da dobrowin： A typically belligerent knock of 88 in as many balls from Vinod Kamblilifted Mumbai to a total of 247 on the first day of their Group ASuper League clash against Delhi at the Ferozeshah Kotla today
24-Feb-2000A typically belligerent knock of 88 in as many balls from Vinod Kamblilifted Mumbai to a total of 247 on the first day of their Group ASuper League clash against Delhi at the Ferozeshah Kotla today. Mumbaistruck back to take three quick wickets as Delhi limped to 49/3 atstumps.After Mumbai won the toss and batted, openers Amol Rane and AmitPagnis added 47 in 18 overs before both perished in the space of threeballs. Jatin Paranjpe fell cheaply to give Amit Bhandari his secondwicket but Kambli and Amol Muzumdar launched a swift relief operationwith a 99 run stand in just 19 overs. But with the score at 154,Ashish Nehra delivered a double blow. He first induced a tickle fromMuzumdar(36) to give wicketkeeper Vijay Dahiya his third catch of theinnings following which Mumbai captain Samir Dighe walked in and outfor a three ball duck.After Kambli and Sairaj Bahutule had put on 49 for the 6th wicket,Virender Shewag ended Kambli’s fireworks by trapping him legbefore. Kambli’s innings was studded with 16 fours and took his Ranjiaggregate this season to 424 runs at 70.67. The Mumbai tail wascleaned up before long with Bhandari’s 3-69 being the best bowlingfigures for Delhi.The Delhi reply began calamitously as Abey Kuruvilla and SantoshSaxena fired out three men with just 16 on the board. Saxena, who hadtaken just four wickets in his four previous matches this season,rattled the stumps of Devinder Sharma and Mithun Manhas (both forducks) in the space of three balls. Ashu Dani and Virender Shewagcarried the score to 49 without any further inroads.