Cooch Behar Trophy Final: Karnataka’s Prakhar Chaturvedi breaks 24-year-old Yuvraj Singh’s record | Cricket News
In MS Dhoni’s biopic, there’s a famous dialogue from the protagonist, “Bahut mara, dhaaga khol diya ek dum (He smashed us all over the park),” about Yuvraj Singh’s 358 runs in the Cooch Behar Trophy final played between Punjab and Bihar. Twenty-four years later, Karnataka’s Prakhar Chaturvedi walloped Mumbai team in the 2023-24 final with an unbeaten 404. The 358 Yuvraj scored at Keenan Stadium had stayed as a record for the highest individual score in a Cooch Behar Trophy final for more than two decades. Batting first, Mumbai were bowled out for 380 runs and Prakhar’s knock was enough to help Karnataka win on the first-innings lead as they looted 890 for 8. Vijay Zol’s 451 not out for Maharashtra against Assam in the 2011-12 season remains the highest individual score in the tournament. Sanjay Chaturvedi, Prakhar’s father, is a software engineer who now runs his own start-up, while his mother, Rupa Chaturvedi, is a technical officer in Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO). Record-breaking knock! 👏👏 Karnataka’s Prakhar Chaturvedi broke records as he …