Updated On: 28 December, 2022 07:41 AM IST | Mumbai | Subodh Mayure
Skipper Arpit Vasavada rescues Saurashtra with fighting 75 after being in dire straits at 127-5, says captaincy doesn’t impact his batting; Mumbai’s left-arm spinner Shams Mulani claims four as visitors are dismissed for 289

Saurashtra skipper Arpit Vasavada in full flow against Mumbai yesterday. Pics/Ashish Raje
It was a day of mixed feelings for Mumbai against Saurashtra in their Group B Ranji Trophy match at the Mumbai Cricket Association’s Bandra-Kurla Complex ground on Tuesday. The home team did well to bowl out the visitors for 289. However, they lost both their openers with just 36 on the board at stumps on the opening day.
When Mumbai’s opening pair of Prithvi Shaw (4) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (2) occupied the crease with just eight overs of play remaining in the day, it looked like the Saurashtra pacers had something on their minds. And it worked in their favour when left-arm pacer Chetan Sakariya (1-5) beat Shaw twice and then clean bowled him on the fifth ball of the very first over. Later, Chirag Jani, (1-10) disturbed Jaiswal’s furniture off a fuller length delivery.