 117, S. Verma 116 n.o.) vs Andhra
- In Nagpur: Goa 164 (M. Siraj 4/14). Hyderabad 28/1.
- In Mumbai: Services 143/6 (A. Gupta 69) vs Haryana
- In Ranchi: Tripura 118 (A. Mandal 3/41). Chhattisgarh 77/3
All matches to continue.
