Tamil Nadu opener N Jagadeesan registered his name in history books on Monday (November 21) as he stamped a new record to his name for the highest ever individual score in List A history. Jagadeesan smashed an impressive 77-ball century against Arunachal Pradesh in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy 2022 and then further went on to become the first ever cricketer to record five List A centuries in a row.
Earlier, three batters had four centuries in a row – Kumar Sangakkara in 2014-15, Alviro Petersen in 2015-16 and Devdutt Padikkal in 2020-21.
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In his mammoth innings of 227 off 141, Jagadeesan smashed 25 fours and 15 sixes. He fell 23 runs short in becoming the first player in history to score a triple-century in a one-day game as he was dismissed in the 42nd over. However, he has made his presence felt in the cricketing world by surpassing Alistair Brown in the list of players with highest individual scores.
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Jagadeesan took 114 balls to reach the 200 run-mark, the joint-fastest in men’s List A cricket as Travis Head also took 114 balls for his double ton.
Jagadeesan’s strike rate was also phenomenal during this record breaking innings. He played at a strike rate of 196.45, which is the highest for any double hundred in men’s List A cricket. The previous highest was 181.1 by Travis Head. Apart from these two batters, none in the complete list of players with double-centuries in this format have a strike-rate of more than 175.
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The record of highest individual score by an Indian batter was kept safe with Rohit Sharma since 2014, but Jagadeesan has now surpassed him and occupied the top rank after today’s feat.
Jagadeesan’s team, Tamil Nadu also became the first team in List A history to cross the 500-mark in an innings. They registered 506/2 in 50 overs against Arunachal Pradesh in Vijay Hazare Trophy at Bengaluru.
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