Vijay Hazare Trophy: Mahipal Lomror slams his career-best List-A score
Rajasthan's Mahipal Lomror finally ended his dry spell by smashing a ton against Kerala in the 2023 Vijay Hazare Trophy second quarter-final in Rajkot. Lomror's century saved Rajasthan from a batting collapse after they were reduced to 73/3. He was involved in a century-plus stand with Kunal Singh, who smashed 66. Lomror has recorded his career-best score in the format. Here are the stats.
Lomror's knock bolsters Rajasthan
Lomror came to the middle after Rajasthan lost opener Abhijeet Tomar with 42 runs on the board. The left-handed batter firmly held his end despite losing partners. Lomror and Kunal helped Rajasthan recover from 108/4 and took them past 200. Rajasthan finished with 267/8, with Lomror ending up scoring 122* off 114 balls (6 fours and 6 sixes).
His List A numbers
Lomror smashed his second century in List A cricket. As mentioned, he has notched up his career-best score in the format. The Rajasthan batter made his List A debut during the 2016/17 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He has now raced past 1,900 runs from 53 matches in the format. The tally includes 19 fifty-plus scores (two tons).
Rajasthan won the match by 200 runs
Rajasthan had a shaky start after they were invited to bat. Both Abhijeet Tomar and Mohit Chouhan got starts but failed to capitalize. While others departed, Lomror and Kunal took Rajasthan past 200. Akhin Sathar took three wickets for Kerala. Kerala perished for 67 in no time, with Sachin Baby smashing 28. Aniket scalped four wickets, while Arafat Khan and Khaleel Ahmed shared five.
