Shardul Thakur scored a century for Mumbai against Tamil Nadu in the second semi-final of Ranji Trophy 2024.

Shardul Thakur Ranji Trophy 2024: Shardul Thakur has been away from international cricket for a long time. But he is performing brilliantly in domestic matches. Shardul scored a century in the second semi-final match of Ranji Trophy 2023-24. He scored 109 runs with the help of 13 fours and 4 sixes. On the basis of this innings of Shardul, Mumbai crossed the mark of 300 runs in the first innings. Before batting well, Shardul had also shown excellence in bowling. He took 2 wickets in 14 overs.

Actually, the second semi-final match of Ranji Trophy is being played between Mumbai and Tamil Nadu. Mumbai had a bad start in this match. Opener Prithvi Shaw was out after scoring just 5 runs. After this Bhupen Lalwani also got out and went away. The entire Mumbai team disintegrated like this. But Shardul took charge. He came to bat at number 9. During this period, facing 105 balls, he scored 109 runs. He hit 13 fours and 4 sixes. Shardul was out after this brilliant innings. Kuldeep Sen showed him the way to the pavilion.

Captain Ajinkya Rahane also could not do anything special for Mumbai. He was out after scoring 19 runs in 67 balls. Rahane hit 2 fours. Musheer Khan scored a half-century. He faced 131 balls and scored 55 runs. This innings of Musheer included 6 fours. Wicketkeeper batsman Hardik Tamore scored 35 runs in 92 balls. He hit 3 fours.

It is noteworthy that in this match Tamil Nadu team was all out after scoring 146 runs. Washington Sundar scored 43 runs for that. Sundar's innings included 5 fours. During this, Shardul bowled brilliantly for Mumbai. He gave 48 runs in 14 overs and took 2 wickets. Shardul took 4 maiden overs. Tushar Deshpande took 3 wickets.

Shardul Thakur was out after a brilliant century. Well played Lord 🔥🔥#RanjiTrophy pic.twitter.com/pLicUnaRdK

– Vinesh Bhai (@vlp1994) 3 March 2024

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