Mohit Ahlawat's T20 triple-ton turns heads

At the start of the week, Mohit Ahlawat was a 21-year-old with three Ranji Trophy appearances to his name and a first-class batting average of 1.00. Those three things have not changed but, after achieving the extraordinary feat of hitting a T20 triple-century at a club tournament in Delhi, he has moved a step closer to making his name as a cricketer.

Ahlawat said he had put himself forward for the IPL auction and the Times of India reported that he had been asked to attend a trial with Delhi Daredevils on Wednesday.

His feat came in the Friends Premier League at Lalita Park, a particularly small ground in east Delhi, on Tuesday. Opening the batting, Ahlawat thrashed 14 fours and 39 sixes in a 72-ball innings, scoring 300 not out - although the presence of three twos and six singles on the scorecard suggested it should have been 302 - in a total of 416 for 2.

The highest individual score in official T20 cricket is the 175 Chris Gayle made for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2013; no team has managed to total 300, with RCB's Gayle-powered 263 for 5 since equalled by Australia against Sri Lanka last year.

In 2007, Sri Lankan Dhanuka Pathirana crashed 277 off 72 balls in a Lancashire League T20 match. Two years ago, Lancashire's Liam Livingstone made similar headlines when he scored 350 in a 45-over match for Nantwich.

Ahlawat's super-sized efforts also recalled Pranav Dhanawade, the Indian schoolboy who broke a 117-year-old record by scoring 1009 in a school match last year.