HR Gopala Krishna,  cricket statistician unearths two world records in Ranji Trophy and one world  record in First Class cricket.

The two world records in Ranji Trophy are

01       KU Bakhle and SS Kauthankar of Goa posted an unfinished partnership of 606 runs for the third wicket at Porvorim in the Ranji Trophy in Nov 24 to provide the first occasion of batsmen posting 600 plus runs partnership in the history of Ranji Trophy. This partnership not only constitutes a record partnership for any wicket in Ranji Trophy but also constitutes a record partnership for the third wicket in the Ranji Trophy. The previous best partnership for any wicket and for the third wicket was 594 runs unfinished partnerships between SM Gugale and AR Bawne of Maharashtra and Delhi at Wankhere in 2016-17

No	Wkt	Runs	Partners	Teams	Venue	Season
1	3	606*	KU Bakhle-SS Kauthankar	Goa v Arunachal	Porvorim	2024/25
2	3	594*	SM Gugale-AR Bawne	Maharashtra v Delhi	Wankhede	2016/17

02       KU Bakhle and SS Kauthankar of Goa posted an unfinished partnership of 606 runs for the third wicket at Porvorim in the Ranji Trophy in Nov 24 to provide the first occasion of batsmen posting 600 plus runs partnership in the history of Ranji Trophy. During this partnership KU Bakhle scored 300 not out while SS Kauthankar scored 314 not out providing the first occasion of two batsmen scoring 300 runs in the same innings in the history of Ranji Trophy. It is also for the first time in two batsmen scoring unbeaten 300 plus runs  in the history of Ranji Trophy

World record in First Class cricket

KU Bakhle and SS Kauthankar of Goa posted an unfinished partnership of 606 runs for the third wicket at Porvorim in the Ranji Trophy in Nov 24 to provide the second occasion of batsmen posting 600 plus runs partnership in the history of First class cricket. During this partnership KU Bakhle scored 300 not out while SS Kauthankar scored 314 not out providing the first occasion of two batsmen scoring 300 runs in the same innings in the history of First class cricket. 2 It is also for the first time in two batsmen scoring unbeaten 300 plus runs in the history of Ranji Trophy

In the only other 600 plus runs partnership in First Class cricket – 624 runs partnership between KC Sangkkkara and M Jayawardene of Sri Lanka against South Africa at Col-SSC in 1996, KC sangakkars had scored 287 and M Jayawardene had scored 374

These world records went unnoticed by Cricket statisticians including me and sports correspondents and media as we were busy in covering Australia-India Test Series in Australia.