Rahul Tiwari
khelja|11-09-2024
Kohli: Many players have emerged from India's prestigious domestic tournament Ranji Trophy and have played for the Indian team and have performed exceptionally well. This includes current Indian captain Rohit Sharma and legendary batsman Virat Kohli.
At present, many young players can be seen in IPL but at that time there was no IPL and all the players were selected on the basis of performance in Ranji Trophy. Now in this episode, Kohli had thrashed the bowlers while facing 609 balls.
Kohli had scored a triple century
Let us tell you that the Kohli we are talking about here is not former Team India captain Virat Kohli but Taruvar Kohli.
Taruvar showed his talent during a match and scored a triple century.This player scored an unbeaten 300 runs off 609 balls during a match while playing for Punjab in 2013. During this, 34 fours and 2 sixes came off his bat. With this, he joined the list of players who have scored a triple century in first class cricket.
The match played between the two teams was a draw
Actually, this match was in the year 2013 in Ranji Trophy between Jharkhand and Punjab. In this match, Jharkhand batted first and scored 401 runs.
Rameez Nemat and Ishan Jaggi scored centuries for them.After this, Punjab also gave a befitting reply and scored 699 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. Apart from Kohli, opener Jivanjot Singh also scored 131 runs for Punjab, while Uday Kaul also played an innings of 113 runs. This match played between the two teams was a draw and no result could be reached.
Cricket Career of Taruwar Kohli
If we talk about Taruwar Kohli, he has played for Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals in IPL. Apart from this, this player has consistently performed well in domestic cricket but he did not get a chance to play for Team India.
He has played a total of 55 first class matches during his career, in which Kohli has scored 4573 runs with an average of 53.80. During this time, 14 centuries and 18 half-centuries have come from his bat. Apart from this, he has scored 1913 runs while playing 72 List A matches.
