Team India’s star player Poojaraj Gaekwad is currently on a Sri Lanka tour for India A. The India A tri-series is ongoing against hosts Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. The match was played between Afghanistan A and India A today. 49 overs were played in the rain-affected match. India A scored 349 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. Vice-captain Poojaraj Gaekwad, who scored a century in the first match against Sri Lanka, also played a brilliant innings against Afghanistan A. He broke Virat Kohli’s world record by playing an innings of 66 runs in 80 balls. With this record, he has the best record among batsmen who have scored at least 5000 runs in List A cricket.
Poojaraj’s List A runs reached 5,227 with 66 runs. Which has reached the highest rate of 59.39 in world cricket. Virat Kohli has slipped to second place. Kohli has 16,447 runs at a rate of 57.91. This list includes players like Michael Webb, Cheteshwar Pujara and AB de Villiers.
Highest rate of run in List A cricket (minimum 5000 runs)
59.39- Ruturat Gaekwad (5227 runs)
57.91- Virat Kohli (16447 runs)
57.86 – Michael Bevan (15103 runs)
57.01- Cheteshwar Pujara (5759 runs)
53.53- Khurram Manzoor (7922 runs)
Afghanistan A won the toss and elected to bowl first against India A. The match was reduced to 49 overs due to rain. Vishwamayya Vaibhav scored 44 runs, Prabhasimran scored 84 runs off 69 balls. Vice-captain Poodharaj scored 66 runs off 80 balls, and captain Tilak Verma scored 66 runs off 73 balls. India scored 349 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated overs. Sri Lanka has a target of 350 runs. At the time of writing, the Afghan team is already 70 runs for the loss of 2 wickets.
