Zal Irani Cup, 2010-11

[rkt.india]

Mumbai does not have a good quality bowling attack....ROI attack was a bit better...

[The Dark Horse]

Yuvraj says that the joke on him should stop after his 204.

:hmmmm:

[girishk14]

Ashwin deserves to play for India more than anyone else..........srsly - WHADDAPLAYA....hez ready to replace harbajan for good.

[girishk14]

Its disappointing that after a class ODI debut (30 off 22 and 2 wickets @ 5.00), he gets chucked out.

[vvvslaxman]

Its disappointing that after a class ODI debut (30 off 22 and 2 wickets @ 5.00)' date=' he gets chucked out.[/quote'] Yup He made 38 runs in his first ODI. He also removed a top order and no.3 batsman.

[The Dark Horse]

Ashwin should be in the team right away, he has proved that he can deliver in the longer version too.

[Sir john]

mumbai loose,good defeat to them. rest of india play very well:aha:

[Chandan]

Rest of India thump Mumbai to win Irani Cup SCORECARD Yuvraj Singh’s double century and R Ashwin’s five-wicket haul in the second innings ensured that the Rest of India beat Mumbai in the Irani Trophy match at Jaipur. Chasing a mammoth total of 782 for a win, the Mumbai side was bowled out for 420 on the last day of the game with only two overs to spare. The Rest of India had won the toss and decided to bat on a flat-looking track at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur. Abhinav Mukund and Shikhar Dhawan were involved in a huge first wicket partnership before S Badrinath joined in and ensured that the Rest of India ended the first day on 331/1. Any recovery that the Mumbai side would have had from here would have been difficult, but three quick wickets of Badrinath, Mukund and the captain Yuvraj Singh meant that the Rest of India were suddenly 367/4 and no longer looking invincible. Yuvraj, who was dropped from the Indian Test team and asked to regain his form, scored only four and continued to struggle against the ball, which showed plenty of movement. However, the Rest of India were rescued by the pair of Virat Kohli and Parthiv Patel, who scored 90 and a century respectively before the Rest of India got their total to 668. Ashwin batted at the number eight position to score 73. Faced with the challenge of batting through the rest of the three days to overhaul the score of 668, Mumbai ended the second day without loss but were in immediate trouble on the third day when they lost Sushant Marathe for seven. Wasim Jaffer and Ajinkya Rahane took the score on to 103/1 before Jaidev Unadkat triggered a collapse and got the Mumbai team bowled out for a paltry 274. The rules in the Irani Trophy specify that in case of a drawn game the team with the first innings lead wins the trophy and in this case, the Rest of India had got a huge lead. Instead of trying to inflict a defeat on to the Mumbai team, the Rest of India skipper decided to bat again. Yuvraj also promoted himself up the order and smacked a 194-ball 204 as Rest of India got to 387/3 before calling the innings off. Mumbai were left to score a near-800,783 to be precise, runs but the more realistic target for them was to avoid the ignominy of the defeat. R Ashwin and Piyush Chawla shared nine wickets to bowl Rest of India to a crushing 361-run win against Mumbai on the final day of the Irani Cup tie in Jaipur. Ajinkya Rahane's aggressive 191 went in vain as the Ranji champions were bowled out for 420 in the penultimate over. Rest of India, who were already assured of the title after securing the first-innings lead, won the tournament for the fifth straight year. The spinners came into the game after Wasim Jaffer's run-out for 88. Ashwin bowled a tight line throughout, getting some turn, and lots of bounce, for his eighth first-class five-wicket haul. Chawla got some sharp turn, and mixed googlies with legbreaks to pick the remaining four. Jaffer, along with Rahane, had begun confidently in the morning. Both were positive in their approach, launching into a flurry of boundaries, as 67 runs came in 13.4 overs. Jaffer was pleasing as ever to watch, driving with minimum effort down the ground. Mumbai had raced to 146 when Shikhar Dhawan's direct hit caught Jaffer short of his ground while attempting a quick single. That was the opening Rest of India needed and thereafter the spinners barged in. Two overs later, Ashwin almost had Rohit Sharma holing out to mid-on, but Umesh Yadav dropped the chance as it went over his head. Rohit seemed to have settled in well when he was given out leg before to Ashwin, though struck outside the line of off stump while looking to sweep. Ashwin then got one to turn across Abhishek Nayar's defensive push and hit him plumb in front. Rahane, meanwhile, was in the zone, playing with purpose and hitting fours at will. A pull off Chawla to the midwicket boundary brought up his 14th first-class century. Ashwin continued to strike, trapping Omkar Khanvilkar leg before with the second ball after lunch, as the batsman pushed outside the line. Ramesh Powar then buckled down to support Rahane, who continued to attack. He was dropped twice after passing 150, once at mid-on off Abhimanyu Mithun and then by Yuvraj Singh at slip off Ashwin, both tough chances. Rahane hit 30 fours and as long as he was there, the draw seemed the favoured result. At 366 for 4 with less than thirty overs to go, Powar threw it away, dancing down the track to Chawla and getting bowled off the inside edge. Three overs later, Rahane hit Ashwin straight to midwicket to fall nine short of a double century. In the fourth over after tea, Ashwin picked up his fifth wicket, getting one to turn and bounce sharply past Sushant Marathe, who edged it to slip. Chawla cleaned up Ajit Agarkar in the next over with a quick googly, and Mumbai were going down in quick time. However, Dhawal Kulkarni and Iqbal Abdulla resisted as they had done in the first innings before Chawla got Abdulla to edge to slip after 12 overs of defiance. With time running out, he then got Kulkarni to guide one to gully, off the first ball of the penultimate over, to set off celebrations among the Rest of India players.

[vvvslaxman]

http://twitter.com/yuvsingh09 Yuvi has some nice words about Rahane and Mukund

[Cricketics]

Rajiv aur Ludhianvi ki ladai ho gayi is thread mein. :)