Samit Gohel broke a 117 year old record in first class cricket.
A Ranji player from Gujarat, he scored 359 runs not out in the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
He was able to set a world record with 45 boundaries and one six in 723 balls.
Samit remained not out in his team’s score of 641, which was the highest first-class score for team Gujarat.
With this score, Gujarat was able to enter into the semi-final of the Ranji Trophy.
Samit, 26, registered the highest first-class 359 while carrying the bat in a match against Odisha at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium.
With his score, he also broke the first-class record held by an Englishman, Bobby Abel.
Surrey’s Bobby Abel scored 357 against Somerset way back in 1899 at the Oval.
While Hanif Mohammed’s score of 499 remains the highest score by an opener in first-class cricket.
Other Records Set by Samit Gohel- Highest score carrying the bat in first-class cricket
- Highest second-innings score in first-class cricket
- Longest innings by minutes in first-class cricket
- Joint 4th highest score of the Ranji Trophy
