18-year-old school cricketer records joint fifth highest score by an Indian
An 18-year-old schoolboy, Drona Desai created a history in Indian cricket. In a recent match, the teenager scored 498 runs in an innings.
| September 26, 2024 at 8:50 PM
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An 18-year-old schoolboy, Drona Desai created a history in Indian cricket. In a recent match, the teenager scored 498 runs in an innings.
It was a match between St Xaviers (Loyola) and JL English School in the Diwan Ballubhai Cup under-19 multi-day tournament at Shivay Cricket Ground, Gandhinagar. The Central Board of Cricket Ahmedabad, which comes under the Gujarat Cricket Association, organises this annual tournament.
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Drona Desai hit 86 fours and seven sixes
Serving for St. Xaviers (Loyola), the 18-year-old Drona Desai scored 498 runs in 320 balls with the help of 86 fours and seven sixes. His batting played a crucial role in his team’s victory by an innings and 712 runs.
Desai put his name in the record book with his latest batting performance. His 498 knock became the joint fifth-highest individual score in recorded minor cricket in India.
Highest individual scores in minor cricket in India
|
Player |
Team |
Runs scored |
Opposition |
Year |
|
Pranav Dhanawade |
KC Gandhi English School |
1009* |
Arya Gurukul (CBSE) |
2016 |
|
Prithvi Shaw |
Rizvi |
546 |
St. Francis |
2013 |
|
Dadabhoy Havewala |
Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railways |
515 |
St. Xavier’s College (Bombay) |
1933 |
|
Chamanlal |
Mohindra College, Patiala |
502* |
Government College, Rupar |
1956-57 |
|
Arman Jaffer |
Rizvi Springfield School |
498 |
IES Raja Shivaji School |
2010 |
|
Drona Desai |
St. Xaviers (Loyola) |
498 |
JL English School |
2024 |
Drona Desai served for the Gujarat U14 team
Desai already played for the Gujarat under-14 team. The teenager now wants to represent the Gujarat under-19 team.
Desai missed 500 runs for only two runs, and the 18-year-old wished to know about his milestone while batting.
Desai said, according to Indian Express, “There is no scoreboard in the ground and my team didn’t inform me that I was batting on 498, I went to play my stroke and got out but I’m happy that I managed to get those runs.”
Desai claimed that he started to play cricket at the age of seven as his father encouraged him for the sport. While he remains busy to play the game, he only went to school for exams.
The teenager added, “I began to play cricket at the age of seven and my father pushed me hard as he felt I have in me to become a good cricketer. He took me to JP Sir (Jayprakash Patel) who had coached more than 40 cricketers. Such is the scenario that since standard 8 to 12, I just went to school for my exams. I just continued playing cricket and am hoping to make it big one day.”
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