The Khan brothers currently have the world at their feet. First, Musheer Khan lit up the ICC Men's U19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa last month by scoring two centuries.
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Then, his elder brother Sarfaraz Khan made his debut for India in the third Test of the ongoing Test series against England, scoring 62 and 68* to help India win by 434 runs.
Now, Musheer's star has only grown bigger, with the U19 prospect slamming his maiden first-class ton in the quarterfinals of the Ranji Trophy.
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Musheer Khan slams maiden Ranji Trophy ton in quarterfinal against Baroda
Musheer wouldn't have even played this game if it were not for the injury to all-rounder Shivam Dube.
There were many other key absentees from the Mumbai line up in this crucial quarterfinal game against Baroda at the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy in BKC, Mumbai.
Prithvi Shaw and Bhupen Lalwani raised a brisk 57-run partnership for the opening wicket, but as soon as Baroda's wily left-arm spinner Bhargav Bhatt had Shaw out with a stumping, Mumbai kept losing wickets at important junctures (and frequently) with none of the middle-order batting duos able to steady the ship with a consolidating partnership.
Musheer, who came in at No.3, held one end firmly but had to see his partners returning to the hut one after the other, until he was joined by wicketkeeper Hardik Tamore in the 45th over, who walked in at No.7, when Mumbai were struggling at 142-5.
Both Musheer and Tamore put a price on their wicket to stitch a slow yet solid 106-run partnership for the 6th wicket, which came in 45 overs.
Musheer kept plugging away the odd ball for a boundary, while showing immense maturity as he rotated the strike pretty comfortably. Tamore, meanwhile, batted like a monk, scoring at a strike rate of less than 20 and letting Musheer score the bulk of the runs.
At the close of play on Day 1, Mumbai reached 248-5. Musheer remained unbeaten on 128 off 216 balls and is well on course to score a daddy hundred, in the process potentially helping Mumbai post a big first innings total. Tamore scored 30 runs off 163 balls, all 30 runs coming without any boundaries.
On day 2, Musheer continued to grind the Baroda bowlers into the ground. Despite losing Tamore for 57 to the bowling of Ninad Rathva, he continued on his merry way, eventually reaching his double century and finishing on 203* as Mumbai were bowled out for 384.
It is still early in Musheer's first-class career, but he does appear to have the same appetite for huge runs, like his elder brother.
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