Bengal have locked horns towards Haryana in the quarter-final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, the home 50-over match in India. After dropping the toss, Bengal have someway managed to submit 225 runs in their 50 overs because of Shahbaz Ahmed’s stunning century who helped his aspect get well from 130/6.
For the unversed, Shahbaz has performed 3 ODIs and a couple of T20Is for India and did effectively for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in 39 matches he performed for the franchise. However, forward of the IPL 2024 public sale, RCB traded him to Sunrisers Hyderabad together with Mayank Dagar in their squad. The all-rounder has proved his value with the bat which is now a excellent news for SRH who shall be hoping that he excels as an all-rounder in the upcoming season of the cash-rich league.
Shahbaz improved with each passing season for RCB but it surely was shocking that the franchise determined to commerce him. Nevertheless, the cricketer shall be eager on doing effectively for SRH now. He has scored 187 runs in 8 matches up to now for Bengal in the continuing Vijay Hazare Trophy and in addition picked up 11 wickets in seven innings. In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, he picked up 5 wickets in seven matches whereas additionally scoring 73 runs down the order at a strike-rate in extra of 160.
Shahbaz can definitely be an asset for SRH in IPL 2024 however for now, the cricketer shall be focussed on that includes in home cricket particularly in the continuing knockout fixture towards Haryana as Bengal will look to defend 225 runs. Shahbaz shall be essential with the ball too in the defence for his aspect.
Playing XIs
Bengal:Â Abishek Porel (wk), Ranjot Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ishan Porel, Karan Lal, Mohammed Kaif, Suman Das, Sudip Kumar Gharami (c), Anustup Majumdar, Ritwik Chowdhury, Pradipta Pramanik
Haryana:Â Ashok Menaria (c), Rohit Parmod Sharma (wk), Ankit Kumar, Yuvraj Singh, Himanshu Rana, Nishant Sindhu, Rahul Tewatia, Sumit Kumar, Harshal Patel, Anshul Kamboj, Yuzvendra Chahal
