Thanks to the stormy batting of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sarfaraz Khan, Mumbai achieved a historic run chase against Haryana in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. After playing first in this match, Haryana had scored 234 runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Mumbai chased the target by scoring 238 runs in just 17.3 overs. This is the second biggest run chase of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Yashasvi Jaiswal played an important role in defending champion Mumbai’s four-wicket victory over Haryana by scoring a century in 48 balls in the Super League B match of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Sunday. After a one-sided defeat against Hyderabad in their first match of the Super League, Mumbai chased Haryana’s target of 235 runs and won by scoring 238 runs for six wickets in 17.3 overs with the innings of Jaiswal (101 runs in 50 balls) and Sarfaraz Khan (64 runs in 24 balls).

Jaiswal and Sarfaraz kept Mumbai’s hopes of qualifying for the final alive by adding 88 runs in just 6.1 overs. During the award distribution ceremony after the match, Jaiswal also called Sarfaraz along with him to receive a check of Rs 50,000 for the best player of the match. For Mumbai, Ajinkya Rahane played an inning of 21 runs in 10 balls.

Mumbai chased 235 runs in just 17.3 overs against Haryana in SMAT

Yashasvi Jaiswal – 101 (50)
Sarfaraz Khan – 64 (25)
Ajinkya Rahane – 21 (10)

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Earlier, Haryana captain Ankit Kumar (89 runs in 42 balls) and talented all-rounder Nishant Sindhu (63 runs in 38 balls) added 110 runs in just 8.1 overs, taking the team to 234 runs for three wickets in 20 overs.

Haryana’s fast bowlers bowled at a speed of 125 to 130 km per hour, which made it easy for Mumbai’s batsmen to score runs on the flat pitch. Jaiswal played pull and ramp shots. He hit 16 fours in his innings. Sarfaraz also strengthened his claim for the IPL auction with a half-century in just 16 balls.

Sarfaraz Khan may get a big bid in the IPL 2026 mini auction. His stormy innings of 64 runs in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is indicating something similar. Today, the match between Mumbai and Haryana was played in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, in which Sarfaraz played a brilliant inning of 64 runs in just 25 balls. His innings seems to be enough to attract the team owners.

hit superfast fifty

The Super League matches of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025 started from December 12. In the first match of the Super League, Sarfaraz was able to score only 5 runs against Hyderabad, but he thrashed the Haryana bowlers. He scored a superfast fifty in 18 balls against Haryana. He played an inning of 64 runs in 25 balls, during which his strike rate was 256. In this innings, 9 fours and 3 sixes came from his bat.

472 runs scored in T20 match

In this match, Haryana had scored 234 runs while playing first. For Haryana, captain Ankit Kumar scored 89 runs and Nishant Sindhu scored 63 runs. In response to this, Mumbai made a stormy start. Meanwhile, Sarfaraz Khan made a partnership of 88 runs in 37 balls with Yashasvi Jaiswal, who opened for Mumbai. Jaiswal played a century inning of 101 runs in 50 balls in this match. Mumbai achieved this huge target with 15 balls remaining. A total of 472 runs were scored in this T20 match.

Sarfaraz Khan’s name is in the first set

The IPL 2026 auction is to be held on December 16 in Abu Dhabi, for which only 350 out of more than 1000 players were shortlisted. A total of 350 players’ names will be called in the auction, out of which Sarfaraz Khan’s name is included in the first set. The names of Sarfaraz Khan, Prithvi Shaw, Cameron Green, Tim David, Devon Conway and Jake Fraser McGurk are in the first set of auction list.

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