Tamil Nadu captain Sai Kishore was the shining light on the 2nd day of the semi-finals against Mumbai at Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BAK, Mumbai on 3rd March 2024. He started bowling with success getting rid of Mohit Awasthi with a lovely stumping by Narayan Jagadeesan. Sai Kishore looked impressive not allowing the Mumbai batters to score runs freely.
He then produced a stunning delivery to dismiss Mumbai captain Rahane with a good catch by Indrajith. Sai Kishore led from the front getting wickets of half-centurion Musheer Khan with a lovely piece of bowling and then Shams Mulani to leave Mumbai in deep trouble at 106 for 7. He continued his merry way as Shardul Thakur and Tamore added a valuable partnership for the 8th wicket. Kishore then took the wicket of Tamore to pick his 6th wicket of the innings.
It was a marathon bowling effort by Kishore as he finished with figures of 6 for 97 in 37 overs. Despite his brilliance, Tamil Nadu might be knocked out of the tournament. Mumbai ended the 2nd day in a strong position at 353 for 9 with a lead of 207 runs.
Kishore took the wicket of Bhupen Lalwani right before the stroke of stumps. It was a great bowling performance by Kishore who bowled his heart out as the rest of the bowlers did not give support. Sandeep Warrier took 1 wicket while Kuldeep Sen took 2 wickets.
Stumps on Day 2!
Mumbai move to 353/9
Sensational šÆ from Shardul Thakur, fifties from Musheer Khan (55) & Tanush Kotian (74*) have helped Mumbai extend the lead to 207
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Sai Kishore leading wicket-taker in the 2023-24 Ranji Trophy season
Sai Kishore is currently the leading wicket in the 2023-24 Ranji Trophy season. He has been in sensational form during the ongoing tournament for Tamil Nadu.
Sai Kishore led from the front match-winning performance in the quarterfinals against Saurashtra. He was lethal with the ball, grabbing 5 for 66 in 32.1 overs to bowl out Saurashtra for 183 in the first innings.
Kishore then proved his worth with another superb figure of 4 for 27 in 26.4 overs that helped Tamil Nadu bowl out Saurashtra for 122 to register an innings and 33 runs victory.
Sai Kishore has grabbed 53 wickets from 9 matches (15 innings) with best figures of 6 for 97 including 6 times four-wicket hauls and thrice five-wicket haul. He went at an economy of 2.55 runs per over.
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