Chinmay Sutar 400*: Mizoram batter's Ranji Trophy quadruple century, and where it ranks

Short answer: Chinmay Sutar's 400 is real and it's historic. The 29-year-old Mizoram left-hander finished on 400 not out off 517 balls against Nagaland in the Ranji Trophy Plate League on Monday 19 October 2026. That's the second-highest score in Ranji Trophy history and only the second first-class 400 by an Indian, behind BB Nimbalkar's 443* from 1948-49. He did it in his second first-class match.

How the innings unfolded

Mizoram were 13 for 1 early on Day 1 (18 October) in Sovima, near Dimapur, and Sutar came in at No. 3. The scorecard tells the story in partnerships:

Read that last row again. Sutar scored roughly 169 runs with the No. 11 at the other end, farming the strike and, by his own account to Cricinfo, giving his partner "one or two balls every over." He was 392 not out at tea and got to 400 in the 155th over, at which point Mizoram declared.

Cricinfo puts that 189 as the third-highest last-wicket stand in Ranji history, 43 short of the 233 by Ajay Sharma and Maninder Singh for Delhi against Mumbai in 1991-92. (Cricbuzz's written highlights say 199, but its own scorecard shows 189, so we're going with 189.)

Where 400* ranks

• Ranji Trophy: second all-time, behind Nimbalkar's 443* for Maharashtra v Kathiawar (1948-49). It moves past Prithvi Shaw's 379, which had been No. 2.
• Indians in first-class cricket: only Nimbalkar had scored 400 before.
• All first-class cricket: the 12th score of 400-plus ever, per Cricinfo. Brian Lara's 501* for Warwickshire in 1994 is still the highest.
• A first: Cricinfo says no batter had ever turned a maiden first-class hundred into a quadruple century. The previous best maiden ton was Sakibul Gani's 341 for Bihar, in February 2022, against Mizoram.

Who is Chinmay Sutar?

He's a product of Mumbai's maidans who waited years for a first-class game. According to Cricinfo, he played for Sind Sports Club and then the Cricket Club of India, made Mumbai's Under-23 side before Covid, and played four Vijay Hazare Trophy (List A) matches in 2021-22 before going back to the fringes. In June 2026 he helped MSC Maratha Royals defend their Mumbai T20 League title, scoring 212 runs in six innings.

Before this season he took a no-objection certificate from the Mumbai Cricket Association and moved to Mizoram after trials. On debut last week against Manipur he made 35 and 99, run out. His father, Rajesh Sutar, also played briefly for Mumbai in the early 1990s and also made his first-class debut at 29.

"I wanted to play first-class cricket wherever it was, irrespective of the level," Sutar told Cricinfo. "Mizoram called me for trials, and it worked." He said he didn't know what the Ranji record was until he reached 380 and heard claps from the dressing room.

Does a Plate League 400 count?

Yes. Plate League games are full Ranji Trophy matches with first-class status, so the runs go into the record books. The fair caveat is the opposition: Plate sides are weaker than Elite ones, and this was Nagaland's attack. Sutar's answer, when Cricinfo put that to him, was about exposure: "North-East sides don't get the exposure, but the spirit of the players is amazing."

What it does mean in practice is that a 29-year-old who couldn't get a game for Mumbai now has 534 runs in three first-class innings. Selectors notice numbers like that, even from the Plate group.

What happens next

Nagaland closed Day 2 on 50 for 1, still 531 behind. Day 3 is Tuesday 20 October. With a lead that big, Mizoram will be pushing for an innings win. Live scores are on the Cricbuzz scorecard.