Ranji Trophy Semi Finals: Can Prithvi Shaw and Mumbai conquer UP
Updated On: 14 June, 2022 08:47 AM IST | Bangalore | R Kaushik
A youthful Uttar Pradesh team now stands between them and a place in the final of the country’s premier first-class competition, racing towards its denouement after a two-year gap
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Mumbai Ranji Trophy team skipper Prithvi Shaw with a teammate during an earlier match in the season. Pic/BCCI Domestic Twitter
When they arrived in the Garden City towards the end of last month, 41-time Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai would have had a semi-final showdown against hosts Karnataka on their minds. As it has turned out, it’s a youthful Uttar Pradesh team that now stands between them and a place in the final of the country’s premier first-class competition, racing towards its denouement after a two-year gap.
Pace threat from UP
It’s debatable if Prithvi Shaw’s men will view Uttar Pradesh’s five-wicket defeat of Karnataka in last week’s quarter-final as a positive development. After all, Mumbai’s brand of cricket doesn’t revolve around focusing too much on the opposition. That said, they can’t ignore the pace threat UP possess in the five-day semi-final at the Just Cricket Academy ground from Tuesday, a threat bolstered by the inclusion in the squad of left-arm quick Mohsin Khan.
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