Priyanshu Moliya was unbeaten on 321 off 492 balls for Baroda against Jammu & Kashmir in the Ranji Trophy on Tuesday. At 21 years and 132 days, he is the seventh-youngest Indian to make a triple hundred in first-class cricket.

He is the second Baroda batter to reach 300, and his score passed Gul Mohammad’s 319 against Holkar in the 1946-47 final. Moliya hit 36 fours and a six at the Reliance Cricket Ground in Vadodara. Baroda, who chose to bat, were all out for 616 in 169 overs, and J&K were 6 without loss at the end of Day 2.

Baroda had been 63 for 3 at one stage. Moliya and Mahesh Pithiya, who made 102, added 232 for the seventh wicket.

“I wanted to have a long partnership and take the team to a good position,” Moliya said. He was 113 not out at the end of the first day, and on the second he spoke to the head coach, who told him to bat as long as possible. “That was my mindset.” He does not hesitate to say that the pitch was good for batting.…