Shaw slams fifty on return from doping ban as Mumbai win

Prithvi Shaw made a splendid return to competitive cricket after serving a doping ban, hitting a 39-ball 63 to guide Mumbai to a 83-run win over Assam in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy here on Sunday.

All eyes were on Shaw, who played his first game after serving a back-dated eight-month suspension by BCCI for failing a dope test and pint-sized opener did t disappoint small crowd at Wankhede Stadium.

Shaw, who came in for in-form Jay Bista, struck a blazing half-century and n celebrated in a 'bat does talk' manner.

Shaw and Aditya Tare (82 off 48 balls) toyed with a pedestrian Assam attack to help Mumbai post a massive 206 for 5 in Group 'D' match.

Mumbai bowlers led by medium pacer Shivam Dube (2/3) n restricted visitors to 123 for 8 to complete win.

focus was firmly on Shaw, who was named in Mumbai's last two games of league st of Mushtaq Ali trophy and subsequent super league st on Thursday.

20-year-old made his intent clear as he hit seven boundaries and two sixes in his 39-ball kck and made optimum use of a 'life' which he got on 32 after being dropped at long-off.

Shaw underlined his class, hitting some lovely shots and also struck two towering sixes.

Tare was also in an attacking mood, smashing some well-timed boundaries.

two conjured up a 138-run stand for first-wicket to lay foundation of big total. Tare hammered 12 fours and a lone six.

Assam leg-spinner Riyan Parag removed Tare and skipper Suryakumar Yadav (0), who had a rare failure, in successive deliveries of 14th over.

Shaw's innings too ended after he became Parag's (3-30) third victim as Mumbai slumped to 149 for 3.

However, a quick-fire 32 off 14 balls by ir crisis man Siddhesh Lad ensured that hosts crossed 200-run mark.

chase was always going to be difficult for Assam and Mumbai bowlers dished out a clinical show.

Assam kept losing wickets and or batsman apart from Riyan Parag (38 off 33 balls) showed spine as Mumbai defended target with ease.

Dhawal Kulkarni (2/28), Dube (2/3), Shams Mulani (2/15), Shardul Thakur (1-23) and Shreyas Iyer (1-28) shared spoils.

Meanwhile, in first game at Bandra-Kurla Complex, Pondicherry defeated Bengal by four wickets to grab ir four points.

In or game at BKC, Haryana chased 160-run target against Madhya Pradesh with four wickets in hand and Sumit Kumar top-scoring with an unbaten 44.

And in second game at Wankhede, Meghalaya, who had stunned Mumbai on Friday, got better of Mizoram by 25 runs.

Meghalaya's all-rounder Abhay Negi registered fastest fifty in Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy in 14 balls, surpassing record held by Robin Uthappa.

Negi hammered two fours and six sixes.

Brief scores:

Mumbai: 206 for 5 (Aditya Tare 82, Prithvi Shaw 63, Riyan Parag 3/30) beat Assam 123 for 8 (Riyan Parag 38, Sibsankar Roy 22, Shivam Dube 2/3) by 83 runs. Mumbai 4 points, Assam 0 points.

Bengal 132 for 7 (Vivek Singh 43, Abhimanyu Easwaran 28, Suresh Kumar 4/17) lost to Pondicherry 135 for 6 (Rohit Damodaran 55, Suresh Kumar 16; Shahbaz Ahamad 2-16) by four wickets. Pondicherry 4 points, Bengal: 0.

Madhya Pradesh: 159/6 (Rajat Patidar 69, Venkatesh Iyer 34; Harshal Patel 3-34) lost to Haryana 162/6 (Sumit Kumar 44 t out, Shivam Chauhan 41; Parth Sahani 2-17) by four wickets. Haryana 4 points, Madhya Pradesh 0.

Meghalaya: 207/4 (Ravi Bhamidipati 53 t out, Abhay Negi 50 t out;Lalhma Ngaiha 1-24) beat Mizoram 182/2 (Taruwar Kohli 90, Pawan Prasad 72 t out; Raj Biswa 1-29) by 25 runs. Meghalaya 4 points, Mizoram 0 points.