#2 Bhausaheb Nimbalkar- 443* (highest individual score in Ranji trophy)
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The only batsman in the world to score a 400 in first-class cricket without featuring in a Test match, Bhausaheb Nimbalkar was one of the finest batsmen in India during his era.
In 1948, at Poona Club Ground, the visiting team, Kathiawar was all out for 238 runs on the first day. Then began the marathon innings of NImbalkar, in which he scored 443*, helping Maharashtra reach 826.
At that time, the highest score in a first class game was 452 by Don Bradman and the Maharashtra batsman was well within the reach of this milestone. But Kathiawar forfeited the match citing reasons of boredom and thus Nimbalkar was left stranded at 443*.
Seventy years later, Nimbalkar's record is still intact and may never be broken in the future as well.
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