Chinmay Sutar hits unbeaten 400 for Mizoram against Manipur in Ranji Trophy
Chinmay Sutar scored an unbeaten 400 for Mizoram against Manipur in the Ranji Trophy, a feat reported on October 21, 2026. The innings has attracted attention partly because it came against a team in what the report described as the weakest North-East zone.
Only two Indians had previously made a quadruple in over nine decades of the Ranji Trophy, underscoring the rarity of a 400 in First Class cricket. The report said Sutar’s knock might bring focus to cricket in the Northeast, with some reaction expected to be positive and some negative, and added that the negative could prompt authorities to concentrate more on the region. “North-East sides don’t get the exposure, but the spirit of the players is amazing,” Sutar told Cricinfo.
Sutar, 29, became only the 10th batter to score a quadruple in First Class cricket and reached 400 with a six. He said, “I was more nervous in the 190s than in the 390s,” and the report noted he had been run out on 99 on debut and achieved the 400 in only his third innings in First Class cricket.
The list of players who have passed 400 includes Bill Ponsford and Brian Lara, each of whom did so twice; Lara finished on 501 not out. The last batter to record a quadruple before Sutar was Sam Northeast for Glamorgan against Leicestershire four years ago, and the report quoted West Indies batter Jimmy Adams saying Northeast reminded him of a “young Mohammed Azharuddin.”
The article recalled Bhausaheb Nimbalkar as the first Indian to reach a quadruple, noting he was batting on 443 for Maharashtra against Kathiawar when the rival captain conceded rather than face the record score; Nimbalkar never played for India. It also recorded that England’s Archie Maclaren scored 424 in 1895 and included Gideon Haigh’s description: “MacLaren was a cricketer like many others, a lion on the field, a lamb everywhere else.”
Longer international anecdotes were also cited: Hanif Mohammed held the world record for a long period and was run-out in the nervous 490s, one short of the 500-mark; he wrote in The Guardian, “There were two balls left of the third day and the manually operated scoreboard showed I was on 496. I wanted to get to 500 so (skipper) Wazir could declare. I played a ball out to point where there was a misfield so I thought I’d chance the second, which would leave me needing two off the day’s last ball to get 500. But the fielder threw to the keeper’s end, and I was short. I thought I was gone for 497, but as I walked back, the scoreboard showed 499. They had been a little slow and hadn’t updated my score when I looked initially! I would never have pushed so hard if I knew I was on 498 and not 496!” The piece also noted Aftab Baloch, the second Pakistani to reach 400, complained, “There was no photograph taken during the match; surprising for it was played at a Test centre,” and that Baloch played two Tests and was given room 428 on a 1974 England tour. The report added that Lara was bowled off a no ball when on 12 and dropped by the wicketkeeper on 18 — described as the most expensive miss in all cricket — and mentioned Hanif had been massaged with olive oil the night before his record.
The report concluded by raising a question about records set against North-East teams: there might be an issue with records against North East teams. But a 400 is a 400 is a 400, as Gertrude Stein didn’t say.