Tamil Nadu Script History By Becoming First-ever Team To Score 500+ Runs In A Men's List-A Match

Tamil Nadu have become the first-ever team in the history of men’s List-A cricket to register a score of 500-plus in a match. They achieved the historical milestone in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2022 Elite Group C game against Arunachal Pradesh at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday, November 21.

In the Vijay Hazare Trophy game between Tamil Nadu and Arunachal Pradesh, the latter won the toss and elected to bowl first in the match. The decision turned out to be an awful one for the side as the Tamil Nadu openers – Narayan Jagadeesan and Sai Sudharsan – absolutely demolished the Arunachal Pradesh bowling unit.

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Wicketkeeper-batter Jagadeesan and Sai Sudharsan had a 416-run opening partnership before Techi Doria dismissed Sudharsan on the 3rd ball of the 39th over. Also, Jagadeesan was cleaned up by Chetan Anand on the 4th ball of the 42nd over.

Arunachal Pradesh used 8 bowling options – Chetan Anand, Limar Dabi, Mapu Yigam, Nabam Abo, Yab Niya, Madan Paul Techi Doria and Techi Neri – in the match and only two were successful in picking a wicket. 5 bowlers conceded runs at an economy of over 10 and the remaining 3 bowlers conceded runs at an economy of over 7.

Jagadeesan’s Historic Knock, Sudharsan’s Ton Help Tamil Nadu Become First Team To Score 500+ Runs In List-A Match

The 26-year-old Jagadeesan played a historic knock in the match as he smashed stupendous 277 runs off 141 balls, including 25 fours and 15 sixes. The 21-year-old opener Sudharsan scored incredible 154 runs off 102 balls, including 19 fours and 2 sixes.

Also, skipper Baba Indrajith and Baba Aparajith contributed 31 runs each to help Tamil Nadu post 506/2 on the board and script history.

The score of 506/2 is the highest-ever total posted by a team in the history of men’s List-A cricket. The previous highest was 498/4 by England against the Netherlands earlier this year.

Highest Team Score In A List-A match:

Tamil Nadu – 506 for 2

England – 498 for 4

Surrey – 496 for 4

England – 481 for 6

India A – 458 for 4

Several major records were shattered during Narayan Jagadeesan’s historic innings. He became the first-ever player in the history of List A cricket to smash five consecutive centuries.

He completed his double century off just 114 balls and equalled Travis Head’s record for the fastest List A double-hundred. He also broke the record for the highest List-A score by smashing 277 runs. He went past the 268-run record of Alistair Brown. Also, Jagadeesan and Sudharsan have become the first pair to have registered a 400-plus partnership in the history of men’s List-A cricket.

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