Ranji Trophy 2022-23: Mumbai opener Prithvi Shaw has given the BCCI selectors a timely warning with less than a month till the start of the first Test between India and Australia in Nagpur by scorching away to a first-class century during a Ranji Trophy 2022–23 match against Assam. On Wednesday, Prithvi Shaw hit 379 runs for Mumbai against Assam, which is now the second-highest individual total in the Ranji Trophy. When Riyan Parag caught Shaw’s leg previously, he was close to the 400 mark.
Prithvi Shaw shatters big records in Ranji Trophy 2022-23
The record for the highest score in India’s First-Class competition belongs to B.B. Nimbalkar. He was the first to score 400 runs in an innings for Maharashtra against Kathiawar in the 1948–1949 season.
Shaw spent 383 balls at the wicket, grabbing 49 fours and 4 sixes. Additionally, he had a third-wicket partnership of 401 runs with skipper Ajinkya Rahane. Shaw was only the eighth Mumbai hitter to get a triple hundred earlier in the inning. He outperformed Sanjay Manjrekar’s 377 career hits for Mumbai, set in the 1990–91 season.
Shaw has made history by scoring the first triple hundred, double hundred, and hundred in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy, and Ranji Trophy, respectively.
On the list of the highest individual numbers in Ranji Trophy history, Shaw surpassed players like Sunil Gavaskar (340), VVS Laxman (353), and Cheteshwar Pujara (352). Shaw quickly reached the milestone on the second morning of the game, continuing on his overnight total of 240.
Prithvi Shaw to soon return to India squad?
With his most recent accomplishments in Ranji Trophy 2022-23, the 23-year-old is expected to come up frequently when the selectors gather later this month to decide on the Indian team for the Australia Test series that will be played next month.
Since scoring a century on his Test debut in 2018, Shaw has participated in five matches for India, with his most recent participation being in 2020 during the tour of Australia. In addition, he has participated in six ODIs and one T20I.
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