Several IPL franchises would be keeping a close eye on him.
Bengaluru-born opener Mohammed Taha strengthened his case for a possible deal at the IPL 2026 auction with a second consecutive knock at the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2025 tournament on Wednesday.
Taha, playing for Hubli Tigers, played a match-winning knock of 101 runs from 54 balls during their league stage match against Bengaluru Blasters in Mysore on Wednesday.
This comes after the 31-year-old had scored 101 runs from 53 balls against Shivamogga Lions on Tuesday. That also come on a match-winning occasion, and Taha ended up winning the Player of the Match awards for both the matches.
AUSA-W
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INDA-W
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ROR
191/6
TBW
140/10
Royals of Rayalaseema beat Tungabhadra Warriors by 51 runs
VSS
204/7
BVB
–
SIN-W
–
CAM-W
–
SIN-W
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CAM-W
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SKA
–
ABF
–
RJM
108/7
SOS
59/10
Rijeka Markhors beat Sir Oliver Split by 49 runs
ZGA
130/2
RJM
130/6
Rijeka Markhors tied with Zagreb Assassins (Zagreb Assassins wins the Golden Ball)
SOS
86/1
ZGA
83/10
Sir Oliver Split won by 9 wickets
ZGW
73/8
SOS
74/2
Sir Oliver Split beat Zagreb Warriors by 8 wickets
ZGA
59/3
RJM
144/6
SOS
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ZGW
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ZAS
–
ZGA
–
SOS
–
RJM
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ZGA
–
ZAS
–
ZGA
–
SOS
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DURH
387/4
MID
195/3
LEI
333/8
NOT
128/6
BB
283/9
KENT
178/7
SURR
21/1
GLAM
308/7
WOR
196/5
HAM
194/9
Worcestershire beat Hampshire by 5 wickets
YOR
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SOM
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BCC
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GUG
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MATCH ABANDONED
LLG
63/0
MUR
287/10
NK
281/7
NWW
278/5
Northern Knights (Ireland) beat North West Warriors by 3 wickets
JJ
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SBSCC
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NCMI
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BCC
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CEC-A
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KGC
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KRMPS
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BCC
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BNB
225/6
HBT
228/8
Hubli Tigers beat Bengaluru Blasters by 2 wickets
MGD
179/8
SML
9/1
MYW
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MGD
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GBM
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BNB
–
SLBL
178/6
SLGY
179/4
SLC Greys beat SLC Blues by 6 wickets
SLGR
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SLGY
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SOB
139/5
NOS
131/7
WEF
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MAO
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LOS
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TRR
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SBW-W
103/2
NOS-W
102/10
Southern Brave Women beat Northern Superchargers Women by 8 wickets
WFW-W
73/9
MOW-W
44/2
LSW-W
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TRW-W
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PS
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BANA
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Coming to Wednesday’s match, Hubli Tigers had won the toss and asked Bengaluru Blasters to bat first. Opener Rohan Patil (80 runs from 43 balls) was the standout batter for Bengaluru Blasters as they posted a mammoth total of 225/6 from 20 overs.
In Hubli Tigers’ reply, Prakhar Chaturvedi (18) and Mohammed Taha forged 54 runs for the first wicket before the former was run-out. Taha kept losing partners at the other end, and Hubli Tigers found themselves at 90/3 after 9.3 overs.
However, Taha found support from Abhinav Manohar (33), who hit two fours and as many sixes during his 17-ball knock. Taha, however, was dismissed in the 17th over, with Hubli Tigers in a spot of bother at 183/5.
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The match then got even more intense following the dismissals of Manvath Kumar (18), Samarth Nagaraj (12) and Ritesh Bhatkal (0), which left the Hubli Tigers at 212/8 after 19.3 overs. With 14 runs needed from three balls, Shivkumar Rakshith did the job as he punished Prateek Jain for two sixes and a four off the last three balls.
Taha has never played in the IPL before, but it is without a doubt that a few franchises who are in need of power-hitters might have already taken note of his batting skills. Who knows, maybe a big deal with an IPL franchise might just be around the corner!
