Mumbai vs MP News

Sarfaraz Khan (45), who finished the season with 18 short of 1000 runs and young Suved Parkar (51) tried their bit, but with the need to attack at every opportunity, MP's Kumar Kartikeya (4/98) and the other bowlers knew that wickets would come their way.

The day belonged to none other than Sarfaraz, who has now scored an astounding 937 runs in Ranji Trophy in just six games and could make it 1000 for the season if Mumbai bat again in this match.

In 2019-20 season, he scored 928 runs in just 6 games at a massive average of 154.67, that included 3 tons and 3 fifties Mumbai were in a comfortable position when the lunch was called on Day 2 all thanks to Sarfaraz's efforts

Mumbai failed to drive home the advantage on a pitch that wasn't conducive for strokeplay Mumbai did enjoy the advantage during the first hour after Shaw opted to bat and, along with Jaiswal, took on the MP attack

 Prithvi Shaw-led Mumbai will take on Madhya Pradesh in the final of the Ranji Trophy 2022 that begins on June 22 at M Chinnaswamy stadium in Begaluru. Not to forget, Mumbai are 41-time champions who will take on MP, who have made it to their first final since 1998-99. MP topped their group without losing a single match, then beat Punjab and Bengal in the quarter-finals and semi-finals to cement their place in the last-two. Mumbai too had a similar journey as they topped their group, with 2 wins and a draw, and then beat Uttarakhand by massive 725 runs in the quarter-finals to move to the semis where they drew with UP but surge ahead on the basis of 1st innings lead. 

Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh had a draw, with Mumbai advancing to the finals on basis of their first-innings lead It is Mumbai`s 47th final overall and their first since 2016-17

Opting to bat after wining the toss, Madhya Pradesh did not have the best of outing as only Harpreet Singh (59) made a significant score.