Sudip Kumar Gharami followed his 299 with an unbeaten 136 in the semi-final of the 2025/26 Ranji Trophy.
Sudip Kumar Gharami has 435 in two consecutive innings
Against Andhra in the quarter-final of the 2025/26 Ranji Trophy at Kalyani, Gharami became the third batter to be dismissed for 299. Now, in the semi-final against Jammu & Kashmir at the same ground, he came out to bat in the second over with the score on 4-1.
He added 85 with captain Abhimanyu Easwaran (49) before Bengal slumped to 155-4. Anustup Majumdar (42) then helped Gharami put on 94 before the former was dismissed off the last ball of the day.
Gharami remained unbeaten on 136 in 227 balls with 19 fours and a six. Across two innings, he now has 435 runs. While a staggering number, this is still some distance away from Brian Lara’s world record of 641 (140 against Middlesex, 501 not out against Durham in 1994).
It is worth a mention that when Lara made 501 not out, he not only broke Hanif Mohammad’s existing record of 499 but also Bill Ponsford’s two-innings record of 637 (437 and 202 in 1927/28). Hanif had made 128 in the innings immediately before that 499 as well, while Ponsford made 133 before his sequence, but they fell well short of WG Grace’s famous 839 (in eight days) in 1876.
Lara’s sequence in 1994 (1,551 runs in eight innings) has very few parallels. After setting a new Test match record (375 against England), he began the County Championship season with a run of 147, 106, 120 not out, 136, 26, 140, and 501 not out.
The Indian two-innings record is N Jagadeesan’s 566 (245 not out and 321 in 2023/24), followed by Swapnil Kauthankar’s 564 (250 and 314 in 2024/25).
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Most runs in a X consecutive innings in first-class cricket
| X | Runs | Batter | Season |
| 1 | 501 | Brian Lara | 1994 |
| 2 | 641 | Brian Lara | 1994 |
| 3 | 839 | WG Grace | 1876 |
| 4 | 1,013 | Bill Ponsford | 1927/28 |
| 5 | 1,146 | Bill Ponsford | 1927/28 |
| 6 | 1,153 | Bill Ponsford | 1926/27 - 1927/28 |
| 7 | 1,284 | Bill Ponsford | 1926/27 - 1927/28 |
| 8 | 1,551 | Brian Lara | 1993/94 - 1994 |
| 9 | 1,615 | Brian Lara | 1993/94 - 1994 |
| 10 | 1,641 | Brian Lara | 1993/94 - 1994 |
| 11 | 1,798 | Brian Lara | 1993/94 - 1994 |
| 12 | 1,956 | Bill Ponsford | 1926/27 - 1927/28 |
| 13 | 2,107 | Bill Ponsford | 1926/27 - 1927/28 |
| 14 | 2,161 | Bill Ponsford | 1926/27 - 1927/28 |
| 15 | 2,375 | Bill Ponsford | 1926/27 - 1927/28 |
| 16 | 2,422 | Bill Ponsford | 1926 - 1927/28 |
| 17 | 2,450 | Don Bradman | 1934 - 1936/37 |
| 18 | 2,515 | Don Bradman | 1934 - 1936/37 |
| 19 | 2,655 | Don Bradman | 1934 - 1936/37 |
| 20 | 2,718 | Don Bradman | 1934 - 1936/37 |
