Siddhesh Lad and Sachin Tendulkar (Photo Agency) NEW DELHI: Mumbai captain Siddhesh Lad is in great form as he has now scored four first-class centuries in a row. He achieved this milestone during the Ranji Trophy match against Delhi. His recent scores have been 127, 170, 104 and now 103 and this run has placed him among the famous legends of Indian cricket.Delhi batted first in the match and the team scored 221 runs. Opener Sanat Sangwan made a century and no other batter could produce a big score. Only three other Delhi players crossed double figures and Mumbai pacer Mohit Avasthi took five wickets and controlled the innings.
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Mumbai got off to a shaky start and the team lost two wickets for 18 runs and then another for 44. Siddhesh Lad came on at a tough time and joined Musheer Khan at the crease. The two players added 63 runs together and Musheer reached his fifty to level the innings. Lad led the side as stand-in captain as Shardul Thakur was unavailable after the mid-season break. Lad then built a strong partnership with Suved Parkar for the sixth wicket to claim his fourth consecutive first-class hundred during that stand. Mumbai finished their first innings on 317 runs and the team secured a lead of 96 runs.Earlier this month, Lad scored 104 runs against Hyderabad and Mumbai won the match by nine wickets. He scored 127 against Himachal Pradesh and 170 against Puducherry before the break and both matches ended in innings victories for Mumbai. Lad joined big Indian names like Vijay Merchant and Sachin Tendulkar in scoring four consecutive centuries. Parthiv Patel holds the Indian record of five consecutive centuries in first-class cricket and the world record is six, shared by CB Fry, Don Bradman and Mike Procter. Lad still has a chance to equal that record if his form continues.
