Rahul Tiwari
khelja|27-12-2024
Mumbai has done wonders in Vijay Hazare Trophy. In the match held at Gujarat College Ground in Ahmedabad, Mumbai team defeated Arunachal Pradesh by 9 wickets. The big thing is that Mumbai team won this match in just 33 balls. Batting first, Arunachal Pradesh scored only 73 runs. This team could last only 32.2 overs. In reply, Mumbai achieved this target by losing one wicket. Mumbai took only 5.3 overs to win. With this victory, Mumbai achieved its fastest win in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. The interesting thing is that Mumbai was not captained by Shreyas Iyer but by Shardul Thakur.
Shreyas Iyer was rested for this match and Shardul was given the command of the team. Under his captaincy, Mumbai bowlers wreaked havoc. Captain Thakur himself took 2 wickets for just 8 runs in 3 overs. Harsh Tanna, Himanshu Singh and Ankolekar also took 2-2 wickets. Talking about Arunachal's batsmen, 3 out of its top 4 batsmen could not open the account. Maximum 17 runs were scored by number 10 batsman Yab Nia.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi came to open for Mumbai and this player played explosive shots as soon as he came. This right-handed batsman scored 50 runs in just 18 balls with the help of 9 fours and one six. Mumbai's only wicket fell in the form of Ayush Mhatre who was out after scoring 15 runs in 11 balls.
Talking about the points table of the tournament, Mumbai team has won 2 out of 3 matches in Group C and is in second place. At number one is Karnataka team which has won all three matches so far. Punjab is at third place and Saurashtra is at fourth place.