Mumbai opener Prithvi Shaw shattered a number of records en route to his incredible triple century during a Ranji Trophy match against Assam on Wednesday (January 11).
The 23-year-old slammed a remarkable 379 off just 383 deliveries in Guwahati, including 49 fours and four sixes.
With this marathon knock, Shaw registered the second-highest individual score in the history of Ranji Trophy. Only Bhausaheb Babasaheb Nimbalkar of Maharashtra is ahead of him with an unbeaten 443 in the 1948/49 season.
The swashbuckling right-hander also became the top scorer in a single innings for Mumbai, surpassing Sanjay Manjrekar’s 377 against Hyderabad.
List of top scorers in a single Ranji Trophy innings:
BB Nimbalkar (Maharashtra) - 443* vs Saurashtra
Prithvi Shaw (Mumbai) - 379 vs Assam
Sanjay Manjrekar (Bombay) - 377 vs Hyderabad
MV Sridhar (Hyderabad) - 366 vs Andhra Pradesh
List of top scorers in a single Ranji Trophy innings for Mumbai:
Prithvi Shaw - 379 vs Assam
Sanjay Manjrekar (Bombay) - 377 vs Hyderabad
Vijay Merchant - 359* vs Maharashtra
Sunil Gavaskar - 340 vs Bengal
Furthermore, Shaw achieved a unique feat with his blazing triple hundred. He became the first batter to score a triple hundred in Ranji Trophy (First-Class tournament), a double-hundred in Vijay Hazare Trophy (List A tournament), and a century at the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (T20 tournament).
For his dazzling display against Assam, Prithvi Shaw received rich praise from the Indian cricket fraternity on Twitter.
Here are the reactions:
