Younger Mumbai batter Musheer Khan transformed his maiden First-Class ton right into a double hundred for Mumbai through the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal in opposition to Baroda on the BKC Floor in Mumbai on Saturday.
Musheer walked in at quantity three for Mumbai who suffered a top-order collapse and reached his double century off 350 deliveries together with his 18 fours. Mumbai had discovered themselves at 99 for 4 at one level earlier than Musheer, with contributions from the lower-order, helped Mumbai rack up 384 runs on the board.
The match additionally marked Musheer’s first First-Class recreation in over a yr since January 2023. In three FC matches earlier than this recreation, Musheer had totalled 96 runs from 5 innings with a better of 42.
Musheer Khan, youthful brother of #SarfarazKhan went on to attain 200 for Mumbai in opposition to Baroda in Ranji Trophy quarterfinals. He took 350 balls to realize this milestone. #Musheer #Ranji pic.twitter.com/oMAddpMJVp
— Devendra Pandey 🦋 (@pdevendra) February 24, 2024
At 18 years 362 days, Musheer additionally turned the second youngest Bombay/Mumbai batter to file a Ranji Trophy double hundred. Wasim Jaffer holds the general file amongst Mumbai batters, having struck a double hundred aged 18 years, 262 days in opposition to Saurashtra within the 1996-97 Ranji Trophy season.
Musheer remained unbeaten on 203 off 357 deliveries earlier than Baroda spinner Bhargav Bhatt’s career-best figures of seven for 112 bundled the house facet. The younger sensation, who’s the youthful brother of Sarfaraz Khan, was a toast of the younger expertise on show within the recently-concluded Below 19 in World Cup.
Musheer emerged because the second-highest scorer within the match as India completed runner-up, scoring 360 runs at a mean of 60.00, together with two centuries and a fifty.
His elder brother Sarfaraz not too long ago made headlines final week after placing twin fifties in his maiden Check for India in opposition to England in Rajkot.