Top 4 batting performances from Day 8 of Vijay Hazare Trophy (VHT) 2025/26

subhradeep-choudhury — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:32:30 GMT

In the first two qualifiers of the ongoing 2025/26 season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Uttar Pradesh locked horns with Saurashtra while Mumbai faced Karnataka at the BCCI Center of Excellence in Bengaluru. Late rain saw Karnataka and Saurashtra claiming their respective victories in those games.

Devdutt Padikkal of Karnataka remains the leading run-getter of the season so far with 721 runs in eight innings at an average of over 100 and a strike rate of 100.27, thanks to his four centuries and a couple of fifties.

A look at the top 4 batting performances from Day 8 of Vijay Hazare Trophy (VHT) 2025/26

1. Sameer Rizvi (Uttar Pradesh)

When Sameer Rizvi walked into the middle for Uttar Pradesh in the second quarter final against Saurashtra at the BCCI Center of Excellence in Bengaluru, they were 130 for the loss of four wickets in 23.1 overs. Their in-form captain, Rinku Singh, had returned to the dressing room for 13 runs in 20 balls.

However, the right hand is better at playing decent knockoff 88 runs in 77 deliveries at a circuit of nearly 115 with the help of boundaries and two sixes that shouldered Uttar Pradesh over the 300 run mark in their 50 overs.

Brief Scores: Saurashtra 238/3 (Harvik Desai 100*, Prerak Mankad 67, Karan Chaudhary 1/33) beat Uttar Pradesh 310/8 (Sameer Rizvi 88, Abhishek Goswami 88, Chetan Sakariya 3/54) by 17 runs (VJD method).

2. Shams Mulani (Mumbai)

Very unlike their performance in any domestic tournament, Mumbai found themselves under pressure, having lost four wickets for 60 runs in the 18th over against Karnataka. They were under the pump in the absence of some notable figures of Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and others for this fixture.

That was their number six, battered some, Shams Mulani drilled a decent knock of 86 runs in 91 balls. The South Pole cracked a fine knock thanks to his eight boundaries, which helped them to reach 254 in their allotted 50 overs for the loss of eight wickets.

Brief Scores: Karnataka 187/1 (Devdutt Padikkal 81*, Karun Nair 74*, Mohit Avasthi 1/24) beat Mumbai 254/8 (Shams Mulani 86, Vidyadhar Patil 3/42) by 55 runs (VJD method).

3. Harvik Desai (Saurashtra)

There was a time in Saurashtra’s cricket when Harvik Desai, their captain and wicket-keeper batter, was about to leave the state team and move to a different side. But they did not want it to happen, and a veteran with them at the opening spot, who has now celebrated a fine century, to bail them out of trouble against Uttar Pradesh.

In the second qualifier at the BCCI Center of Excellence, Desai nailed a fine knockoff hundred in 16 balls with the help of eight boundaries and two sixes. He put on the accelerator at the right time as the rain saw Saurashtra clinching the victory by just 17 runs through the VJD method.

4. Devdutt Padikkal (Karnataka)

Devdutt Padikkal, who has gone through a sensational form in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy for Karnataka with two centuries and one half-century in his last four innings, remained unbeaten on 81 runs with the help of 11 boundaries to shoulder Karnataka to 87 for the loss of one wicket in 33 overs before the arrival.

The bad lights in Bengaluru, along with the rain, force the umpire to call the game off as the Bengaluru-based side own the clash by 55 runs through the VJD method.

Brief Scores: Karnataka 187/1 (Devdutt Padikkal 81*, Karun Nair 74*, Mohit Avasthi 1/24) beat Mumbai 254/8 (Shams Mulani 86, Vidyadhar Patil 3/42) by 55 runs (VJD method).