Tags: Narayan Jagadeesan
Printed on: Nov 22, 2022
November 21, 2022 is a day N Jagadeesan is unlikely to neglect for the remainder of his life. And why not? It was day when the Tamil Nadu keeper-batter and opener smashed quite a few Checklist A data within the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2022 match towards Arunachal Pradesh.
Having registered scores of 128, 168, 107 and 114 not out within the final 4 matches within the home competitors, he wanted yet one more three-figure rating to grow to be the primary batter to notch up 5 consecutive a whole bunch in Checklist A cricket. Jagadeesan ended up hammering 277 off 141 balls and broke a number of extra data alongside the best way.
Other than changing into the primary batter with 5 successive Checklist A tons, he now additionally holds the file for the very best particular person Checklist A rating. The earlier greatest was 268 by Alistair Brown again in 2002. As for the checklist of consecutive a whole bunch, Jagadeesan went previous Kumar Sangakkara, Alviro Petersen, and Devdutt Padikkal, who’ve 4 every.
His 416-run stand with B Sai Sudharsan is the highest-ever partnership within the historical past of Checklist A cricket. Tamil Nadu additionally grew to become the primary workforce to publish a 500-plus complete in a Checklist A recreation. Talking after the record-breaking day, Jagadeesan informed cricketnext.com in an unique interview, “I’m actually proud of the trouble.”
He credited his video games for India Cements within the Chennai league, which helped him put together for the home season and saved him in the fitting mind set. The 26-year-old defined, “I really feel it was the Chennai league which type of put me in the fitting zone. Within the 5 matches I performed, I had two a whole bunch and three fifties.
“A number of work, steady work, has occurred behind the scene and I’m extraordinarily proud to see the outcomes. My TN coach, coach Prasanna, my father, everybody has put in a variety of work with me. It’s been a disciplined and cautious effort which I’ve put in day in and time out with them, and now the outcomes are coming my manner,” he added.
By the way, Jagadeesan was launched by the IPL franchise Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) just some days again as all groups introduced their current checklist forward of the mini-auction.
The Tamil Nadu cricketer has scored 2059 runs in 42 Checklist A matches at a median of fifty.21 with eight a whole bunch and 6 fifties. He has a powerful strike charge of 94.71.
–By A Cricket Correspondent
