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18-year-old Dron Desai has scored 498 runs in an innings in a school cricket tournament. He has become the sixth batsman of India to score more than 450 runs. The tournament was organized by the Central Board of Cricket Ahmedabad. This tournament comes under the Gujarat Cricket Association.
Dron played this innings against JL English School in the Dewan Ballubhai Cup Under-19 Multi-Day Tournament being held at Shivaay Cricket Ground in Gandhinagar. He faced 320 balls while playing for St. Xavier's. Dron's innings included 7 sixes and 86 fours. Coming at number 3, Dron scored 386 runs from boundaries.
Desai has become the sixth batsman of the country to score 450+. Earlier, Mumbai's Pranav Dhanawade (1009 not out), Prithvi Shaw (546), Dr. Havewala (515), Chamanlal (506 not out) and Armaan Jaffer (498) have been the batsmen who have scored the most runs in an innings.
In January 2016, while playing in the Bhandari Cup, Pranav played this innings on behalf of KC Gandhi School against Arya Gurukul (CBSE) with the help of 129 fours and 59 sixes in 327 balls. This is the highest score ever in a school tournament. He played this innings in Kalyan (Mumbai).
Desai said after the match that he is not happy that he could not score 500 runs. There was no scoreboard in the ground and my team did not tell me that I was batting on 498 runs, I played a stroke and got out, but I am happy that I managed to score so many runs.
Drona told in an interview to a channel, I started playing cricket at the age of 7 and my father always supported me, because he felt that I had the potential to become a good cricketer. He took me to JP Sir (Jaiprakash Patel), who had coached more than 40 cricketers. From class 8 to 12, I used to go to school only for exams. I just continued playing cricket and hope that one day I will make a name.
2024-09-25