Mumbai Fights Back in Irani Cup: Sarfaraz Shines with Century After Early Collapse

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Mumbai Fights Back in Irani Cup: Sarfaraz Shines with Century After Early Collapse

Mumbai’s Strong Comeback in Irani Cup 2024

After a poor start, the Mumbai team made a brilliant comeback and shone against the rest of India. Sarfaraz Khan scored a century after half-centuries from skipper Ajinkya Rahane and Shreyas Iyer. He completed his century in 149 balls. Irani Cup 2024 starts from Tuesday between Mumbai and Rest of India.

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Mumbai’s Early Struggles

Rest of India captain Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and invited Ajinkya Rahane-led Mumbai to bat first. The match is being played at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ikana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Rest of India made a good catch while bowling first. From the first session, Mukesh Kumar started to tunnel the Mumbai batting. He worked to send the trio of Prithvi Shaw, Ayush Mhatre, and Hardik Tamore to the tent. Then Iyer (57) and Rahane put together a good partnership of 102 runs to save Mumbai’s innings. At the end of the first day, Mumbai scored 237 runs for 4 in 68 overs

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Sarfaraz Khan’s Century

At the end of Day 1, Mumbai had scored 237 runs for 4 in 68 overs. Ajinkya Rahane narrowly missed his century and was caught by Yash Dayal on 97 runs. The real star of the day was Sarfaraz Khan, who reached his century in 149 balls, continuing Mumbai’s fightback. Mukesh Kumar has taken the most wickets from Rest of India with four and Yash Dayal has taken two wickets so far.

Squads

  • Mumbai: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Prithvi Shaw, Ayush Mhatre, Hardik Tamore, Shreyas Iyer, Mohit Awasthi, Shardul Thakur, Junaid Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian.
  • Rest of India: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Ishan Kishan, Manav Suthar, Saransh Jain, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar, Yash Dayal.

The match promises more excitement as both teams aim for a crucial win

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