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Bumrah six-for propels Gujarat into final
- Updated: January 4, 2017
Gujarat 390 (Panchal 149, Parthiv 62, Ajay Yadav 3-69) and 252 (Juneja 81, Gandhi 51, Nadeem 5-69) beat Jharkhand 408 (Jaggi 129, Kishan 61, RP Singh 6-90) and 111 (Bumrah 6-29, RP Singh 3-25) by 123 runsScorecard
A 23-year-old limited-overs India regular pitching for long-format recognition and a 31-year old veteran whom many believe is well past his prime bowled Gujarat into the Ranji Trophy final for only the second time in the tournament’s 83-year history, knocking Jharkhand out despite conceding the first-innings lead. Gujarat’s only other final came in 1950-51, when they lost to Holkar.
Jasprit Bumrah, with his awkward angles, steep bounce and minute deviations off the pitch, took his second five-wicket haul in successive matches; he finished with career-best figures of 6 for 29 as Jharkhand, chasing 235, were bundled out for 111. The chase was always going to be challenging on a surface that had become progressively more difficult to bat on, but not to the extent their second-innings meltdown suggested. The end came shortly before scheduled close of play on day four.
While Bumrah’s efforts were hard to top, RP Singh was no less important. His upright seam and late movement, both in and out, in a quality first spell that read 5-5-0-1 triggered the slide. In an engaging passage of play in which nearly every ball was an event, Jharkhand’s openers went on the defensive straight away, a ploy that backfired. Bumrah and RP Singh were so relentless that Gujarat didn’t miss miss Rush …
