Hyderabad cricketer Tanmay Agarwal scripted history in First-Class cricket by smashing the fastest triple century on Friday, January 26. He took solely 147 balls to achieve the 300-run mark throughout Hyderabad’s Ranji Trophy 2024 match (Group Plate) towards Arunachal Pradesh at NexGen Cricket Ground.
The 28-year-old left-handed opener remained unbeaten on 323* off 160 balls on the finish of the day’s play. He registered 33 fours and 21 sixes as Hyderabad posted a complete of 529/1 in simply 48 overs.
Tanmay broke South African cricketer Marco Marais’s file of fastest triple hundred in red-ball cricket. Marais had smashed a 191-ball triple century for Border in South Africa’s home first-class cricket recreation towards Eastern Province in 2017.
Hyderabad-born cricketer additionally broke Ishan Kishan’s file of registering essentially the most sixes, 14, in an innings of India’s first-class cricket history. Tanmay and staff captain Rahul Singh added 449 runs for the opening wicket in simply 40.2 overs with the latter scoring 185 off simply 105 balls.
Meanwhile, Arunachal Pradesh had been bowled out on simply 172 runs earlier on Friday. Chama Milind and Kartikeya Kak took three wickets every for Hyderabad whereas skilled T Natarajan took two for 53.
Fastest 300 in First-Class cricket history:
- Tanmay Agarwal – 147 balls (Hyderabad)
- Marco Marais – 191 balls (Border, South Africa)
- Charles Macartney – 221 balls (Australians)
- Frank Wooley – 230 balls (MCC)
- Ken Rutherford – 234 balls (New Zealanders)
- Vivian Richards – 244 balls (Somerset)
- Kusal Perera – 244 balls (Colts)
