Who is Yash Rathod who scored 194 for Central Zone in Duleep Trophy 2025 final?

Yash Rathod played a remarkable 194-run innings for Central Zone in the final of the 2025 Duleep Trophy against South Zone. Rathod utilized the foundation properly, which was built by their skipper Rajat Patidar (101) yesterday before the stumps. Rathod missed a double century only by 6 runs; Gurjapneet's inswinger bowled him out. 

During the mammoth batting performance, Rathod stitched multiple useful partnerships, which took their score to 511 before losing all of the scalps. With Patidar, the middle-order batter formed a 167-run partnership, which was perhaps the most crucial partnership of the match. When the Nagpur-born got Saransh Jain as the batting partner, it turned into a nightmare for South Zone bowlers. Together they added 176 on the scoreboard. With Deepak Chahar, Rathod stitched a 58-run partnership against 77 deliveries. 

Who is Yash Rathod? 

Yash Rathod is the top run scorer of the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 season. He scored 960 runs from 18 innings, including three fifties and five big hundreds for Vidharbha. Rathod emerged as a crucial contributor behind Vidharbha's successful run to the final match of the tournament. Before the Ranji Trophy, he was near to entering into the final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. In the semifinal, against Maharashtra, the batter scored 116 runs. In the contest, he accumulated 406 runs at an average of 67. 

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The 25-year-old, who is mostly known for his batting abilities as a middle-order batsman, can bowl occasionally. His domestic trophy stats are more than impressive. In first-class cricket, Rathod scored 1672 runs at an average of 50.66 in 20 matches. In List A cricket, his batting average is slightly over 47, as he scored 859 runs in 24 matches. In the Duleep Trophy 2025, against the Northeast Zone match, Yash scored an unbeaten 87 runs and 78 runs in the first and second innings, respectively. 

Incredible achievements of Yash Rathod:

- 194-run knock in the Duleep Trophy 2025 final

- Century in VHT Semifinal 2024-25

- Century in Ranji Trophy Semifinal 2024-25

- Century in Ranji Trophy Semifinal 2023-24