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Punjab dethrones Mumbai

By Our Special Correspondent

MUMBAI, MARCH 21. Punjab beat the defending champion Mumbai by three wickets to enter the Ranji Trophy final. The visitor required two and half hours to score 68 runs and clinch victory on the fourth day of the semifinal at the Wankhede Stadium.

Pankaj Dharmani (86 not out, 300m, 227 b, 8x4, 1x6) was the chief architect of the visitor's win. He defended stoutly, kept the scoreboard moving and figured in two good stands in the course of his five-hour tenure in the middle. Punjab lost the wickets of Gaurav Gupta, Amit Uniyal and Navdeep Singh before the second new ball was claimed by Mumbai, but Gagandeep Singh offered valuable support

The scores:

Mumbai — 1st innings: 251.

Punjab — 1st innings: 126.

Mumbai — 2nd innings: 168.

Punjab — 2nd innings: R. Ricky c Samant b Salvi 21, R. Sodhi lbw b Agarkar 24, Yuvraj Singh c Samant b Agarkar 42, D. Mongia c Samant b Agarkar 49, P. Dharmani (not out) 86, G. Gupta c Samant b Salvi 34, A. Uniyal c Samant b Agarkar 0, Navdeep Singh lbw b Kulkarni 6, Gagandeep Singh (not out) 15, extras (lb-2, nb-9, w-6) 17 Total (for seven wkts in 100. 4 overs) 294.

Fall of wkts: 1-36, 2-64, 3-142, 4-145, 5-244, 6-247, 7-261.

Mumbai bowling: Agarkar 27-8-84-4, Salvi 12.4-2-54-2, Bahutule 22-6-35-0,

Kulkarni 23-2-69-1, Powar 16-3-50-0.

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