On Monday, Tamil Nadu batter Narayan Jagadeesan scripted a new world record as he scored five successive hundreds, the most by any player to date. He overtook Kumar Sangakkara, who had scored four consecutive tons during the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
He achieved the landmark against Arunachal Pradesh at the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy. Jagadeesan amassed 271 off 141 balls, while his opening partner Sai Sudharsan accumulated 154 off 102 deliveries to take the team to 506/2 in 50 overs.
Dinesh Karthik, the regular captain of Tamil Nadu, congratulated the two openers and also questioned the level of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
“WORLD RECORD alert! What an amazing effort by @Jagadeesan_200. Couldn’t be happier for him. Big things await #5outta5
“Sai Sudarshan what an amazing tournament so far. This opening combo is killing it. Well done boys @TNCACricket #VijayHazareTrophy,” his first tweet read.
Karthik added: “Also on another side note. Does it make sense to have the north east teams play the elite teams in the league phase. It just topples the run rates of teams and imagine if a match against one of these teams gets rained off! Can’t they have a separate group and then qualify?”
A total of 38 teams, divided into five elite groups, participate in the tournament. Chasing 507, Arunachal were bowled out for 71 runs, losing the game by a huge margin of 435 runs.