A major upset in the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 was seen on January 25 with the defending champion Mumbai team, in which they had to face defeat by 5 wickets in the match against Jammu and Kashmir in the Elite Group-A. In this match, Mumbai team was limited to 290 runs in its second innings on the third day of the game, due to which Jammu and Kashmir team got the target of 205 runs to win in the fourth innings, which they chased in 49 overs. Recorded its fourth win this season and also secured the first position in the points table with 29 points.
Both bowlers and batsmen of Jammu and Kashmir showed better performance.
If we talk about this match, in this match played at Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC, Mumbai, from the very beginning, the performance of the bowlers and batsmen of Jammu and Kashmir was much better than that of the Mumbai team. In this match, Mumbai team was limited to only 120 runs in its first innings in which a half-century was seen from the bat of Shardul Thakur. In response, Jammu and Kashmir team managed to take a significant lead by scoring 206 runs in its first innings. Mumbai also saw a disappointing performance by their upper order batsmen in the second innings in which the team could reach the score of 290 on the basis of Shardul Thakur's century. In the target of 205 runs for Jammu and Kashmir, their team Shubham Khajuria scored 45 runs, Vivarant Sharma scored 38 runs while due to Abid Mushtaq's unbeaten 32 runs, they managed to win the match.
Yudhveer Singh showed wonders with the ball in both the innings
In this match for Jammu and Kashmir, fast bowler Yudhveer Singh was amazing in both the innings in which he took 4 wickets in the first innings and he managed to take three wickets in the second innings also. Yudhveer Singh was also given the title of Player of the Match for his brilliant performance. In Elite Group-A, where Jammu and Kashmir team has now reached the first position with this win, Mumbai team is now at third position with 22 points. Jammu and Kashmir team now has to play the last match of the group stage against Baroda team from January 30, while Mumbai will face Meghalaya team.
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