On Day 2 of the Mumbai vs Assam home sport, Prithvi shaw smashed the second-highest particular person rating within the historical past of the Ranji Trophy. The Mumbaikar smashed his maiden triple hundred and scored 379 off simply 382 balls.
Shaw surpassed the previous Mumbai cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar, who had scored 377 runs again in 1991 against Hyderabad.
However, Shaw couldn’t exceed Bhanusaheb Nimbalkar, who nonetheless holds the document for the very best particular person rating by an Indian batter on the home degree. Nimbalkar scored an unbeaten 443 for Maharashtra against Kathiawar in 1948.
Shaw had ended Day 1 of the sport at a rating of 240, and resuming his innings on Wednesday, he surpassed 350+ and have become solely the ninth Indian batsman to take action in Ranji Trophy match. But the 23-year-old failed to achieve the 400 mark as he fell lbw to leg spinner Riyan Parag on 379 within the final over earlier than lunch.
Apart from Shaw, the Mumbai Captain Ajinkya Rahane 191 (302) additionally scored a good century. Rahane and Shaw constructed a 401-run partnership for the third wicket.
It was a extremely necessary inning for Shaw as he didn’t begin the continued Ranji season nicely and had scored only a single fifty within the final seven video games.
Manjrekar posted a tweet reacting to Shaw’s inning, “Thrilled that my record of 377 was beaten by a batter I adore! Well done Prithvi!”
Speaking to The Indian Express on the finish of Day 1, Shaw had mentioned that his knock was a results of the arduous work he had put in for the previous couple of years.
“I was happy with the way I was batting (this season), just that I was not getting a big score,” informed Shaw to The Indian Express.
“But when you are hungry to score runs and doing your process, you will eventually be rewarded. The innings was a result of the hard work I put into my game in the last few years.” he added.
With the assistance of Shaw’s triple hundred and Rahane’s ton, Mumbai declared the primary inning on a large whole of 687 for the lack of 4 wickets.