Sachin missed a memorable century, hunted nervous nineties in the finals

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|28-02-2025

These days the thrill of cricket is at its peak. On one side, the Champions Trophy is going on, on the other hand T20 league and some domestic tournaments are also being played. In this, a tournament is also going on with former cricketers, in which many world cricket legends including great batsman Sachin Tendulkar are playing. Sachin has also shown some old attitude so far. But there is another Sachin, who was showing his batting on the field, but he came close to the century and he was also heartbroken like Sachin Tendulkar. These are Sachin Baby, who fell victim to 'Nervas Ninties' in the final of the Ranji Trophy.

The final of the Ranji Trophy, India's largest domestic tournament, is also being played in the midst of the Champions Trophy. Former champion Vidarbha and Kerala reached the finals for the first time, there is a strong competition in this title match. On the third day of this match, Kerala carried forward the batting in his first innings and captain Sachin Baby took the front. Sachin, playing a militant innings, took the team beyond 300 runs.

Closer to a century

Dinesh Malewar scored a great century in the first innings in this match for Vidarbha.

In such a situation, Kerala also needed such an innings from a batsman and captain Sachin Baby was seen doing so. But as soon as he was just 2 runs away from a century, he made a mistake that he would always remember. While he should have scored 2 runs while playing comfortably, he tried to establish a slog sweep on a temptation ball and he missed here. The ball did not come properly on his bat and Vidarbha captain Karun Nair made no mistake in taking the catch and he was dismissed for 98 runs.

Vidarbha gains

Along with Sachin's wicket, Kerala also lost his seventh wicket.

When Sachin was out, Kerala's team was 55 runs away from Vidarbha's score in the first innings. This put Kerala in trouble and broke the hopes of taking a significant lead in the first innings. Shortly after Sachin's dismissal, the remaining 3 wickets of Kerala also fell and the team was dismissed for just 342 runs. In this way Vidarbha took a lead of 37 runs. Earlier, Vidarbha had scored 379 runs in the first innings, in which apart from Dinesh Malewar's century, captain Karun Nair also scored an excellent innings of 86 runs.

When Sachin was out, Kerala's team was 55 runs away from Vidarbha's score in the first innings. This put Kerala in trouble and broke the hopes of taking a significant lead in the first innings. Shortly after Sachin's dismissal, the remaining 3 wickets of Kerala also fell and the team was dismissed for just 342 runs. In this way Vidarbha took a lead of 37 runs. Earlier, Vidarbha had scored 379 runs in the first innings, in which apart from Dinesh Malewar's century, captain Karun Nair also scored an excellent innings of 86 runs.

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