India’s New Batting Sensation Smashes Second Ranji Trophy Double Hundred In Three Games

Star Karnataka batter Ravichandran Smaran has scored a stunning double hundred against Chandigarh in the Ranji Trophy, marking his second double century in the ongoing tournament, continuing the tradition

of run machines for the Karnataka team.

Having opted to bat first, Karnataka were reduced to 13/2 in the eighth over before wicketkeeper Krishnan Shrijith and Karun Nair added 51 runs for the third wicket.

After Shrijith was dismissed by Nishunk Birla in the 28th over, Nair and Smaran built a 119-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Karnataka soon found themselves at 210/5, before Smaran and Shreyas Gopal built a 141-run partnership for the sixth wicket.

After Gopal was dismissed by Vishu Kashyap for 62, Smaran and Vidyadhar Patil added 76 runs for the seventh wicket. Following the latter’s dismissal by Jagjit Singh, Smaran and Shikhar Shetty built a 111-run partnership for the eighth wicket.

Karnataka finally declared on 547/8, with Smaran unbeaten on 227, smacking 16 boundaries and two sixes.

This marked Smaran’s second double hundred in three games and his highest first-class score as well. He had earlier smashed an unbeaten 220 against Kerala and then scored 54 versus Maharashtra heading into this game.

In just his 13th first-class appearance, Smaran brought up his third double hundred, his first being a 203 against Punjab back in January.

Smaran has now climbed to fourth on the Ranji Trophy run-scoring charts this season, with 595 runs at a stunning average of 119. He sits just behind Mizoram’s Arman Jaffer (598 at 119.60), Nair (602 at 100.33) and Delhi’s Sanat Sangwan (614 at 102.33).

Smaran, a left-handed batter, has been part of Karnataka’s setup since his Under-14 days. He has featured for the Gulbarga Mystics and Shivamogga Strikers in the Maharaja T20 Trophy as well, the state’s premier T20 tournament.

In seven List A innings, Smaran has scored 433 runs at a stunning average of 72.16. He has amassed 1,179 first-class runs at a brilliant average of 78.6, featuring four hundreds, three of them double centuries, alongside three fifties.