Before flying off to Bangladesh with the India A group, Sarfaraz Khan had a tick mark left in his things-to-do checklist. He had to make sure that Mumbai made it into the knockouts of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Considering the form of supreme kind he’s been having fun with for the previous two years, that activity wasn’t troublesome for the home run-machine.
With Mumbai going through a stiff ask of chasing down 338 towards Railways in a do-or-die recreation on the JSCA Stadium in Ranchi on Wednesday, the 25-year-old rose the event in typical type, cracking a powerful century (117, 94b, 10×4, 5×6) to trend Mumbai’s six-wicket win by the penultimate over in a high-scoring recreation.
Interestingly, for all his exploits in red-ball cricket up to now, that is Sarfaraz’s simply second hundred in 26 List A video games. Earlier this month, he had chipped in with an unbeaten 36-run cameo off 31 balls to assist Mumbai beat Himachal Pradesh within the closing and clinch their maiden Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy.
Having bounced again from back-to-back defeats towards Services and Maharashtra with three wins on the trot in Elite Group E, Mumbai will journey straight from Ranchi to Ahmedabad for the KOs, which kick off simply three days from now with the prequarterfinal on November 26.
Like Mumbai, Sarfaraz – who took simply 82 balls to gallop to his century- too went by means of his personal share of struggles within the match. Still dealing with being ignored for India’s upcoming tour of Bangladesh regardless of scoring closely in home cricket, he was hospitalized for a few days in Ranchi as a consequence of stones in his kidney.
“It was an important knock for the team, because we had to qualify for the KOs. I love such situations, when I know that the team wants me to fire. I just played my natural game. I wanted to win this game for my team before leaving for Bangladesh. The Mumbai team has given me so much. I felt that I need to give it back this much at least,” Sarfaraz instructed TOI from Ranchi, whereas packing his baggage for the tour, for which he’ll fly away on Thursday.
As normal, Sarfaraz’s father Naushad offered the teenager with supreme help off the sphere. “As always, I must especially thank by abbu. He came here to Ranchi yesterday to give me my passport. Since I hadn’t batted in a few games recently, he helped me get some useful batting practice yesterday on our off day, at the ground. I bore the fruits of that today,” he beamed.
Mumbai misplaced in-form opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (4), who too is departing for the India A tour, early within the piece, earlier than Prithvi Shaw (51, 47b, 8×4) and Armaan Jaffer (30, 27b, 3×4, 1×6) acquired the chase going with their 58-run in 49 balls for the second wicket. At 107 for 3 within the sixteenth over, they regarded in bother, earlier than Sarfaraz added 152 in 126 balls for the fourth wicket with skipper Ajinkya Rahane (88, 82b, 9×4, 3×6), after which 68 in 55 balls for the fifth wicket with allrounder Shams Mulani (46 not out, 31b, 5×4, 1×6).
Electing to bat first, Railways put up 337 for 5, with Pratham Singh (109, 108b, 8×4, 6×6) and Mohammed Saif (92, 77b, 7×4, 4×6), who added 140 in simply 111 balls for the third wicket, being the principle run-getters.
Brief Scores: Railways 337-5 in 50 overs (Pratham Singh 109, Mohammed Saif 92, Vivek Singh 47, Karn Sharma 31 not out) misplaced to Mumbai 338-5 in 48.3 overs (Sarfaraz Khan 117, Ajinkya Rahane 88, Prithvi Shaw 51, Shams Mulani 46 not out, Armaan Jaffer 30; Susheel 3-53) by six wickets.
J&Okay qualify for knockouts for first time
Meanwhile, Jammu & Kashmir certified for the Vijay Hazare knockouts for the primary time of their historical past after they beat Uttarakhand by 9 wickets on the Wankhede Stadium. Putting in an impressed present, J&Okay received 5 out of their 6 video games in Elite Group D.
“Our boys are very talented. You just see what these players will do in the future. Our [J&K] association fulfilled all our needs by giving us camps and matches. We got India coach [former India cricketer Ajay Sharma]. So, all these things helped us to perform well. We just want to continue with the same momentum. We are going [to Ahmedabad] to win the final. We played fearless cricket,” J&Okay captain Shubham Pundir mentioned.
Divyaansh stars in Mumbai U-25 win
Talented opener Divyaansh Saxena slammed his second consecutive century (148, 131b, 20×4, 2×6), whereas Sarfaraz Khan’s youthful brother Musheer Khan hit 82 (85b, 5×4) to assist Mumbai rating a thumping eight-wicket win over Rajasthan of their Men’s Under-25 State A Trophy (One-dayers) match at Rajkot on Sunday.
Divyaansh had scored 116 in Mumbai’s 208-run win over Orissa within the first match. Mumbai have now received all their 3 video games within the match.
Brief Scores: Rajasthan 266 in 50 overs (Z Khan 110, Lakhan Mankas 106; Saksham 4-36, H Tanna 3-60) misplaced to Mumbai 267-2 in 43.3 overs (Divyaansh 148, Musheer Khan 82) by 8 wickets.
