Himachal Pradesh Enter History Books After Batters Achieve Rare Feat In Cricket
Dharmsala Stadium- (Source: Johns/X.com)
The 90th Edition of the Ranji Trophy kickstarted on Friday, October 11. Himachal Pradesh locked horns against Uttarakhand at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala. The hosts entered the history books after their heroics on day 2.
Himachal Pradesh, batting first, hammered the bowlers in every corner of the park and at the time of writing this article, the Shubham Arora-led side have posted 594 runs on the board. Himachal scripted history as all top-four batters scored a century.
Himachal Pradesh Script History
Skipper Arora scored 118 (178), while his opening partner Prashant Chopra returned to the pavilion with a score of 122 (2790. Ankit Kalsi, who is still batting at the crease is nearing his double century, while No.4 batter Ekant Sen too touched the triple-figure mark.
It is the second time in Ranji Trophy history that a team's top-four has scored a century. Goa had earlier etched this feat against Arunachal Pradesh in 2019. Sumiran Amonkar (160), Vaibhav Govekar (160), Smit Patel (137 not out), and Amit Verma (122 not out) scored centuries. Goa declared at 589/2.
Overall, this is only the 14th instance when the top four batters have scored centuries in a First-Class match.
Here is the Complete List
- Middlesex v Sussex at Lord’s 1920
- Middlesex v Hampshire at Southampton 1923
- Victoria v New South Wales at MCG 1926/27
- South Australia v Queensland at Adelaide 1934/35
- Indians vs Sussex at Hove 1946
- Australians vs Cambridge University at Cambridge 1961
- Kent vs Oxford University at Oxford in 1982
- India vs Bangladesh at Mirpur 2007
- Somerset v Leicestershire at Taunton in 2007
- Sussex v Derbyshire at Horsham in 2010
- Pakistan vs Sri Lanka at Karachi 2019/20
- Goa v Arunachal Pradesh at Porvor in 2019/20
- Sri Lanka v Ireland at Galle 2022/23
- Himachal Pradesh v Uttarakhand at Dharamsala 2024/25
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