Ranji Trophy: J&K's Shubham Khajuria enters record books with 255

Shubham Khajuria has scripted history with his knock of 255 against Maharashtra in Srinagar on October 12 (Saturday). The opening batter registered the highest score for a batter from Jammu & Kashmir. he scored 255 off 353 runs , which included as many as 29 fours and eight sixes. He broke Ashwani Gupta's unbeaten 210 against Himachal Pradesh in Una in 1995. This is only the fourth first-class double century for J&K. 

This is Khajuria's seventh first-class century since making his debut in 2011.

He put on 231 runs for the sixth wicket with Shivansh Sharma to set up a platform from where they are now on the cusp of getting over 500. J&K have scored 500 or more only five times in their history before this game, the last of which was in 2016 against Services in Jaipur, when they hit 612/8 - their highest first-class score ever. 

Speaking of the ongoing match, Maharashtra won the toss and asked J&K to bat first. Last season, J7K finished fourth in Elite Gropu D, winning two of just seven matches.

(Cover image courtesy: The Hindu)

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