Rohit hits ton for Mumbai in Vijay Hazare Trophy, Kohli scores fifty for Delhi

New Delhi: Rohit Sharma cracked a century on return to Mumbai duty against Sikkim for Vijay Hazare Trophy in Jaipur on Wednesday.

Sikkim won the toss and opted to bat, allowing Rohit to smash his century in 61 deliveries, including 10 boundaries  and eight sixes.

It is Rohit’s first match in the tournament in seven years. At the packed Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Rohit Sharma began his innings with a boundary and a six over the cover off seamer Kranthi Kumar in Mumbai’s chase of 237 runs in 50 overs.

In Delhi’s match against Andhra Pradesh, Virat Kohli cracked a half century off 39 balls, receiving a repreive when on 32.

Kohli reached half century with the help of seven fours and a six.

Squads:

Mumbai Squad: Rohit Sharma, Musheer Khan, Siddhesh Lad, Sarfaraz Khan, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Akash Anand(w), Tanush Kotian, Shams Mulani, Shardul Thakur(c), Sairaj Patil, Tushar Deshpande, Suryansh Shedge, Hardik Tamore, Chinmay Rajesh Sutar, Sylvester DSouza, Ishan Mulchandani, Onkar Tukaram Tarmale.

Sikkim Squad: Anwesh Sharma, Ashish Thapa(w), Amit Rajera, Robin Limboo, Gurinder Singh, Kranthi Kumar, Palzor Tamang, Ankur Malik, Lee Yong Lepcha(c), Md Saptulla, Amar Iqbal Bhutia, K Sai Satwik, Rahul Kumar Prasad, Siddharth Prasad, Abhishek Kr Shah

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