Vijay Hazare trophy final: Prithvi Shaw, Aditya Tare guide Mumbai to title
Mumbai's power-hitting display was rewarded with a fourth Vijay Hazare (50-over) title in the win over Uttar Pradesh at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground on Sunday.
Published : Mar 14, 2021 18:04 IST
When needed the most, the mighty Mumbai’s batting came good and blew away Uttar Pradesh by chasing down the target of 313 runs with six wickets and 51 deliveries to spare. The reward for this power-hitting display was a fourth Vijay Hazare (50-over) title at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground on Sunday.
AS IT HAPPENED Having reached the final by riding mainly on the shoulders of skipper Prithvi Shaw’s belligerent form, Mumbai covered the distance against UP by smashing 37 boundaries and eight sixes in 41.3 overs, once the young skipper set the pace. Shaw ensured that UP’s joy of setting a challenging target was short lived. Dropped by rival skipper Karan Sharma when on five, Shaw raced away to a 39-ball 73 (10x4, 4x6) and ended the competition with a record aggregate of 827 runs. He perished after top-edging an attempted-pull into the waiting hands of deep square-leg. The whirlwind opening stand of 89 off 9.1 overs put Mumbai ahead of the required run-rate and the side was never again seriously challenged by UP. Thereafter, it was former captain Aditya Tare all the way. He hit an unbeaten 118 (107b, 18x4) and stitched two 88-run innings-building partnerships. For the third-wicket, Shams Mulani (36, 43b, 2x6) kept Tare’s company before being replaced by Shivam Dube (42, 28b, 6x4, 1x6) during the fourth-wicket partnership. Earlier, opting to bat, UP managed to reach 312 for four - in spite of scoring just seven runs off the bat in the first seven overs - after opener Madhav Kaushik changed gears to score an unbeaten 156-ball 158 (15x4, 4x3).