Madhya Pradesh has scripted history. They defeated 41-time champion Mumbai by 6 wickets to win their maiden Ranji Trophy title on Sunday in Bengaluru.
23 years ago a heartbroken Chandrakant Pandit would not in his wildest of dreams thought what he could not have done as a skipper he would achieve as a coach after a long haul of more than two decades.
Madhya Pradesh has scripted history. They defeated 41-time champion Mumbai by 6 wickets to win their maiden Ranji Trophy title on Sunday in Bengaluru.
In the chase of 108, Himanshu Mantri was the top scorer 37 while Shubham Sharma played a 30-run inning. Rajat Patidar was unbeaten at 30. Sharma and Patidar had also scored centuries in the first innings along with Yash Dubey.
In the bowling department, Kumar Kartikeya picked up four wickets as Madhya Pradesh bowled Mumbai out for 269 on the last day of the test.
Mumbai’s Suved Parkar scored 51 off 58 while Sarfaraz Khan added 45 but Mumbai kept losing wickets at regular intervals to be bundled out for 269 in the first session.
While Kartikeya picked four, Gaurav Yadav and Parth Sahani scapped two wickets each.
Earlier, Rajat Patidar’s remarkable 122 and Saransh Jain’s 57 powered Madhya Pradesh to seize a crucial 162-run lead in the first-innings lead which was the stepping stone of the historic victory.
Himanshu Mantri, Shubham Sharma, Kumar Kartikey, and others who displayed stunning performances throughout the tournament would surely be expecting to be drafted into the IPL’s Pool of players or be contacted by franchises, which will help them make way for them to play in blue.
The Madhya Pradesh team will receive the prestigious trophy and prize money of Rs 2 crore from the BCCI.
Shubham Sharma (MP) will bag the Player of the Match award and Sarfraz Khan will take home the Player of the tournament
Sarfaraz Khan was just 18 runs shy of a 4-figure stat in the tournament(982) in just 9 games. His top score is just 25 runs short of 300 (275) with an average of 122.75 and a Strike Rate of 69.54.
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