Ranji Trophy Final 2022: Madhya Pradesh’s strong response to Mumbai on day two, champion batsman yet to reach the crease

The final match of the Ranji Trophy 2022 is played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. At the end of the second day’s game, in response to Mumbai’s 374 runs, Madhya Pradesh got off to a good start and scored 123 runs for a wicket loss.

Solid batting from the top order of Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh starter Yash Dubey and Himanshu Mantri shared a 47-run partnership. This association was broken after the minister was dismissed with a personal score of 31. On the second day, MP batted a total of 41 overs. Dubey was present at the crease scoring 44 runs to the stumps and Shubham Sharma played 41 runs with him there.

Sarfaraz Khan’s great form continues

Sarfaraz Khan from Mumbai is in constant form. He batted on both the first and second days of the finals and scored another century. Sarfaraz, the current season’s leading scorer, scored 134 runs in the first innings. Earlier, captain Prithvi Shaw and Yashasvi Jaiswal got off to a good start and shared an 87-run partnership. This association was broken after Shaw was fired with a personal score of 47 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored 78 runs, was the top scorer on the first day. Apart from Sarfaraz, Yashasvi and Prithvi, the rest of the Mumbai batsmen did nothing special. Armaan Jaffer, who came in at number three, scored 26 runs and Suved Parkar, who scored a double century in his first-class debut, returned to the pavilion after scoring 18 runs.

Madhya Pradesh will try to take the lead on the third day

Madhya Pradesh has reached the Ranji final after a long wait of 23 years. Although she faces 41-time champion Mumbai, she wouldn’t want to miss out on this opportunity easily. Their hitters are in excellent form. Especially the fourth batsman Rajat Patidar is the second leading run scorer of the season. In such a situation, MP’s effort will be to turn this strong start into a grand total.