Cricket has been considered a game of batsmen since the beginning and it is said that players like Sir Vivian Richards, Sunil Gavaskar, Javed Miandad, Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar, Sanath Jayasuriya have contributed a lot to the craze of people towards cricket. It is being said that the day the performance of batsmen starts declining, people will also start showing indifference towards this game.

Recently, while batting, a batsman missed out on making a big record and due to this, this batsman is now in the headlines of social media.

This batsman performed brilliantly

At present, a young batsman is in the news and the main reason for this is an innings played by him in domestic cricket. Dron Desai, a young batsman from Gujarat, has played a strong innings in the inter-school tournament and due to this everyone is trying to know about him. Dron Desai played this innings on behalf of St. Xavier's School in the Diwan Ballubhai Cup Under-19 Multi-Day Tournament.

Dron Desai played a marathon innings of 498 runs

The recent match of the Dewan Ballubhai Cup Under-19 multi-day tournament, a domestic school tournament being played in Gujarat, was played between St. Xavier's School and JL English School. In this match, young batsman of St. Xavier's School Dron Desai faced 320 balls and scored 498 runs at a strike rate of 155.62. During this innings, Dron Desai's strike rate was around 155.62 and he hit 87 fours and 7 lofty sixes in the match. However, when he was playing at 498 runs, the innings was declared by the team management, due to which he has also expressed his displeasure.

Gujarat teenager hits 498 in school cricket🤯

⚜️Drona Desai hit seven sixes & 86 fours in his 320-ball knock🔥
⚜️The 18-year-old has played for the Gujarat U-14 side and now wants to break into the state's U-19 set-up.

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Dron Desai is trying to make a place in the Under 19 team

Dron Desai, the batsman who scored 498 runs in the Diwan Ballubhai Cup Under-19 multi-day tournament on behalf of St. Xavier's School, has participated in state level cricket in Under-14. Currently, he is 18 years old and during a media interview, he told that he is now preparing himself for Under-19. Desai is practicing under the supervision of Ahmedabad's famous cricket coach Jaiprakash Patel and his report card is good.