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Ayush Mhatre with Rohit Sharma© Instagram
Rohit Sharma’s return to Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy staff got here at a price, as 17-year-old Ayush Mhatre misplaced his place within the XI regardless of scoring a century within the earlier fixture. Mhatre has had an outstanding marketing campaign thus far that noticed him scoring 441 runs in 6 matches at a median of 40.09, however he needed to return to the bench because the senior India stars like Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal returned to Ranji Trophy after the nationwide staff’s poor Australia tour.
As Rohit flopped with the bat within the Ranji Trophy match towards Jammu & Kashmir, he was trolled by followers on social media for costing Mhatre a spot within the Mumbai staff. Nevertheless, the teenage batter solely had good issues to say about Rohit, the person he idolises.
“Started playing cricket by watching him bat on television to sharing a dressing room with my idol was such an unreal moment. Lots of learning to take forward,” Mhatre wrote on Instagram whereas additionally sharing an image with the Hitman.
In Mumbai’s final Ranji Trophy match, Mhatre scored 116 runs towards Companies. He has additionally made heads flip in white-ball cricket, scoring 458 runs since making his Checklist A debut, averaging 65.42.
Not simply Rohit however different senior India stars taking part in for Mumbai within the Ranji Trophy additionally flopped. Be it Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube and even skipper Ajinkya Rahane, who’s not on the nationwide staff’s radar, additionally didn’t make their outing rely.
It was one other out-of-sort all-rounder, Shardul Thakur, whose century within the match, gave Mumbai a combating complete towards J&Okay.
The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) made home cricket necessary for gamers, topic to availability, in its new 10-point diktat. Even Indian cricket stalwart Virat Kohli might be taking part in the Ranji Trophy within the subsequent match.
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