Vidarbha 105 and 10 for 0 (Shorey 7*, Taide 3*) want one other 528 runs to beat Mumbai 224 and 418 (Musheer 136, Iyer 95, Rahane 73, Mulani 50*, Dubey 5-144, Yash 3-79)
With Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma in attendance, the Mumbai batters despatched the Vidarbha fielders on a leather-based hunt.
Iyer took the attacking route proper from the beginning, hitting Aditya Thakare over long-off for a six. Yash Thakur and Umesh examined him with the brief ball however Iyer took them on. The dearth of bounce additionally labored in Iyer’s favour as Thakur’s brief balls hardly bought up to even chest peak. He pulled a kind of over lengthy leg for a six.
Iyer had a stroke of luck on 49 when Dubey induced an outdoor edge that went between the wicketkeeper and the slip fielder for 4. However that didn’t cease him from going for his pictures. On the primary ball after lunch, he skipped down the monitor to Dubey and launched him into the stands past long-on.
Musheer was stable on the different finish. At one level, it appeared like Iyer would possibly beat him to a century when he was on 92 and Iyer on 82. However Musheer finally pipped his senior associate. As soon as the milestone was out of the way in which, Musheer accelerated and moved to 129, with Iyer nonetheless 5 in need of his hundred.
Iyer tried to deliver up the three-figure mark with a six however holed out to long-off off Thakare. That ended a 168-run affiliation between Iyer and Musheer however by then, Mumbai’s lead had crossed 450.
Wickets fell in fast succession after that. Yash bowled Hardik Tamore for five, and Dubey removed Musheer and Shardul Thakur off consecutive balls on both aspect of tea.
After Mumbai have been bowled out for 418 in 130.2 overs, the Vidarbha openers had to face two overs earlier than stumps. Atharva Taide and Dhruv Shorey noticed these off safely.
