Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala suffered a humiliating defeat against Mumbai in Ranji Trophy cricket. Mumbai crushed Kerala by 232 runs. On the fourth day Kerala batted towards a big target and fell apart. Kerala’s top scorer is Rohan Kunnumel who scored 26 runs.
Captain Sanju Samson remained unbeaten on 15 runs. By the time they reached 94 runs, Kerala had lost all their wickets. Shams Mulani took five wickets for Mumbai. While Mumbai scored 251 runs in the first innings, Kerala’s reply was restricted to 244 runs. In the second innings, when Mumbai were all out for 319, Kerala got a target of 327 runs.
Kerala started batting on the last day with 24 runs without loss of wicket. Even when the score reached 29, Jalaj Saxena, who scored 16 runs, was lost. All those who came later returned quickly after sweeping the wicket. Rohan Prem fell with 11 runs and Sachin Baby with 12 runs.
2024-01-22 07:53:04
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