After Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 15 year old Akshara Gupta of Bihar created a stir, scored a triple century in ODI.
Who is Akshara Gupta: After Vaibhav Suryavanshi, another 15-year-old player has made his mark in Bihar cricket, but this time there has been a whirlwind in women’s cricket. 15 year old Akshara Gupta has surprised everyone by scoring a triple century in ODI. Akshara played a stormy inning of 306 unbeaten runs in the BCA Women’s Under-19 One-Day Trophy tournament that started on Thursday at Sandys Compound Ground in Bhagalpur. With this, Akshara Gupta has created history in women’s domestic cricket.
Akshara Gupta became the second player to score the most runs in domestic women’s cricket.
In this match, Akshara Gupta played an unbeaten inning of 306 runs in just 126 balls, which included 55 fours and 8 sixes. He batted at a strike rate of 242.86 in ODIs. With this, Akshara Gupta has become the second female cricketer to score the highest individual score in Indian women’s domestic cricket. The record for making the highest individual score in women’s domestic cricket is in the name of Mumbai’s Ira Gupta, who played an unbeaten inning of 346 runs in a domestic state-level match. During this period, 42 fours and 16 sixes were hit from his bat.
Akshara Gupta completed her century in just 34 balls.
Akshara Gupta batted brilliantly and completed her half-century in just 16 balls. After this this young player completed his century in just 34 balls. Batting first on the strength of this century by Akshara Gupta, BCA Women Under-19 Team A team scored a big score of 450 runs for 5 wickets in 40 overs.
HISTORIC TRIPLE CENTURY! Big record of Bihar’s daughter! πππ₯
Akshara Gupta has created history by playing an incredible inning of unbeaten 306* runs in the BCA Women’s U19 Tournament! ππ₯
π Tsunami of Records:
β 126 balls, 306* runs (Strike rate: 242.86)
β 55 fours and 8 sky-high sixes! pic.twitter.com/qw2QwgEoRMβ Bihar Cricket Association (@BiharCricAssoc) June 18, 2026
Who is Akshara Gupta?
Akshara Gupta is a resident of Raxaul, Bihar. She has been making her mark in domestic cricket since the age of 14. On the basis of her excellent performance in domestic cricket, she made her place in the senior women’s team of Bihar. Let us tell you that Akshara has become the first female player in the country to play in all four major formats of BCCI age-group tournaments in the same season (2024-25).
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Akshara Gupta started cricket from village
Akshara started playing cricket at the age of just 8 years. He was not admitted to any academy nor did he have any coach. She used to practice in the backyard of her house and from there she dreamed of becoming a cricketer. Her uncle had a big role in making Akshara a cricketer. Akshara used to practice vigorously under the supervision of her uncle. She used to practice for 5 hours every day. She started playing cricket with the boys of her village and today she has become a rising star.
President of Bihar Cricket Association congratulated
Bihar Cricket Association President Harsh Vardhan has congratulated Akshara Gupta for her brilliant performance. He said, “BCA is committed to increasing opportunities and platforms for players. The performance of players like Akshara acts as a great inspiration for young cricketers.”
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