Who is Raj Limbani who claimed 5 wickets in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26?

The opening day of the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 (VHT 2025-26) turned up as a run fest as multiple batters had registered hundreds and fifties. While the batters enjoyed high-scoring encounters, it was a day to forget for the bowlers. But the next round of play seems different, as the bowlers also got their moments to shine.

A 20-year-old Indian pacer, Raj Limbani, single-handedly clinched half of Bengal's batting unit during the Bengal vs. Baroda match at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium. The emerging pacer pocketed 5 wickets in the match during his 10-over spell. The bowling duo of Baroda—Krunal Pandya and Raj Limbani—picked up a total of 8 wickets and forced Bengal to bundle for only 205 runs in 38.3 overs. While Pandya is a well-established all-rounder in Indian cricket, Limbani is an underrated talent.

Abhimanyu Easwaran, the skipper of the Bengal cricket team, was the first batter to lose a wicket against the pacer. Anustup Majumdar, the seasoned campaigner who stabilized Bengal's innings for a while, had to walk back to the dugout after scoring 47 runs as Limbani struck again.

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Who is Raj Limbani who took 5-wicket figure in Bengal vs Baroda Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 match?

Later in the first innings, the young seamer took the wickets of Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Deep, and Mohammed Shami. In 10 overs, Raj bagged 5 scalps against 65 runs. In their previous match, during the Baroda vs Assam encounter, he struck three times.

Raj Limbani is a right-arm medium bowler who was born on Feb 02, 2005, and has played for India Under-19, Baroda, India A Under-19, Fighter, Baroda U-19, and Pruthvi Panthers teams so far.