Ranji Trophy: Shreyas Gopal shines against Mumbai, Shivam Dube smashes fifty

Shivam Dube

India all-rounder Shivam Dube carried his rich recent form into domestic circuit cracking a rapid fifty but Shreyas Gopal's four-wicket haul ensured that Mumbai were bowled out for 251 on the first day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match against Kerala here on Friday.

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Dube hit four fours and two sixes to make 51 off 72 balls and was among the three Mumbai batters to make a fifty, with Bhupen Lalwani and Tanush Kotian (adding precious runs to their first innings total. If Lalwani and Dube's efforts took Mumbai to the 200-run mark, it was Kotian's rearguard action that extended their total to 250, and it could be vital in the ensuing days.

Dube, who recently bagged the player of the series award in the three-match T20 series against Afghanistan, looked primed for a bigger knock but failed to kick-on. The Gopal-led Kerala bowling attack kept chipping away with regular breakthroughs, not allowing Mumbai batters to find their feet for a longer haul in the middle, here at the St Xavier's KCA Cricket Ground. Gopal was parsimonious while taking 4-28 off 18.4 overs.

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