Who is Drona Desai: Once again a young batsman has caught everyone's attention with his batting in school cricket. Eighteen-year-old Dron Desai has entered his name in the record books by scoring 498 runs for his school St. Xavier's (Loyola) against JL English School during the Diwan Ballubhai Cup Under-19 Multi-Day Tournament at Shivay Cricket Ground in Gandhinagar on Tuesday. Desai has become the sixth batsman in the country to score more than 400. Earlier, Mumbai's Pranav Dhanawade (1009 not out), Prithvi Shaw (546), Dr. Havewala (515), Chamanlal (506 not out) and Armaan Jaffer (498) had scored more than 400 in an innings.
Dron Desai's team school St. Xavier's won by an innings and 712 runs over JL English School, which played the entire game with ten players as one player came late. Desai, who batted at number three for his team, has also played for the Gujarat Under-14 team, now he is expected to get a place in the state's Under-19 team. Dron Desai considers India's greatest batsman Sachin Tendulkar as his idol.
dron desai If we talk about his innings, this 18-year-old batsman played a marathon innings of 498 runs on 320 balls. He scored these runs with a strike rate of 155.62. In his innings, Drona hit 86 fours and 7 sixes. Drona batted on the crease for 372 minutes.
Drona Desai (Who is Drona Desai)
Dron Desai, who hails from Gujarat, is steadily rising in youth cricket. Having represented the state at the Under-14 level, Desai's recent achievement is sure to attract the attention of the selectors as he is trying to make it to the Gujarat Under-19 team. His journey in cricket began at the young age of seven. Desai credits his progress in cricket to his father, who recognised his potential at an early age and ensured that he got coaching under the guidance of Jaiprakash Patel, a renowned cricket coach who has trained more than 40 cricketers in the field of coaching.
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