Mumbai’s Sarfaraz Khan hooks Yash Dayal of Remainder of India on solution to double hundred within the Irani Trophy in Lucknow
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Yash Dayal was efficient in patches. Prasidh Krishna was at his quickest greatest. Mukesh Kumar was correct as ever. And the spin duo did their greatest with the pitch not providing them something. None of them – even a sizzling and humid day on the Bharat Ratna Shree Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium – might deter a decided Sarfaraz Khan.
If the Mumbai batter had managed to frustrate the Remainder of India bowlers within the final session of the opening day, he took out the fizz out of a potent assault by plundering his fourth First Class double hundred – and the primary for Mumbai within the Irani Cup historical past – to take Mumbai to security.
Driving on Sarfaraz’s unbeaten 221 (276b, 25×4, 4×6) and helpful contributions by Tanush Kotian and Shardul Thakur decrease down the order, Mumbai ended the second day’s play at a commanding 536 for 9. Having added 299 runs in 70 overs – due to pathetic over-rate by RoI – bowled through the day’s play, Mumbai will hope for the final man Juned Khan to hold in on the second morning and hope Sarfaraz cuts unfastened on Thursday morning.
Wednesday clearly belonged to Sarfaraz. He wasn’t wild or whacky in his strokeplay however his cheeky strokes and wonderful game-sense drove the RoI bowlers loopy. As soon as Kotian – among the many most dependable allrounders on the home circuit – had helped him see off the second new ball, Sarfaraz began rotating the strike usually.
When the RoI pacers tried to maintain him quiet by using a sixth- or seventh-stump line, he both dabbed his bat on the final minute for a single or lower if fiercely over the slips, relying on the tempo of the ball.
Later within the afternoon, with Sarfaraz battling cramps after crossing his 150, offie Saransh Jain was handed a hoop of 4 fielders on the on-side and requested to bowl within the stumps. As a substitute of sweeping, Sarfaraz resorted to reverse-paddles for successive fours to negate the plan.
Kotian, in the meantime, drove with panache earlier than being undone by a Prasidh Krishna slower-ball, bowled after getting ahead short-leg in and managing to catch Kotian off-guard. However Shardul Thakur – batting at 10 resulting from a light an infection – gave Sarfaraz the much-needed help to surpass his double hundred.
Earlier within the morning, captain Ajinkya Rahane narrowly missed out on 100, with Dayal bowling a pitch-perfect short-ball that kissed Rahane’s glove on to Dhruv Jurel. Mukesh then bowled a peach with the second new ball to eliminate Shams Mulani. However the two allrounders gave Sarfaraz ample help to place Mumbai firmly in command.
Sensational Sarfaraz
- Sarfaraz grew to become the 11th double centurion within the Irani Cup historical past.
- His unbeaten 221 is the fifth highest particular person rating within the Irani Cup historical past. The highest 4 are Wasim Jaffer (286, for Vidarbha vs RoI, in 2019); M Vijay (for RoI vs Rajasthan, in 2012); Pravin Amre (246, for RoI vs Bengal, in 1990) and Surinder Amarnath (235 n.o., for Delhi, in 1980).
- He has notched up the best particular person rating for Mumbai/ Bombay in Irani Cup, surpassing Ramnath Parkar’s 195 in Pune in 1972.
Scoreboard
Mumbai – 1st innings
Prithvi Shaw c Padikkal b Mukesh 4, Ayush Mhatre c Jurel b Mukesh 19, Hardik Tamore c Jurel b Mukesh 0, Ajinkya Rahane c Jurel b Dayal 97, Shreyas Iyer c Gaikwad b Dayal 57, Sarfaraz Khan (batting) 221, Shams Mulani b Mukesh 5, Tanush Kotian b Prasidh 64, Mohit Avasthi lbw b Prasidh 0, Shardul Thakur b Jain 36 (59b, 4×4, 1×6), Mohammad Juned Khan (batting) 0; Extras (b-5, lb-7, nb-12, w-9): 33; Complete (for 9 wkts.; 138 ovs.): 536.
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-6, 3-37, 4-139, 5-270, 6-280, 7-463, 8-463, 9-536.
Remainder of India bowling: Mukesh 28-2-109-4, Dayal 25-1-89-2, Prasidh 26-4-102-2, Suthar 37-6-137-0, Jain 21-1-82-1, Sai Sudharsan 1-0-5-0.
Printed – October 03, 2024 04:20 am IST
