Armaan Jaffer, nephew of former India Test opener Wasim
Jaffer, racked up the runs playing for Rizvi Springfield High School against
IES Raje Shivaji Vidyalaya in a three-day match in the under-14 Giles Shield
tournament.
The right-hander struck 77 boundaries to surpass the
previous best of 461 set by 15-year-old Ali Zorain Khan earlier this year.
"I am happy I got the record, but I am also upset that
I missed the 500 by just two runs," Armaan told The Telegraph newspaper
after his two-day knock.
"My coach (Raju Pathak) told me to bat on as long as I
wanted and not worry about the declaration. Both my dad and uncle always tell
me to keep the ball down on the ground." The highest individual score in a
first-class match was West Indian Brian Lara's 501 not out playing for English
county Warwickshire against Durham in 1994.
