da casino： Uttar Pradesh were in a position of considerable strength at stumps onthe penultimate day of their three day Vijay Merchant Trophy finalagainst Mumbai at the Medical college ground in Thiruvananthapuram onThursday
14-Jan-2000Uttar Pradesh were in a position of considerable strength at stumps onthe penultimate day of their three day Vijay Merchant Trophy finalagainst Mumbai at the Medical college ground in Thiruvananthapuram onThursday. They scored 297 in their first innings and had taken eightMumbai wickets for 145 by stumps.UP, resuming at 240 for six, added another 57 runs in the morning.The overnight not out batsmen R Elahi and SK Upadhayay made theirseventh wicket partnership worth 102 runs off 3 overs. While Elahiscored 63, Upadhayay got 54. SG Pandey took three of the four wicketsto fall today and finished with four for 59.Mumbai lost wickets steadily and there were only two briefpartnerships that provided some substance. SS Thakur (39) and PValthaty (10) added 49 runs for the second wicket off 19 overs andthen VA Indulkar and skipper H Ravle who each got 35, put on 42 runsfor the sixth wicket off 17.2 overs. But generally N Chaudhery (3 for53) and R Jaiswal (2 for 40) kept the Mumbai batsmen in check.