List of Ranji Trophy triple centuries explained

In cricket, a batsman reaches a triple century if they score 300 or more runs in a single innings. The Ranji Trophy is the premier first-class cricket championship played in India. Conducted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, it was founded in 1934 as "The Cricket Championship of India".[1] [2], a triple century has been scored on 46 occasions by 41 different batsmen in the Ranji Trophy.[3]

The first triple century in the Ranji Trophy was scored by Maharashtra's Vijay Hazare against Baroda in the 1939–40 season.[3], the most recent triple century in the tournament was scored by Prithvi Shaw from Mumbai, who made 379 against Assam in the 2022–23 season.[4] The highest score in the competition was made by B. B. Nimbalkar, who scored 443 runs not out for Maharashtra against Kathiawar in the 1948–49 season. It is the only instance of a quadruple century in the tournament.[3] The highest number of triple centuries are scored by Ravindra Jadeja, who has reached the milestone three times while playing for Saurashtra.[5] Jadeja is followed by V. V. S. Laxman, Cheteshwar Pujara, and Wasim Jaffer, with two triple centuries each. Tamil Nadu's Woorkeri Raman and Arjan Kripal Singh are the only two batsmen to score triple centuries in the same innings., five batsmen have scored 290–299 runs in an innings, and three of them were not out.

Eight triple centuries have been made by players of Mumbai, which is more than any other team.[3] Maharashtra have conceded five triple centuries, which is followed by four from Odisha and Goa & Jammu and Kashmir with three each.[3] Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai has had six Ranji Trophy triple centuries scored at the venue, more than any other ground.[3]

Triple centuries and above

Key

Description
denotes that the batsman remained not out.
denotes that the total was the highest first-class score at the time.
Mins denotes how many minutes the player batted for.
BF denotes how many deliveries the player faced.
4s denotes the number of fours hit
6s denotes the number of sixes hit.
Inns denotes which of the team's batting innings the triple century was scored in.
Date denotes the date the match started on.
Won The match was won by the triple century scorer's team.
Ranji Trophy triple centuries
No.ScoreMinsBF4s6sPlayerForAgainstInnsVenueDateResultRef.
1 387370MaharashtraBaroda2Poona Club GroundDrawn[6]
2 640310BombayMaharashtra1Brabourne Stadium, BombayDrawn[7]
3533BarodaHolkar2Central College Ground, BarodaWon[8]
4 1006491Kathiawar2Poona Club GroundWon[9]
5484400BombayMysore2Brabourne Stadium, BombayWon[10]
6545462BombayBengal2Wankhede Stadium, BombayWon[11]
7605478381HyderabadTamil Nadu1Gymkhana Ground, SecunderabadDrawn[12]
8575411310Tamil NaduGoa1Bhausaheb Bandodkar Ground, PanajiDrawn[13]
9560400200Tamil NaduGoa1Bhausaheb Bandodkar Ground, PanajiDrawn
10666505BombayHyderabad1Wankhede Stadium, BombayDrawn[14]
11699375HyderabadAndhra Pradesh2Gymkhana Ground, SecunderabadDrawn[15]
12567252DelhiHimachal Pradesh2Feroz Shah Kotla, DelhiWon[16]
13680470MumbaiSaurashtra2Municipal Stadium, RajkotDrawn[17]
14609280HyderabadBihar1Keenan Stadium, JamshedpurWon[18]
15597335BengalAssam2Northeast Frontier Railway Stadium, GuwahatiWon[19]
16601302PunjabJammu and Kashmir2Punjab Agricultural University Stadium, LudhianaWon[20]
17758522HyderabadKarnataka1M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, BangaloreDrawn[21]
18499155PunjabJammu and Kashmir2Gandhi Stadium, JalandharWon[22]
19695400OrissaJammu and Kashmir1Barabati Stadium, CuttackDrawn[23]
20634370KeralaServices1Fort Maidan, PalakkadDrawn[24]
21568335Tamil NaduMaharashtra1Hutatma Anant Kanhere Maidan, NashikDrawn[25]
22603333SaurashtraOrissa1Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, RajkotWon[26]
23635270MumbaiSaurashtra1M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, ChennaiDrawn[27]
24473447HaryanaMadhya Pradesh1Emerald High School Ground, IndoreDrawn[28]
25458384MumbaiGujarat1Brabourne Stadium, MumbaiDrawn[29]
26812363RajasthanMaharashtra1Hutatma Anant Kanhere Maidan, NashikDrawn[30]
27558299SaurashtraOrissa1Barabati Stadium, CuttackDrawn[31]
28524542MaharashtraUttar Pradesh1Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, PuneDrawn[32]
29561352SaurashtraGujarat2Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, SuratDrawn[33]
30707297SaurashtraRailways1Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, RajkotDrawn[34]
31548491SaurashtraKarnataka3Saurashtra University Ground, RajkotDrawn[35]
32823342PunjabJharkhand2Keenan Stadium, JamshedpurDrawn[36]
33671474KarnatakaUttar Pradesh1M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, BangaloreDrawn[37]
34504386Andhra PradeshGoa1CSR Sharma College Ground, OngoleWon[38]
35872461KarnatakaTamil Nadu2Wankhede Stadium, MumbaiWon[39]
36717521375Swapnil GugaleMaharashtra1Wankhede Stadium, MumbaiDrawn[40]
37514326429Rishabh PantMaharashtra2Wankhede Stadium, MumbaiDrawn
38662453390Sagun KamatServices1DRIEMS Ground, CuttackDrawn[41]
39776460320Priyank PanchalGujaratPunjab1KSCA Stadium, BelgaumDrawn[42]
40964451Samit GohelGujaratOdisha3Sawai Mansingh Stadium, JaipurDrawn[43]
41511363442Prashant ChopraHimachal PradeshPunjab1Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, DharamsalaDrawn[44]
42682456292Hanuma VihariAndhraOdisha1Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, VizianagaramDrawn[45]
43494284Mayank AgarwalKarnatakaMaharashtra2Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, PuneWon
44332531Puneet BishtMeghalayaSikkim2KIIT Stadium1 January 2019Drawn[46]
45414305Manoj TiwaryBengalHyderabad1Kalyani19 January 2020Won[47]
46391308Sarfaraz KhanMumbaiUttar Pradesh2Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai22 January 2020Drawn[48]

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