Opener Tanmay Agarwal cracked a record-breaking, maiden triple century (323 batting, 160b, 33×4, 21×6) and together with his accomplice and captain Rahul Singh (185, 105b, 26×4, 3×6), helped Hyderabad put up an imposing whole 529 for one within the first innings in reply to Arunachal Pradesh’s 172 on the primary day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Plate Group league match at NexGen Cricket Academy Ground right here on Friday.
Tanmay’s triple century was the quickest coming off 147 balls, and he additionally eclipsed Ravi Shastri’s document of scoring the quickest double century within the Ranji Trophy. Shastri scored of 123 balls whereas Tanmay took 119 balls.
For Tanmay, this was his twelfth Ranji century and his career-best rating within the 56th match. Rahul scored his second century of the season after his double-century within the season opener.
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Earlier, Arunachal, put into bat, folded up for 172, and it may have been a extra disappointing present however for the defiance of opener Techi Doria (97 n.o., 127b, 12×4, 3×6), who had the uncommon distinction of carrying his bat by means of and sadly miss a deserving century.
Left-arm pacer Chama Milind struck within the first over sending again opener and captain Neelam Obi and Abhishek Mrinnal of the third and fourth balls of the innings.
Soon, the opposite pacer Karthikeya Kak struck – first dismissing Aprameya Jaiswal within the fourth over and his subsequent over removed Indiya Toku to cut back Arunachal to 21 for 4 within the sixth over.
Later, left-arm spinner Tanay Thyagarajan struck a double blow eradicating wicket-keeper-batter Techi Sonam (16) and Nabal Tempol in fast succession which noticed Arunachal diminished to 148 for eight at the same time as opener Techi Doria scored an unbeaten half-century.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com