India, Sept. 7 -- Ishan Kishan had already turned the Duleep Trophy final into his own stage by the time his body forced him to stop. Resuming on 111 at Chepauk on Monday, the East Zone captain crossed his maiden double-century in the competition and was eventually dismissed at 270. It was an innings large enough to swallow almost every other batting effort in a final, but not quite large enough to reach the number that has survived at the top for nearly four decades.

He went past Yashasvi Jaiswal's 266 to have the second-highest score in a Duleep Trophy final, but was 50 runs away from the record. No batter has ever scored more in a Duleep Trophy match, let alone a final. The record was created in 1987, when West Zone had piled up 444, ...