Vijay Hazare: 17-year-old Jaiswal's double century helps Mumbai beat Jharkhand
Bengaluru: Seventeen-year-old Yashasvi Jaiswal struck a blazing 203 as Mumbai beat Jharkhand by 38 runs in their final Elite Group A match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy here on Wednesday.
The left-handed Jaiswal, at 17 years and 192 days, became the youngest Indian to score a double hundred in List A cricket. His knock comes just days after Kerala wicket-keeper batsman Sanju Samson hit an unbeaten 212 in the Hazare Trophy.
Riding on Jaiswal's quickfire double hundred, Mumbai posted 358 for 3 in 50 overs and bowled out the opposition for 319. Jaiswal took the opposition bowlers to task and played round the park in his usual aggressive fashion at the Alur Cricket Stadium III here.
He struck 17 fours and 12 sixes and also built a mammoth 200-run stand with experienced wicket-keeper batsman Aditya Tare, who played a perfect second fiddle with a knock of 78 off 102 balls.
Tare hit six boundaries and a lone six as the opening pair laid the foundation for a big score. Tare's departure in the 35th over had no impact on Jaiswal, who was already among the runs in the national ODI tournament. Jaiswal kept playing his shots at will and completed a memorable double hundred, his first in List A cricket.
One drop batsman Siddhesh Lad (32) and skipper Shreyas Iyer (31 not out) also chipped in as Mumbai went past the 350 -run mark. Jharkhand bowlers including former India pacer Varun Aaron had an off day in the field. Aaron went for 77 runs in his 10 overs without a wicket.
Jharkhand were teetering at 66 for 3 at one stage, but then Virat Singh (100) and Saurabh Tiwary (77) stitched a crucial 171-run stand for the fourth wicket. However, when it looked like the duo was taking the game away from Mumbai, Lad sent back Tiwary and shortly after that Virat Singh gave a catch to Shreyas Iyer off Dhawal Kulkarni as Jharkhand slumped to 267/5.
Anukul Roy hit a 40-ball 46 to keep his side in the hunt but once he walked back to the pavilion it was all but over for Jharkhand as they were dismissed for 319. For Mumbai, pacer Dhawal Kulkarni ended with figures of 5 for 37.
Meanwhile, Karnataka opener Devdutt Padikkal slammed unbeaten 102 as they defeated Goa by eight wickets in their last Elite Group A match at the Alur Cricket Stadium III near here. Put into bat, Goa were bundled out for 171 and later Karnataka chased down the target in 34.2 overs.
In another Group A game, Kerala defeated Andhra by six wickets as they chased 231 run target with ease, courtesy opener Vishu Vinod's 139.
Brief Scores: Mumbai 358/3 (Yashasvi Jaiswal 203, Aditya Tare 78, Siddhesh Lad 32; Vivekanand Tiwari 2-32) beat Jharkhand 319 all out (Virat Singh 100, Saurabh Tiwary 77; Dhawal Kulkarni 5-37) Mumbai 4 points, Jharkhand 0 points.
Andhra 230/6 (Ricky Bhui 58, Karan Shinde 38; Midhun Sudhesan A 2-15) lost to Kerala 233/4 (Vishnu Vinod 139, Jalaj Saxena 46 not out; Poreddy Girinath Reddy 3/27) by 6 wickets.
Andhra: 0 points, Kerala: 4 points
Goa 171 all out (Aditya Dharmesh 75, Darshan Misal 33 not out; Pravin Kumar Dubey 3-29) lost to Karnataka 177/2 (Devdutt Padikkal 102 not out, Manish Pandey 34 not out, Lakshay Garg 1-27) by 8 wickets. Karnataka 4 points, Goa 0 points. PTI NRB KRK
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Sharad Pawar praised RSS after seeing how it burst fake narrative balloon of LS polls: Fadnavis
Nagpur, Jan 10: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar praised the RSS after realising how the outfit managed to overcome the fake narrative spread by the opposition in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
The opposition had claimed BJP wanted to win 400 seats to change the Constitution and end reservations, a narrative which BJP leaders later claimed hit the party hard.
On Pawar praising the RSS recently, the CM said the MVA was successful in creating a fake narrative during the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
"When assembly polls were approaching, many people from diverse fields who are inspired by the RSS played their role and burst the balloon of this fake narrative. Sharad Pawar saheb is very intelligent. He would have certainly studied this aspect. He realised that this (RSS) is not a regular political power but a nationalist power. In any competition it is good to praise others," he added.
That is why Pawar may have praised the RSS, Fadnavis said.
Speaking at an interaction with senior editor Vivek Ghalsasi at Late Vilasji Fadnis Jivhala programme here, Fadnavis also said he had asked for organisational work when Eknath Shinde was made chief minister in June 2022, but senior leaders asked him to join the government.
He also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked him not to behave like an extra-constitutional authority in the government.
He said the decision to become deputy chief minister on the command of the party leadership earned him a lot of praise from the cadre.
After the massive mandate the ruling alliance received in the 2024 assembly polls, Fadnavis said people and party workers would not have been happy if the CM was not from the BJP.
Shinde himself agreed within minutes that the CM must be from the BJP, which itself got 132 seats and was close to a majority of its own in the 288-member assembly, he added.
On Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray meeting him during the winter sessions of the legislature in Nagpur, Fadnavis said he had announced he would not indulge in politics of revenge after becoming CM and all leaders responded positively to it.
On chances of the NCP (SP) and NCP coming closer or reuniting, Fadnavis said, "If you see the developments that took place from 2019 to 2024, I realised never say never and anything can happen. Uddhav Thackeray goes to some other party and Ajit Pawar comes to us. In politics anything can happen though I am not saying this should happen."
He praised BJP leader Arun Gujarati from whom he learnt patience, which he claimed was an important quality in politics along with the ability to take criticism.
In a lighter vein, he said, "I only get angry when I am hungry. If you see me angry then give me something to eat and my anger will go away."
