Team India defeated Bangladesh by 7 wickets on the last day of the Kanpur Test match. Every player of Team India performed strongly in one way or the other and played his role in winning this match and series. On Tuesday, when Team India was in the field against Bangladesh, at the same time, about 100 kilometers away from Kanpur, Sarfaraz Khan was also showing off his bat. Sarfaraz did not get a chance in the Kanpur Test but he proved the team management's decision wrong with his strong innings in the Irani Cup. Not only Sarfaraz, but veteran batsman Ajinkya Rahane and Shreyas Iyer also played excellent innings.

The Irani Cup match between Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai and Rest of India started from Tuesday 1st October at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. Through this match to be held before the new Ranji season, the Mumbai team has a chance to test its preparations, while there are many players who are contenders for different places in Team India but are currently out of the team. . Among these players, the first day was in the names of Sarfaraz, Iyer and Mukesh Kumar.

Mukesh shook me

Mumbai team came to bat first in this match but its top order was sent back to the pavilion by fast bowler Mukesh Kumar. Mukesh, who was out of Team India due to the arrival of Akash Deep, sent Prithvi Shaw, 17-year-old debutant Ayush Mhatre and Hardik Tamore back to the pavilion with a score of just 37 runs. Mumbai, stuck in trouble, needed its most experienced batsmen at such a time and captain Ajinkya Rahane and Shreyas Iyer did the same thing. Rahane, who was out of Team India for the last one year, made a partnership of 102 runs with Iyer. Iyer, who was not selected for the Test series against Bangladesh, batted brilliantly but failed to convert his start into a big score. Still he scored 57 runs in 84 balls.

Strong innings of Sarfaraz-Rahane

After this Rahane got the support of Sarfaraz Khan. Sarfaraz, who made his Test debut in March this year, did not get a chance in the playing eleven of any Test against Bangladesh and was released in the middle of the Kanpur Test. Sarfaraz answered this with his bat and put the team in a better position by scoring an excellent half-century. Although the star of the day was captain Rahane, for whom the doors of Team India were almost closed but still he tried his best to save Mumbai. Rahane and Sarfaraz made a partnership of 98 runs till the stumps and took the team to 237 runs for 4 wickets. For Rest of India, Mukesh took 3 wickets and Yash Dayal took 1 wicket.