Stats: Baba Indrajith scores double century on Duleep Trophy debut

Baba Indrajith scored a brilliant double century to rescue his team, India Red in the Duleep Trophy game against the India Blue side. The Tamil Nadu batsman scored a 280-ball 200 in his maiden Duleep Trophy game with the help of 20 fours and six sixes to power his team to finish at 383 after being down at 159/7. Indrajith shared a huge 178-run stand for the 10th wicket with the Mumbai spinner Vijay D Gohil. Without this partnership, the 23-year-old’s double ton and India Red getting a good total wasn’t possible.

Indrajith, who is Baba Aparajith’s twin brother also achieved the feat of scoring a double century on Duleep Trophy debut like his sibling. Aparajith scored his maiden first-class double century in the 2013 Duleep Trophy game to become only the 4th player with a double in the tournament’s history. Indrajith became the 5th such player with his maiden FC double hundred.

Players with a double century on Duleep Trophy debut:

The 178-run partnership between Indrajith and Vijay is now the highest in Duleep Trophy for the tenth wicket surpassing Vijay Yadav and Maninder Singh’s 139-run stand for the North Zone against South Zone in 1991/92 season. Out of the 178 runs, Indrajith alone scored 141 while Gohil scored 34 runs. In his previous eight FC innings, the Mumbaikar managed to score just five runs with his innings reading: 2, 2, 0, 0*, 0*, 1* 0* and 0*.

Highest 10th wicket partnerships in Duleep Trophy:

The India Red pair’s partnership of 178 runs is also the 2nd highest for the tenth wicket in first-class cricket in India. The highest 10th wicket partnership in Indian FC cricket is 233 runs between Delhi pair Ajay Sharma and Maninder Singh against Bombay at Wankhede in 1991/92 season. The previous highest 10th wicket partnership in Duleep Trophy also included Maninder, produced in the same season 1991/92.

Highest 10th wicket partnerships in Indian first-class cricket:

(Stats as on September 14, 2017)