Ranji Trophy: Hat-trick hero Deshpande’s high five leaves Chandigarh low

popcorn number6 descNo of fivewicket hauls for Tushar Deshpande in firstclass cricket classDefaultpopcorn numberSix descTushar Deshpande becomes the sixth Mumbai bowler to claim a hattrick in Ranji Trophy after Jehangir Khot Umesh Kulkarni Abdul Ismail Royston Dias and Shardul Thakur classDefaultMumbai dominated Chandigarh with both bat and ball on Day Two of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group lsquoDrsquo match at the Wankhede Stadium on MondayIndia pacer Tushar Deshpande starred with a sensational 517 as his fiery spell rattled the visitors who were bowled out for just 78 in 191 overs in reply to Mumbairsquos 429Tushar Deshpande centre celebrates one of his dismissals with his Mumbai teammates at Wankhede on Monday PicAshish RajeFollowing on Chandigarh lost opener Vishu Kashyap without scoring and were still trailing by 351 runs at stumpsChandigarhrsquos batters struggled to display the temperament required to counter Mumbairsquos bowlersDeshpande who represented India lsquoArsquo against Australia lsquoArsquo last month was particularly devastating ripping through the visitorsrsquo top orderHe struck in his fourth over clean bowling lefthanded opener Arslan Khan 2 The 31yearold then dismissed Arjun Azad 20 with a bouncer that the batter attempted to hook only to find deep fineleg fielder Sylvester DrsquoSouza Deshpande followed it up by bowling No 4 batter Shivam Bhambri 0 with a beautiful outswinger before completing his hattrick by inducing Dipender Kush 0 to edge another outgoing delivery to first slip where Yashasvi Jaiswal took the catchPlaying his 50th firstclass match Deshpande claimed his sixth fivewicket haul when he trapped Raj Bawa legbefore leaving Chandigarh reeling at 296 His first spell of seven overs included a maiden with just 17 runs conceded Deshpande became only the sixth Mumbai bowler to take a Ranji Trophy hattrick Pacer Mohit Avasthi chipped in with 39 while DrsquoSouza claimed 251 including the wicket of topscorer Nishunk Birla 33Earlier Mumbai skipper Siddhesh Lad who was unbeaten on 80 overnight added six runs before falling to Bawa 473 Ladrsquos 86 included nine boundariesMumbairsquos lower order then extended the teamrsquos overnight total of 2495 by 180 runs Allrounder Tanush Kotian scored 58 5x4 Avasthi remained unbeaten on 56 6x4 2x6 Deshpande contributed 44 4x4 2x6 while Shams Mulani made 39 4x4 1x6 For Chandigarh pacer Rohit Dhanda claimed 478ldquoI wanted to make this game special as it was my 50th match But I wasnrsquot thinking about a hattrick or anything like that I just wanted to give my 100 per cent today Monday When I was batting I noticed some patches on the wicket where the ball was doing a bit So my only focus was to bowl as many deliveries as possible in the right areas and it paid dividendsrdquo Deshpande told reporters after the dayrsquos playThe pacer also revealed that he wanted to bowl his best delivery to claim his maiden firstclass hattrickAsked about missing out on selection for India lsquoArsquos upcoming New Zealand tour Deshpande said he had reset himself ahead of the Ranji Trophy match ldquoThere is always motivation to play Test cricket for India irrespective of whether I am selected for the India lsquoArsquo tour or not I thought about the nonselection for a day but I have always told myself that I want to chase performance not selection So I came back to the Wankhede Stadium reset myself went back to my process and bowled againrdquo Deshpande saidRanji Brief scoresMumbai 429 all out S Lad 86 M Khan 65 T Kotian 58 M Avasthi 56 A Mhatre 48 T Deshpande 44 R Bawa 473 R Dhanda 478 vs Chandigarh 78 all out N Birla 33 Deshpande 517 Avasthi 39 S DSouza 251 amp 01 Deshpande 10Sudha Suchith put Uttarakhand on top at CCIRiding on unbeaten halfcenturies from Avneesh Sudha 75 not out and Jagadeesha Suchith 50 not out Uttarakhand reached 2604 in reply to Railwaysrsquos 278 all out on Day Two at the Brabourne Stadium on Monday Kunal Yadav claimed 370 for Railways