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Musheer scored 109 off 185 balls on the opening day, sharing a 208-run second-wicket partnership with Angkrish Raghuvanshi, who made 114. He returned with his left-arm spin on Tuesday to remove Haryana captain Ankit Kumar and opener Himanshu Rana, finishing with figures of two for 28 from nine overs.
Mumbai were asked to bat first at the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy ground at the Bandra Kurla Complex. After Divyaansh Saxena fell for 10, Raghuvanshi and Musheer rebuilt the innings and carried the score forward with a 208-run stand for the second wicket.
Raghuvanshi scored 114 from 180 deliveries, including 13 fours and a six. Musheer’s 109 came off 185 balls and included 12 fours and a six. The innings was reported as Musheer’s third century of the tournament, while Raghuvanshi registered his maiden first-class hundred.
The partnership helped Mumbai reach 290 for three at the close of the opening day. Musheer was dismissed leg-before to Anuj Thakral after reaching three figures, and the innings continued on the second morning with the middle and lower order seeking to build a substantial total.
Haryana took five wickets during the second morning session and briefly put pressure on Mumbai’s batting order. Siddhesh Lad made 33 and Sarfaraz Khan scored 40, but neither converted his start into a larger score. The innings had slipped to 344 for seven, leaving Mumbai needing a lower-order contribution to move beyond a modest total.
Tanush Kotian supplied that resistance with an unbeaten 52 from 96 balls. Contributions from Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Avasthi and Sylvester D’Souza helped Mumbai reach 430 before being bowled out in 130.3 overs. Samant Jakhar took three wickets for Haryana, while Aman Kumar and Vats claimed two each.
The 430-run total gave Mumbai a substantial first-innings platform, though the response from Haryana would determine how much of that advantage could be converted into control of the match.
Haryana began their innings looking to reduce the deficit, with Ankit Kumar and Himanshu Rana putting on 61 for the first wicket. Mumbai needed a breakthrough, and captain Siddhesh Lad turned to Musheer’s left-arm spin after tea.
Musheer dismissed Ankit Kumar for 35 and then removed Himanshu Rana for 27, ending the opening partnership and leaving Haryana at 65 for two. He completed the day with figures of two for 28 in nine overs. Nishant Sindhu and Dheeru Singh stayed together through the closing period, and Haryana finished at 108 for two after 39 overs.
Haryana were therefore 322 runs behind Mumbai’s first-innings total at stumps. The match remained in progress, and the next phase would depend on whether Haryana’s remaining batters could build a substantial response or Mumbai could extend their advantage with further wickets.
Musheer’s contribution came in both innings: a patient century that anchored Mumbai’s first innings and two wickets that checked Haryana’s start. In a multi-day match, that kind of contribution can help a side maintain pressure without relying exclusively on one department.
Raghuvanshi’s century was also important to Mumbai’s innings, particularly given that it was his first at first-class level. Together, the young batters’ partnership set up the total, while Kotian’s unbeaten half-century helped the team recover after a middle-order cluster of wickets.
The score at the end of day two put Mumbai ahead, but the fixture was not decided at that stage. Haryana still had eight wickets in hand and would need to reduce the deficit substantially to bring the contest back into balance. The next day’s play would show whether Mumbai’s bowling attack could turn the first-innings lead into a more decisive advantage.
