A tale of two contrasting halves left the Ranji Trophy final between giants Mumbai and dark horse Saurashtra poised for a close finish after the second day’s play. Mumbai, chasing Saurashtra’s first innings score of 235, were rocked early by Unadkat’s twin blows, and the lanky left-arm pacer came back towards the end of the lunch session to trouble the set partnership of Iyer and Surya Kumar Yadav too.
The 41st over of the innings was a maiden over. Yadav, who was on strike, missed the first three balls, and tried to duck the fourth one. The ball followed him in its trajectory and crashed into the middle of the back of his helmet, as he turned his eyes away from the ball.
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Unadkat’s short ball hits Surya at the back of his helmet.Thankfully no serious injury @Paytm #RanjiTrophy Final pic.twitter.com/URYTHK6kQH
— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) February 25, 2016
Unadkat immediately went over to the batsman to ensure he was fine, inspecting the back of the helmet. Though Unadkat didn’t add to his wicket tally, he continued to trouble every batsman he bowled to.