Suryakumar Yadav tried his best for Ajinkya Rahane’s century, yet fans’ hearts were broken
Ajinkya Rahane and Suryakumar Yadav
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is being organised. The first semi-final match of the tournament was played between Mumbai and Baroda. Mumbai team won this match easily by 6 wickets. Ajinkya Rahane’s role was very important in Mumbai’s victory. Due to his brilliant innings, Mumbai won this match. However, Rahane missed his century in this match and he played a strong inning of 98 runs in 56 balls. He also hit 11 fours and 5 sixes during his innings. After this match in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, discussion about Rahane has started everywhere. Along with Rahane, fans are also praising Suryakumar Yadav.
Why is Surya in discussion?
In this match played against Baroda, Suryakumar Yadav played an innings of only one run in 7 balls, but still he remains in the news. The reason behind this is that Surya gave his entire life to complete Rahane’s century. Actually, when Surya came to bat in this match. At that time his team needed very few runs to win. Whereas Rahane was moving very fast towards his century. In such a situation, when Surya saw the team’s victory and Rahane’s century very close, he started batting slowly. Apart from this, he gave maximum strikes to Rahane. So that along with the team’s victory, Rahane also completes his century. However, Rahane remained just two runs short of his century.
How was the match?
Talking about this match played between the two teams, in this match Mumbai captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bowl first. After this, Baroda team came on the field to bat and scored only 158 runs losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. After this, Mumbai team came on the field to chase the target of 159 runs and they scored 164 runs by losing 4 wickets in 17.2 overs and won the match with great ease. Mumbai team has now reached the finals. Where they will face the winner of the second semi-final.
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