Jammu, Oct 12 (UNI) The record holder former captains of Jammu and Kashmir Ranji Trophy team have showered praises for the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) batsman Shubham Khajuria, who became the first cricketer in more than two decades to score double century against Maharashtra in the ongoing Ranji Trophy match in Srinagar.
Shubham (29), who is also the vice-captain of the JKCA has become the first batter to score a double-century in 22 years with the help of 24 fours and four sixes in 312 balls for Jammu and Kashmir in the Ranji Trophy.
Appreciating Shubham Khajuria, former J&K cricketer, Ashwani Gupta, who captained the J&K team in 1995 and 2002 said, “It is a happy moment especially when he broke my record of 1995 of 210 not out against Himachal Pradesh in Una.”