KKR ke liye ek bada boost mila jab unke star player ne Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy ke semi-final mein zabardast 98 runs banaye, sirf 56 balls mein.
Ajinkya Rahane ne apni T20 form ko continue karte hue, powerful 98 runs banaye aur Mumbai ko Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy ke semi-final mein Baroda ke against six-wicket se jeet dilayi, jisse unhone final mein apni jagah pakki ki. Baroda ke bowlers ne host team ko 158/7 par rok liya tha, lekin Rahane ka explosive 98 (56 balls, 11 fours, 5 sixes) Mumbai ko sirf 17.2 overs mein 164/4 tak le gaya. Dusre semi-final mein Delhi aur Madhya Pradesh ke beech jeetne wali team Sunday ko Maharashtra ke against final khelne wali hai.
T20 cricket ke liye, Rahane ne apne aap ko prove kiya, jab unhone apni half-century sirf 29 balls mein complete ki, Hardik Pandya par ek huge six maar kar. Rahane ko IPL 2025 Auction mein Kolkata Knight Riders ne 1.5 crore mein kharida hai.
Prithvi Shaw ke 8 par out hone ke baad, Rahane ne captain Shreyas Iyer (46 off 30 balls, 4 fours, 3 sixes) ke saath 9 overs mein 78-run ki partnership banayi, jo Baroda ki hopes ko tod diya. Baroda ki taraf se sirf ek bright spot tha jab Hardik Pandya ne crowd ki taaliyon ke beech security ko rok kar teen ground invaders ko pakda.
Mumbai ko jeet ke liye bas do runs chahiye the aur Rahane 98 par khade the. Pacer Abhimanyu Rajput ki wide ne score ko barabar kar diya, aur crowd ne gussa jataate hue boos ki awaaz bhi sunayi di. Agle ball par Rahane ek bada shot marne ki koshish kar rahe the, aur wo out ho gaye.
Isse pehle, Mumbai ke bowlers ne poore innings mein achha kaam kiya, damp conditions mein early movement ka faayda uthate hue. Shahswat Rawat (33) aur captain Krunal Pandya (30) apne respective starts ko use nahi kar paaye aur poor shots par out ho gaye. Shivalik Sharma (34 not out, 24 balls) ne kuch bade shots maare, ek last-ball six ke saath Baroda ko 150 ke upar le gaye, lekin wo Mumbai ke challenge ke liye kaafi nahi the.
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