New Delhi: There was a time when everyone praised the friendship between Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane. Then Rohit Sharma became the captain of the team. After this, Ajinkya Rahane’s bad days started. Not only was he out of the Test team, but his ODI and T20 International career had already ended. Before the IPL 2025 mega auction, despite his brilliant performance, Chennai Super Kings released him, so the danger of remaining unsold loomed, but in the end Kolkata Knight Riders saved the honor by buying him.
Now Rahane is in great form and is giving a befitting reply with the bat to those who thought he was finished. He played a destructive innings of 98 runs in 56 balls against Baroda and took Mumbai to the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Mumbai, chasing the target of 159 runs given by Baroda at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, won in 17.2 overs.
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Rahane was 10 runs away from victory in the 17th over, while Mumbai needed the same number of runs to win. Surya tried his best to make Rahane complete his century. In this over, Rahane hit two fours to Abhimanyu Singh and reached 98 runs. The 5th ball of the over was wide, so Mumbai remained just one run away from victory, while Rahane needed two runs to score a century.
After this, Rahane was a bit hasty and the ball stopped after hitting the upper part of the bat. Vishnu Solanki caught the ball and ended Rahane’s innings of 98 runs in 56 balls with the help of 11 fours and 5 sixes. When he was returning to the pavilion, everyone was standing and applauding him.
Mumbai beat Baroda by 6 wickets:
Mumbai captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss against Baroda in the semi-final and decided to bowl first. Batting first at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Baroda scored 158 runs for 7 wickets. Shivalik Sharma scored the highest 36 runs for Baroda. He remained unbeaten till the end. Suryansh Shegde took the maximum 2 wickets. Mumbai chased the target of 159 runs in 17.2 overs and won the match by 6 wickets.