Considering the form of supreme kind he’s been having fun with for the previous two years, that activity wasn’t troublesome for the home run-machine.
With Mumbai going through a stiff ask of chasing down 338 towards Railways in a do-or-die recreation on the JSCA Stadium in Ranchi on Wednesday, the 25-year-old rose the event in typical type, cracking a powerful century (117, 94b, 10×4, 5×6) to trend Mumbai’s six-wicket win by the penultimate over in a high-scoring recreation.
Interestingly, for all his exploits in red-ball cricket up to now, that is Sarfaraz’s simply second hundred in 26 List A video games. Earlier this month, he had chipped in with an unbeaten 36-run cameo off 31 balls to assist Mumbai beat Himachal Pradesh within the closing and clinch their maiden Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy.
Having bounced again from back-to-back defeats towards Services and Maharashtra with three wins on the trot in Elite Group E, Mumbai will journey straight from Ranchi to Ahmedabad for the KOs, which kick off simply three days from now with the prequarterfinal on November 26.
Like Mumbai, Sarfaraz – who took simply 82 balls to gallop to his century- too went by means of his personal share of struggles within the match. Still dealing with being ignored for India’s upcoming tour of Bangladesh regardless of scoring closely in home cricket, he was hospitalized for a few days in Ranchi as a consequence of stones in his kidney.
“It was an important knock for the team, because we had to qualify for the KOs. I love such situations, when I know that the team wants me to fire. I just played my natural game. I wanted to win this game for my team before leaving for Bangladesh. The Mumbai team has given me so much. I felt that I need to give it back this much at least,” Sarfaraz instructed TOI from Ranchi, whereas packing his baggage for the tour, for which he’ll fly away on Thursday.
As normal, Sarfaraz’s father Naushad offered the teenager with supreme help off the sphere. “As always, I must especially thank by abbu. He came here to Ranchi yesterday to give me my passport. Since I hadn’t batted in a few games recently, he helped me get some useful batting practice yesterday on our off day, at the ground. I bore the fruits of that today,” he beamed.
Mumbai misplaced in-form opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (4), who too is departing for the India A tour, early within the piece, earlier than Prithvi Shaw (51, 47b, 8×4) and Armaan Jaffer (30, 27b, 3×4, 1×6) acquired the chase going with their 58-run in 49 balls for the second wicket. At 107 for 3 within the sixteenth over, they regarded in bother, earlier than Sarfaraz added 152 in 126 balls for the fourth wicket with skipper Ajinkya Rahane (88, 82b, 9×4, 3×6), after which 68 in 55 balls for the fifth wicket with allrounder Shams Mulani (46 not out, 31b, 5×4, 1×6).
Electing to bat first, Railways put up 337 for 5, with Pratham Singh (109, 108b, 8×4, 6×6) and Mohammed Saif (92, 77b, 7×4, 4×6), who added 140 in simply 111 balls for the third wicket, being the principle run-getters.
Brief Scores: Railways 337-5 in 50 overs (Pratham Singh 109, Mohammed Saif 92, Vivek Singh 47, Karn Sharma 31 not out) misplaced to Mumbai 338-5 in 48.3 overs (Sarfaraz Khan 117, Ajinkya Rahane 88, Prithvi Shaw 51, Shams Mulani 46 not out, Armaan Jaffer 30; Susheel 3-53) by six wickets.
J&Okay qualify for knockouts for first time
Meanwhile, Jammu & Kashmir certified for the Vijay Hazare knockouts for the primary time of their historical past after they beat Uttarakhand by 9 wickets on the Wankhede Stadium. Putting in an impressed present, J&Okay received 5 out of their 6 video games in Elite Group D.
“Our boys are very talented. You just see what these players will do in the future. Our [J&K] association fulfilled all our needs by giving us camps and matches. We got India coach [former India cricketer Ajay Sharma]. So, all these things helped us to perform well. We just want to continue with the same momentum. We are going [to Ahmedabad] to win the final. We played fearless cricket,” J&Okay captain Shubham Pundir mentioned.
Divyaansh stars in Mumbai U-25 win
Talented opener Divyaansh Saxena slammed his second consecutive century (148, 131b, 20×4, 2×6), whereas Sarfaraz Khan’s youthful brother Musheer Khan hit 82 (85b, 5×4) to assist Mumbai rating a thumping eight-wicket win over Rajasthan of their Men’s Under-25 State A Trophy (One-dayers) match at Rajkot on Sunday.
Divyaansh had scored 116 in Mumbai’s 208-run win over Orissa within the first match. Mumbai have now received all their 3 video games within the match.
Brief Scores: Rajasthan 266 in 50 overs (Z Khan 110, Lakhan Mankas 106; Saksham 4-36, H Tanna 3-60) misplaced to Mumbai 267-2 in 43.3 overs (Divyaansh 148, Musheer Khan 82) by 8 wickets.