Yashasvi Jaiswal slammed 162 runs and added 206 runs for third wicket.
Putting Mumbai in to bat after winning the toss, Hyderabad managed to get Prithvi Shaw out early for 19 runs, but then Yashasvi Jaiswal and Suryakumar Yadav began scoring at a brisk pace, adding 153 runs. Suryakumar, playing his first FC match since Feb 2020, scored 90 runs in 80 balls with 15 fours and 1 six.
Jaiswal was then joined by captain Ajinkya Rahane, and the duo added 206 runs for the third wicket with Jaiswal slamming 162 in 195 balls with 27 fours and 1 six. Rahane continued his knock at a brisk pace and scored 204 runs with 26 fours and 3 sixes to his name, before falling to T Thyagarajan.
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Hyderabad might have thought they had caught a break with the wickets of both the hitters back in the hut, but then Sarfaraz Khan took over and continued the fast-scoring rate.
At the time of writing this article, Sarfaraz Khan had scored 125* with 18 fours in 160 runs only with Mumbai on 650/6 in 126.3 overs.
Rahane looked like staking his claim for a return to the Indian Test team. The right-hander lost his place in the Test team after India’s tour of South Africa earlier this year and missed the recent series against Sri Lanka, England, and Bangladesh.
A good series of scores like the ones he is getting will go a long way for Rahane to put his name in the hat for the upcoming four-Test series at home against Australia.