Debutant Prithvi Shaw powered Mumbai to a comprehensive win with a century in the semi-final clash against Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy 2016-17. He joined the list of players which includes the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Amol Muzumdar and Jatin Paranjape to score a century on debut in first-class cricket.
In pursuit of their 42nd title, the defending champions will take on Gujarat, who have beaten Jharkhand to qualify for the final.
Day 5 – recap:
SF 1 - Mumbai vs Tamil Nadu in Rajkot: Tamil Nadu 1st inn 305/10 in 115.2 overs (V Shankar 50, A Nayar 4/66, S Thakur 4/75); Mumbai 1st inn 406/10 in 150.3 overs (A Tare 83, A Nayar 58, S Thakur 52, V Shankar 4/59); Tamil Nadu 2nd inn 356/6 decl. in 78 overs (B Indrajith 138, A Mukund 122, B Sandhu 2/67); Mumbai 2nd inn 251/4 in 62.1 overs (P Shaw 120, S Iyer 40, R A Srinivas 2/73) Mumbai won by 6 wickets
17-year old Prithvi Shaw made the most of the opportunity presented to him by scoring a crucial 120 runs to propel Mumbai to a six-wicket win against Tamil Nadu. Chasing 251 runs, the debutant resumed the innings on five without loss with Praful Waghela on the last morning. The pair put the chase on course with a 90-run stand until Baba Aparajith ended the stand. Waghela’s miscued sweep shot was caught at square-leg. Shaw then took the team to Lunch at 113 for one with Shreyas Iyer.
Closing in on the target, the pair had added 91 runs for the second wicket when the No 3 bat was bowled by Vijay Shankar for 40. Surya Kumar Yadav then held up one end as the opener inched towards his maiden ton. However, while on 99, the youngster hit Shankar to gully but with the bowler having bowled a no-ball. he got another chance to etch his name in the history books. Later in the over, he reached the three-figure mark with a single. With victory on the horizon, Surya Kumar departed for 34 and three runs later, the opener followed him back to the dressing room with 10 runs needed to win.
Aditya Tare then took the Mumbai to the finish line with Siddhesh Lad.
SF 2 - Gujarat vs Jharkhand in Nagpur: Gujarat 1st inn 390/10 in 126.2 overs (P Panchal 149, RP Singh 40, Ajay 3/67, R Shukla 3/71); Jharkhand 1st inn 408/10 in 102 overs (I Jaggi 129, K Singh 53, RP Singh 6/90); Gujarat 2nd inn 252 all out in 80.5 overs (M Juneja 81, C Gandhi 51, S Nadeem 5/69); Jharkhand 2nd inn 111/10 in 41 overs (K Singh 24, J Bumrah 6/29, RP Singh 3/25) Gujarat won by 123 runs
