Mumbai spinners Nilesh Kulkarni and Ramesh Powar bowled well in tandem to restrict the Railways' first innings to 332, in reply to their first innings score of 367 and thus gained a vital 35-run first innings' lead in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A' match, which ended in a tame draw at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Mumbai were 132 for four in their second innings when the match was called-off, with Amol Muzumdar (51) and Wilkin Mota (15) at the crease.
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Mumbai got two points from the match, while Railways went empty-handed.
Defending champions Railways, resuming at their overnight score of 269 for seven, saw S Khanolkar keep them in the match with a valiant 46, before he was caught and bowled by Ramesh Powar. The other tail-enders also chipped in with useful runs but in the end fell short as Powar grabbed four wickets and Nilesh Kulkarni got three.
Medium pacer Swapnil Hazare was the other successful bowler, claiming two wickets.
The Mumbai batsmen then used the rest of the game for some batting practice. Amol Muzumdar followed up his century in the first innings with an unbeaten half century this time round. The other batsmen got starts but could not convert them into a big innings.
Scorecard
Mumbai (1st innings): 367
Railways (1st innings):
AA Pagnis lbw b Powar 69
SB Bangar b Hazare 2
VA Saxena c Indulkar b Powar 41
Raja Ali c Marathe b Kulkarni 34
YKT Goud c Kulkarni b Powar 31
Jai P Yadav c Muzumdar b Hazare 34
SN Khanolkar c & b Powar 46
M Kartik c Muzumdar b Salvi 12
SV Wankhede not out 23
Harvinder Singh lbw b Kulkarni 15
KS Parida c Samant b Kulkarni 1
Extras: (b 5, lb 1, w 1, nb 17) 24
Total: (all out, 142.4 overs, 601 mins) 332
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-123, 3-128, 4-184, 5-200, 6-245, 7-261, 8-309, 9-326, 10-332.
Bowling: Salvi 24-8-45-1, Hazare 23-3-64-2 (4nb), Mota 15-7-27-0 (1nb), Powar 48-7-129-4, Kulkarni 32.4-9-61-3.
Mumbai (2nd innings):
SO Kukreja c Wankhede b Pagnis 4
S Marathe c & b Khanolkar 24
VA Indulkar c Wankhede b Bangar 20
NS Shetty c sub (SR Saxena) b Bangar 13
AA Muzumdar not out 51
WA Mota not out 15.
Extras: (nb 5) 5
Total: (4 wickets, 54 overs, 215 mins) 132
Did not bat: AM Salvi, VR Samant, SP Hazare, RR Powar, NM Kulkarni.
Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-52, 3-58, 4-70.
Bowling: Harvinder Singh 7-2-11-0 (4nb), Yadav 4-2-6-0, Pagnis 10-2-23-1, Parida 5-1-22-0 (1nb), Bangar 11-5-19-2, Khanolkar 10-1-33-1, Saxena 5-1-10-0, Raja Ali 2-0-8-0.
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