'You must keep playing': How Siddhesh Lad overcame retirement thoughts to rewrite Ranji Trophy records

Siddhesh Lad’s run of scores continued on Day Two of Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy match against Delhi at the MCA ground in Bandra-Kurla Complex, with the Mumbai captain equalling a long-standing record held by Rusi Modi and Sachin Tendulkar.Lad scored an unbeaten 102 off 170 balls, with 12 fours, to register his fifth century of the season. With this, he became only the third Mumbai batter to score five hundreds in a single Ranji Trophy edition. The 33-year-old has now scored 736 runs in seven matches at an average of 105.14 and is the fourth-highest run-getter in the tournament. This is also his fourth century in succession.The timing of Lad’s form is significant, coming after a phase when he had...