Tanmay Agarwal scores fastest first-class triple hundred, also breaks Ravi Shastri’s 39-year-old double ton record

Hyderabad’s Tanmay Agarwal became the player to hit the fastest triple hundred in first class cricket when he scored 300 in a Ranji Trophy match against Arunachal Pradesh on Friday.

The 28-year-old batter took 147 deliveries to achieve that feat and was still unbeaten at Stumps on 323 off 160 balls in an innings peppered with 33 fours and 21 sixes.

The player shattered a 39-year-old record held by Indian legend Ravi Shastri along the way by also scoring the fastest double hundred in first class cricket in 119 deliveries.

Magnificent! 🤯

Hyderabad's Tanmay Agarwal has hit the fastest triple century in First-Class cricket, off 147 balls, against Arunachal Pradesh in the @IDFCFIRSTBank #RanjiTrophy match 👌

He's unbeaten on 323*(160), with 33 fours & 21 sixes in his marathon knock so far 🙌 pic.twitter.com/KhfohK6Oc8

— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) January 26, 2024

On the back of Agarwal’s majestic knock, Hyderabad reached 529/1 at the end of Day 1 of the fourth round of Ranji matches. Along with Agarwal, captain Gahlaut Rahul Singh also contributed 185 runs of his own as Hyderabad finished the day on top.

In the other matches of the day, Tamil Nadu opener Narayan Jagadeesan struck his second hundred of the tournament, as he remained unbeaten on 108 in the Group C meet against Chandigarh.

The day began with the visitors opting to bat. However, they displayed a below-par performance with the bat, getting bundled out for a mere 111.

Jagadeesan and Pradosh Ranjan Paul (87 batting) contributed to a 176-run stand for the second wicket, allowing the side to take the lead and assert its dominance on the opening day.

In another Group C match in Valsad, Ashutosh Sharma played a valiant knock of 123 for Railways versus Gujarat.

Meanwhile, in a Group B encounter, Anustup Majumdar smashed an unbeaten century, while skipper Manoj Tiwary remained not out on a half-century as the two veterans bailed out Bengal to power the team to 242/4 against Assam on day one.

After Sourav Paul (12), Shreyansh Ghosh (13), Mohammad Kaif (2) and Sudip Kumar Gharami (10) were dismissed cheaply, Majumdar and Tiwary teamed up with an unbroken 185-run stand for the fifth wicket.

The 39-year-old was unbeaten on 120 from 197 balls with 16 fours, his second century of the season.

Tiwary, 39, took his time getting the runs, making 68 not out from 187 balls with seven fours.

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