Jagadeesan (file photo)
Tamil Nadu player Jagatheesan has scored 4 centuries in a row in Vijay Hazare 50 over match.
Tamil Nadu – Haryana teams are clashing in the match at Alur. Tamil Nadu’s first match against Bihar in this year’s Vijay Hazare tournament was abandoned due to rain. In the next match, Tamil Nadu defeated Andhra easily. In the 3rd game, they beat Chhattisgarh by 14 runs. In the 4th game, they beat Goa by 57 runs.
Haryana won the toss and opted to field in today’s match. The pair of Sai Sudarsan and Jagatheesan, who have been giving a great start to the Tamil Nadu team, played tremendously today. Both added 151 runs for the first wicket. Sai Sudarsan scored 67 runs. Jagatheesan, who scored a century in the last three games, also scored a century today. He scored 128 runs off 123 balls with 6 sixes and 6 fours. He became the 4th player to score 4 consecutive centuries in List A cricket. Earlier, Kumar Sangakkara, Alviro Pietersen and Devdut Padgal have scored 4 consecutive centuries in List A cricket.
Tamil Nadu scored 284 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs. Shah Rukh Khan scored 46 runs. Indian cricketer Mohit Sharma and IPL star Rahul Devadiya took 2 wickets each.