{"id":142217,"date":"2024-09-26T05:52:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T05:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/26\/who-is-drona-desai-gujarat-teenager-to-belt-498-runs-in-a-single-innings-and-smash-records\/"},"modified":"2024-09-26T05:52:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T05:52:18","slug":"who-is-drona-desai-gujarat-teenager-to-belt-498-runs-in-a-single-innings-and-smash-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/26\/who-is-drona-desai-gujarat-teenager-to-belt-498-runs-in-a-single-innings-and-smash-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Drona Desai, Gujarat teenager to belt 498 runs in a single innings and smash records?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2024\/09\/79239-1727325926.jpg?resize=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Who is Drona Desai, Gujarat teenager to belt 498 runs in a single innings and smash records?\" title=\"Who is Drona Desai, Gujarat teenager to belt 498 runs in a single innings and smash records?\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : GETTY<\/span> Gujarat prodigy Drona entered the record books with a marathon knock in the Diwan Ballubhai Cup under-19 tournament in Gandhinagar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\">Drona Desai, a name you might not have heard but are going to a lot in the coming days, smashed a humongous 498 runs in a single innings. Desai, playing for his school\u00a0St Xaviers (Loyola), played the marathon knock against JL English School in the Diwan Ballubhai Cup under-19 tournament in Gandhinagar at\u00a0the Shivay Cricket Ground. Desai now joined the likes of Pranav Dhanaware, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/prithvi-shaw\" rel=\"noopener\">Prithvi Shaw<\/a> and Armaan Jaffer to go that big in just one innings.  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t aware I was so near to 500. There was no scoreboard, and my team didn&#8217;t inform me. I went to play my stroke and got out, but I&#8217;m happy to have made those runs,&#8221; Desai was quoted as saying by\u00a0the Indian Express.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old smashed 86 fours and seven sixes during his knock, which came off 320 balls. St Xaviers achieved a victory by an innings and 712 runs against JL English School, who were playing with just a 10-player side as one of them arrived late.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I began to play cricket at the age of seven and my father pushed me hard as he felt I have in me to become a good cricketer,&#8221; Desai said, who took up the sport after watching his idol <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/sachin-tendulkar\" rel=\"noopener\">Sachin Tendulkar<\/a> bat. &#8220;He [his father] took me to JP Sir (Jayprakash Patel) who had coached more than 40 cricketers. Such is the scenario that since standard 8 to 12, I just went to school for my exams. I just continued playing cricket and am hoping to make it big one day,&#8221; Desai added.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0    <\/p>\n<p>Desai, who has represented Gujarat at the Under-14 level, might push his case for the U19 side for the state with the knock, that helped him put his name in the elite list.\u00a0Desai joined Mumbai&#8217;s Pranav Dhanawade (1009*), Prithvi Shaw (546), Dr Havewalla (515), Chamanlal (506 not out) and Arman Jaffer (498) on the list of Indian cricketers to play the longest innings.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async>\nfunction loadFacebookScript(){\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '529056027274737');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n}\nwindow.addEventListener('load', (event) => {\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n        loadFacebookScript();\n\t}, 5000);\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/sports\/cricket\/who-is-drona-desai-gujarat-teenager-to-belt-498-runs-in-a-single-innings-and-smash-records-2024-09-26-954058\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : GETTY Gujarat prodigy Drona entered the record books with a marathon knock in the Diwan Ballubhai Cup under-19 tournament in Gandhinagar Drona Desai, a name you might not have heard but are going to a lot in the coming days, smashed a humongous 498 runs in a single innings. 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