Mumbai cricketer bats over 72 Hours at nets in attempt to break world record

Mumbai is known to produce a lot of impeccable cricketers over the years and their success has been evident in the number of their Ranji Trophy titles. From the era of Sunil Gavaskar to Sachin Tendulkar, and now the modern-day brilliance of Rohit Sharma, there has always been a lot of young sensations from the place. The intense competition in the country has led to young cricketers trying out different methods to get their name upfront and such has been the development of the game.

Guinness records have always been something that the youngsters have dreamt of and not many have been able to fulfil it. However, a 19-year-old Siddarth Mohite was adamant enough to work his way through to breaking the records and he attempted one of the hardest tasks of batting for the longest hours in the nets.

For every one hour, there will be a five-minute break according to the rules and it definitely is a big marathon to get over the line. Mohite broke Virag Mane’s 50-hour record in 2015 by batting two hours more than him and will enter the record books after approval, having batted 72 hours and five minutes.

I wanted to show people that I have something extra: Siddharth Mohite

The young teen on completing the epic task noted that he was very delighted to have finished the job he attempted and reckoned that he wanted to establish his extra skills to everyone. He added that the lockdown had affected a couple of his cricketing years and reckoned the desire to do something different had worked out in his favour.

“I am very happy that I completed what I was trying. This was one way I wanted to show people that I have something extra in me. Due to the COVID lockdown, I lost two good cricketing years which was a big loss. So, I thought of doing something different and randomly this thought came to me and then I contacted many academies and coaches,” Mohite told in a media release.

He went on to add that many coaches did not accept his decision to try out while Jwala Singh had supported him. Notably, Jwala  is the childhood coach of Yashasvi Jaiswal, who had a stunning Under-19 World Cup in 2020.

“Every one said no to me. Then I contacted Jwala Sir and he said why not? He supported me all the way and provided whatever was required,” he added.