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Lucknow, 05 October (HS). Under the captaincy of Ajinkya Rahane, Mumbai has won the title of Irani Cup 2024. Mumbai team has won this trophy after 27 years. The match played between Rest of India and Mumbai at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow was a draw, but Mumbai team won on the basis of lead in the first innings. The hero of Mumbai's victory was Sarfaraz Khan, who scored an unbeaten 222 runs while scoring a double century in the first innings. Sarfaraz received the Player of the Match award.
In the match, Rest of India won the toss and decided to bowl first. Mumbai team came out to bat. Mumbai scored 537 runs in its first innings. Sarfaraz Khan proved to be the biggest hero for Mumbai in the first innings. Middle-order batsman Sarfaraz batted brilliantly and scored an unbeaten double century. He scored 222 runs playing 286 balls and hit 25 fours and 4 sixes in his innings. Apart from Sarfaraz, captain Ajinkya Rahane scored 97 runs in 234 balls. Tanush Kotian scored 64 runs in 124 balls, Shreyas Iyer scored 57 runs and Shardul Thakur scored 36 runs. Apart from these, Prithvi Shaw contributed 4 runs, Ayush Matre 19, Shams Mulani contributed 5 runs. For Rest of India, Mukesh Kumar took 5 wickets, Yash Dayal, Prasidh Krishna took two wickets each and Saransh Jain took one wicket.
After this, Rest of India's first innings collapsed for 416 runs. Due to this, Mumbai got a big lead of 121 runs on the basis of first innings. Abhimanyu Easwaran batted brilliantly for Rest of India in the first innings and scored 191 runs facing 292 balls. Easwaran hit 16 fours and one six in his innings. Apart from Abhimanyu, wicketkeeper batsman Dhruv Jurel scored 93 runs in 121 balls. Apart from these, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 9 runs, Sai Sudarshan scored 32 runs, Devdutt Padikkal scored 16 runs, Ishan Kishan scored 38 runs and Manav Suthar scored 9 runs. Tanush Kotian and Shams Mulani took 3-3 wickets in the first innings for Mumbai. Mohit Awasthi took two wickets and M Junaid Khan took one wicket.
After this, Mumbai team came on the field to bat in the second innings. The team scored 329 runs in the second innings with the loss of 8 wickets. On Saturday, the fifth day of the game, Mumbai's score was 329 runs for eight wickets in the second innings. After this both the teams decided to end the match. In this way Mumbai won on the basis of lead in the first innings. Tanush Kotian scored a brilliant century in the second innings for Mumbai. He scored unbeaten 114 runs facing 150 balls. During this, he hit 10 fours and one six in his innings. Apart from Tanush, opener Prithvi Shaw scored 76 runs on 105 balls, Mohit Awasthi scored 51 runs unbeaten, Ayush Matre scored 14 runs, Hardik Tamore 7 runs, Captain Rahane scored 9 runs, Sarfaraz Khan scored 7 runs and Shreyas Iyer scored 8 runs. In the second innings for Rest of India, Saransh Jain took 6 wickets, while Manav Suthar took 2 wickets.