A 14-year-old Indian batsman smashed 546 off 330 balls in a school match in Mumbai, recording the third-highest score in any form of cricket, it was reported Wednesday.
Prithvi Shaw, playing for Rizvi Springfield School, compiled the huge score against St Francis School in the Harris Shield. He hit 85 boundaries and five sixes, surpassing the previous best score in the competition of 498 by Armaan Jaffar, two years ago.
Shaw’s innings was spread over two days after he was unbeaten on 257 on Tuesday evening.
“I am feeling good,” Shaw told Times Now. “It is a good score for me and my team. Our coach just asked me to concentrate on every ball.”
The Indian statistician Mohandas Menon tweeted that Shaw’s effort was the third-highest recorded score behind the unbeaten 628 by the Englishman Arthur Collins in 1899 and 566 by Charles Eady of Australia in 1901.
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