These days Ranji Trophy is being played and it is said that the player who plays well in this tournament can be given a chance in the Indian team. Many experts believe that Ranji Trophy is the gateway to Indian cricket and after every season many of the best players of domestic cricket join the Indian team.

Many big and small records have been made by the batsmen in Ranji Trophy and one batsman has played so many balls that the team is not able to play more. After this innings in Ranji Trophy, this batsman came into the media headlines.

This batsman played 723 balls in Ranji Trophy

In the history of Ranji Trophy, Samit Gohail, who hails from Gujarat, is considered to be the batsman who played the most balls. Playing for Gujarat in the 2016 Ranji Trophy match played between Gujarat and Odisha, he scored 359 runs with the help of 45 fours and one six in 723 balls. This innings of Ranji Trophy is the third biggest innings in the history of Indian cricket.

The condition of the match was like this

If we talk about the match played between Gujarat and Orissa in the Ranji Trophy of 2016, then in this match, while batting first, Gujarat team was limited to 263 runs. In response, Orissa's team was reduced to 199 runs and while batting in the third innings, Gujarat team scored 641 runs and in the fourth innings, Orissa team was able to score 81 runs at the loss of one wicket and the result of the match was based on the first innings. Gujarat was declared the winner.

This is the career of Samit Gohel

If we talk about Samit Gohail's cricket career, his career was of average quality. In his career so far, he has scored 3211 runs in 98 innings of 58 matches at an average of 35.67. During this period, he has played 5 centuries and 19 half-centuries in the first class.

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