Suryakumar Yadav and Aditya Tare added 76 runs from just 20 balls    File photo
Suryakumar Yadav and Aditya Tare added 76 runs from just 20 balls File photo

Mumbai recorded huge margin victory over Goa in the recently concluded contest between them at MRF Pachyappas Ground, Chennai. Mumbai, led by Aditya Tare, ran through against neighbours Goa, by bowling them out for mere 95. Chasing a small total, both Mumbai openers Shreyas Iyer and Rohit Sharma were bowled out by Goa in 2.2 overs. After their departure, Suryakumar Yadav and skipper Tare went all guns blazing: they kept hammering Goa bowlers till they won the match by 8 wickets with 266 balls remaining. The victory margin is now the second-highest in terms of balls left in List A cricket on Indian soil.

Overall, the record for largest margins victory by runs in a List A match is 346 balls by Somerset against Devon in 1990. However, that was a 60-over match. If we consider only matches of 50 overs or fewer, Mumbai’s win by 266 balls spare is the eighth-biggest margin victory in terms of balls left. The Indian record stays with Railways, who chased completed the chase in just 5.3 overs and won the match with 267 balls left against Rajasthan in 2014-15.

Largest margins of victory by balls left in List A (50-over match)

Balls left

Winning Team

Losing team

Season

286

Colts Cricket Club

Saracens Sports Club

2012-13

277

Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan

Faisalabad

1989-90

274

Sri Lanka

Zimbabwe

2001-02

272

Sri Lanka

Canada

2002-03

271

South Africa A

Sri Lanka A

2005-06

269

Trinidad and Tobago

USA

2000-01

267

Railways

Rajasthan

2014-15

266

Mumbai

Goa

2016-17

The foundation of Mumbai’s huge victory was laid by Shardul Thakur, who began everything by taking the wicket of Goa opener Prathamesh Gawas in the fourth over of the match. In the next over, Dhawal Kulkarni joined hands with Thakur, sending Amogh Desai back to pavilion in the next over. Abhishek Nayar ended up taking 4 wickets of Goa while Kulkarni got 3. Goa were all out for 95 in 35 overs. The top-score from their side was 23 by captain Sagun Kamat.

Three Goa bowlers got to bowl. Saurabh Bandekar bowled 3 overs and conceded 52 with the wicket of Iyer, while Felix Alemao leaked 31 from 2 and got Rohit. Darshan Misal bowled only 4 balls and gave away 16 runs.