Schoolboy Jaffer sets new Indian cricket record
Published:Friday | December 24, 2010 | 9:20 AM
Thirteen-year-old Armaan Jaffer has set the record for the highest score by a schoolboy in India.
Armaan Jaffer, the nephew of former Indian Test opener Wasim Jaffer, smashed 498 runs off 490 balls in an under-14 Giles Shield match.
Jaffer, playing for Rizvi Springfield School against IES Raja Shivaji Vidyalaya in Mumbai, scored his runs in a two-day innings.
The previous record of 461 was set by Nagpur's Ali Zorain Khan.
Jaffer hit 77 fours as he played in a free-flowing manner.