Mumbai opener Rohit Sharma was out for a duck off the very first ball of the Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite Group ‘C’ encounter against Uttarakhand in Jaipur on Friday. However, his mere presence still helped the Mumbai team. On one-on-one interaction on the eve of the game with Hardik Tamore (93 not out off 82 balls) helped the wicketkeeper-batsman overcome his bad patch and guide Mumbai to a 51-run win.

Batting first, Mumbai’s Khan brothers, opener Musheer (56-ball 55) and Test discard one-drop Sarfaraz (49-ball 55) shared a 107-run stand off 90 balls. After Tamore came to the crease following Sarfaraz’s dismissal at 133-4 in the 22nd over, he continued the good work, shouldering the responsibility well, stitching a 95-run partnership with No. 8 Shams Mulani (35-ball 48) as Mumbai posted 331-7 in the allotted 50 overs.