West Zone opening batter and captain Priyank Panchal completed 8,000 First-Class runs during the Duleep Trophy final against South Zone at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday.
Panchal took 183 innings and 113 matches to reach the milestone.
The opener, before this match, needed 71 runs to reach the milestone. He scored 11 in the first innings.
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The Gujarat batter has 26 centuries and 56 half-centuries with a best score of 314 not out, and averages more than 46 in First-Class cricket.
The 33-year-old has been part of the Indian squad on multiple occasions, his maiden call-up being against England at home in 2021 where was kept in the reserves. In the same year, he also flew to South Africa as Rohit Sharma’s replacement for the Test series. In 2022, he was named in the India squad for the Sri Lanka series as well.
However, the First-Class veteran is still awaiting his India debut.
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