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Bista's maiden ton studs Mumbai's dominance

Mumbai 386 for 3 (Bista 104, Suryakumar 88*, Iyer 55, Binny 1-45, Rajpoot 1-73) v Rest of India
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details

Jay Bista brought up his maiden first-class century as a strong batting show by Mumbai's top order flattened a depleted Rest of India attack on the opening day of the Irani Cup at the Brabourne Stadium.

Bista, the 20-year old opener who was drafted into the squad on the back of a match-wining double-century for Mumbai Under-23 in the final of the CK Nayudu Trophy, struck an aggressive 90-ball 104 as Mumbai ended the first day on 386 for 3. His opening stand of 193 with Akhil Herwadkar, who made 90, set the tone for Mumbai's sustained dominance.

Rest of India, missing the services of Brainder Sran and Nathu Singh because of injuries, started poorly, conceding as many as 27 boundaries in the first session as Herwadkar and Bista hammered 159. Bista, who hit 15 fours and a six, was the first to fall to Krishna Das, Assam's highest wicket-taker this season. Three overs later, seamer Ankit Rajpoot, drafted in as a late replacement, removed Herwadkar to leave Mumbai at 209 for 2.

Shreyas Iyer, who amassed 1321 runs in the Ranji Trophy, carried on from where he left off in the final, taking the bowlers on to make an enterprising 55, his 12th fifty-plus score of the season, before a lapse in concentration shortly before tea resulted in him slapping a Stuart Binny delivery straight to Srikar Bharat at point.

Suryakumar Yadav and Aditya Tare, the captain, took over, putting together 114 runs until stumps. Suryakumar, who curbed his natural instincts in the Ranji Trophy final last week, brought his A game to finish unbeaten on 88, while Tare walked back 38 not out.

Huge total

2

No. of higher totals in Irani Cup by Ranji Trophy winners, than the 603 by Mumbai in this match. Delhi had made 628/8 in 1980-81 and Karnataka 606 in 2013-14.

First time ever

0

No. of times a team's first six batsmen all made scores of 50 or more in an innings in Irani Cup, before Mumbai batsmen in this game.

Solid Top Order

2010

Last time Mumbai's top five batsmen all scored 50 or more in an innings in first-class matches, before this - vs Gujarat, Valsad, Ranji Trophy 2010-11.

Golden run

5

Consecutive 50+ scores for Shreyas Iyer in First-Class matches, including his half-century today in Irani. He scored 81, 90, 58 and 117 in QF, SF and final of Ranji.

Coming high

217

Runs scored by Jai Bista for Mumbai U-23 vs MP U-23 in the final of CK Nayudu Trophy last week. He scored 104 in the Irani Cup today.

Big partnership

193

Runs added by Herwadkar-Bista, which is the biggest opening p'ship for Mumbai in FC since the 247-run added by Rahane-Kukreja v Karachi Urban in Karachi in 2007-08.

Ranji yes, Irani no

0

No. of wins for Mumbai in Irani Cup, in their last seven appearances. The last they won it was in 1997-98 but overall they have won 15 times in 28 attempts.

ROI's dominance

2

Number of times in the last ten seasons, the Ranji Trophy winner won the Irani Cup. Both by Karnataka in the last two seasons. Rest of India team have won the other 8.