Vijay Hazare Trophy

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2018: Mumbai beat Delhi to the title

Manuja Veerappa, Mumbai emerge Hazare champs, October 21, 2018: The Times of India

The one thing that separated Mumbai from other teams in the Vijay Hazare Trophy was teamwork. The Shreyas Iyerled side has played like a champion unit, banking on collective effort rather than individual brilliance. Team work once again held them in good stead at the M Chinnaswamy stadium as they beat Delhi by four wickets to claim the limited-overs crown.

After a top-order collapse saw them reduced to 40/4 in the eighth over, Aditya Tare (71; 89b, 13x4, 1x6) and Siddesh Lad (48; 68b, 4x4, 2x6) helped Mumbai cruise past the finish line in 35 overs.

Electing to field, Mumbai restricted Delhi to 177/9 in 45.4 overs, thanks to the pace trio of Dhawal Kulkarni (3/ 30), Tushar Deshpande (2/ 30) and Shivam Dube (3/29).

A target of 178 for a starstudded Mumbai line-up seemed like a cakewalk and they started with Prithivi Shaw punching the first two deliveries of Navdeep Saini to the fence. But Shaw soon misread a length delivery from Saini and the ball crashed into his off-stump.

With the new ball aiding the pacers, Ajinkya Rahane was beaten by Saini and was trapped in front. Delhi skipper Gautam Gambhir set an attacking field and that paid off as Surya Kumar Yadav slashed at a wide delivery from Saini to offer a catch to Nitish Rana at second slip.

With skipper Iyer also back in the hut, the onus was on Tare and Lad -- who had not got much time in the middle throughout the tournament -- to step up. The duo counter-attacked, making good of the lifelines gifted by the opposition. Lad was caught off a no-ball when on zero, a catch was grassed and an appeal for a run-out went in Mumbai’s favour. But Mumbai needed no further help as they coasted home to complement the fine work of their bowlers in the morning.

Brief Scores: Delhi 177/9 in 45.4 overs (Himmat Singh 41, Dhruv Shorey 31, Subodh Bhati 25; Sivam Dube 3-29, Dhawal Kulkarni 3-30, Tushar Deshpande 2-30) lost to Mumbai 180/6 in 35 overs (Aditya Tare 71, Siddesh Lad 48; Navdeep Saini 3-53)