Sports Desk, AnyTV, Guwahati
Published by: Shaktiraj Singh
Updated Fri, 25 Feb 2022 02:32 PM IST
Summary
This is the first time in Ranji Trophy that twin brothers have scored centuries while playing for the same team. Baba Aparajit and Baba Indrajit of Tamil Nadu have done this feat.
Baba Aparajit and Baba Indrajit
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Baba Aparajit and Baba Indrajit have performed brilliantly in the second round of Ranji Trophy 2022. Both the batsmen shared a partnership of 205 runs and contributed significantly in taking Tamil Nadu’s score to 470. Both the batsmen together scored 293 runs. This is the first time in the history of Ranji Trophy that twin brothers have scored a century while playing for the same team. Even before this, both the batsmen have scored centuries in the same match, but then both of them were playing for different teams.
Baba Aparajit scored 166 runs in 267 balls in this match. During this he hit 15 fours and four sixes. At the same time, Baba Inderjit played an innings of 127 runs in 141 balls. During this, 21 fours came from his bat. Caught out by the undefeated Sumit Ruikar. At the same time, Inderjit was clean bowled by Ajay Mandal. This is Aparajith’s 10th and Indrajit’s 11th first-class match.
Tamil Nadu’s position strengthened due to the centuries of both
Thanks to the centuries from the twin brothers, Tamil Nadu has reached a strong position in this match. Apart from Baba Aparajit’s 166, Indrajit 127 and Shahrukh Kan 69 also contributed significantly in this. Tamil Nadu declared their first innings in this match by scoring 470 runs for the loss of nine wickets. For Chhattisgarh, Sumit Ruikar took four and Ajay Jadhav Mandal took three wickets. At the same time, two batsmen from Tamil Nadu were run out.
Have already scored a century in the same match
Earlier, when these two batsmen had scored centuries in the same match, Baba was playing for Aparajit India Red and Indrajit India Green. In a conversation with the Times of India, Indrajit said that these two players have liked to bat with each other since childhood. Both always help each other. The last time when both of them scored a century together, they used to play for different teams. However, it was special for Indrajit to achieve this feat while playing together.
At the same time, Baba Aparajit said that Inderjit was scoring runs fast, but he wanted to bat carefully. That’s why he took his time. Looking at the slow pitch, he batted understanding the bounce.