Kolkata: Surya Kumar Yadav sent Bengal bowlers to the cleaners with a scintillating 46-ball unbeaten 102, while pacer Wilkin Mota claimed five wickets to power Mumbai to a 27-run win and brighten their hopes for a final berth in the SK Acharya Memorial Challenger Trophy ODI tournament here yesterday.


Surya Kumar Yadav 

Put in to exploit the early morning conditions at the JU second campus seaming wicket, Mumbai did not have any trouble against the Bengal attack as Bravish Shetty (73) and and Abhishek Nayar (65) gave a perfect start before Yadav's explosive innings studded with two sixes and 18 boundaries guided them to a mammoth 360/7.