Ranji Trophy: Tushar Deshpande, Shardul Thakur light up Wankhede
Updated On: 08 January, 2019 10:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Subodh Mayure
Put into bat on a grassy pitch, the visitors' opening pair of Anuj Tiwary (18) and Abhimanyu Chauhan (4) negotiated the opening spells from Thakur and skipper Dhaval Kulkarni very well

Mumbai bowlers Tushar Deshpande (left) and Shardul Thakur during the Ranji Trophy match against Chhattisgarh yesterday. Pics/PTI
Tushar Deshpande's fifer and Shardul Thakur's 4-32 helped hosts Mumbai bundle out Chhattisgarh for 129 on Day One of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A' game yesterday. At stumps, Mumbai were 118 for three as comeback man Suryakumar Yadav and Dhrumil Matkar remained unbeaten on 31 and zero respectively.
Put into bat on a grassy pitch, the visitors' opening pair of Anuj Tiwary (18) and Abhimanyu Chauhan (4) negotiated the opening spells from Thakur and skipper Dhaval Kulkarni very well. However, the introduction of Deshpande in the ninth over of the innings made the difference. The right-arm pacer started off with an outswinger to Chauhan and followed it up with an inswinger to uproot the batsman's off stump.
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