Guwahati: It is understood that M Chinnaswamy Stadium has shorter boundaries and hitting sixes at the venue is not a big ask for a professional cricketer. To put that in context, former India pacemaker Praveen Kumar still holds the record for clearing the boundary to a staggering 124 meters for the longest six at the venue in 2008.
At the same venue, domestic cricket minnows Arunachal Pradesh were linked with an “undesirable” record on Monday after being awarded the highest score (team and individual) in List A cricket.
In their ongoing Vijay Hazare encounter against Tamil Nadu, the Arunachal Pradesh bowlers were on the receiving end of opener Narayan Jagadeesan’s world record List A score of 277 which took the team to a record total of 506 for 2 in their set 50 overs.
The previous highest score in List A cricket was England’s 498/4 against the Netherlands earlier this year.
In fact, Jagadeesan’s score of 277 in 141 deliveries, laced with 25 fours and 15 sixes, eclipsed the previous highest of 268 by Alistair Brown against Glamorgan in 2002. Such was the impact of the knock, which knocked the other opener B Sai Sudharsan’s 102-ball 154, was almost overlooked.
The duo of Jagadeesan and Sudharsan put together 416 runs for the first wicket, making them the first pair to share a stand of 400 runs for each wicket in List A men’s cricket. So far, the West Indian pair of Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels held the record with the 372-run opening stand against Zimbabwe in 2015.
A hapless Arunachal Pradesh skipper and wicketkeeper Kamsha Yangfo used as many as eight bowlers to keep the frenzy in check, but judging by the scorecard, the best economy rate was 7.22 from Mapu Yigam, who conceded 65 of his 9 overs.
Leg spinners Chetan Anand (1/114) and Techi Doria (1/27) managed to return with one wicket each, but were guilty of leaking at 11 and 13 runs per over respectively.
And by the time this report went live, Arunachal lost half his match for a paltry 49. Is Arunachal headed for another ‘unwanted’ record?
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