Rest of India bag Irani Cup after Day 5 wash-out

Rest of India clinched the Irani Cup for the fourth successive time when they defeated Mumbai on the basis of the first innings lead after the fifth and final day of the match in Nagpur was called off due to wet ground conditions on Monday.

Although there was no rain since morning, overnight rain rendered the outfield unplayable. After five inspections, the on-field umpires decided to call off proceedings without a ball being bowled.

Riding on Ravindra Jadeja's 77, Rest of India put up 260 runs in the first innings and then dismissed Mumbai for 230, to take, in what proved to be, a match-winning 30-run lead.

In their second essay, the Virender Sehwag-led side was cruising at 352 for four when rain cut short the fourth day's play on Sunday, with Tiwary unbeaten on 80 off 132 balls and wicketkeeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha on five.

For Rest of India, Abhinav Mukund (126 off 250 balls), Murali Vijay (91 off 211) and Tiwary starred with the bat in the second innings.

Burly off-spinner Romesh Powar and left-arm orthodox Iqbal Abdullah were Mumbai's wicket-takers, picking two apiece while giving away 96 and 78 runs respectively.

Earlier, skipper Wasim Jaffer (68) and Ajinkya Rahane (44) put up resistance as the pace duo of S Sreesanth (3/46) and Munaf Patel (5/70) wrecked havoc with the new ball to restrict Mumbai to 230.