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Mumbai opener Prithvi Shaw broke the record for the highest individual score by a Mumbai batter in domestic cricket with his 379 off 383 balls, creating multiple records on the way but also missing out on two major ones as well.
After his 240 on Day 1, he completed his 300 runs on Day as he was edging closer to a record set by former India cricketer Bhausaheb Babasaheb Nimbalkar, who scored 443 not out in 1948. To date, this remains the highest score, and the only quadruple-century, in Indian first-class cricket.
But just as Prithvi Shaw came close to becoming just the second Indian cricketer to cross the threshold of 400 runs in the Ranji Trophy, he lost his wicket to an LBW off the bowling of Riyan Parag, with his score reading 379 runs from 383 balls including 49 fours and four sixes.
Shaw's magical innings ensured that the young opener will end Day 2 with the highest individual score by a Mumbai batter, scoring two more than Sanjay Manjrekar's 377, which was hit in 1991, during the Ranji Trophy match between Mumbai and Hyderabad. This means Prithvi's score is also the second-highest individual score for a batter in the Ranji Trophy.
In doing so, Shaw is also the first player to score a triple century in the Ranji Trophy, a double ton in the Vijay Hazare Trophy and a century in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He also set up a 401-run partnership with Mumbai skipper Ajinkya Rahane, who is unbeaten with 131 runs off 252 balls as Mumbai are running away with the match.
Earlier, Shaw wrapped up Day 1 with an unbeaten 240, including 33 boundaries and a six in his knock and was severe on each and every bowler at the picturesque Amingaon cricket ground.
