Sarfaraz Khan created history on Wednesday when he became the first Mumbai player to score a double century in the Irani Trophy.
Sarfaraz had walked into bat at number 6 after the dismissal of Shreyas Iyer against Rest of India and got to his double century in 253 deliveries while completing his ton in just 149 balls. He also became 11th player in 61 editions of the Irani Trophy to score a double century.
On his way to the milestone, Sarfaraz, who had been released from the Indian Test team for the Irani Cup, brought up a 131-run partnership with Ajinkya Rahane.
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On Wednesday, Rahane concentrated hard as his unbeaten 86 off 197 balls took Mumbai to 237 for four against Rest of India on a weather-curtailed opening day of the Irani Cup.
The veteran of 5000 plus runs in 85 Tests, who is not on national selectors’ radar, dug deep into his reservoirs of concentration to keep Mumbai on even keel against an impressive duo of Mukesh Kumar (3/60 in 14 overs) and Yash Dayal (1/46 in 15 overs).
In fact, Rahane played the second fiddle during his 102-run fourth wicket stand with Iyer after Mukesh had reduced them to 37 for three in his first spell.
💯 turns into 2⃣0⃣0⃣ 👌
A sensational double century for Sarfaraz Khan✌️
He becomes the 1⃣st Mumbai player to score a double ton in #IraniCup 👏
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At stumps, Rahane had the company of Sarfaraz and the duo had 98 runs for the fifth wicket and would like to consolidate on the second day.
For someone, who has 12 Test hundreds in his 40 first-class tons, Rahane wasn’t exactly very assertive during his stay at the wicket. He has so far hit six fours and a six over long-off off left-arm spinner Manav Suthar’s bowling.
He did hit a few crisp boundaries through off-side but overall never looked like on top of the ROI bowling.
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