Follow UsNothing can go wrong for Narayan Jagadeesan at the moment, as the Tamil Nadu man scored another century for South Zone against North Zone, on September 4 (Thursday). Opening the innings with Hyderabad’s Tanmay Agarwal, Jagadeesan notched up a sizzling century, smashing ten fours and two sixes.
Jagadeesan has been in stellar form in red-ball cricket over the last few years, with over 1400 runs across the last two Ranji Trophy seasons. Last year, the Tamil Nadu batter amassed 674 runs for the state, averaging a staggering 56.17, which includes a 118*.
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In the season before, the former CSK man smashed 321 – the highest score for a Tamil Nadu batter in Ranji Trophy. In the Duleep Trophy 2024, the right-hander couldn’t make that sort of impact with just 88 runs in the entire competition, but has already started the 2025 edition with a bang.
Since the start of 2023, no other wicketkeeper batter has scored more red-ball runs than Jagadeesan (1648), with only Akshay Wadkar (1505) coming close to the Tamil Nadu man. Only Himanshu Mantri (5) has as many centuries as Jagadeesan (5) in the same time frame, with the 29-year-old getting a call-up for the fifth Test against England at The Oval.