Playing for Baroda, Hardik Pandya scored a brilliant century against Vidarbha in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. This is Hardik’s first century in List A cricket. Let us tell you that he was playing on 66 runs in 62 balls, then in the 39th over he completed his century with explosive batting. He hit 5 consecutive sixes in the first 5 balls, and completed his century by hitting a four on the last ball of the over.

Today is the fifth round of the ongoing edition of Vijay Hazare Trophy. Vidarbha won the toss and decided to bowl first. Baroda did not have a very good start. At 71 runs, half the team had returned to the pavilion. Hardik Pandya came at number 7, who batted first cautiously as per the situation. He along with his brother and team captain Krunal Pandya made a partnership of 65 runs for the sixth wicket. Krunal scored 23 runs.

Hardik Pandya hit 5 sixes in Parth Rekhade’s over.

After 38 overs, Baroda team’s score was 182 runs for 7 wickets. Hardik Pandya was on strike, scoring 66 runs in 62 balls. Spinner Parth Rekhade came to bowl the 39th over. Seeing the ball coming up, Hardik hit a brilliant six on the front side. Although the ball did not hit the bat well, still the ball crossed the boundary line.

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A maiden List A brought up in some style

Hardik Pandya was on 66 off 62 balls against Vidarbha…and then he went berserk in the 39th over to complete his 100, smashing five sixes and a four motiv

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Parth bowled the second ball short, on which Pandya hit a six over mid-wicket. On the third ball, Pandya hit a six, with this 200 runs of Baroda team were also completed. Pandya hit a six on the fourth and fifth balls. He was on 96 in 67 balls, then he completed his century by hitting a four on the last ball of the over.

History was created in the Baroda vs Hyderabad match in the fourth round of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26. 5 batsmen from both the teams scored centuries, due to which a new world record was created in List A cricket. In this match, Baroda won by 37 runs, Amit Pasi was chosen the best player of the match. Pasi had scored 127 runs in 93 balls. Captain Krunal Pandya also played a century.

In this match played at Sansora Cricket Ground, Hyderabad captain Chama Milind won the toss and decided to bowl first. Baroda’s openers Nitya Pandya (122) and Amit Pasi (127) made a partnership of 230 runs for the first wicket. Nitya scored 122 runs in 110 balls with the help of 1 six and 12 fours. Amit Pasi scored 127 runs in 93 balls with the help of 7 sixes and 12 fours. After this, Baroda captain Krunal Pandya, who came at number three, also scored a century, he scored unbeaten 109 runs in 63 balls with the help of 1 six and 18 fours.

Batting first, Baroda scored a huge score of 417 runs for 4 wickets in 50 overs, in response to which the entire Hyderabad team was reduced to 380 runs. Although the 200-run partnership between Abhiratha Reddy and Pragray Reddy had definitely made the match for Hyderabad, but after the break of this pair, Hyderabad’s innings fell apart.

5 batsmen scored centuries

Abhiratha Reddy scored 130 runs in 90 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 18 fours. Pragray Reddy scored 113 runs in 98 balls, in which he hit 1 six and 11 fours. In this way, 2 batsmen scored centuries in Hyderabad’s innings and 3 batsmen scored centuries in Baroda’s innings. A total of 5 batsmen scored centuries in this match, due to which a new record was created in List A cricket.

Where are both the teams in the points table?

Baroda team has won 3 out of 4 matches and lost 1. Along with Baroda, Bengal and Vidarbha also have 12 points each, but among these 3 teams, Baroda has the worst net run rate. Baroda team is at fourth place in the points table. Talking about Hyderabad, the team has lost all four of its matches. The team is at number 7 in the table.

In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Baroda’s wicketkeeper-batsman Amit Pasi equaled a 10-year-old world record in his first T20. He created a stir by scoring a century in his debut T20. On Monday, against Services, he played an inning of 114 runs in 55 balls, which included 9 sixes and 10 fours.

Amit Pasi has become the third Indian batsman to score a century in T20 debut. Let us tell you that 26 year old Amit Pasi was included in the team as a replacement for Jitesh Sharma, he has already made a name for himself by playing a historic inning in the first match.

Amit Pasi equaled the world record

Amit Pasi has become the joint highest run scorer on T20 debut. He has equaled the world record of Bilal Asif of Pakistan. Pakistani batsman Bilal scored 114 runs in his debut T20 while playing for Sialkot Stallions against Falcons.

