Chinmay Sutar breaks 103-year-old world record in first-class cricket

Chinmay Sutar, a 29-year-old batsman playing for Mizoram in Indian domestic cricket, has set a stunning world record in first-class cricket. Sutar recorded a brilliant score of 175 runs in the match against Arunachal Pradesh. With this innings, he has scored a total of 834 runs in his first five innings of first-class cricket, which is a new world record.

According to a report by Aaj Tak, Chinmay Sutar has broken the record of Australia's Bill Ponsford. Ponsford had scored 724 runs in his first five innings between 1921 and 1923. This record of Ponsford had remained intact for the last 103 years, which has now been broken by Chinmay. With this achievement, Chinmay has become the batsman to score the most runs in the first five innings of first-class cricket.

The special thing about Chinmay's achievement is that even if he does not score a single run in the next innings, he will remain at the top of another record. Afghanistan's Bashir Shah had scored 831 runs in the first six innings of first-class cricket. Since Chinmay has already scored 834 runs in five innings, he will remain at the first position as the batsman with the most runs in the list of six innings as well.

Chinmay Sutar's journey began in the current Ranji season with the match against Manipur. On his debut, he missed out on a century, but played two innings of 35 and 99 runs. Subsequently, he drew everyone's attention by scoring an unbeaten 400 runs in the Plate Group match against Nagaland. After this massive score, he maintained his form against Meghalaya as well and played a brilliant innings of 125 runs. Now, the century against Arunachal Pradesh has once again proven his talent.

In the Ranji Trophy 2026-27, Chinmay has scored a total of 834 runs so far at an average of 208.50. He is currently the highest run-scorer of the Ranji season. Due to this extraordinary success and his ability to score runs consistently, discussions have started in the cricket world about whether he could get a chance to play for Team India.

Chinmay attributed this success to the lessons learned during his early days in Mumbai cricket. In a statement given to TOI, he said that he is very happy to score runs consistently and establish a world record. He further added that during his early years in Mumbai cricket, he learned that when a batsman is in good form, he should try to score as many runs as possible.

Chinmay Sutar's current age is 29 years and 186 days. At a time when many young players are struggling to find a place in the Indian team, Chinmay has set major records at this age. However, despite brilliant performances in domestic cricket, the path to entering the national team is difficult. Now, his biggest challenge will be to maintain this form for a long time.

The way Chinmay has started in first-class cricket may certainly draw the attention of the selectors. If he continues to perform like this, he could make his debut for India even at the age of 30. It remains to be seen how far Chinmay takes this success and whether he gets the opportunity to wear the Indian jersey.