Highest score in List A cricket: Highest individual score in List A cricket history

Tamil Nadu wicket-keeper batter Narayan Jagadeesan has converted his golden run-spree into both a world-record innings as well as a record-breaking consecutive number of centuries in List A cricket.

Coming on the back of not one or two but four consecutive List A centuries, Jagadeesan has become the first-ever cricketer in the history of the sport to smash five List A centuries in a row. Jagadeesan, 26, surpassed the likes of former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara (4), former South Africa batter Alviro Petersen (4) and India batter Devdutt Padikkal (4) to top this list.

Jagadeesan’s record-breaking innings has come in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2022-23 league match against Arunachal Pradesh in Bengaluru today. Put in to bat first by Arunachal Pradesh captain Kamsha Yangfo, Tamil Nadu opening batters Sai Sudarshan and Jagadeesan joined hands for a 416-run opening partnership.

The same is another record-breaking feat achieved by batters at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on a Monday morning surpassing Dolphins’ Morne van Wyk and Cameron Delport’s 367-run opening stand in a domestic match at the Chevrolet Park eight years ago.

Sudharsan, who has scored his third century in four innings, was the first batter to be dismissed in the 39th over. A career-best knock saw the 21-year old player scoring 154 (102) with the help of 19 fours and two sixes.

Jagadeesan, meanwhile, will be remembered for the years to come on what has come like a pinnacle day in his career thus far. The right-handed batter broke all previous records to register the highest individual List A score. Before getting out in the 42nd over, Jagadeesan amassed 277 (141) at a strike rate of 196.45 including 25 fours and 15 sixes.

Highest score in List A cricket

Batter	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Team	Opposition	Venue	Year
Narayan Jagadeesan	277	141	25	15	Tamil Nadu	Arunachal Pradesh	M Chinnaswamy Stadium	2022
Ali Brown	268	160	30	12	Surrey	Glamorgan	The Oval	2002
Rohit Sharma	264	173	33	9	India	Sri Lanka	Eden Gardens	2014
D’Arcy Short	257	148	15	23	Western Australia	Queensland	Hurstville Oval	2018
Shikhar Dhawan	248	150	30	7	India A	South Africa A	LC de Villiers Oval	2013

With Tamil Nadu scoring a grand total of 506/2 in 50 overs, it is quite a pity that a record-breaking day for Jagadeesan and his team wasn’t available for television broadcasting or internet streaming in the country.