Musheer Khan hogged all the limelight on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy and he continued his heroics on the second day as well notching up his second 150+ score in first-class cricket. His marathon knock came to an end soon after lunch scoring 181 runs off 373 deliveries and in the process, went past India's legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar in Duleep Trophy.
Musheer's 181-run knock is now the third-highest individual score for a teenager on Duleep Trophy debut. Earlier, Sachin was at the third spot having scored 159 runs while playing for West Zone against East Zone way back in January 1991 in Guwahati. This is a huge achievement for Musheer at the age of just 19 years but he couldn't go past Yash Dhull and Baba Aparajith who have notched up the highest scores in this aspect.
Baba Aparajith smashed 212 runs and is the only player to score a double-century as a teenager on Duleep Trophy debut while Dhull mustered 193 in his first-ever match in the tournament.
Highest individual score by a teenager on Duleep Trophy debut
| Player | Score |
| Baba Aparajith | 212 |
| Yash Dhull | 193 |
| Musheer Khan | 181 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 159 |
Musheer Khan is scaling greater heights in his short career already having smashed three centuries and a half-century so far in seven matches with his highest score being 203 runs. He has so far amassed 710 runs in 11 innings in red-ball cricket at an average of 64.54 and is certainly giving a headache to the selectors ahead of India's Test season that is starting from September 19.
Meanwhile, India B recovered from 94/7 in their first innings courtesy of Musheer and have been bundled out for 321 runs with Navdeep Saini also scoring a half-century. Now it remains to be seen if India A batters put up a decent show to at least match India B's total in the first innings.
