Mumbai and Maharashtra teams are face to face in Ranji Trophy 2024-25 Round-2. Rituraj Gaikwad’s team was a complete flop after winning the toss and batting first. The team was all out for 126 runs in the first innings. Mumbai team is currently batting aggressively in the first innings.

17-year-old Mumbai batsman Ayush Mhatre scored his first first-class century. Let us tell you, Ayush Mhatre was included in the team after Musheer Khan was injured in a car accident. And he scored a century playing only his third first-class match.

First century is always special – Ayush Mhatre

Mumbai had a bad start while batting in the first innings against Maharashtra. Opener Prithvi Shaw lost his wicket against Pradeep Dadhe in the third over, scoring only 1 run in 8 balls. After this, Hardik Tamore (4) was also out.

Ayush Mhatre then formed an important partnership with captain Ajinkya Rahane and Shreyas Iyer. Ayush Mhatre faced 232 balls and played a brilliant inning of 176 runs with the help of 22 fours and 4 sixes.

After the century, Ayush Mhatre said, “The first century is always special, I had full confidence, which remained in this innings also. I have to play with control, play as the situation demands, that’s what the team expects from me,

Shreyas Iyer scored his 11th century in Ranji Trophy

Indian batsman Shreyas Iyer had failed to play big innings with the bat for some time. His performances in both the Duleep Trophy and Irani Cup finals were disappointing. Shreyas Iyer must have got a lot of confidence after scoring a century against Maharashtra. Till the time of writing the news, Shreyas has scored 132 runs in 184 balls with the help of 11 fours and 3 sixes.