Opener Prashant Chopra hit the first triple hundred of the current first-class season as Himachal Pradesh piled up a massive 729 for eight declared against Punjab on the second day of the Ranji Trophy group 'D' encounter. Chopra celebrated his 25th birthday with a triple ton to become only third batsman to do so in the history of first-class cricket.
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Earlier, Colin Cowdrey (307) scored triple century on his 30th birthday in 1962 and then Raman Lamba (312) did it on his 35th birthday in 1995. At stumps, Punjab were 110 for 1 with Jiwanjot Singh unbeaten on 34 in company of Uday Kaul (2 not out). Chopra, started the day at 271 and went on to score 338 off only 363 balls with as many as 44 boundaries and two sixes to his credit.
