Mumbai all-rounders Tanush Kotian and Tushar Deshpande scripted historical past as they turned solely the second No. 10 and No. 11 pair in First-Class historical past to report centuries in the identical innings throughout the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal towards Baroda.
Teaming up for the final wicket in Mumbai’s second essay at 337 for 9 in a single day, Kotian and Deshpande solid a gritty stand to assist Mumbai bat Baroda out of the sport, having earned a 36-run first-innings lead. Kotian reached his century first in 115 balls with 9 fours and three sixes. Deshpande adopted swimsuit in 112 deliveries, an innings comprising eight fours and 6 maximums, as each batters secured their maiden First-Class a whole bunch.
The duo is simply the second pair after Chandu Sarwate and Shute Banerjee to report First-Class centuries as No. 10 and No. 11 in the identical innings. Sarwate and Banerjee achieved the feat in a Surrey v Indians match on the Oval in 1946.
The Kotian-Deshpande partnership can be solely the third time an Indian pair has handle a 200-plus stand for the final wicket. Deshpande additionally turned simply the third Indian batter to attain a First-Class hundred whereas batting at no. 11 and eclipsed Banerjee’s 121 to register the best FC rating by an Indian quantity 11 batter. Deshpande evenetually holed out on 123 with the partnership ending at 232, one shy of the Ranji Trophy report.
Whereas Sarwate and Banerjee maintain the general Indian report with their 249-run stand, the Ranji Trophy report stands with Ajay Sharma and Maninder Singh. Sharma and Singh achieved the feat with a 233-run partnership towards Bombay within the 1991-92 Ranji semifinal on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Whereas Sharma top-scored with an unbeaten 259, Singh compiled 78 of their 233-run stand in a match that Delhi finally received by advantage of the first-innings lead.