Currently, the important match of Irani Cup 2024 is being played between Mumbai and Rest of India at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. During the match, Mumbai’s experienced all-rounder Shardul Thakur was admitted to the hospital due to high fever.

Shardul Thakur had high fever but despite this he decided to participate in the match being played in Lucknow. However, after spending some time on the field, his health deteriorated further. Shardul Thakur batted brilliantly for Mumbai and played a valuable inning of 36 runs for his team. Because of his innings, Mumbai team crossed the 500-run mark in the first innings.

According to Sportskeeda, a source said, ‘Shardul Thakur was not feeling well the whole day and had high fever. This is the reason why he also changed the batting order and came in the end and scored valuable runs for his team. He was feeling very tired and after taking the medicine, the experienced player fell asleep in the dressing room.

Despite all this he decided to bat. We have taken his blood test for malaria and dengue and now we are just waiting for the results. Till then he will have to spend the night in the hospital.

Mumbai scored 537 runs in the first innings against Rest of India

Talking about the match, Mumbai’s best batsman Sarfaraz Khan batted brilliantly and played a record-breaking inning of 222* runs with the help of 25 fours and four sixes. Apart from Sarfaraz Khan, captain Ajinkya Rahane scored 97 runs for Mumbai team while Shreyas Iyer contributed 57 runs.

Tanush Kotian played an inning of 64 runs. For Rest of India, Mukesh Kumar took 5 wickets while Yash Dayal and Prasidh Krishna took two wickets each.