Ranji Trophy: Himachal Pradesh creates history as top four batters score centuries

Shubham Arora (118), Prashant Chopra (171), Ankit Kalsi (192 not out) and Ekant Singh (101) scored centuries for Himachal.

Published : Oct 12, 2024 15:28 IST , CHENNAI - 1 MIN READ

FILE PHOTO: Himachal Pradesh batsman Prashant Chopra.
FILE PHOTO: Himachal Pradesh batsman Prashant Chopra. | Photo Credit: PTI
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FILE PHOTO: Himachal Pradesh batsman Prashant Chopra. | Photo Credit: PTI

Himachal Pradesh recorded only the second instance of top four batters scoring centuries in one innings in Ranji Trophy during the match against Uttarakhand at HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala on Saturday.

Shubham Arora (118), Prashant Chopra (171), Ankit Kalsi (203 batting) and Ekant Singh (101) scored centuries for Himachal.

This feat was earlier recorded by Goa against Arunachal Pradesh in 2019 when Sumiran Amonkar (160), Vaibhav Govekar (160), Smit Patel (137 not out), and Amit Verma (122 not out) scored centuries. Goa declared at 589/2.

Overall, this is only the 14th instance when top four batters have scored centuries in a First-Class match.

Top four batters scoring centuries in FC match

Middlesex v Sussex at Lord’s 1920

Middlesex v Hampshire at Southampton 1923

Victoria v New South Wales at MCG 1926/27

South Australia v Queensland at Adelaide 1934/35

Indians vs Sussex at Hove 1946

Australians vs Cambridge University at Cambridge 1961

Kent vs Oxford University at Oxford in 1982

India vs Bangladesh at Mirpur 2007

Somerset v Leicestershire at Taunton in 2007

Sussex v Derbyshire at Horsham in 2010

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka at Karachi 2019/20

Goa v Arunachal Pradesh at Porvor in 2019/20

Sri Lanka v Ireland at Galle 2022/23

Himachal Pradesh v Uttarakhand at Dharamsala 2024/25

(Stats by Mohandas Menon)

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