Saxena, Jaffer ensure lead for Mumbai

Mumbai: Opener Divyaansh Saxena’s ton (102, 214b, 10x4, 1x6) and Armaan Jaffer’s 67 (134b, 9x4, 1x6) ensured a 69-run lead for Mumbai on Day Two of their Col CK Nayudu Trophy (for Under-25) quarterfinal at the Narendra Modi Stadium’s ‘B’ ground in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.Saxena and Jaffer added 137 for the second wicket as Mumbai scored 273. The talented Saxena played for the India Under-19 team in 2019 and 2020, scoring 747 runs in 18 games@53.35. The youngster learnt his cricket at former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar’s academy. For Karnataka,

Shivakumar BU

took four for 41, as Mumbai collapsed from 205 for three to 273, losing seven wickets for 68 runs. Karnataka were 110 for three in their second innings. They now have a lead of 41, with seven wickets in hand.Brief Scores: Karnataka 204 & 110-3 (MS Bhandage 45, Shivakumar BU 32*) vs Mumbai 273 (Divyaansh Saxena 102, Armaan Jaffer 67; Shivakumar BU 4-41) .

Musheer

to lead Mumbai in Cooch Behar The selectors on Monday named in-form allrounder

Musheer Khan

as the captain of the Mumbai team for the Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy knockouts in Kolkata. Mumbai play Rajasthan in the quarterfinals from April 18. The squad includes Angrkrish Raghuvanshi, who played for India in the Under-19 World Cup, and recently did well for the Mumbai U-25 team in the Cooch Behar Trophy.The squad: Musheer Khan (Captain), Omkar Malekar,Sourabh Singh,Ayaz Khan, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ayush Zimare, Vedprakash Jaiswal,Sai Chavan,Raj Waghela,Himanshu Singh,Anurag Singh,Ashley Dsouza,Aman Manihar,Prince Badiani,Zaid Patankar, Nikhil Giri, Arjun Dani, Varun Rao, Ayush Jethwa, Suryansh Shedge.