Highest team score in Vijay Hazare Trophy: Vijay Hazare Trophy highest team innings total

Dixit Bhargav | 21/11/2022
Highest team score in Vijay Hazare Trophy: Vijay Hazare Trophy highest team innings total

During an Elite Group C match of the ongoing season of Vijay Hazare Trophy between Arunachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu in Bengaluru, Tamil Nadu have made a smashing entry into the record books on the back of registering the highest team innings total in not just the history of the tournament but the history of the format.

Put in to bat first by Arunachal Pradesh captain Kamsha Yangfo, Tamil Nadu put on board a record-breaking 506/2 in 50 overs to make headlines across the global cricketing community.

With a team surpassing the 500-run mark for the first time in a List A match, Tamil Nadu’s innings comprised of as many as 45 fours and 17 sixes. A total of 282 runs coming off boundaries was a primary reason for Tamil Nadu batting at an unparalleled run rate of 10.12 during a 50-over innings.

In-form batters Sai Sudharsan (154) and Narayan Jagadeesan (277) registering third and eighth List A centuries respectively to share a world record opening partnership. In what was their third and fifth century of this season respectively, Sudharsan and Jagadeesan thwacked the opposition bowlers to all parts of the M Chinnaswamy Stadium during a 231-ball 416-run stand.

One of the eight cricketers released by Chennai Super Kings ahead of Indian Premier League 2023 auction, Jagadeesan isn’t just scoring runs but putting on display a statement made by no other batter in the past. In addition to scoring the highest-ever individual score in List A cricket, Jagadeesan has also become the first-ever cricketer to score five consecutive List A centuries.

Highest team score in Vijay Hazare Trophy

Team Opposition Venue Year Score Overs
Tamil Nadu Arunachal Pradesh M Chinnaswamy Stadium 2022 506/2 50
Mumbai Puducherry Sawai Mansingh Stadium 2021 457/4 50
Bengal Services Metallurgical and Engineering Consultant Limited Sail Stadium 2022 426/4 50
Madhya Pradesh Nagaland Bandra Kurla Complex 2022 424/3 50
Jharkhand Madhya Pradesh Holkar Cricket Stadium 2021 422/9 50

It is noteworthy that Tamil Nadu have surpassed England’s record of highest innings total in a List A match. It was only earlier this year that England had scored a magnificent 498/4 in 50 overs against Netherlands in Amstelveen to overdo their own record of highest ODI innings total.

Post Edited By: Dixit Bhargav
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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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