Shardul Thakur smashes first List-A 50, Mumbai stay unbeaten in Vijay Hazare Trophy

Shardul Thakur blistered his strategy to a 57-ball 92 for Mumbai in Monday’s Vijay Hazare Trophy league match in opposition to Himachal Pradesh as Mumbai beat Himachal Pradesh by an enormous 200 runs.
Shardul’s knock, studded with six sixes and 6 fours, helped Mumbai put up 321 for 9 on the board in 50 overs. Shardul introduced up his 50 off simply 39 balls. He then switched gears, getting the subsequent 42 runs off simply 18 balls.

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Mumbai had been teetering at 8/3 after dropping openers Yashasvi Jaiswal (2), Prithvi Shaw (2) and Shreyas Iyer (2) cheaply. While Jaiswal was caught by Praveen Thakur off Rishi Dhawan (4/84), Shaw holed out to Mayank Dagar off Vaibhav Arora. Dhawan trapped Iyer in entrance of wicket as Mumbai bought off to a horrendous begin.
It quickly turned 49/4, after Sarfaraz Khan (11) didn’t convert his begin. Then started the rescue act with the prolific Suryakumar Yadav, who toyed with the Himachal assault, hanging 15 boundaries on his strategy to a 75-ball 91. He discovered an ready ally within the skilled Tare (83 off 98 balls; 6×4; 1×6) who performed the proper second fiddle because the duo solid a 99-run fifth-wicket stand to rally the innings.
After Suryakumar fell within the thirty first over, Tare and Shardul added 112 runs for the sixth wicket, as they tackled the Himachal assault with ease.
Shardul, one of many heroes of the Brisbane Test in opposition to Australia, hammered six boundaries and as many sixes, as he cantered to 92 in simply 57 balls.
Himachal had been then bundled out for a meagre 121, with leg-spinner Prashant Solanki (4/31) shining with the ball.

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Shardul had made a game-changing 67 within the first innings of the fourth Test in opposition to Australia in Brisbane earlier this yr, sharing a vital 123-run stand with Washington Sundar.
He had been a part of the India Test squad for the continued sequence in opposition to England however was launched forward of the third Test to play within the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
In the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Shardul’s Mumbai lead Group D with 16 factors from 4 video games.
(With PTI inputs)