New Delhi, Jan 21:
Mumbai today showed why they are miles ahead of the other domestic outfits, making short work of Services en route to their 44th appearance in the Ranji Trophy final since the tournament’s inception.
The 39-time champions will meet Saurashtra in the final, to be played in Mumbai from January 26-30.
Mumbai dismissed Services for 240 on the sixth day to take a huge first-innings lead of 214 runs, which sealed their spot in the title round.
A champion team knows pretty well as to when they should play their ‘A’ game and that’s exactly what Ajit Agarkar’s men did on the final day.
Starting on 164 for three, overnight not out batsmen Soumya Swain (74) and Yashpal Singh (58) took the score to 186 but suddenly the home team lost seven wickets for 54 runs in little over 27 overs.
Seamer Dhawal Kulkarni bowled in right areas to end with figures of five for 33 as he cleaned up the lower order in a jiffy. (PTI)
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