Shreyas Iyer-led India B locked horns with Ajinkya Rahane-led India B in the final of the Deodhar Trophy 2018-19 at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, New Delhi on Saturday.
Shreyas Iyer-led India B locked horns with Ajinkya Rahane-led India B in the final of the Deodhar Trophy 2018-19 at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, New Delhi on Saturday.
India C openers Rahane and Ishan Kishan struck a century each and helped their side post a total of 352 runs in 50 overs. Their next best batsman was Suryakumar Yadav, who came out to bat at No. 5, and scored crucial 39 runs.
While Rahane and Kishan’s centuries paid off towards the end, the third centurion of the match, Iyer, had a disappointing end to the game as his side ended as runners-up.
However, when Rahane was batting along young Shubman Gill, the former’s century celebration turned out to be the highlight of the match.
In the 37th over, Rahane pushed the ball towards long-on to take a single and raised his bat celebrating his century in a crucial final. He even shook hands with Gill but then there was some sort of confusion in the ground.
The commentators and Suresh Raina sitting in the team balcony were quick to spot some issue there. Raina gestured to Rahane that he was still three runs away from entering the three-digit score.
Rahane, a bit embarrassed, just smiled, acknowledged it and went on with his game.
Eight deliveries later, the India C captain eventually reached his century. This time, there was no confusion and donning a cheeky smile on the face, Rahane once again waved the bat to celebrate that much-deserving century.
Later on in the match, when India B began their chase, they were off to a poor start as they lost Mayank Agarwal in the very fourth over. However, skipper Iyer and opener Ruturaj Gaikwad put up a 116-run stand for the second wicket before the latter was dismissed for 60 off 56 balls.
India B were in the game until Iyer was at the crease. They fell apart as soon as Iyer departed and ended up losing the final by 29 runs.
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