Musheer Khan had scored a double century while playing for Mumbai in Ranji Trophy. Sarfaraz Khan's younger brother brought Mumbai back into the match with a brilliant innings against Baroda in the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals. Musheer completed his double century by hitting 18 fours. On one hand, elder brother Sarfaraz is shining for India against England, while on the other hand younger brother has performed brilliantly in first class.
Musheer Khan's double century
Musheer took Mumbai out of a difficult situation by playing a brilliant innings. Mumbai lost the fourth wicket at the score of 90 runs and the fifth wicket at the score of 142 runs. But meanwhile Musheer Khan handled the innings at one end and took the team to a great score. Musheer's innings seems to be taking Mumbai towards victory. Mumbai, which was once in a very poor condition, now looks like a strong contender for victory after Musheer's double century.
Excluding the quarter-final against Baroda, Musheer has played only three first-class matches. Musheer made his first-class cricket debut in December 2022. Before the double century, Musheer had scored only 96 runs at an average of 19.20 while batting in 5 innings of 3 matches. But now in the fourth first-class match of his career, Musheer played a historic innings.
Performed brilliantly in the Under-19 World Cup
It is noteworthy that Musheer had batted brilliantly in the recently played Under-19 World Cup 2024. Musheer was the second highest run scorer in the tournament. He scored 360 runs in 7 innings of 7 matches at an average of 60.00. During this period, he scored 2 centuries with his bat. Musheer was the player who scored the most centuries in the Under-19 World Cup. Apart from this he also scored 1 half century.