Ajinkya Rahane’s bat is performing brilliantly in the Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament. Rahane has created a stir with the bat in the match played against Andhra Pradesh. Rahane missed his century, but on the basis of his strong innings, Mumbai achieved the target of 230 runs. Team India’s batsman hit 9 fours and 4 skyscraper sixes during his explosive innings. In the recently held mega auction of IPL 2025, Kolkata Knight Riders have included Rahane in their team.
Ajinkya Rahane created noise
Ajinkya Rahane and Prithvi Shaw gave a great start to the Mumbai team chasing the target of 230 runs. Together they made a partnership of 51 runs for the first wicket. Shaw played a quick inning of 34 runs in just 15 balls. After returning to Shaw Pavilion, Rahane got the support of captain Shreyas Iyer. Before getting out, Iyer scored 25 runs in 11 balls.
Suryakumar Yadav flopped and was out after scoring just four runs. But Rahane remained standing at one end. Rahane completed his half-century in 23 balls. Rahane played a strong innings after scoring fifty. Playing at a strike rate of 175, Rahane played a brilliant inning of 95 runs in 54 balls. During this innings he hit 9 fours and 4 sixes.
Mumbai got quarter final ticket
Batting first, Andhra Pradesh scored 229 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. On behalf of the team, Shrikar Bharat batted brilliantly and played a brilliant inning of 93 runs in 53 balls. Along with this, captain Ricky Bhui scored 68 runs in 31 balls playing at a strike rate of 219. Apart from Rahane, Shivam Dubey batted explosively and played an innings of 34 runs on 18 balls. At the same time, Suryansh Shedge scored unbeaten 30 runs in just 8 balls in the last overs and gave Mumbai victory by 4 wickets. With this victory, Mumbai has booked its ticket to the quarter-finals.