Agarwal’s knock for Hyderabad against AP puts him on par with Maturi Venkat Sridhar, who scored 366 runs back in 1994. Only Sanjay Manjrekar, Prithvi Shaw, and Bhausaheb Nimbalkar have more points than the 28-year-old.
Tanmay Agarwal, Hyderabad’s opener, established a niche for himself in the annals of first-class cricket on Saturday, scoring an astonishing 366 runs for his team in a Ranji Trophy encounter against Arunachal Pradesh.
Agarwal’s score equals Maturi Venkat Sridhar’s 366 runs for Hyderabad against Andhra Pradesh at Secunderabad in 1994, making him the joint-fourth-highest first-class scorer in India.
Only Sanjay Manjrekar’s 377-run knock for Bombay against Hyderabad at the Wankhede in 1991, Prithvi Shaw’s 397-run innings for Mumbai against Assam in Guwahati last year, and Bhausaheb Nimbalkar’s unbeaten 443 runs for Maharashtra against Kathiawar in 1948 outperformed Agarwal’s efforts in the first-class circuit.Brian Lara, a legendary West Indian batsman, holds the record for the highest score in a first-class match, with an unbroken 501 runs for Warwickshire against Durham in Birmingham in 1994.
