New Delhi, The final match of Ranji Trophy is being played between Mumbai and Vidarbha. Vidarbha won the toss and decided to bowl first. Mumbai team came out to bat first. Mumbai team could score only 224 runs in the first innings. Shardul Thakur played an excellent innings for Mumbai. He scored a total of 75 runs in 69 balls. Only after this innings of Shardul, Mumbai team could reach the score of more than 200.
When Shardul Thakur came out to bat, 6 wickets had fallen. Thakur came to bat at number 8. He played an innings of 75 runs facing 69 balls. During his innings he hit 8 fours and 3 sixes. His strike rate was more than 100. Apart from Shardul, no player could even cross the 50 run mark. Prithvi Shaw scored 46 runs in 63 balls. So there, Bhupen Lalwani played an inning of 37 runs in 64 balls.
Ranji 2024: Was out of the team in the middle of the series, did not get a place even in the central contract, now flopped badly in the final.
Played a century in the semi-finals
Thanks to the all-round performance of Shardul Thakur, the Mumbai team had registered a resounding victory over Tamil Nadu by an innings and 70 runs. On the basis of lethal bowling in the first innings, Mumbai had defeated Tamil Nadu on the score of just 146 runs. After this, the team in trouble took a huge lead of 232 runs by scoring 378 runs on the basis of Shardul Thakur’s century.
Rahane-Iyer flopped
Iyer was dropped from the BCCI’s central contract list a few days ago. After which he is participating in Ranji Trophy. Shreyas Iyer came to bat at number five in the first innings. But he was out after scoring only 7 runs. During this period he faced 15 balls. Iyer also hit a four. At the same time, captain Ajinkya Rahane’s bat did not work. He could score only 7 runs in 35 balls in the first innings.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: March 10, 2024, 17:15 IST