Saturday, November 5, 2011

Triple Tons In Ranji Trophy



A triple-hundred is a rarity in any form of cricket and Ranji Trophy is no exception. There are only 27 triples in 77 years of the tournament. Ravindra Jadeja of Saurashtra is the latest.

The first was Vijay Hazare, who had made 316 not out representing Maharashtra against Baroda in Pune in 1939-40

Jadeja made 314 against Orissa in Cuttack in one of the opening games of Ranji Trophy season 2011-12.

The complete list of all Ranji Trophy triples, by runs made:

No
Runs
Batsman
Match
Ground
Season
1
443*
BB Nimbalkar
Mah v Kathiawar
Pune
1948/49
2
377
SV Manjrekar
Bom v Hyd
Bombay-WS
1990/91
3
366
MV Sridhar
Hyd v Andhra
Secunderabad
1993/94
4
359*
VM Merchant
Bom v Mah
Bombay-BS
1943/44
5
353
VVS Laxman
Hyd v Kar
Bangalore-MCS
1999/00
6
340
SM Gavaskar
Bom v Ben
Bombay-WS
1981/82
7
323
AL Wadekar
Bom v Mysore
Bombay-BS
1966/67
8
323
DJ Gandhi
Ben v Assam
Guwahati
1998/99
9
319
Gul Mohammad
Bar v Holkar
Bar
1946/47
10
316*
VS Hazare
Mah v Bar
Pune
1939/40
11
314*
W Jaffer
Mum v Saur
Rajkot
1996/97
12
314
RA Jadeja
Saur v Ori
Cuttack
2011/12
13
313
WV Raman
TN v Goa
Panaji
1988/89
14
312
R Lamba
Del v HP
Del-FSK
1994/95
15
312
Sunny Singh
Har v MP
Indore
2009/10
16
309*
RG Sharma
Mum v Guj
Mumbai-BS
2009/10
17
308*
D Mongia
Pun v J & K
Jalandhar
2000/01
18
306*
SR Nair
Ker v Ser
Palakkad
2007/08
19
305*
P Dharmani
Pun v J & K
Ludhiana
1999/00
20
303*
A Azeem
Hyd v TN
Secunderabad
1986/87
21
302*
A Kripal Singh
TN v Goa
Panaji
1988/89
22
302*
CA Pujara
Saur v Ori
Rajkot
2008/09
23
301*
VVS Laxman
Hyd v Bihar
Jamshedpur
1997/98
24
301
W Jaffer
Mum v Saur
Chennai-Ch
2008/09
24
301*
AS Chopra
Raj v Mah
Nasik
2010/11
26
300*
SS Das
Ori v J & K
Cuttack
2006/07
27
300*
A Mukund
TN v Mah
Nasik
2008/09

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