Mumbai left- arm incentive follows up first innings ’ six- gate haul with three in alternate dig as Andhra end Day 3 with 164- 5 to trail by 47 runs Forty- one time titleholders Mumbai are on the verge of securing their alternate consecutive thumping palm of the ongoing Ranji jewel season. On Sunday, it was a contest between the Mumbai bowlers, especially left- arm incentive Shams Mulani( 6- 65 and 3- 63) and the Andhra Pradesh batsmen in their Elite Group †˜B’ hassle at the Mumbai Cricket Association’s Bandra- Kurla Complex ground Mulani claimed six raniums to play a crucial part in brushing out the callers for just 184. When the hosts executed the follow- on, he was at it again, claiming three lattices as AP ended Day Three with 164- 5 in the alternate innings. The callers trail by 47 runs. On Saturday, Mulani transferred back Andhra’sNo. 3 Shaik Rasheed( 3) andNo. 4 Hanuma Vihari( 6). He was awarded for his delicacy and chastened bowling with another four lattices. His raniums included commander Ricky BhuiExperienced leader Dhawal Kulkarni( 3- 38) supported him well.” I was just trying to drift in the right areas. The odd ball was sinking on because of the lawn and that was taking the batsmen by surprise. My normal- paced deliveries weren’t doing that much,” Mulani explained, when asked about his plans after claiming Vihari and Bhui. Mulani gave Mumbai beforehand breaks in the alternate innings as well. He’d CR Gnaneshwar( 9) when Mohit Avasthi took a splendid catch atmid-off and also disturbed Uppara Girinath’s cabinetwork for a duck, which left the callers floundering at 11- 2. Vihari( 46, 6×4) looked settled, but pulled left- arm leader Royston Dias’s( 1- 39) short-pitched delivery only to edge it to wicketkeeper Prasad Pawar
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