Ranji Trophy 2024: Himachal Pradesh team captain Rishi Dhawan has so far scored 6 centuries in first class cricket, but for the first time he has scored a century, which looks much bigger than the centuries scored earlier.
Ranji Trophy 2024: There are a lot of cricket matches these days. On one hand, Team India is playing a Test series against New Zealand at home, while on the other hand, India’s biggest domestic tournament i.e. Ranji Trophy is going on. On October 28, Dhawan created havoc with the bat and stunned the bowlers of the opposing team. Here we are not talking about Shikhar Dhawan but Himachal Pradesh team captain Rishi Dhawan, who created a ruckus while playing captaincy innings against Andhra.
In the Ranji Trophy, Himachal Pradesh captain Rishi Dhawan scored the best score of his first class career against Andhra Pradesh. Dhawan scored 195 runs in 318 balls, which included 19 fours and 2 sixes. Although he missed the double century by just 5 runs, this innings was very effective for his team.
Score of 500 runs in Himachal’s first innings
If we talk about the match, Andhra Pradesh team was limited to 344 runs in the first innings, in response to which Himachal Pradesh scored 500 runs, in which captain Rishi Dhawan’s innings played an important role. By coming at number six, he put his team in a strong position. This is the biggest innings of his first class career so far, before this his best score was 128 runs.
Middle order took over the team after a bad start
Himachal’s first innings had a bad start and its 3 wickets fell for just 60 runs, but the middle order batted brilliantly and gave the team a lead of 156 runs. Apart from captain Dhawan, Akash Vashishtha contributed 85 runs while Mukul Negi contributed 42 runs.
How was Rishi Dhawan’s international career?
Rishi Dhawan has played 4 international matches for Team India, which includes 3 ODIs and 1 T20. He played all three ODIs against Australia, while the only T20 match was against Zimbabwe. Since 2016, he has not been able to return to Team India.