Shubham Sharma tried to score the winning runs but it hit bottom part of his bat. Armaan Jaffer made no mistake at short point. Sharma perished for 30. However, it was Rajat Patidar who scored the winning runs for Madhya Pradesh.
Madhya Pradesh won their maiden Ranji Trophy title as they defeat domestic powerhouse – Mumbai by six wickets.
Kumar Kartikeya bagged four wickets as Madhya Pradesh bowled Mumbai out for 269 on fifth and last day of the final.
Suved Parkar scored 51 off 58 while Sarfaraz Khan added 45 yet Mumbai continued to lose wickets at standard stretches to be bundled out for 269 in the first session.
While Kartikeya picked four, Gaurav Yadav and Parth Sahani bagged two wickets each. MP neeeded 108 runs to win their maiden Ranji title. On the earlier day, Mumbai put on a lively batting act in their subsequent innings and came to 113 for two at stumps, having played 22 overs.
Prior, Rajat Patidar’s noteworthy 122 and Saransh Jain’s 57 controlled Madhya Pradesh to hold onto a vital 162-run lead in the first-innings lead.
MP continued their innings at 368 with three wickets loss, with Patidar unbeaten on 67 and captain Aditya Shrivastava playing at 11. Patidar proceeded to crush 122 off 219 balls bound with 20 fours.
Eventually, Saransh Jain completely baffled Mumbai bowlers and crushed a fifty. Jokes Mulani finished a five-wicket haul as Jain took a catch on lengthy on. Jain’s innings of 57, which included seven fours, be that as it may, lifted MP’s lead to 162.
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