13:26 IST and Local Time | Mumbai were the clear favorites from the start and they secured a comfortable victory by chasing the 66 run down with 62 balls and 9 wickets remaining.
Chasing the paltry 66 run target, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Angkrish Raghuvanshi were on attacking mode right from the start. Somehow they scored just 8 from the first two overs. But then, Jaiswal hit three boundaries in the third over to bolster the run rate. Mumbai was going well and was maintaining a run rate of 7 when Jaiswal fell trying to heave the opposition captain Rajesh Bishnoi's tossed up delivery straight. He scored a 14 ball 21 before leaving the crease.
Ajinkya Rahane, the skipper then joined Angkrish Raghuvanshi at the crease and he was watchful from the start. Raghuvanshi scored a few boundaries and hit the only maximum of the game. In the end, the chase was a cakewalk for the experienced Mumbai team. Angkrish Raghuvanshi stayed unbeaten on 32 off 31 balls hitting 3 boundaries and a six. Ajinkya Rahane was unbeaten on 8.
Earlier coming to bat first, Meghalaya boarded only 65, thanks to a good 20 run knock by Anish Charak. Akash Choudhary scored 11 runs and they were the only batters to score double-digit scores.
For Mumbai, Tushar Deshpande was the star bowler picking up three wickets. He was well accompanied by his vice-captain Shams Mulani who scalped two wickets. Tanush Kotian and Shivam Dube shared two wickets between them.