Riyan Parag scored 155 off 87 balls© Twitter
The continued Ranji Trophy is making new headlines on a regular basis. From Bihar’s controversial two-team fiasco to Ajinkya Rahane‘s arrival in Patna for the match, the Indian home event is grabbing all the eye. On Monday, a brand new document was registered within the books of Ranji Trophy as Assam skipper Riyan Parag smashed a whopping whole of 12 sixes and scored the second-highest century within the historical past of the event. The 22-year-old all-rounder achieved this feat in the course of the match between Assam and Chhattisgarh.
Parag scored his ton in simply 56 balls after which went on to finish his innings at 155 off 87 balls. The document of hitting the quickest century in Ranji Trophy is at the moment held by wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant, who reached the landmark in 48 balls towards Jharkhand in 2016.
Speaking in regards to the match, regardless of Parag’s marvelous ton, Chhattisgarh defeated Assam by 10 wickets.
Vashudev Bareth and Jivesh Butte scalped three wickets every as Chhattisgarh bundled out Assam for 254, after taking a lead by 86 runs.
Later, Chhattisgarh chased down the goal in simply 20 overs with the openers Eknath Kerkar and Rishabh Tiwari scoring 31* and 48* runs respectively.
Earlier within the match, Amandeep Khare scored 116 runs for Chhattisgarh and helped his facet put up 327 within the first innings.
Chhattisgarh will now be squaring off towards Bihar for his or her subsequent Ranji Trophy match from January 12. However, Assam shall be going up Andhra Pradesh from January 19.
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