Domestic tournament continues. The second semi-final match of Ranji Trophy is being played between Mumbai and Tamil Nadu at Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy, BKC. Let us tell you that in this match, Indian all-rounder player Shardul Thakur has performed amazingly with bat as well as bowling.

Let us tell you that today on Monday, March 4, when Tamil Nadu came to bat in its second innings, Shardul gave a great start to Mumbai in the match by showing both the openers of the team the way to the pavilion. Shardul trapped wicketkeeper Narayan Jagadishan (0) LBW in the third over, then got Sai Sudarshan caught out by Hardik Teymor in the sixth over.

Watch the video of 2 brilliant blows given by Shardul Thakur to Tamil Nadu.

Fantastic Start 😊

Shardul Thakur dismisses N Jagadeesan and Sai Sudharsan early to give Mumbai the perfect start in the 2nd innings.@imShard , @IDFCFIRSTBank , #RanjiTrophy , #MUMvTN , #SF2

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— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIDomestic) March 4, 2024

Also, let us tell you that in this match, Shardul Thakur played a brilliant inning of 109 runs in the first innings of Mumbai, due to which Mumbai was successful in reaching the strong target of 378 runs in the first innings against Tamil Nadu. Shardul hit 13 fours and 4 sixes during his innings. Apart from this, Tanush Kotian also played a brilliant inning of 89* runs.

On the other hand, if we tell you the condition of this match, till the time of writing the news, Tamil Nadu has scored 108 runs at the loss of 4 wickets after 37 overs in the second innings. Tamil Nadu still trails Mumbai by 124 runs on first innings basis. At present Baba Inderjeet is present at the crease with 61 runs and Vijay Shankar with 11 runs.

So for Mumbai, till now Shardul Thakur has got 2 wickets and Mohit Awasthi and Tanush Kotian have got one wicket each. It is noteworthy that in reply to Mumbai’s 378 runs, Tamil Nadu’s first innings was reduced to only 146 runs.