Prithvi Shaw smashes the second-highest individual score in Ranji Trophy history with his 379-run knock to become the highest individual scorer for Mumbai.
Shaw achieved the feat as he slammed a dominating maiden triple hundred (379 in 383 balls) during his team’s Ranji Trophy match against Assam on Day 2.
Sanjay Manjrekar had the highest individual score record of 377 runs against Hyderabad in the 1990-91 season. This was Shaw’s first century in the Ranji Trophy this year. He scored 160 runs in his last seven innings, averaging 22.85 and posting a high score of 68. Despite constantly scoring in the domestic circuit, the 23-year-old has not been selected and will not play for India again until July 2021 in a T20I.
He finished second in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy this season with 332 runs at a strike rate of 181.42 and a top score of 134 against Assam. He scored 217 runs in seven innings in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, but he averages more than 50 in List A cricket.
Earlier today, Prithvi Shaw set a new first-class cricket career record by scoring 240 not out off 283 balls. The opening batsman hit 33 fours and a six, helping Mumbai reach 397 for 2 at the end of the day’s play. Shaw was particularly brutal with left-arm spinner Roshan Alam, hammering him for 76 runs at a run-a-ball.
Gautam Gambhir, a former Indian batter, has backed Shaw and urged coaches and selectors to help him get back on track.
“Someone like Prithvi Shaw, with the kind of start he had to his international career and the kind of talent he has, deserves to be backed. Yes, you have to look at the upbringing as well – where he comes from and the challenges he’s had as well. It makes even more sense for the management and the selectors to keep him around and help him get on the right track,” said Gautam Gambhir in support of the Mumbai opener.
