On Day 1 of the second round, Mumbai’s Ajinkya Rahane and Yashasvi Jaiswal scored hundreds against Hyderabad.
Yuzvendra Chahal struggled for Haryana against Baroda when he returned to first-class cricket for the first time since 2018.
When Mumbai captain Ajinkya Rahane scored his 38th first-class hundred on Day 1 of their Ranji Trophy 2022-23 match.
Against Hyderabad at the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy in Mumbai, he showed signs of a return to form.
On Tuesday, December 20, Mumbai batters dominated the opening day of the second round of Ranji Trophy matches, with Ajinkya Rahane reaching his hundred in just 121 balls.
Mumbai finished Day 1 at Stumps with 457 for 3 thanks to Rahane’s unbeaten 139 from 190 balls, scoring more than 5 runs per over.
Youthful opener Prithvi Shaw passed up a great opportunity as he was excused for 19 off 21 yet Yashasvi Jaiswal hit 162 from only 195 balls to give Mumbai a rankling start.
Global No. Suryakumar Yadav, who had not played first-class cricket since February 2020, scored 90 runs off just 80 balls in the first T20I.
On Day 1, Surya scored 15 runs, including a six, before being run out by Shashank M in the 33rd over of the match.
At Stumps, Rahane and Sarfaraz Khan continued, adding 75 runs for the fourth wicket and remaining unbeaten.
Sarfaraz had scored 40 runs in 55 balls.
As he and Yashasvi put together a 206-run partnership for the third wicket, Rahane batted with a lot of fluency, hitting 18 boundaries and 2 sixes.
Rahane, who scored just 44 in the first Ranji Trophy match against Andhra, scored an important hundred.
After the tour of South Africa earlier this year, Rahane was dropped from the Test team, and the former vice captain has not been able to get back in.
Rahane would like to accumulate runs in the Ranji Trophy and push for a return in advance of the upcoming four-match series against Australia in February and March.
On the other hand, Baroda scored 370 for 2 on Day 1 of their Ranji Trophy match against Haryana at the GSFC Cricket Ground in Baroda. Chahal struggles with the RANJI return.
Yuzvendra Chahal, who had not played first-class cricket since December 2018, lost his temper when he gave up 90 runs in 16 overs without taking a wicket.
Jyotsnil Singh and P Kumar added 234 runs to Baroda’s opening stand against Haryana, which included hundreds.
While Kumar was run out on 110, Singh remained unbeaten on 186 with 23 boundaries and 2 sixes.
NO. Dhruv Patel, the third batter, was run out for 0, but captain Vishnu Solanki supported Singh well and remained unbeaten on 60.
Sanjay Pahal was the main fruitful bowler for Haryana on Day 1, getting 2 wickets.