December 24, 2025, turned out to be a landmark day for Indian cricket. On the opening day of the Vijay Hazare Trophy (VHT 2025-26), there was a record number of batters who registered a century each. While most of the spotlights were on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, a few uncapped cricketers also put their names in the record list.

The day started with the aggressive batting display of Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Later, focus shifted to the matches of Delhi and Mumbai as Rohit and Virat were on the field for their respective teams. Apart from Rohit and Virat, Devdutt Paddikal and Ishan Kishan were the other star centurions who claimed a tonne each. At the end of the day, it was Odisha's Swastik Samal who climbed up the ladder by smashing a double hundred.

As there were multiple individual brilliances, cricket fans enjoyed multiple high-scoring encounters. According to stats, a total of 22 batters scored 100s and 46 batters scored 50s in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on December 24. The day remained memorable for batters, while for many bowlers, it was a day to forget.

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List of batters who scored centuries on the first day of VHT 2025-26:

• Swastik Samal - 212 (169)
• Vaibhav Suryavanshi - 190 (84)
• Rohit Sharma - 155 (94)
• Devdutt Paddikal - 147 (118)
• Dhruv Shorey - 136 (125)
• Sammar Gajjar - 132 (118)
• Virat Kohli - 131 (101)
• Shubman Khajuria - 129 (105)
• Sakibul Ghani - 128 (40)
• Himanshu Rana - 126 (142)
• Ishan Kishan - 125 (39)
• Ricky Bhui - 122 (105)
• Ayush Loharuka - 116 (56)
• Aman Mokhade - 110 (99)
• Ravi Singh - 109 (81)
• Snehal Kauthankar - 107 (116)
• Kishan Lyngdoh - 106 (104)
• Arpit Bhatewara - 104 (125)
• Yash Dubey - 103 (132)
• Vishnu Vinod - 102 (62)
• Pheiroijam Jotin - 101* (77)
• Samantray - 100 (91)