Irani Cup 2024, Mumbai vs Rest of India: The 61st season of the Irani Cup was played between Mumbai and Rest of India (ROI). Let us tell you that this match played at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow ended in a draw, but in the match, Mumbai won against Rest of India on the basis of first innings lead.

So this is Mumbai’s overall 16th Irani Cup title. Earlier, Mumbai had won the Irani Cup title 27 years ago in 1997. Apart from this, this is Mumbai’s 62nd trophy in domestic cricket. Earlier, Mumbai has won 42 Ranji Trophy titles, 4 Vijay Hazare Trophy and 1 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy title.

Mumbai vs Rest of India match status

On the other hand, if we tell you in detail about the match, Rest of India won the toss and decided to bowl. Batting first, Mumbai scored 537 runs on the basis of a double century by Sarfaraz Khan (222*) on the first two days.

In response, Rest of India could score only 416 runs in the first innings and lagged behind Mumbai by 121 runs on the basis of first innings. In the first innings for Rest of India, Abhimanyu Easwaran played a brilliant inning of 191 runs and Dhruv Jurel played a brilliant inning of 93 runs.

However, after this, Mumbai, who came to bat in the second innings, remained unbeaten on the 5th day of the game and in the end, the captain of the opposing team, Ruturaj Gaikwad, ended the match on a draw with mutual consent.

At the time of the draw, Mumbai had scored 329 runs at the loss of 8 wickets after 78 overs in the second innings. At the crease at this time Tanush Kotian was unbeaten on 114* and Mohit Awasthi was unbeaten on 51*. In the second innings for Rest of India, Saransh Jain took 6 wickets and Manav Suthar took 2 wickets.

That Winning Feeling!

Congratulations to the @ajinkyarahane88-led Mumbai on their #IranianCup triumph 🙌 🙌#IranianCup , @IDFCFIRSTBank

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