Narayan Jagadeesan Scores 277 to Break Multiple World Records in List-A Cricket

Narayan Jagadeesan's colossal knock saw him score 277 off 141 balls, which included 25 boundaries, and 15 sixes.

Tamil Nadu batter Narayan Jagadeesan scripted a world record on Monday (November 21) as he became the first-ever batter in history to score five consecutive centuries in the 50-Overs format.

Jagadeesan achieved a huge milestone during Tamil Nadu’s match against Arunachal Pradesh in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy, India’s premier 50-over domestic tournament.

The 27-year-old also went past Sri Lanka legend Kumar Sangakkara, who scored four centuries in four matches in the 2014-15 season in the 50-over format.

The wicketkeeper-batter also became the highest individual scorer in List A innings after he clobbered 277 runs off 141 balls to help his side post a mammoth total of 506 runs for the loss of 2 wickets.

For the first time in the history of List A cricket, the 500-run mark has been breached by the team. Apart from a century knock against Arunachal, Jagadeesan had scored 128(123) against Haryana, 114* against Andhra Pradesh, 107 against Chhattisgarh, and 168 against Goa.

The double-century knock of Jagadeesan helped him breach a flurry of records. He now has the most number of consecutive centuries in a single season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, surpassing the likes of Virat Kohli, Prithvi Shaw, Ruturaj Gaikwad, and Devdutt Padikkal who have scored four centuries each in a single season.


Narayan Jagadeesan Shatters Rohit Sharma’s Record of Highest Score

Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma | Source: Twitter

Narayan Jagadeesan also surpassed the Indian captain Rohit Sharma’s record of 268 runs (scored in an ODI) which was the highest individual total by an Indian in the 50-Overs format.

The Indian batter also broke a 22-year-old record held by Alistair Brown of England who had scored 268 for Surrey against Glamorgan in 2002 to set the then record for the highest individual score in List A cricket.


Highest List-A Score

POSPlayerHigh ScoreAgainstYear
1 N Jagadeesan277Arunachal2022
2Alistair Brown268Glamorgan2002
3Rohit Sharma264Sri Lanka2014
4D’Arcy Short257Queensland2018
5Shikhar Dhawan248South Africa A2013

Jagadeesan is currently the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 624 runs from six List A innings. He was recently released by the second most successful franchise of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Chennai Super Kings (CSK) ahead of the mini-auction.