Rest of India won Irani Trophy: beat Madhya Pradesh by 238 runs, Yashasvi Jaiswal man of the match

Rest of India won Irani Trophy: beat Madhya Pradesh by 238 runs, Yashasvi Jaiswal man of the match

Mar 5, 2023 - 16:48
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Rest of India won Irani Trophy: beat Madhya Pradesh by 238 runs, Yashasvi Jaiswal man of the match

Rest of India (ROI) captained by Mayank Agarwal has won the Irani Trophy. The team defeated Madhya Pradesh by a huge margin of 238 runs in the final match. Mumbai's top-order batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal was the hero of this victory.
Jaiswal, 21, scored a double century in the first innings (213 runs). After that, he scored a century of 144 runs in the second innings.
In Gwalior on Sunday, Madhya Pradesh started their second innings with a score of 81/2 in response to a target of 437 runs. The team lost all its wickets for 198 runs. Captain Himanshu Mantri scored the highest 51 runs from his side. Saurabh Kumar got three wickets, and Mukesh Kumar, Atit Sheth and Pulkit Narang got two wickets each.
In the final match, the Rest of India got a huge lead of 190 runs in the first innings. Batting first after winning the toss, the Rest of India scored a score of 484 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal (213 runs) scored a double-century for the team. Apart from him, opener Abhimanyu Easwaran (154 runs) scored a century. Yash Dhull also played a half-century innings of 55 runs in the middle order. Avesh Khan took four wickets.
In response, MP's first innings were reduced to 294 runs. The top-3 batsmen of the team got out early. In these Captain Himanshu Mantri 1, Arham Akil 0 and Shubham Sharma could score only 4 runs. In such a situation, Harsh Gwali, who came to play in the middle order, took the scorecard forward by playing innings of 54 and Yash Dubey's 109 runs. There was a partnership of 114 runs on 260 balls between the two.
Then Saransh Jain (66 runs) and Ankit Kushwaha (22 runs) shared a useful partnership of 96 runs in 233 balls in the lower middle order.
After taking a lead of 190 runs in the first innings, the Rest of India scored 246 runs in the second innings and set a target of 437 runs for victory in front of Madhya Pradesh. This time Yashasvi Jaiswal contributed 144 runs on behalf of the team.

Muskan Kumawat Journalist & Writer