Drona Desai set a new record in the Ahmedabad Under 19 School Cricket Tournament. The young batter scored a record knock of 498 runs while batting for 372 minutes. He missed his 500 by just two runs. He hit 86 fours and 7 sixes in this record innings. Even Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli have not had such a performance. This historic knock makes him the sixth-highest run-getter in the country.
The 18-year-old batter has created a sensation in the Under-19 school tournament in Ahmedabad with a storming batting performance. He scored 498 runs while playing for St. Xavier’s School. Desai has grabbed everyone’s attention with his explosive innings. Due to Drona’s innings, the team won the match by a margin of 712 runs. The opposing team looked helpless throughout the match against JL English School’s bowler Drona Desai.
Right-handed batter scored 498 runs at a strike rate of 155.62. He stayed on the pitch for a total of 372 minutes during this inning. Dron Desai also hit 86 fours and 7 sixes in his innings. Desai missed 500 runs by just 2 runs. He was dismissed for 498 runs. This time the score of the team was 775 runs. St. Xavier’s team declared the first innings at 844 runs. In reply, JL English School could score only 40 runs in the first innings and 92 runs in the second innings.
Drona Desai will become the next big talent for India
Earlier, Mumbai’s Pranab Dhanavade scored 1009 runs not out. This is the highest individual score ever by any Indian cricketer. Second place is Prithvi Shaw. He scored 546 runs. While Havewala scored 515 runs, Chamanlal scored 506 runs and Armaan Jaffer scored 498 runs. He has equalled Armaan Jaffer’s tally of 498 runs to become the country’s sixth-highest individual scorer.
The young batter looked disappointed after his amazing performance. He regretted not being able to reach the 500-run mark. He said, “I didn’t know he was playing on a score of 498.” There was no scoreboard on the field, so they had no idea about it. But he is happy to have scored so many runs. Watching Sachin Tendulkar’s batting inspired him to play cricket.
He began playing cricket at the age of seven. It was his father who inspired him to become a cricketer. Because they felt that their son had the potential to become a cricketer. It was he who admitted him to Jaiprakash Patel’s academy. He has trained more than 40 cricketers. He hopes that one day he will make a big name in cricket.
