This 18-year-old cricketer played an innings of 498 runs!!!

Dron Desai created a stir with his bat in the Diwan Ballubhai Cup Under-19 Multi-Day Tournament. This 18-year-old cricketer scored 498 runs with his explosive batting. Dron Desai registered his name in the record book while playing for St. Xavier's (Loyola). On Tuesday, the teams of JL english School and St. Xavier's were face to face at the Shivay cricket Ground in Gandhinagar. Playing for St. Xavier's, Dron Desai scored 498 runs facing 320 balls in his marathon innings. He hit 86 fours and 7 sixes in his innings.

He created a stir in gujarat Under-14, now he has shown his magic in Under-19

Dron Desai had performed brilliantly for the gujarat Under-14 team. Now, he is continuously batting well for the Under-19 team. After scoring the record score, Dron Desai said that my father is confident that I will become a good cricketer, he believes that I have all the abilities that a cricketer should have. My father introduced me to Jaiprakash patel Sir, since then he is with me. Dron Desai said that I only appeared in the exams from 8th class to 12th class, because I wanted to focus more on cricket. Because of this I did not go to classes.

Dron Desai is a big fan of master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar...

Dron Desai's favorite master Blaster is Sachin Tendulkar. Especially, he is a big fan of Sachin Tendulkar's straight drive. Apart from this, Dron Desai gives the credit of his success to his father. He says that my father recognized the talent and got me good coaching. Actually, Dron Desai's coach jai Prakash patel has been the best cricketer of his time. He represented gujarat in the Ranji Trophy from 1966 to 1976.

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