Stats: Lokesh Rahul's triple century 8th highest score in Ranji Trophy history and first triple ton by any Karnataka batsman
Opening batsman from Karnataka, Lokesh Rahul, has had a good start to the year 2015. On January 8th he scored his maiden Test century in only his second Test, and more recently on January 30th, he brought up his maiden triple century in his first class career.
Lokesh Rahul scored 337 runs in 448 balls for Karnataka against Uttar Pradesh at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. It is in fact the first triple century for Karnataka in Ranji Trophy history. Rahul broke the record of Barrington Rowland who had scored 283 runs for Karnataka against Madhya Pradesh, also at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, in 2004/05.
Lokesh Rahul became the 28th player to score a triple century in Ranji Trophy and first to do so for Karnataka. His 337 is the 33rd individual score to be posted of more than 300 in the tournament history. Ravindra Jadeja has scored three triple centuries while VVS Laxman, Wasim Jaffer and Cheteshwar Pujara have scored two 300s each.
The table below lists all the triple centuries in Ranji Trophy:
|
Runs |
Batsman |
For |
Against |
Ground |
Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
443* |
BB Nimbalkar |
Maharashtra |
Kathiawar |
Poona Club Ground, Poona |
1948/49 |
|
377 |
Sanjay Manjrekar |
Bombay |
Hyderabad |
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
1990/91 |
|
366 |
MV Sridhar |
Hyderabad |
Andhra |
Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad |
1993/94 |
|
359* |
Vijay Merchant |
Bombay |
Maharashtra |
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai |
1943/44 |
|
353 |
VVS Laxman |
Hyderabad |
Karnataka |
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
1999/00 |
|
352 |
Cheteshwar Pujara |
Saurashtra |
Karnataka |
Saurashtra University Ground, Rajkot |
2012/13 |
|
340 |
Sunil Gavaskar |
Bombay |
Bengal |
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
1981/82 |
|
337 |
Lokesh Rahul |
Karnataka |
Uttar Pradesh |
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
2014/15 |
|
331 |
Ravindra Jadeja |
Saurashtra |
Railways |
Khandheri Cricket Stadium, Rajkot |
2012/13 |
|
327 |
Kedar Jadhav |
Maharashtra |
Uttar Pradesh |
Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Gahunje |
2012/13 |
|
323 |
Devang Gandhi |
Bengal |
Assam |
North-East Frontier Railway Stadium, Guwahati |
1998/99 |
|
323 |
Ajit Wadekar |
Bombay |
Mysore |
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai |
1966/67 |
|
319 |
Gul Mohammad |
Baroda |
Holkar |
Central College Ground, Baroda |
1946/47 |
|
316* |
Vijay Hazare |
Maharashtra |
Baroda |
Poona Club Ground, Poona |
1939/40 |
|
314* |
Wasim Jaffer |
Mumbai |
Saurashtra |
Municipal Stadium, Rajkot |
1996/97 |
|
314 |
Ravindra Jadeja |
Saurashtra |
Orissa |
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack |
2011/12 |
|
313 |
Woorkeri Raman |
Tamil Nadu |
Goa |
Bhausaheb Bandodkar Ground, Panaji |
1988/89 |
|
312 |
Raman Lamba |
Delhi |
Himachal Pradesh |
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
1994/95 |
|
312 |
Sunny Singh |
Haryana |
Madhya Pradesh |
Emerald High School Ground, Indore |
2009/10 |
|
309* |
Rohit Sharma |
Mumbai |
Gujarat |
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai |
2009/10 |
|
308* |
Dinesh Mongia |
Punjab |
Jammu and Kashmir |
Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar |
2000/01 |
|
306* |
Sreekumar Nair |
Kerala |
Services |
Fort Maidan, Palakkad |
2007/08 |
|
305* |
Pankaj Dharmani |
Punjab |
Jammu and Kashmir |
Punjab Agricultural University Ground, Ludhiana |
1999/00 |
|
303* |
Abdul Azeem |
Hyderabad |
Tamil Nadu |
Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad |
1986/87 |
|
303* |
Ravindra Jadeja |
Saurashtra |
Gujarat |
Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat |
2012/13 |
|
302* |
Cheteshwar Pujara |
Saurashtra |
Orissa |
Khandheri Cricket Stadium, Rajkot |
2008/09 |
|
302* |
AG Kripal Singh |
Tamil Nadu |
Goa |
Bhausaheb Bandodkar Ground, Panaji |
1988/89 |
|
301* |
VVS Laxman |
Hyderabad |
Bihar |
Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur |
1997/98 |
|
301 |
Wasim Jaffer |
Mumbai |
Saurashtra |
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai |
2008/09 |
|
301* |
Aakash Chopra |
Rajasthan |
Maharashtra |
Hutatma Anant Kanhere Maidan, Golf Club Ground, Nasik |
2010/11 |
|
300* |
Shiv Sunder Das |
Orissa |
Jammu and Kashmir |
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack |
2006/07 |
|
300* |
Taruwar Kohli |
Punjab |
Jharkhand |
Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur |
2012/13 |
|
300* |
Abhinav Mukund |
Tamil Nadu |
Maharashtra |
Hutatma Anant Kanhere Maidan, Golf Club Ground, Nasik |
2008/09 |
Lokesh Rahul's 337 is the eighth highest individual score in Ranji Trophy.
