Musheer Khan on Tuesday slammed a 255-ball hundred on the Wankhede Stadium in opposition to Vidarbha to turn out to be the youngest Mumbai batter to document a century within the Ranji Trophy last, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar.
Having taken a 119-run lead within the first-innings, Mumbai got down to bat once more on Day 2 with Musheer and skipper Ajinkya Rahane braving a top-order wobble as openers Prithvi Shaw and Bhupen Lelwani fell early. The pair took the rating in a single day to 141 for 2 with each securing their half-centuries.
Resuming on Day 3, quantity three Musheer stored piling on the runs with Shreyas Iyer after Rahane’s dismissal on 73. Musheer reached his second First-Class ton in three matches within the ninetieth over. In the course of the quarterfinal match in opposition to Baroda, Musheer, the youthful brother of India batter Sarfaraz Khan, transformed his maiden First-Class ton right into a double hundred. He grew to become the second-youngest Mumbai batter to realize the feat, behind Wasim Jaffer.
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Breaking Tendulkar’s document
Aged 19 years, 14 days, Musheer has now surpassed Tendulkar’s document because the youngest Mumbai batter to document 100 within the Ranji last. A month wanting his twenty second birthday, Tendulkar had scored twin lots of within the 1994-95 season last in opposition to Punjab the place he led the crew to yet one more title. By the way, Tendulkar was within the attendance within the stands through the day’s play on the Wankhede.
Mumbai have received the Ranji Trophy title a document 41 instances throughout 47 finals and are poised to say one other championship of their forty eighth last. In the meantime, Vidarbha are taking part in of their third Ranji last, having beforehand received in successive seasons between 2017-19.
The Khan household has been having a dream run over the previous couple of months with Sarfaraz incomes his maiden Take a look at cap and Musheer representing India within the Underneath-19 World Cup. Musheer was India’s second-highest run-scorer within the U-19 World Cup 2024 in South Africa, aggegating 360 runs at a mean of 60.00.