da bet nacional： Mumbai opened up a useful 47 run first innings lead on the second dayof their Super League match at the Feroze Shah Kotla today after afour wicket haul by off spinner Rajesh Pawar restricted Delhi to 200all out
25-Feb-2000Mumbai opened up a useful 47 run first innings lead on the second dayof their Super League match at the Feroze Shah Kotla today after afour wicket haul by off spinner Rajesh Pawar restricted Delhi to 200all out. By close of play Mumbai’s lead had swelled to 140 with eightsecond innings wickets in hand.Delhi resumed at 49/3 with the two form players this season, Ashu Daniand Virender Shewag, at the crease. They carried on for another 15.5overs this morning before Pawar struck first blood to have Shewagcaught by keeper Rane for a swiftly accumulated 50 (75 balls, 6 fours,2 sixes). The partnership between the two had been worth 91.Rahul Sanghvi found himself promoted ahead of Ajay Sharma and foundhimself back in the dressing room after one boundary hit. Sharma andShewag took Delhi safely through to lunch at 152-5. After lunch Dani’sstout resistance, which had lasted four and a quarter hours, finallycame to an end. His 74 came off 177 balls and included ten boundaries.Dani’s fall sparked off a collapse as the last 5 wickets tumbled for24 runs leaving Ajay Sharma high and dry on 39 not out. Pawar returnedfigures of 4-64.In the 36 overs that Delhi’s bowlers wheeled over, Mumbai progressedto 93-2. After losing both openers, Jatin Paranjpe and Amol Muzumdarput on an unfinished stand of 44 to help Mumbai nose ahead althoughVirender Shewag kept them on a leash with a tight spell of 8-4-4-1.