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New Delhi: All-rounder Axar Patel and batter Devdutt Padikkal have smashed hundreds in the Vijay Hazare Trophy ahead of India's ODI selection for the three-match series against New Zealand. All-rounder Hardik Pandya also struck a 68-ball ton for Baroda but is likely to be rested in the ODI series.
Gujarat's Axar Patel smashed his maiden List A hundred during the Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Andhra at the Alur Cricket Stadium III in Bengaluru on Saturday. The all-rounder reached the milestone in 98 balls with the help of nine boundaries and two maximums. He was eventually removed by Midde Anjaneyulu on 130 runs.
The 31-year-old Axar had previously scored 12 fifties in List A cricket, and his highest score was an unbeaten 98. This is Axar’s first match for Gujarat in the 50-over domestic tournament this season. The last time he played an ODI match was during the three-match series against Australia in October.
Karnataka batter Devdutt Padikkal continued his brilliant run in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, smacking his fourth century in five matches. He scored 108 runs off 120 balls against Tripura at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Padikkal has been in brilliant form in the ongoing tournament and has earlier registered scores of 147, 124 against Jharkhand and Kerala, respectively. His only poor outing came against Tamil Nadu, where he scored 22 runs. The Karnataka batter has smashed a ton in his last match against Puducherry, scoring 113 runs off 116 balls.
All-rounder Hardik Pandya hit 34 runs in a single over, including five consecutive maximums to complete a 68-ball hundred for Baroda in the Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Vidarbha on Saturday. Pandya played his first List A match since the 2025 Champions Trophy, and rescued Baroda from the massive trouble at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot on Saturday.
At one point, Baroda were struggling at 71/5 but Hardik walked out to bat at No.7 and stitched two crucial partnerships with his brother Krunal Pandya and Vishnu Solanki. He smashed 34 runs against Parth Rekhade in the 39th over, hitting five maximums and a boundary to reach his maiden List A ton.
Pandya scored 133 runs off just 92 balls and was removed by Yash Thakur in the 46th over. His explosive knock took Baroda to 293/9 in 50 overs.
