In all, 21 wickets fell on a green top pitch and in near perfect
conditions for batting as Mumbai collapsed for their second lowest-ever
total, just two runs more than the 42 they made against Gujarat in the
1977-78 season.
Mumbai's woes were compounded by the absence of Abhishek Nayar who did not bat owing to an injury.
However, Mumbai struck twice at the fag end of the day when seamer Shardul Thakur, who had taken four wickets earlier, had opener Robin Uthappa (4) holing out to mid-on and Balwinder Singh Sandhu derived late movement to induce a nick from Lokesh Rahul (2) for a simple catch behind the stumps as the hosts made 10 for two in their second innings for an overall lead of 168.
Mumbai's woes were compounded by the absence of Abhishek Nayar who did not bat owing to an injury.
However, Mumbai struck twice at the fag end of the day when seamer Shardul Thakur, who had taken four wickets earlier, had opener Robin Uthappa (4) holing out to mid-on and Balwinder Singh Sandhu derived late movement to induce a nick from Lokesh Rahul (2) for a simple catch behind the stumps as the hosts made 10 for two in their second innings for an overall lead of 168.
Vinay, in an inspired opening spell, was twice on a hat-trick as he
moved the ball both ways to rip through the Mumbai top-order, while his
new ball partner Abhimanyu Mithun chipped in with one and the third
seamer Sreenath Arvind picked up two.
The Mumbai batsmen were consumed by their own demons as well as the Karnataka seamers bowled. Skipper Aditya Tare (9) was perhaps unlucky to be given out caught behind off Vinay Kumar, but otherwise, majority of the Mumbai batsmen were clueless in dealing with movement.
Overall, it was a shockingly pathetic display by Mumbai batsmen most of whom did not apply themselves and were out to some poor shots or playing down the wrong line to be leg-before as only two Shreyas Iyer (15) and Surya Kumar Yadav (12) reached double figures and five others failed to break the duck.
The Mumbai batsmen were consumed by their own demons as well as the Karnataka seamers bowled. Skipper Aditya Tare (9) was perhaps unlucky to be given out caught behind off Vinay Kumar, but otherwise, majority of the Mumbai batsmen were clueless in dealing with movement.
Overall, it was a shockingly pathetic display by Mumbai batsmen most of whom did not apply themselves and were out to some poor shots or playing down the wrong line to be leg-before as only two Shreyas Iyer (15) and Surya Kumar Yadav (12) reached double figures and five others failed to break the duck.
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