Vijay Hazare Trophy: Prithvi Shaw slams highest individual score
The 21-year-old Shaw broke the earlier record of the highest individual score held by Sanju Samson (212 not out against Goa in 2019).
Jaipur: Mumbai captain Prithvi Shaw on Thursday became the highest individual scorer in Vijay Hazare Trophy national 50-over championships as he smashed an unbeaten 227 off just 152 balls to help Mumbai beat Puducherry by 233 runs in their Elite Group D game here.
The 21-year-old Shaw broke the earlier record of the highest individual score held by Sanju Samson (212 not out against Goa in 2019). This was the maiden List-A double hundred for Shaw, which he got in 142 balls. Shaw hammered 31 fours and five sixes during his onslaught. He also became the eighth Indian to score a List A double hundred.
This was the fourth double hundred in the history of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Also, this was Prithvi’s second century of the tournament after his unbeaten 105 in the lung-opener against Delhi.
This was also the highest score by a captain in List A cricket in the world after the youngster surpassed the unbeaten 222 by Graeme Pollock versus Border in East London. For the record, the existing highest individual List A score is 268 by Ali Brown.
Puducherry decision to put Mumbai in to bat backfired badly as Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav (133 off 58 balls) toyed with their bowling attack at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium and post a mammoth 457/4.
Leg-spinner Prashant Solanki (5/48) then picked a five-for as Mumbai bundled out Puducherry for 224 to register their third win on the trot. The diminutive right-handed Shaw tore apart a listless Puducherry attack, comprising 36-year-old former India player Pankaj Singh (2/79) and his pace colleagues 41-year-old Santha Moorthy (0/92) and Sagar Trivedi (1/99) as well as 34-year-old left-arm spinner Sagar Udeshi (0/81).
Brief Scores (Round III)
Group E: Haryana 308/6 in 50 overs (Shivam Chauhan 123, Rohit Sharma 51) bt Jammu & Kashmir 295 in 49.1 overs (Parvez Rasool 86, Bandeep Singh 51; Arun Chaprana 4/35)
Saurashtra 324/9 in 50 overs (Arpit Vasavada 91, Avi Barto 83, Prerak Mankad 59; Ishan Porel 3/71) bt Bengal 175 in 37 overs (Jaydev Unadkat 3/46)
Chandigarh 224/8 in 50 overs bt Services 219 in 49.4 overs (Mohit Ahlawat 69, Ravi Chauhan 57; Gaurav Gambhir 4/51)
Group D: Mumbai 457/4 in 50 overs (Prithvi Shaw 227 no, Suryakumar Yadav 133) bt Puducherry 224 in 38.1 overs (Damodaran Rohit 63; Prashant Solanki 5/48)
Maharashtra 277/6 in 50 overs (Kedar Jadhav 101, Yash Nahar 55; Ravi Bishnoi 3/55) bt Rajasthan 233 in 48.1 overs (Mahipal Lomror 86, Salman Khan 68; Pradeep Dadha 4/48)
Himachal Pradesh 251/8 in 50 overs (Nikhil Ganta 100 no) lost to Delhi 252/4 in 48.1 overs (Kshitiz Sharma 67 no, Dhruv Shorey 51)
Plate: Assam 294 in 49.5 overs (Sibsankar Roy 106, Gokul Sharma 70; Khrievitso Kense 4/61) bt Nagaland 210 in 45.2 overs (Chetan Bist 57)
Arunachal Pradesh 225/6 in 50 overs (Kamsha Yangfo 58, Nazeeb Saiyed 54) bt Uttarakhnad 226/2 in 24.3 overs (Kunal Chandela 78 no, Kamal Singh 68)
Mizoram 236/7 in 50 overs (KB Pawan 89 no, Taruwar Kohli 56) lost to Meghalaya 237/8 in 48 overs (Dippu Sangma 60 no; G Galbiakvela 3/36)
Manipur 162 in 40.1 overs (Md Saptulla 3/23, Anureet Singh 3/39) bt Sikkim 165/2 in 36.1 overs
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