Rest of India vs MP: The Irani Cup, played every year between the last Ranji champion team and ‘Rest of India’, this time also got in the hands of ‘Rest of India’. The ‘Rest of India’ team defeated Ranji Trophy 2022 champions Madhya Pradesh by 238 runs in the Irani Cup. Last time also ‘Rest of India’ had won this cup. Then this team defeated Saurashtra.
In Irani Cup 2023, ‘Rest of India’ captain Mayank Agarwal won the toss and chose to bat first. Here, thanks to the wonderful innings of Abhimanyu Easwaran (154) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (213), ‘Rest of India’ scored 484 runs in their first innings. After this, Yash Dubey (109) from Madhya Pradesh postponed the follow-on while scoring a century. Madhya Pradesh had scored 294 runs in their first innings. In this way, ‘Rest of India’ got a lead of 190 runs on the basis of first innings.
A victory to savor! 👌👌
Rest of India register a 238-run win over Madhya Pradesh at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior to win the 👏🏻👏🏻
MPvROI | @mastercardindiaScorecard 👉 https://t.co/UMUCM30e11 pic.twitter.com/0FQgBND6Sx
— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) March 5, 2023
Here in the second innings of ‘Rest of India’ also, Yashasvi Jaiswal (144) scored a century and took his team to 246 runs. In this way, Madhya Pradesh got a target of 437 runs to win. Here in the second innings of Madhya Pradesh, Himanshu Mantri (51) and Harsh Gawli (48) put up some struggle but the entire Madhya Pradesh team was bundled out for 198 runs on the last day of the match. In this way, the team of ‘Rest of India’ defeated Madhya Pradesh by 238 runs and won the Irani Cup.
That winning feeling 😃👌 | MPvROI | @mastercardindia
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— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) March 5, 2023
Yashasvi Jaiswal was the ‘Player of the Match’
Yashasvi Jaiswal was adjudged ‘Player of the Match’ due to his innings of 213 and 144 runs. In this match, Pulkit Narang took 6 wickets and Mukesh Kumar and Navdeep Saini took 4-4 wickets for ‘Rest of India’. On the other hand, Avesh Khan took maximum 6 wickets from Madhya Pradesh.
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