Schoolboy scores a record 498 runs
While India are celebrating Sachin Tendulkar's 50th Test century, a record unparalleled in cricketing history, another child prodigy has sprung up in the domestic school cricket circles of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
Armaan who is not even 14 managed to score 498 runs playing for his school, Bandra school Rizvi Springfield against Raja Shivaji of Dadar. India has over the years produced many brilliant batsmen in the form of Saurav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rahul-c83321 Dravid,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Young-c41367 age, and have been the product of school and first class cricket.
It seems as if another Sachin Tendulkar is in the making, as Armaan hit 77 fours in 490 deliveries faced, to score 498 runs at a strike rate of greater than 100. The match was played at the Karnatak Sports Association ground at Cross Maidan in South http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820.
However he could not reach the much deserved 500 mark, as he was caught behind only two short of that milestone.
The knock played by Armaan in the under 14 Shield league match was a risk-free innings, willowing the ball along the ground for boundaries. This knock ensured that he broke the previous record of 366 runs set by Parikshat Walsankar of IES Sune Guruji, the
English medium school of the Raja Shivaji Vidhyalaya. Only last year a certain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319 had scored 439 in the under 16 Shield inter-school tournament, however Armaan’s record has gone past that.
Armaan Jaffer, who is the nephew of Ranji Trophy captain and former Indian opener Wasim, said, "Sachin Tendulkar is my idol. I was not looking to set records but wanted to bat as long as possible.” His marathon knock went on for as long as eight hours.
Armaan’s school declared their innings for a massive total of 800 for eight.
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