Vidarbha 105 and 10 for 0 (Shorey 7*, Taide 3*) need another 528 runs to beat Mumbai 224 and 418 (Musheer 136, Iyer 95, Rahane 73, Mulani 50*, Dubey 5-144, Yash 3-79)
Musheer Khan‘s patient 136 and Shreyas Iyer‘s attacking 95 helped Mumbai set Vidarbha a target of 538 on the third day of the 2023-24 Ranji Trophy final. The highest target chased down successfully in first-class cricket is 536.
With Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma in attendance, the Mumbai batters sent the Vidarbha fielders on a leather hunt.
Ajinkya Rahane got going by hitting a four off Umesh Yadav in the first over of the day. But he could only 15 to his overnight score of 58 and was caught behind off left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey.
Iyer took the attacking route right from the start, hitting Aditya Thakare over long-off for a six. Yash Thakur and Umesh tested him with the short ball but Iyer took them on. The lack of bounce also worked in Iyer’s favour as Thakur’s short balls hardly got up to even chest height. He…
