Batsmen scoring highest individual innings in a season on two or more occasions

Batsmen scoring highest individual innings in a season on two or more occasions

Ranji Trophy was instituted in the year 1934-35. The ongoing season of 2025-26 is the 91st season of the tournament. But in the season 2020-21, the tournament was not played due to Covid-19 outbreak. Thus the season of 2025-26 will be the 90th season.  I have laboriously culled the centuries scored in each season of the tournament. From this data I am presenting the netizens the occasions of batsmen scoring highest individual innings in a season on two or more occasions. Request peruse the same. Stats as at the end of th

NoScorePlayerTeamsGroundSeason
1235 AL WadekarBombay v RajasthanBrabourne Stadium, Bombay1961/62
2323 AL WadekarBombay v MysoreBrabourne Stadium, Bombay1966/67
      
1224*AO MalhotraHaryana v J + KPolice Stadium, Bhiwani1979/80
2228 AO MalhotraHaryana v ServicesPalam A  Delhi1982/83
3258*AO MalhotraBengal v HyderabadGymkhana Ground, Secunderabad1989/90
      
1208*AV MankadBombay v HaryanaWankhede Stadium, Bombay         1976/77
2265 AV MankadBombay v DelhiWankhede Stadium, Bombay1980/81
      
1443*BB NimbalkarMaharashtra v KathiawarPoona Club Poona1948/49
2219 BB NimbalkarHolkar v BengalEden Gardens, Calcutta1952/53
      
1302*CA PujaraSaurashtra v OrissaKhandheri Cricket Ground, Rajkot2008/09
2352 CA PujaraSaurashtra v KarnatakaSaurashtra University Ground, Rajkot2012/13
      
1235 CT SarwateHolkar v DelhiFeroz Shah Kotla, Delhi1949/50
2246CT SarwateHolkar v BengalEden Gardens, Calcutta1950/51
      
1283*RG NadkarniBombay v DelhiBrabourne Stadium, Bombay1960/61
2219 RG NadkarniBombay v RajasthanMaharaja College Ground, Jaipur1962/63
      
1282 SM GavaskarBombay v BiharBrabourne Stadium, Bombay1971/72
2340 SM GavaskarBombay v BengalWankhede Stadium, Bombay1981/82
      
1359*VM MerchantBombay v MahatashtaBrabourne Stadium, Bombay1943/44
2278 VM MerchantBombay v HolkarBrabourne Stadium, Bombay1944/45
3234*VM MerchantBombay v SindBrabourne Stadium, Bombay1945/46
      
1301*VVS LaxmanHyderabad v BiharKeenan Stadium, Jamshedpur1997/98
2353 VVS LaxmanHyderabad v KarnatakaM Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore1999/00
      
1314*W JafferMumbai v SaurashtraMunicipal Stadium, Rajkot1996/97
2267 W JafferMumbai v DelhiFeroz Shah Kotla, Delhi2005/06

AO Malhotra and V Merchant are the two batsmen in the history of Ranji Trophy to have scored highest individual innings in a season on three occasions. The following table lists the performance of these two cricketers

NoScorePlayerTeamsGroundSeason
1224*AO MalhotraHaryana v J + KPolice Stadium, Bhiwani1979/80
2228 AO MalhotraHaryana v ServicesPalam A  Delhi1982/83
3258*AO MalhotraBengal v HyderabadGymkhana Ground, Secunderabad1989/90
      
1359*VM MerchantBombay v MahatashtaBrabourne Stadium, Bombay1943/44
2278 VM MerchantBombay v HolkarBrabourne Stadium, Bombay1944/45
3234*VM MerchantBombay v SindBrabourne Stadium, Bombay1945/46

CA Pujara and VVS Laxman are the two batsmen in the history of Ranji Trophy to have scored highest individual innings on two occasions with 300 plus runs. By a strange coincidence the aggregate runs of these two occasions scored by these two batsmen works out to an identical 654 runs.

NoScorePlayerTeamsGroundSeason
1302*CA PujaraSaurashtra v OrissaKhandheri Cricket Ground, Rajkot2008/09
2352 CA PujaraSaurashtra v KarnatakaSaurashtra University Ground, Rajkot2012/13
      
1301*VVS LaxmanHyderabad v BiharKeenan Stadium, Jamshedpur1997/98
2353 VVS LaxmanHyderabad v KarnatakaM Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore1999/00
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