Ranji Trophy 2022 Final: Mumbai vs Madhya Pradesh

Mumbai and Madhya Pradesh both have qualified for the finals of the Ranji Trophy 2022 after defeating their respective opponents. Madhya Pradesh has qualified for the first time in the Ranji finals since the 1998-99 season while Mumbai took a huge lead against Uttar Pradesh to claim a spot in the finals. Both teams will meet each other on June 22 at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bangalore.

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In the first semi-final game, Madhya Pradesh took 68 run lead against Bengal in the first innings despite centuries from both Bengal batters Manoj and Shahbaz. However, in the second innings, they pull up the lead to 349 and set an impossible look-like the target of 350 for the Bengal side. Soon Bengal fell out and got bundled on just 175 runs.

Kumar Karthikeya was the star performer from the MP side as he took a fifer in the second innings. MP captain Himanshu Mantri scored 165 in the first innings to ensure MP's lead.

In the second semi-final game, Mumbai takes a huge lead of 213 in the first innings as they batted till the last on day 5 and pilled up a score of 533/4 before declaring. The match ended on a draw note, but Mumbai won as they got a lead in the first innings.

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Meanwhile, youngster Yashasvi Jaswal was the star performer of the match as he slammed a hundred in both the innings. Jaiswal scored 100 in the first and 181 in the second innings. He ensures the tickets to the Ranji Trophy 2022 finals for team Mumbai. can they lift the title once more?