India, Oct. 19 -- Chinmay Sutar, the 29-year-old, etched his name into Ranji Trophy folklore on Monday afternoon, becoming just the second batter to record the individual score of 400 in the tournament's history. Playing for Mizoram, the right-hander batted Nagaland into the ground, hammering 46 fours and 7 sixes.

The first batter to score 400 in the Ranji Trophy was BB Nimbalkar in 1948, and it took another batter 78 years to join the list. Overall, Sutar is just the 10th batter to score this many runs in a single first-class innings, joining the likes of Brian Lara, Don Bradman, Hanif Mohammad and Graeme Hick. Sutar fell short of breaking the record of the highest individual score in India's premier red-ball competition, and it still r...