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1,121 And Still Bats To Come

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1,121 And Still Bats To Come
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"We were not playing for records," Anjuman’s coach Naushad Khan later clarified. "We had to improve our run rate to make it to the semifinals. So the batsmen were instructed to plunder as many runs as possible in quick time." In fact, the run rate was over 10 an over as Baptist bowled only 92 overs. The top scorer in the innings was Shishir Tiwari with 318 (40 fours, four sixes). His stand with Sufiyan Shaikh (202 not out) for the fifth wicket was worth 531 runs and at one point threatened to overtake the record Sachin Tendulkar-Vinod Kambli partnership. These two scored 664 runs for the third wicket in February 1988 in an Harris Shield match. It still remains the highest stand ever in all forms of cricket.

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The record-breaking performance of the Anjuman School has been much applauded by the cricket establishment in Mumbai. Says former India opening batsman Lalchand Rajput, now president of the Mumbai Cricket Association: "If they can bat so well and hit such huge scores at this age, it goes to show their potential." So has Mumbai thrown up another Sachin or Gavaskar?

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