Musheer Khan Achieves Rare Ranji Trophy Feat for Mumbai

Musheer Khan, brother of Sarfaraz Khan, achieved a rare all-round feat in the Ranji Trophy, scoring a century and taking a five-for against Haryana in their Elite Group D match on Tuesday. His performance gave Mumbai a massive 160-run first innings lead. Khan, 21, took 6/85, claiming the first five wickets that fell in Haryana's innings, as reported by NDTV Sports.

This makes Musheer the first Mumbai player in the 21st century to record a century and a five-wicket haul in the same game, a feat last accomplished by Ravi Shastri in the 1990-91 season. Mumbai enforced a follow-on after bowling Haryana out for 270 in reply to Mumbai's 430. At stumps on day three at the BKC Ground, Haryana was 73/2 in their second innings, trailing by another 87 runs with eight wickets intact heading into the final day. Nishant Sindhu waged a lone battle for Haryana, scoring a fine 105 not out in the first innings.

Musheer commented on the pitch conditions, stating, "The wicket has slowed down tremendously. Our spinners are trying to hit those spots where the ball is bouncing more, turn is available." Haryana's second innings saw opener Himanshu Rana retire hurt after being struck on the helmet by Sylvester D'Souza, while skipper Ankit Kumar was dismissed by Tanush Kotian. D'Souza later took a spectacular catch to dismiss Dheeru Singh off Musheer's bowling. Sindhu's 105 came off 251 balls, including eight fours and a six, spending 333 minutes at the crease; he had already batted for 87 minutes in the second innings.

Sindhu, who has been part of the Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans camps in the IPL, attributed his preparation for the turning wicket to playing on similar surfaces at home in Lahli. He noted that he has learned to "play for the team according to the situation" from his IPL experience. He also stated, "The wicket will deteriorate further so I will have to bat with more focus tomorrow."

In other Ranji Trophy matches, Tamil Nadu secured a nervy five-wicket victory over Railways at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, chasing 128 runs with Andre Siddarth scoring 56 not out. A formidable Bengal team is on course for a third consecutive victory, reducing Kerala to 53 for 4 while chasing a near-impossible 355-run target in a Group C encounter. Veteran off-spinner Jalaj Saxena took his 38th five-wicket haul, and Pradipta Pramanik claimed four wickets in Kerala's second innings. Meanwhile, Gujarat ended day three at 227 for 3 against Maharashtra, with opener Aarya Desai scoring an unbeaten 132, giving Gujarat an overall lead of 120 runs. Rain prevented any play on day three of Delhi's match against Jharkhand.

What to watch: Haryana will attempt to avoid an innings defeat on the final day against Mumbai.

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