Tamil Nadu cricketer Narayan Jagadeesan is on a hot streak and rightly so especially after breaking the world record for most number of consecutive centuries (5) by a cricketer in List A cricket. Apart from cricket fans, the feat was also shared by Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik, who is the state cricket team’s regular captain, as well as Jay Shah, who is currently the secretary of the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI). Interestingly, that wasn’t the only record he set on November 21 while playing the Vijay Hazare Trophy match in Bengaluru against Arunachal Pradesh. While he scored a 141-ball 277, Tamil Nadu went on to win the match by 435 runs. Even then, Jagadeesan is as grounded as can be, as he speaks to us over a telephone call from Bengaluru.

By the end of the very same match, he had also gone on to create several other records. With 277, he has the highest individual List A score; joint fastest 200 in List A cricket; most individual sixes in an innings in Vijay Hazare Trophy, and highest partnership in List A cricket (with B Sai Sudharshan). While he broke the record set by the likes of Virat Kohli in the last match, he has beaten the record of Rohit Sharma in the match earlier this week. The records may have come in numbers, but the 26-year-old is focused like a laser on giving consistent performances. “Obviously, it feels really good because I have been working, training in the technical and mental aspects of the game, and my fitness. When I am able to make an impact by using all these things I have worked on a lot, it feels good when it reaps rewards.”