India’s star batsman Manish Pandey has created havoc in the Ranji Trophy by scoring a brilliant double century. Many attractive shots were seen in his innings.
Manish Pandey: India’s reliable middle-order batsman Manish Pandey has been out of Team India for almost four years. He played his last match for India against Sri Lanka on 23 July 2021, after which he was dropped from the team. Manish Pandey has played many brilliant innings in his short international career for India, while his figures have been quite impressive in domestic cricket as well. Meanwhile, Manish Pandey created havoc in the Ranji Trophy by scoring a double-century for his domestic team.
Manish Pandey hit a double-century
Manish Pandey, who plays domestic cricket for Karnataka, scored a double century in a Ranji Trophy match played in 2017 against Uttar Pradesh by batting in a blistering style. Pandey, who came to bat at number 5 in the first innings against Uttar Pradesh, batted patiently in the beginning and once he got his eyes set, he started taking on the UP bowlers. In this match, Pandey faced a total of 301 balls, in which he scored 238 runs. Pandey hit 31 fours in his amazing innings of 238 runs, while during this time 2 skyscraper sixes also came off his bat.
The result of the match did not come out
In this match, Karnataka won the toss and decided to bat first and put 655 runs on the scoreboard in the first innings thanks to the brilliant innings of Manish Pandey (238) and Dega Nischal (195). After this, Karnataka bowlers bundled out Uttar Pradesh’s innings for just 331 runs. But after this, Karnataka, who came to bat in the second innings, scored 262 runs without losing any wickets with the help of unbeaten centuries of Mayank Agarwal (133) and Ravikumar Samarth (126), but after the fourth day’s play ended, this match was declared a draw and no result could be reached in this high scoring match.
Manish Pandey stats
Manish Pandey played his first ODI match for India on 14 July 2015, after which he played a total of 29 matches for Team India, in which he scored 566 runs at an average of 33.29. During this period, he scored 1 century and two half-centuries. Pandey’s explosive century came in difficult circumstances against Australia.
Apart from this, he has also played 39 T20 matches for India, in which he scored 709 runs at an amazing average of 44.31 and a strike rate of 126, which included 3 half-centuries. Manish Pandey’s domestic statistics have been amazing. He has scored 7973 runs in 118 first-class matches at an average of 50.98, which includes 25 centuries and 32 half-centuries, while in 192 List A and 308 T20 matches, he has scored 6310 and 7008 runs respectively. Manish Pandey will be seen playing for KKR in IPL 2025 this year.