Captain Ajinkya Rahane, all-rounder Shardul Thakur, and fast bowler Roston Dies won the back of Haryana in the Ranaji Trophy quarter-finals on Tuesday, February 11 from Mumbai’s incredible victory. The win of 152 runs, keeping the title of defending champion alive.
Ajinkya Rahane hit his first century in his first century of the season to help Mumbai lead to the target for winning the match in the second innings. The out-of-favor test batter was fluent in his knock, which shifted the speed in Mumbai’s favor as he hit 13 borders. Rahane received concrete support from Suryakumar Yadav, who made his first innings failure with 70 in the second innings.
Rahane gets his 41st first class hundred In his 200th match in red-ball cricket, showing once again that it is made for big matches.
Meanwhile, Sharadul Thakur continued the selectors interested in his progress before the tour of England. The all-rounder took nine wickets in the match, including a six-wicket race in the first innings, which triggers Haryana’s batting fall and gave the first innings for Mumbai.
Mumbai, who was stunned by Jammu and Kashmir during the group’s stage phase, jumped back with a victory to book his quarter-final berth against Meghalaya. In the last eight conflicts, Mumbai found itself in trouble at 65 for 5 in the first innings at Eden Garden. However, the defending champion displayed flexibility that inspired him to success in the Ranji Trophy for years, both Tanush Kotian and Shams Mulani scored him to help him after 315 in the nineties.
Sharadul, Dies Shine
Haryana, riding on Captain Ankit Kumar’s hundred, were ready to seal the first innings lead. However, he lost his last six wickets for only 44 runs, 3 days in the morning for Shardul’s wicket taking wicket.
Chasing 354 in the final innings, Haryana had enough time, but Pacers Dies and Shardul made life difficult on the Kolkata pitch, which started wearing down. Haryana was excluded for 201 in its final innings.
Stopping the partnership of Lakshmi Dalal and Sumit Kumar VI, priced at 90 runs, Chase of Haryana never accelerated, as they were bent in 57.3 overs a day when the play was extended due to good light And the wickets also due to nine defeat to Haryana. The last five wickets of Haryana were tumbling in the last hour, in which Dies produced the best career’s best 5/39 in 10.3 overs-his first five-diche hall.
Brief score: Mumbai 315 and 339 in 85.3 overs (Ajinkya Rahane 108, Suryakumar Yadav 70, Shivam Dubey 48). Haryana 201; 57.3 overs (Lakshmi Dalal 64, Sumit Kumar 62; Roston Dies 5/39, Shardul Thakur 3/26). Mumbai won by 152 runs. (With PTI input)
