Sports Desk. The new season of IPL, the world’s most expensive cricket league, is going to start from March 22. In the first match of the tournament, there will be a clash between 5-time winning team Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). Meanwhile, a big good news has come out for CSK. In fact, 20-year-old young batsman Sameer Rizvi, included in the CSK team, has created a stir by scoring a stormy triple century before the start of IPL 2024. Rizvi achieved this feat while batting for Uttar Pradesh in the quarter-final match of CK Nayudu Trophy. He has scored 312 runs on 266 balls against Saurashtra.
According to the information, in the quarter-final match of the Under-23 tournament between Uttar Pradesh and Saurashtra, Saurashtra won the toss and decided to bowl first. But Rizvi proved Saurashtra’s decision of winning the toss wrong and scored a quick century. Rizvi remained unbeaten on the first day by scoring 134 runs in 117 balls. When he came to bat on Monday, he continued to bat brilliantly and completed his triple century in 261 balls and was out after scoring 312 runs. During this inning, Sameer had scored 204 runs with the help of only fours and 12 sixes. He hit 33 fours and 12 sixes during his innings. Due to his excellent performance, Sameer took Uttar Pradesh to a strong score of 684/6 after 139.2 overs.
Know who is Sameer Rizvi
Let us tell you that Sameer Rizvi, born in Meerut, is only 20 years old. He batted well in the UP T20 League and hit the most sixes for Kanpur Superstars. He scored 455 runs in 9 innings including two centuries in the UP T-20 League. While playing for Kanpur Superstar team, he played a quick inning of 104 runs in 49 balls against Gorakhpur Lions. He scored these runs in the tournament at an average of 50.56 and strike rate of 188.8.
Not only this, in the recently played Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, he scored 277 runs in seven innings of seven matches at an average of 69.25 and strike rate of 139.90. Due to this performance, Rizvi was called for trials by three IPL franchises. Now by scoring 312 runs in 266 balls against Saurashtra, he once again proved himself that he has the ability to score runs in any situation.
TRIPLE HUNDRED FOR SAMEER RIZVI…!!!!
301* from 261 balls including 32 fours & 11 sixes in the CK Nayudu Knock-outs against Saurashtra – Captain is leading by example in the big stages. Great news for CSK as he is coming with a very good form. pic.twitter.com/FpamwR2nas
—Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 26, 2024
CSK bought Rizvi for 8.4 crores
It is noteworthy that due to Sameer Rizvi’s excellent performance in domestic cricket, Dhoni’s team has taken a big bet on him. There was a fierce bidding war on the auction table for Rizvi in the IPL 2024 auction. He had kept his base price for the auction at Rs 20 lakh but due to his all-round skills, there was a fierce bidding war between Gujarat Titans and CSK and finally CSK bought him for Rs 8.4 crore.
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