Players who scored most centuries in T20 debut

• 114 runs- Amit Pasi- Baroda- (2015)
• 114 runs- Bilal Asif- Sialkot Stallions (2015)
• 112 runs- Moeen Khan- Karachi Dolphins (2005)
• 108 runs- M Spurs- Canada (2022)
• 106 runs- S Bhambri- Chandigarh (2019)
• 105 runs- PA Reddy- Hyderabad (2010)
• 104 runs- LA Dunba- Serbia (2019)
• 102 runs- Abdullah Shafiq- Central Punjab (2020)
• 101 runs- Ravindra Pal Singh- Canada (2019)
• 100 runs- Asif Ali- Faisalabad Wolves (2011)

Won Player of the Match award in debut match

With the help of Amit Pasi’s century, Baroda made a huge score of 220 runs in 20 overs. Although Services put up a tough fight, the team was seen fighting till the end. Kuwar Pathak (51) and Ravi Chauhan (51) scored half-centuries, although the team remained 14 runs short of the target. Baroda won the match by 13 runs. Amit Pasi was chosen the best player of the match.

After this victory, Baroda team is at third place in the points table of Group ‘C’ with 16 points. The team has won 4 out of 7 matches, while lost 3. This was the sixth defeat out of 7 for Services. Services is at the bottom of the points table, at number 8.

There is a good news regarding the return of Hardik Pandya. He will play in most of the group stage matches of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026, which has been confirmed by the head coach of the Baroda team. All-rounder Hardik was injured during the Asia Cup, due to which he could not even play in the final against Pakistan.

Hardik Pandya is a match-winning player of white ball cricket, who got injured in the last match of Super-4 in Asia Cup against Sri Lanka. He had to bow out of the final due to a quadriceps injury. Since then he has not played competitive cricket.

When will Hardik Pandya return?

According to the report, Baroda team head coach Mukund Parmar has confirmed that Hardik Pandya will be available in most of the group stage matches of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026 edition. Let us tell you that the captain of this team is his brother Krunal Pandya.

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is starting from 26th November. Baroda’s first match is against the Bengal team on Wednesday, 26 November. Baroda’s second match is with Puducherry cricket team on Friday. If not in the first then Hardik Pandya can be seen playing in the second match.

This is good news for Team India in terms of T20 World Cup 2026. This tournament is to be played in India and Sri Lanka in February-March. The full schedule of the World Cup will be released today (Tuesday) at 6:30 pm.

hardik pandya cricket career

Talking about Hardik Pandya’s cricket career, he has played in all three formats for India. He has scored 532 runs in 11 tests and taken 17 wickets. In 94 ODI and 120 T20 International matches, Hardik has scored 1904 and 1860 runs respectively. In this sequence, he has taken 98 wickets on 91 runs.

Hardik Pandya will be the captain of Mumbai Indians team in IPL 2026. He was the captain of the team in the last edition also. He has made Gujarat Titans win the IPL trophy under his captaincy. Hardik has played a total of 152 matches in IPL, in which he has scored 2749 runs and taken 78 wickets.

The Buchi Babu Cricket Tournament 2025 has started. On the very first day, Nitya Pandya played a brilliant century innings. Apart from him, Sarfaraz Khan also played a century for his team (Mumbai). Partha Kohli missed 2 runs on his half -century.

On the first day of the Buchi Babu cricket tournament, a total of 6 batsmen, including a century of Sarfaraz Khan and Nitya Pandya, scored centuries. Although Kohli could not convert his innings into a century like Pandya, he was able to score 48 runs. Pandya and Nitya are playing for the same team (Baroda). Pandya scored a century, due to this Kohli did not suffer much damage despite missing the half -century.

Hardik Pandya, who plays in the national team, also plays with the Baroda team, but Nitya Pandya is being talked about here. Pandya scored 102 runs. In this innings played in 175 balls, he hit 12 fours and 1 six. Nitya went with India’s Under-19 team on a tour of Australia last year, where Vaibhav played with Suryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre. He was the highest run -scorer for India in that series.

Shatik partnership between Nitya Pandya and Sukrit Pandey

Baroda is matching Odisha in the first match of Buchi Babu tournament. Harsh Desai started the innings with Nitya Pandya for Baroda, a 73 -run partnership between the two. Harsh was dismissed for 31 runs but Nitya batted brilliantly at the other end. Nitya Pandya, along with Sukrit Pandey, formed a century partnership with Sukrit Pandey for the second wicket.

After Nitya Pandya’s dismissal, Parth Kohli came to bat at number four, he also played an important innings. Kohli scored 48 runs, he missed 2 runs from his half -century. He hit 6 fours in this innings. On the basis of Nitya Pandya’s century innings, the score of Baroda’s team was 381/6 till the end of the first day’s play, on which he decided to take Odisha on batting on the second day.