Sarfaraz Khan continued his stellar form in Ranji Trophy as he hit his fourth hundred of the tournament in the final against Madhya Pradesh on Thursday. The 24-year-old Mumbai player resumed his innings on 40 and reached the triple-digit mark with a boundary off Kumar Kartikeya's delivery before lunch on Day 2. But there was more to come. Follow Ranji Trophy Final Live
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A visibly emotional Sarfaraz brought out Sidhu Moose Wala’s signature step by smacking his thigh and pointing his finger towards the sky. Moose Wala, who died in a shootout in Punjab’s Mansa last month, was known to do this signature step in the videos of his songs and during live shows as well. His trademark move has been performed by many prominent names to pay their respects to the late singer-rapper.
At stumps on the opening day, Sarfaraz was batting on 40 with Shams Mulani giving him company. While Mumbai lost wickets at regular intervals, Sarfaraz kept the scoreboard ticking from one end to eventually reach his ton in 190 deliveries. He hit 12 boundaries en route to the century milestone, helping Mumbai gain control in the title showdown at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
{{/usCountry}}At stumps on the opening day, Sarfaraz was batting on 40 with Shams Mulani giving him company. While Mumbai lost wickets at regular intervals, Sarfaraz kept the scoreboard ticking from one end to eventually reach his ton in 190 deliveries. He hit 12 boundaries en route to the century milestone, helping Mumbai gain control in the title showdown at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
{{/usCountry}}Sarfaraz's batting pyrotechnics steered Mumbai to 351/8 at the lunch break. Sarfaraz's first six of the innings came after reaching the century milestone. He slog swept Kartikeya with enough power as the ball sailed over fielders patrolling the boundary fence.
In eight innings so far in the competition, Sarfaraz has already scored over 900 runs with four hundreds and two half-centuries under his belt. He had hit a 401-ball 275 against Saurashtra earlier this year. Sarfaraz, who is the season's leading run-getter, is now staring at 1000-run mark if his blistering form continues.
Mumbai's first innings ended on 374 after Sarfaraz perished in an attempt to hit it through covers. He scored 134 off 243 deliveries. For Madhya Pradesh, Gaurav Yadav picked up four wickets while conceding 106 runs. Anubhav Agarwal recorded 3/18, while Saransh Jain returned 2/47. Kumar Kartikeya, who bowled 41 overs, snared the wicket of Armaan Jaffer (26) to end up with 1/133.
Earlier on Day 1, Yashasvi Jaiswal slammed 78 as Mumbai reached 248/5 at stumps. Jaiswal, in the company of skipper Prithvi Shaw, gathered 87 for the first wicket. But the 41-time champions were jolted with regular wickets with Saransh Jain and Anubhav Agarwal inflicting damage.