New Delhi: Tamil Nadu batter Narayan Jagadeesan made the headlines in the media reports on Monday after he smashed 277 runs in 141 balls during the Vijay Hazari Trophy match between his home state and Arunachal Pradesh. The match was held in Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy Stadium. He not only scored two tons but also break the record of Virat Kohli’s most consecutive centuries in a single season match.
Notably, the quarter-final matches for the tournament will start on November 26, followed by the semi-final on November 30. The final match is scheduled to start on December 2 at 9 AM.
Who is Narayan Jagadeesan?
Narayan Jagadeesan was born in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore on December 24, 1995. The 26-year-old cricketer played his first-class debut for Tamil Nadu in the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy on October 27, 2016. During this time, he won the player of the match title.
Earlier, Virat Kohli was at the top position in the ranking for the most consecutive centuries in a single season match with 4 hundred. Kohli is followed by Prithvi Shaw (4), Ruturaj Gaikwad (4), and Devdutt Padikkal (4).
The right-handed batter reportedly broke the record of the most number of consecutive centuries of Sri Lankan Leged batter Kumar Sangakkara in the history of list A cricket.
Social media reaction to Narayan Jagadeesan’s record
Soon after Narayan Jagadeesan set the world record, many wishes and congratulatory messages also poured in on Twitter. Below here, one can check how netizens react to Jagadeesan’s record.
Some freaking innings from Tamilnadu. Narayan jagadeesan on fire in this Vijay hazare.#VijayHazareTrophy#naryanjagadeesan pic.twitter.com/zEMdp2Lw1f
— Vali Pspk (@pspk_vali) November 21, 2022
Narayan Jagadeesan Breaking every record ,Ab mat bol na Abhi hume Aur dekhna hain inko.
— Ashis Mahato (@TheAshisMahato) November 21, 2022
“Narayan jagadeesan”
Thats it thats the tweet ! #jagadeesan #TamilNadu— cricketoverse (DK⚡fan and MSD fan ?forever) (@MKOWSHIK7) November 21, 2022
5th consecutive hundred for Narayan jagadeesan .
Now I feel it is wrong dicision to release
Him by CSK . pic.twitter.com/wwnxKzxSiz— Chetan Choudhary (? lover)?????? (@ChetanC75495924) November 21, 2022
Narayan Jagadeesan you Crazy Man what you just did ?? and Sai Sudharsan You beast .Tamil nadu just scored 506 runs in 50 over match .
— Ashis Mahato (@TheAshisMahato) November 21, 2022
This is amazing .#NarayanJagadeesan‘s name will be added into this list soon https://t.co/S0J1IXPqsN https://t.co/Upy9MMwISF
— Kumaran Kumanan (@KumaranKumanan) November 21, 2022
Narayan Jagadeesan ?❤ #VijayHazareTrophy
— Anirudha45 (@Ani4515) November 21, 2022