15-year-old Akshara smashes 306 runs in 126 balls:’Female Sooryavanshi’ slams 55 fours, 8 sixes while batting for almost 4 hours in U-19 tournament

15-year-old Akshara Gupta scored a triple century in Bihar’s Women’s U-19 ODI Tournament. She played an unbeaten innings of 306 runs off 126 balls. In this innings played on Thursday at Sandis Compound Ground in Bhagalpur, she hit 55 fours and 8 sixes at a strike rate of 242.86. Akshara completed her half-century in 16 balls and then went on to smash a century in 34 balls. She remained at the crease for 233 minutes (3 hours 53 minutes). Akshara, who hails from Raxaul in Bihar, is the captain of the Under-19 women’s team. Akshara has also become the first woman cricketer from Bihar to play tournaments in all four age groups of BCCI in a single season – Under-15, Under-19, Under-23, and Senior Women’s Team. Akshara’s Innings biggest in Bihar, Ira’s record intact in domestic cricket Akshara Gupta’s unbeaten 306-run innings has become the biggest ODI innings in Bihar women’s cricket history. However, the record for the highest individual score in women’s domestic cricket still belongs to Mumbai’s Ira Gupta. Ira had scored an unbeaten 346 runs against Meghalaya in the BCCI Women’s Under-19 ODI Tournament played at Alur Cricket Stadium in Bengaluru in January 2025. Her innings included 42 fours and 16 sixes. Bihar’s cricket sensation point after Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Akshara has become the second young cricketer from Bihar to grab headlines in recent days. Earlier, 15-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi from Tajpur, Bihar, came into the limelight after being selected for the Indian team. Vaibhav will travel with the Indian team for the T-20 series against Ireland starting from June 26. After that, he will also be part of the team for the England tour. Currently, he is participating in the tri-series being played in Sri Lanka.