Tamil Nadu cricketer Narayan Jagadesan age 26 has taken the entire cricket fraternity by storm in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy or VHT in India, the leading domestic limited overs competition.
Ever since beginning the tournament with just 5, Narayan Jagadeesan has made many to sit up and take notice of his amazing run scoring abilities in this ongoing tournament .
Today, at Bengaluru, Narayan Jagadesan was at his devastating best when he made 277 against the Arunachal Pradesh bowling attack. The bowlers had no clue where to bowl to him and he smashed 15 sixers and 25 fours in his knock of 277 at the famous M. Chinnaswamy stadium. His 277 is now the highest ever in the domestic limited overs history.
In this ongoing VHT, Narayan jagadeesan has gone from strength to strength to pile up huge scores that can only be dreamt by any batsmen. Never ever before in the history of both domestic or international limited overs cricket a batsman has scored 5 consecutive centuries.
Today, Narayan Jagadeesan completed his 5th consecutive ton in the ongoing VHT and by that he became the first ever batsmen to achieve the feat. He also made his double ton in just 114 balls and he equalled the previous record for the fastest limited overs double ton set by Australian batsman Travis Head. Till today, Jagadeesan has made as many as 799 runs in just 6 visits to the crease in the ongoing VHT.
Narayan Jagadeesan and 21 year old Sai Sudarshan together have been creating many records in the ongoing VHT. Today, they became the first ever pair to make 5 consecutive scores of 150 plus totals for the first wicket in Indian domestic cricket.
The pair today made 416 for the first wicket and created history by becoming the first ever pair to score 400 plus for the first wicket in the limited overs domestic cricket history. Tamil Nadu`s total of 506 for 2 in 50 overs today is a world record and it became the only team ever to have made more than 500 runs in the limited overs history. In the end, TN defeated Arunachal Pradesh by a massive 435 runs and that was another record.