▁home ▁state ▁Mah ar as ht ra ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 6 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁A ▁right - hand ed ▁opening ▁b ats man , ▁noted ▁for ▁his ▁pro l ific ▁run ▁scoring ▁and ▁ability ▁to ▁build ▁large ▁inn ings , ▁B have ▁regularly ▁capt ained ▁Mah ar as ht ra ▁throughout ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s . ▁ ▁B have ▁had ▁a ▁strong ▁start ▁to ▁his ▁career , ▁after ▁making ▁just ▁one ▁first - class ▁appearance ▁in ▁both ▁ 1 9 8 6 / 8 7 ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 7 / 8 8 ▁he ▁made ▁the ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁opportunity ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 / 8 9 ▁by ▁scoring ▁ 7 3 0 ▁runs ▁at ▁ 9 1 . 2 5 . ▁Of ▁his ▁four ▁hundreds ▁that ▁season , ▁the ▁biggest ▁was ▁an ▁inn ings ▁of ▁ 2 7 4 ▁which ▁he ▁made ▁against ▁a ▁D il ip ▁V eng s ark ar ▁led ▁Bomb ay ▁team . ▁He ▁would ▁score ▁a ▁further ▁six ▁double ▁hundreds ▁in ▁his ▁career , ▁three ▁of ▁them ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 . ▁Such ▁was ▁his ▁consist ency ▁that ▁it ▁wasn ' t ▁until ▁ 1 9 9 7 / 9 8 ▁that ▁he ▁ended ▁a ▁season ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁under ▁ 5 0 ▁and ▁he ▁never ▁scored ▁less ▁than ▁ 8 0 0 ▁runs ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 2 / 9 3 ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 6 / 9 7 .