Mumbai to face Madhya Pradesh in Ranji Trophy final 2022

BENGALURU: Domestic giants Mumbai completed formalities to make the Ranji Trophy final by virtue of first innings lead on the final day of their last-four match against Uttar Pradesh, in Bengaluru on Saturday.

Mumbai will meet Madhya Pradesh in the final, which will be played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium from June 22.

The 41-time champions, Mumbai thoroughly dominated from the first ball of the game, which ended in a draw, at the Just Cricket Academy ground.

Mumbai had posted 393 in their first innings and then bundled out Uttar Pradesh for a meagre 180, to gain a massive first-innings lead.

When play ended on the fourth day on Friday, Mumbai had piled up a mammoth 449 for 4 in their second essay, courtesy hundreds by Yashasvi Jaiswal and Armaan Jaffer.

At stumps on Day 4, Mumbai took an overall lead of 662 runs, making it amply clear that there was only one result possible from the match.

On Saturday, play began after lunch due to wet out-field and overnight batters Sarfaraz Khan and Shams Mulani continued to torment the UP bowlers.

Both Sarfaraz (59 not out) and Mulani (51 not out) completed their half-centuries, after which both the captains decided to shake hands.

Mumbai posted 533 for 4 in their second essay.

The final will be a battle between two former Mumbai players Amol Mazumdar and Chandrakant Pandit, who are coaches of Mumbai and MP respectively.

Left-arm spinner Kumar Kartikeya bowled out Bengal for 175 runs to take Madhya Pradesh to the Ranji Trophy final after 23 years.

Bengal needed 350 runs to win a tough semi-final but Kartikeya, who has been impressive in an otherwise disastrous IPL campaign for Mumbai Indians, bowled 32 overs out of the 65.2 overs that Bengal faced. His final figures read 32-10-67-5 for a match haul of 8 for 128. Agencies

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