Mumbai South Central Maratha Royals made it to the finals. (Photo-screenshot/x)
In the Mumbai T20 League, a lot of runs are being scored from Rohit Sharma’s bat of ‘Gurubhai’. In the first semi -final of this league, he played an important role in taking the team to the final by scoring an unbeaten half -century. In the first semi -final match played on Tuesday 9 June, Mumbai South Central Maratha Royals defeated Eagle Thane Strikers by 8 wickets. The final match of this league will be played on June 12 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. In the first semi -final match, Thane strikers batsmen flopped completely and could not score a big. After this, Rohit Sharma’s ‘Gurubhai’ batted brilliantly and gave the team victory with 13 balls remaining.
Siddhesh Lad played brilliant innings
In the first semi -final match of the Mumbai T20 League played at the Wankhede Stadium, Rohit Sharma’s son Dinesh Lad’s son Siddhesh Lad put an unbeaten fifty and brought the team to the title match. The captain of Mumbai South Central Maratha Royals scored an unbeaten 74 runs off 52 balls with the help of 9 fours and 1 six.
Earlier, Eagle Thane Strikers, batting first, could score only 131 runs after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. Siraj Patil scored the highest 41 runs on his behalf. Apart from this, captain Ankolekar scored an unbeaten 34 runs. Apart from this, no batsman could play on the wicket. In response, Maratha Royals captain Siddhesh Lad, batting brilliantly, won the team by 8 wickets in 17.5 overs.
Played only one match in IPL
Siddhesh Lad, who performed brilliantly in first class matches, had duped IPL from Mumbai Indians in 2019, but he got a chance to play only one match, in which he was able to score only 15 runs. Apart from this, he has scored 4849 runs in 74 first class matches at an average of 41.44. This includes 10 centuries and 29 half -centuries.
Apart from this, he has played 60 domestic T20 matches. In this, he has scored 939 runs at an average of 22.90. This includes 4 half -centuries. Siddhesh Lad has played 50 matches in List-A. It has scored 1395 runs, including 4 centuries and 5 fifty.