Irani Cup 2025 Mumbai vs Rest of India Day 1: India has achieved a historic victory over Bangladesh. In the last 2 days of the Kanpur Test match, 29 wickets fell and a total of 655 runs were scored. Team India showed such a game in front of which even England’s baseball has failed. On the last day, India won by 7 wickets, but on the other hand, the Irani Cup matches have started from 1st October. In this match, current Ranji champion Mumbai is facing Rest of India.
In this match, Rest of India captain Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and decided to bowl first, but on the other hand, Mumbai has shown strength in batting. The match started late due to wet ground, hence only 68 overs could be played on the first day. By the end of the first day, Mumbai had scored 237 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. Ajinkya Rahane is present at the crease with 86 runs and Sarfaraz Khan with 54 runs.
Amazing work of Rahane, Iyer and Sarfaraz
Mukesh Kumar proved to be very effective with the new ball for Rest of India. With his lethal bowling, he dismissed Prithvi Shaw (4 runs), Hardik Tamore (0 runs) and Ayush Mhatre (19 runs). Due to this, Mumbai had lost 3 wickets till the score of 37. Mumbai captain Ajinkya Rahane, who came to bat at the fourth position, held one end and made an important partnership of 102 runs with Shreyas Iyer.
Iyer played an inning of 57 runs, but Yash Dayal got him caught by Rituraj Gaikwad and sent him to the pavilion. Rahane is still firmly at the crease and his partnership with Sarfaraz Khan has reached 98 runs. For Rest of India, Mukesh Kumar took 3 wickets, while Yash Dayal took only one wicket.
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