Devdutt Padikkal’s unimaginable purple patch continued unabated as he smashed his seventh consecutive fifty-plus rating within the Vijay Hazare Trophy to energy Karnataka in direction of the ultimate of the 2024-25 version on Wednesday.
Steering Karnataka’s 238-run chase in opposition to Haryana on the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara, Padikkal opened the batting with Mayank Agarawal and led the chase after the skipper fell for a three-ball duck. Throughout Wednesday’s knock, Padikkal reached 2000 Record A runs in solely his thirty first innings, averaging over 83 whereas crossing the mark. The 24-year-old accomplished 2000 runs in VHT with a 100-plus common in his twenty seventh innings. Padikkal additionally equalled his personal match file of registering seven consecutive fifty-plus scores within the Vijay Hazare Trophy, matching the feat from a stupendous 2021-22 season, earlier than falling on 86 off 113 deliveries. His present streak spanning throughout two totally different seasons learn: 86, 102, 114, 93*, 70, 117 and 71*.
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Returning after the four-month lengthy Australia tour, Padikkal had smashed a 99-ball 102 in his first Vijay Hazare Trophy look since 2023 within the quarter-final in opposition to Baroda. The tall left-hander has piled on runs at a blistering tempo in Record A cricket, majority of which have come within the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Padikkal has tallied 9 tons of within the Vijay Hazare Trophy in solely 27 innings since debut in 2019. Within the 2020-21 VHT season, Padikkal recorded seven consecutive fifty-plus scores in as many innings. He additionally smashed 4 consecutive centuries within the version, turning into the primary Indian batter to realize the feat in Record A cricket. The mark has solely been bettered by Tamil Nadu’s N Jagadeesan, who smashed 5 consecutive tons of within the 2022-23 version of the match.
Karnataka’s final VHT title and closing look got here within the 2019-20 season when Padikkal topped the charts in his debut season with 609 runs.
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