Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26: Tamore’s breezy 93 guides Mumbai to 51-run victory over Uttarakhand

A large crowd turned up at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Friday to watch Rohit Sharma in action. The star batter fell for a first-ball duck, but Hardik Tamore entertained the crowd with an unbeaten 82-ball-93 as Mumbai marched on with a 51-run win against Uttarakhand in its Vijay Hazare Trophy Group C fixture.

Coming on the back of a massive hundred in the tournament opener against Sikkim, expectations were sky high from Rohit, but he was caught at deep fine leg off pacer Devendra Bora on the final delivery of the first over, with Jagmohan Nagarkoti completing the catch after fumbling in his initial attempt.

While the spectators were heartbroken as Mumbai also lost Angkrish Raghuvanshi cheaply, brothers Sarfaraz Khan (55, 49b, 5×4, 1×6) and Musheer Khan (55, 56b, 7×4) stepped up and made the most of reprieves to score their individual half-centuries and forge a 107-run partnership for the third wicket.

As the surface eased out, neither Sarfaraz nor Musheer seemed in a hurry as they played every ball on its merit and steadied the ship before left-arm spinner Mayank Mishra dismissed Musheer to break the partnership. In the following over, J. Suchith had Sarfaraz caught and bowled as Mumbai lost a few quick wickets, before Tamore took charge and guided Mumbai to 331 for 7.

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Uttarakhand dropped plenty of catches in a sloppy show on the field, and Tamore made the most of the opportunities to bring up his third List-A fifty, adding 95 runs for the seventh wicket with Shams Mulani to put Mumbai in command.

Chasing a tall total, Uttarakhand lost Kamal Singh early on, but Yuvraj Chaudhary scored a spirited 96-ball-96. However, he missed out on his second List-A century by a whisker after falling to Sarfaraz off a Shardul Thakur delivery. After Yuvraj’s dismissal, J. Suchith showed resilience with a fifty, but with left-arm spinner Musheer getting into the act and claiming a couple of wickets, Mumbai had the last laugh. 

Published on Dec 26, 2025