Ranji Trophy 2022: Bihar batter Sakibul Gani scripts world record with a triple hundred on first-class debut

Ranji Trophy 2022: Bihar's 22-year-old Sakibul Gani became the first batter in world cricket to score a triple hundred on first-class debut. He finished with 341 against Mizoram in their Plate group match.

22-year-old Bihar baiter Sakibul Gani on Friday created a new world record for the highest score by a batter on debut in first-class cricket. Gani scored 341 runs for Bihar against Mizoram in their Plate group opening match at the Jadavpur University Campus 2nd Ground, Kolkata.

Saakibul Gani hit 2 sixes and 56 boundaries for his 341 which came in just 405 balls in the first innings of Bihar. Gani becomes the first batter in the history of world cricket to hit a triple hundred on their first-class debut.

Gani broke the record held by another Indian - Ajay Rohera of Madhya Pradesh. Rohera had scored 267 in his first-class debut against Hyderabad in the Ranji Trophy 2018-19 campaign.

Gani also stitched a 538-run stand for the 4th wicket with Babul Kumar who also hit a double hundred for Bihar on Friday. Gani and Babul joined hands when Bihar had lost early wickets and slipped to 71/3. They batted through the day on Thursday and their partnership was broken on Friday when the scorecard read 609.

Gani, who hails from Motihari, had already played 14 List A matches, scoring 377 runs, including a hundred and 11 T20Is, scoring 192 runs, including a fifty for Bihar.

The opening round of Ranji Trophy, which has returned after a 2-year absence, saw batters making merry. For Mumbai Sarfaraz Khan completed his double hundred against Saurashtra on Friday after Ajinkya Rahane got out for 129 on Day 2 of their fixture in Ahmedabad.

Rahane, whose place in the Test squad was in doubt, roared back to form, rescuing Mumbai with a stoke-filled hundred.