Mumbai surrendered so quickly. Once its last specialist batsman Hiken Shah directed a harmless wide delivery into the hands of the `keeper, Tamil Nadu wrapped up the Mumbai tail to take a vital first innings lead of 202 in the Ranji Trophy semifinal at the Wankhede Stadium here on Thursday.
The three seamers — L. Balaji, Yomahesh and J. Kaushik — got into the wicket-taking act and dismissed the home team for a meagre 157.
Not in recent times has Mumbai been shot out in a little over four hours and the Tamil Nadu bowlers can take credit for bringing down a mighty opponent in such a short time, in 51 overs, and more or less confirm its entry into the final of the National championship.
NO FOLLOW-ON
As expected Tamil Nadu did not enforce the follow-on; instead it batted again and Murali Vijay scored a century. >>>
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