The Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25 league stage got here to an in depth on Sunday after a number of rounds of motion culminated with 10 groups qualifying for the knockouts.
Whereas a number of heavyweights together with Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Saurashtra missed out on the knockouts, a spread of veteran stars and kids displayed their finest within the match.
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Here’s a take a look at the highest performers from the group stage:
Karun Nair
Having moved on from Karnataka aftr 11 years final season, Karun Nair was elevated as captain for Vidarbha particularly for this match. Signalling an excellent second win, the 33-year-old Nair pulverized oppositions whereas batting at No. 3, main Vidarbha to a quarter-final berth with a spotless document, successful all six matches. Batting in 5 of those video games, Nair listed a brand new Checklist A world document as he went unbeaten throughout 4 video games, making 542 runs earlier than being dismissed in his fifth match.
Nair’s streak reads: 112* v J&Okay, 44* v Chhattisgarh, 163* v Chandigarh, 111* v Tamil Nadu and 112 v Uttar Pradesh.
With 4 of his seven Checklist A a whole lot being registered within the match, Nair has made heads flip once more, eight years after his final nationwide look.
Mayank Agarawal
Main the Karnataka facet, Mayank Agarawal has struggled for consistency because the begin of the home season. Nevertheless, the out-of-favour India batter made an amazing turnaround to e book Karnataka’s quarter-final spot this week. After a few quiet outings, the 33-year-old flicked a swap to emerge because the main run-getter after the group stage, with 643 runs, together with 4 centuries, in seven innings .
Mayank’s final 5 VHT scores: 116* v Nagaland in the present day, 69 v Saurashtra, 124 v Hyderabad, 100* v Arunachal, 139* v Punjab.
Ayush Mhatre
Mumbai’s newest teen sensation Ayush Mhatre continued his spectacular run in his maiden home season as he stuffed in for Prithvi Shaw on the prime of the order. Having made his Checklist A debut within the match, Mhatre got here near a century on debut earlier than falling on 78 in opposition to Karnataka. Nevertheless, the trendy right-hander didn’t have to attend lengthy. He whipped up a large 181 in opposition to Nagaland in solely his fifth outing earlier than ending Mumbai’s marketing campaign with a blistering 148 off 98 balls.
1⃣8⃣1⃣ runs | 1⃣1⃣7⃣ balls | 1⃣1⃣ sixes | 1⃣5⃣ fours 💪💪
Watch snippets of Mumbai’s Ayush Mhatre’s record-breaking knock of 181 in opposition to Nagaland within the #VijayHazareTrophy in Ahmedabad, making him the youngest participant to attain 150-plus in males’s Checklist A cricket 👌@IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/VGyzBoLPW8
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Additionally chipping in with seven wickets, Mhatre’s first ton made him the youngest (17y 268d) batter on the earth to document a Checklist A 150, breaking the document of his Mumbai teammate Yashasvi Jaiswal. Mhatre’s marketing campaign ended with 458 runs in seven innings with a whopping 135.50 strike fee – the very best among the many prime six run-getters thus far this version.
Arshdeep Singh
With the Champions Trophy fast-approaching, left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh has maybe performed sufficient to make his case for a spot within the Indian squad with a superb efficiency within the VHT league-stage. Arshdeep, who lately grew to become India’s most profitable T20I pacer, leads the charts with 17 wickets in six matches.
Having solely featured in eight ODIs, Arshdeep took the highlight when he tormented a stacked Mumbai line-up with a five-wicket burst (5/38), serving to Punjab to an enormous win. The 25-year-old’s wickets included his India teammates Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube and T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav whom he dismissed for a duck. With an financial system measure of 5.53, Arshdeep completed the group stage on the again off successive 4 wicket-hauls in opposition to Hyderabad (4/50) and Puducherry (4/19).
Abhishek Sharma
After representing India within the South Africa T20Is and smashing the quickest T20 century by an Indian in 28 balls within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Abhishek Sharma remained true to his strategies even within the 50-over format. The Punjab captain propelled his facet into the knockouts with 4 successive fifty-plus scores after demolishing opposition assaults with belligerent stands alongside his opening accomplice, Prabhsimran Singh.
Abhishek relished New Yr’s Eve as he zoomed to his career-best rating of 170 in solely 96 balls with 22 fours and eight sixes. The dashing southpaw has aggregated 448 runs in seven innings, rating sixth on the charts.
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