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Smat 2021 Mumbai Bundled Out For 94

SMAT 2021: Mumbai bundled out for 94

Pondicherry had a brilliant day at the office after beating Mumbai by 6 wickets in Mumbai on Sunday at Wankhede in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021. Chasing 95 in 20 overs, Pondicherry chased down the target in 19 overs.

Earlier, Mumbai were bundled out for a paltry total of 94 against Pondicherry . After being put into bat, Mumbai lost an early wicket in the form of Aditya Tare for 13. Tare’s departure saw a flurry of wickets and were reduced to 39/5 with the likes of Suryakumar Yadav, Siddesh Lad and Yashasvi Jaiswal back in the hut.

Shivam Dube tried to hold the innings from one end as he scored 28 off 25 but ran out of partners.

Akash who was the second highest scorer in the innings remained unbeaten at 20.

Pondicherry rode on Santha Moorthy’s fifer to dominate the Mumbai batting. Moorthy’s wickets tally included the dismissals of Jaiswal, Tare, Suryakumar, Lad and Suit Naik. He eventually returned with figures of 5/20 in 4 overs.

Former India player Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun was the last player to get out for 3.

Mumbai have had a dismal run in the tournament so far. They have played three games in the tournament so far and have last all of them.

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