IMAGE: Ajinkya Rahane caught a quickfire fifty. {Photograph}: Peter Cziborra/Reuters
Seasoned India batter Ajinkya Rahane led by instance with a 32-ball fifty as defending champions Mumbai received off to a profitable begin, beating Haryana by eight wickets within the Syed Mushtaq Ali home T20 in Jaipur on Monday.
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Batting at No. 3, Rahane slammed three sixes and 4 boundaries in his unbeaten knock of 76 (43 balls), as Mumbai overhauled Haryana’s goal of 148 with 13 balls to spare.
Coming into bat after Mumbai misplaced their proficient opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (12) within the second over, Rahane took cost of the run chase and was comfy towards the likes of Yuzvendra Chahal, Harshal Patel and Mohit Sharma.
He raced to his forty third T20 fifty within the eleventh over with a six towards Chahal. He additionally received a advantageous ally in Shivam Dube who chipped in with 26 not out off 20 balls.
Opting to bat, Haryana couldn’t capitalise on their sturdy begin and misplaced wickets at common intervals and had been restricted to 147/5.
Off-spinner Tanush Kotian (3/19 from three overs) and seamer Mohit Avasthi (2/15 from three overs) did all of the harm within the center.
Gaikwad slams 22-ball 50
Rahane’s Chennai Tremendous Kings teammate Ruturaj Gaikwad was additionally in full circulate at Mohali to information Maharashtra to a thumping eight-wicket win over Bengal.
Contemporary from main India to a gold medal triumph on the Asian Video games in Hangzhou, Gaikwad slammed a 22-ball fifty en path to his 82 (40 balls; 9×4, 5×6) towards Bengal.
Skipper Kedar Jadhav took cost with a 26-ball 40 not out as Maharashtra cantered residence with greater than 5 overs to spare.
Opting to bowl, the Kedar Jadhav-led aspect restricted Bengal to 158/6.
India A opener Abhimanyu Easwaran received out for a golden duck as Bengal suffered a poor begin and had been diminished to 55/2 after the powerplay.
Explosive all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed additionally received out cheaply earlier than skipper Sudip Gharami (44; 34b) and rookie batter Ranjot Khaira (49 not out; 31b) revived their innings.
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