Mumbai player Rohit Sharma scored a century in 61 balls against Sikkim in the first match of Vijay Hazare Trophy. Batting first, Sikkim had scored 236 runs. While chasing the target, Rohit made a partnership of 141 runs with Angkrish Raghuvanshi for the first wicket. Raghuvanshi was out after scoring 38 runs.
Rohit Sharma hit 8 sixes and 9 fours in his century innings. A huge crowd gathered to watch Rohit Sharma in the Mumbai vs Sikkim match being played in Jaipur.
Rohit Sharma’s century in Vijay Hazare Trophy
Sikkim captain Lee Yong Lepcha won the toss and decided to bat first. Sikkim did not have a good start, Amit Rajera was out in the second over without opening the account. Tushar Deshpande made him his victim. After this, Satwik and Ashish Thapa made a half-century partnership (51) for the second wicket. Thapa scored 79 runs in 87 balls, he was dismissed by Shardul Thakur.
After this Kranthi scored 34 runs and Robin Mankumar Limbo scored 31 runs. Mumbai captain Shardul Thakur took maximum 2 wickets, he gave 19 runs in 6 overs. Tushar Deshpande, Tanush Kotian, Shams Mulani, Musheer Khan took 1 wicket each.
Rohit Sharma scored 155 runs
When Rohit Sharma was out, Mumbai team had reached the threshold of victory. Rohit scored 155 runs in 94 balls at a strike rate of more than 164, in this innings he hit 9 sixes and 18 fours. Musheer Khan (27) and Sarfaraz Khan (8) remained unbeaten.
Mumbai achieved the target of 237 in 30.3 overs and registered a spectacular victory by 8 wickets. Mumbai’s next match will be with Uttarakhand on Friday, 26 December. This match will also be played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
Virat Kohli also scored a century
Virat Kohli’s bat also played in the Delhi vs Andhra match. In this match, Andhra, batting first, had set a target of 299 for Delhi. Virat Kohli scored a century in 83 balls. Till the time of writing the news, Kohli has scored 107 runs in 85 balls, in this innings he hit 3 sixes and 11 fours.
