By Admin 
16 matches were played today in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-28. In the last match of the group stage, Punjab, Delhi, Rajasthan and Baroda also registered victory. Mumbai, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Saurashtra, Vidarbha, Delhi, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh have entered the quarterfinals. On one hand, Sarfaraz Khan has scored the fastest century in Vijay Hazare Trophy, while in today’s matches, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh and Ruturaj Gaikwad have also done wonders.
Sarfaraz Khan’s fastest half century
Sarfaraz Khan, playing for Mumbai, completed his half-century in 15 balls in the match against Punjab. This is the fastest half-century in Vijay Hazare Trophy history. Earlier, the record of scoring the fastest fifty in Vijay Hazare Trophy was in the name of Atit Sheth, who had completed fifty runs in 16 balls. In the match against Punjab, he played a stormy inning of 62 runs in 20 balls.
Hardik Pandya created a storm
Hardik Pandya maintained his excellent form and scored 75 runs in 31 balls in the match against Chandigarh. In this innings he hit 2 fours and 9 sixes. Along with this, he also took 3 wickets in bowling. Earlier on January 3, in the match against Vidarbha, he had played a brilliant century inning of 133 runs.
Gaikwad created history, Rinku also shone
Rituraj Gaikwad played an inning of 134 runs for Maharashtra. This was his 15th century in Vijay Hazare Trophy. He has equaled Ankit Bawane in terms of scoring most centuries in Vijay Hazare Trophy. Besides, he has also become the batsman with the highest average run scorer in the history of List-A cricket. So far, he has scored 5,060 runs in his List A career at an average of 58.83.
Uttar Pradesh captain Rinku Singh, maintaining his excellent form, scored unbeaten 37 runs against Bengal. He made an important contribution in helping Uttar Pradesh win by 5 wickets.
Abhishek Sharma’s team won by one run
Punjab, captained by Abhishek Sharma, had scored 216 runs in the first game. Abhishek Sharma was out after scoring 8 runs. In reply, Mumbai team captained by Shreyas Iyer was all out for 215 runs. Shreyas Iyer scored 45 runs. Suryakumar Yadav could score 15 runs and Shivam Dubey could score 12 runs.