18-year-old star Musheer Khan has rescued Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy Quarterfinals with a surprising century towards Baroda. With Mumbai reeling at 99/4 with out a few of the key gamers like Shreyas Iyer and Shivam Dube, Musheer had a frightening job forward of him.Â
He dug his eyes in and performed a valiant knock to take Mumbai to a good-looking whole of 384. Musheer, who was aggressive with the bat in the U19 World Cup 2024, performed a very sedate knock and scored 203 from 357 balls together with 18 fours with out a six.Â
The 18-year-old, taking part in in his solely 4th first-class match, slammed 100 on the opening day of the match and transformed it into an enormous knock on day 2. There was persistence throughout in his knock.
On day 1 with wickets falling throughout, Musheer lastly discovered help from wicketkeeper batter Hardik Tamore. The two carried the group brilliantly, stitching an 181-run partnership for the sixth wicket. Musheer scored 117 from 195 balls in this stand, whereas Hardik made 57 from 248 deliveries to convey the Rahane-led outfit again on observe.
Notably, after his ton on day 1 of the sport, Musheer opened up on his innings. He got here into this recreation on the again of an outstanding U19 World Cup, the place he was the second-highest run-scorer. But in reb-ball cricket, he had a special gear.Â
“Taiyyari to Abbu har baar red ball ki hi karwate hain (Our father has always prepared us for the red ball)” Musheer stated after the tip of day 1. “We keep preparing with that and after returning from the Under-19 World Cup I had a few sessions with the red ball. So I was prepared for this,” he added. His father Naushad hugged him on the finish of the primary day’s play.
