Ranji Trophy: Rohit, Hiken hit tons against Hyderabad

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Hiken Shah and and Rohit Sharma smashed unbeaten centuries to propel Mumbai to 325 for two against Hyderabad at the end of the opening day's play in a Ranji Trophy Group A match here today.

While Hiken was unbeaten on 154 off 260 balls, Rohit was batting on 102 at stumps.

Hiken laced his innings with 17 fours. Rohit, on the other hand, struck nine boundaries and three huge hits over the fence during his 161-ball unconquered knock.

However, the start was far from perfect for Mumbai, as electing to bat, the visitors lost Kaustubh Pawar inside the first four overs.

Hiken and wicket-keeper Aditya Tare (62) then steadied Mumbai's innings with a 121-run second wicket partnership.

After Tare's fall, Hiken was joined by Rohit at the crease and the duo toyed with Hyderabad's bowling attack to notch up the unbroken 203-run third wicket stand.

Mohammed Khader picked up Pawar's wicket while the other Mumbai batsman -- Tare -- was run out.

Brief Scores:

Group A:

In Hyderabad: Mumbai 325 for two in 90 overs (Hiken Shah batting 154, Rohit Sharma batting 102, Aditya Tare 62) vs Hyderabad

In Indore: Madhya Pradesh 322 for five in 90 overs (Naman Ojha 99, Devendra Bundela 61, Udit Birla 50; Shami Ahmed 2-68, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala 1-33) vs Bengal

In Mohali: Saurashtra 90 all out in 27.1 overs (Sagar Jogiyani 41, Bhushan Chauhan 29; Sandeep Sharma 7-25, Siddharth Kaul 2-18) vs Punjab 125 for five in 52 (Jiwanjot Singh 61, Karan Goel 26; Sandip Maniar 2-8, Siddharth Trivedi 2-37)

In Bhubaneswar: Gujarat 117 all out in 48.5 overs (Parthiv Patel 55; Sanjay Bangar 5-12, Hardik Rathod 3-47, Krishnakant Upadhyay 2-31) vs Railways 145 for two in 38 overs (Amit Paunikar 85)

Group B:

In Delhi: Delhi 287 for one in 80 overs (Unmukt Chand batting 134, Shikhar Dhawan 104) vs Tamil Nadu

In Rohtak: Haryana 221 for five in 97 overs (Rahul Dalal batting 64, Rahul Dewan 48, Sachin Rana; Murtuja Vahora 2-46, Utkarsh Patel 2-54) vs Baroda

In Bangalore: Odisha 202 in 79.3 overs (Niranjan Behera 61, Subhrajit Sahoo 45; HS Sharath 2-47, SL Akshay 4-40) vs Karnataka 16 for none in 6 overs

In Nagpur: Maharashtra 227 for three in 90 overs (Virag Awate batting 111, Sangram Dilip Atitkar 45; Sairaj Bahutule 2-55) vs Vidarbha

Group C:

In Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir 153 all out in 50.5 overs (Manish Dogra 30, Rahil Sambyal 31; Syed Sahabuddin 5-53, Rajesh Pawar 2-24) vs Andhra 118 for four in 30 overs (Amol Muzumdar batting 61, Bodapati Sumanth 41; Ram Dayal 2-3)

In Ranchi: Jharkhand 176 for five in 90 overs (Saurabh Tiwary batting 65, Sunny Gupta batting 58; Vikramjeet Malik 2-28, Rishi Dhawan 3-32) vs Himachal Pradesh

In Malappuram: Goa 281 for four in 85 overs (Sagun Kamat 107, Manvinder Bisla 74, Ravikant Shukla batting 44; Rohan Prem 1-29) vs Kerala

In Delhi: Assam 182 all out in 78.3 overs (Tarjinder Singh 29, Rajdeep Das 26; Suraj Yadav 4-58, Nishan Singh 2-34) vs Services 11 for none in 5 overs