Gritty Powar helps Mumbai avoid defeat
Posted on Nov 26, 2008 at 18:51 | Updated Nov 26, 2008 at 18:57
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Rajkot: A defiant Ramesh Powar on Wednesday helped Mumbai avoid a humiliating innings defeat and draw the elite division Ranji Trophy match against Saurashtra on fourth and final day here.
Powar made an unbeaten 23 but importantly spent close to three and half hours at the crease as Mumbai, who were at one stage 116 for 6, were staring at defeat and needed a pair to stay at the wicket.
Earlier, Mumbai in their second essay after following on, had a shaky start losing four quick wickets, in the morning session, with just 45 runs on the board.
Skipper Wasim Jaffer was the first batsman to be dismissed in the morning when he offered an easy catch to wicket keeper Sagar Jogiyani off Balkrishna Jadeja.
Ajinky Rahane (04) and Amol Mazumdar (14) too failed to click and were sent back by Balkrishna and Ravindra. Meanwhile, Sahil Kukreja, who was playing watchfully, was dismissed for 23.
However, Hiken Shah (32 runs, 64m, 62b, 5X4) and Sairaj Bahutule (35 runs, 139m, 121b, 3X4) created some hope of a fightback by adding 44 runs for the fifth wicket before Shah was caught in front of the wicket by Makwana.
Powar then joined Bahutule to frustrate the hosts bowler's as he took 80 balls to open his account and remained unbeaten on 23 spending 206 minutes at the crease facing 171 bals with three fours alongwith first inning top scorer Usman Malvi (03).
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