Uttar Pradesh captain Sameer Rizvi on Saturday smashed the quickest double century within the historical past of Males’s U23 State A Trophy in a match in opposition to Tripura in Vadodara.
Rizvi reached the milestone in simply 97 balls in an innings peppered with 13 fours and 20 sixes as Uttar Pradesh posted a large 405 runs.
Rizvi was just lately purchased by the Delhi Capitals within the IP Public sale for Rs 95 lakh after failing to impress in Chennai Tremendous Kings in his earlier stint the place he scored 51 runs in 5 outings. Purchased by CSK for a whopping Rs 8.4 crore, the franchise selected to not retain him for the 2025 season.
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Uttar Pradesh captain Sameer Rizvi smashed the quickest double ton within the historical past of Males’s U23 State A Trophy, reaching the milestone in simply 97 balls 🔥
He scored 201*(97) vs Tripura in Vadodara, hitting 13 fours & 20 sixes 🙌#U23StateATrophy | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/Ta3ydwxSRX
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Sameer got here to limelight in 2019-20, when former India left-arm spinner Sunil Joshi handed him a first-class debut on the age of 16.
“One of many nice aspects of Sameer’s sport is his means to bat anyplace between Nos. 4 and seven. He’s a floater, and able to bat anyplace and has tailored to completely different roles as effectively. Identical to Rinku (Singh), he has received this glorious means to complete video games,” Joshi had stated after the batter received picked for CSK final yr.
“The expertise was at all times there. When he made his Ranji Trophy debut, folks stated that he was younger however imagine me, he was prepared. Since then, he has not solely improved his sport however has taken it to the following degree. The rise has been staggering however I’m not stunned,” he had added.
Within the 2023 Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy, he was among the many prime 10 six-hitters, with 18 maximums, putting at 139.89. The 20-year-old hit a six each 11 balls. Within the UP T20 league 2023, he had registered the best particular person rating of 122 in addition to the quickest century that got here off 47 balls. Amongst batsmen to attain at the least 100 runs, he had the very best strike price within the match at 188.80, the place he was additionally the main six-hitter total. Sameer had scored 455 runs, and had 35 sixes within the UP T20 League.
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