No Karnataka batsman has scored a triple century before this. There has been only one triple century at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. It was by VVS Laxman who scored 353 for Hyderabad against Karnataka in 1999/00.
|
Runs |
Batsman |
Against |
Ground |
Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
337 |
Lokesh Rahul |
Uttar Pradesh |
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
2014/15 |
|
283 |
Barrington Rowland |
Madhya Pradesh |
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
2004/05 |
|
267 |
Arjun Raja |
Bengal |
Eden Gardens, Calcutta |
1990/91 |
|
264* |
Muralidharan Gautam |
Maharashtra |
Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Gahunje |
2012/13 |
|
259* |
Kartik Jeshwant |
Tamil Nadu |
Tamil Nadu Agricultural Research Institute Ground, Coimbatore |
1990/91 |
|
257 |
Muralidharan Gautam |
Vidarbha |
Gangothri Glades Cricket Ground, Mysore |
2012/13 |
|
251* |
Kolar Pawan |
Rajasthan |
Field Club Ground, Udaipur |
2011/12 |
|
247 |
Gundappa Viswanath |
Uttar Pradesh |
Narendra Mohan Sports Stadium, Mohan Nagar |
1977/78 |
|
237* |
Barrington Rowland |
Jammu and Kashmir |
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
2002/03 |
|
230 |
Gundappa Viswanath |
Andhra |
Police Parade Ground, Vijayawada |
1967/68 |
|
218* |
Sanjay Desai |
Kerala |
District Field, Chickmagalur |
1977/78 |
|
216 |
Brijesh Patel |
Baroda |
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
1978/79 |
|
215 |
Rahul Dravid |
Uttar Pradesh |
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
1997/98 |
|
214 |
Rahul Dravid |
Mumbai |
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
2007/08 |
|
213* |
Venkataramana Subramanya |
Madras |
Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Chennai |
1966/67 |
|
211* |
Roger Binny |
Kerala |
District Field, Chickmagalur |
1977/78 |
|
210 |
Rahul Dravid |
Hyderabad |
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
1998/99 |
|
210 |
Barrington Rowland |
Assam |
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
2003/04 |
|
209* |
Rahul Dravid |
Uttar Pradesh |
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
2009/10 |
|
207* |
Vijay Bharadwaj |
Tamil Nadu |
Rajinder Singh Institute Ground, Bangalore |
2001/02 |
|
200* |
Sudhakar Rao |
Hyderabad |
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad |
1975/76 |
|
200* |
Rahul Dravid |
Andhra |
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
1992/93 |
|
200* |
Vijay Bharadwaj |
Kerala |
Municipal Stadium, Thalassery |
1998/99 |
|
200* |
Manish Pandey |
Mumbai |
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai |
2011/12 |
|
200* |
Ganesh Satish |
Tamil Nadu |
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai |
2012/13 |
Before Lokesh Rahul got to this remarkable milestone only five players from Karnataka had scored over 250 runs in an innings in Ranji Trophy. Lokesh Rahul's previous highest score was 185 runs.
Rahul Dravid has scored most number of double centuries for Karnataka in Ranji Trophy. He is followed by Barrington Rowland (3), Gundappa Viswanath, Muralidharan Gautam and Vijay Bharadwaj with two each.