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Another teenage batter has captured the headlines through his brilliant batting in the ongoing 2026-27 Ranji Trophy season. Priyanshu Moliya, a 21-year-old batter from Baroda, registered a triple century against the defending champions, Jammu and Kashmir.
Moliya became one of the youngest Indian batters to get a triple century in First-Class cricket. With the triple century, Baroda secured a monumental total of 616 runs in their first innings against Jammu and Kashmir at the Reliance Cricket Ground in Vadodara, Gujarat.
Unbeaten 321 runs for Priyanshu Moliya
Priyanshu Moliya remained not out for 321 runs, facing 492 balls. To decorate the innings, the 21-year-old right-handed batter hammered the J&K bowlers for 36 fours and one six. Former India National Cricket Team opener Wasim Jaffer scored a triple century in First Class cricket when he was only 18.
According to the stats, Priyanshu Moliya became the second Baroda batter to score a FC triple ton and the seventh youngest Indian to record a First Class triple century. Abhinav Mukund, Rishabh Pant, Arjan Kripal Singh, Cheteshwar Pujara, and Srikar Bharat are the other five batters in the list.
Here are the full names of the players in the youngest Indian First-Class triple-centurions list:
1. Wasim Jaffer: 18 years, 262 days.
2. Abhinav Mukund: 18 years, 302 days.
3. Rishabh Pant: 19 years, 92 days
4. Arjan Kripal Singh: 19 years, 342 days.
5. Cheteshwar Pujara: 20 years, 290 days.
6. Srikar Bharat (KS Bharat): 21 years, 126 days.
7. Priyanshu Moliya: 21 years, 132 days.
Priyanshu Moliya explains his batting against Jammu and Kashmir
After the stumps of the Day's play, the young Baroda batter told BCCI in an interview that he aimed to play as long as possible. They lost a few wickets early in the innings, so Moliya was trying to stitch some significant partnerships in the middle.
"First of all, I am feeling very good. I was trying to play as long as possible. Because at the start, the wickets had fallen. So I was looking for a partnership. So the target was to play as long as possible," Moliya told BCCI.
"The wicket was very good. The fast bowler helped me a little. So I was trying to play as close to the body as possible. And that was the target; in my mind, it was the same. In the start, it was a long one. As soon as the fielder came up, I thought that if I got a ball in my range, I would hit it," he added.
Responsibility led Priyanshu Moliya to the milestone
Priyanshu, who completed his century by smashing a six, claimed that because of the extra responsibility, he was able to play the milestone knock. It was not easy for him, as the team kept losing wickets in most of the first innings.
"I think the responsibility was big. Because the wickets were continuously falling. So the side batsmen have the responsibility to play long for the team. And keep doing partnerships," he said.
