Ruturaj Gaikwad Hits Fastest 100 Sixes In Vijay Hazare Trophy Tournament: Ruturaj Gaikwad has become the fastest batsman to hit 100 sixes in the domestic tournament Vijay Hazare Trophy. Gaikwad is captaining Maharashtra in the current season of this tournament. Vijay Hazare Trophy is India’s premier 50 over white ball cricket tournament. Gaikwad batted at number three against Mumbai in the Elite Group C of the fifth round of the current season at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur and scored an inning of 66 runs in 52 balls. During this period he hit seven fours. Gaikwad made a partnership of 108 runs for the second wicket with Arshin Kulkarni, who played a brilliant inning of 114 runs in 114 balls with the help of 11 fours and 3 sixes.

Rituraj Gaikwad hit the fastest 100 sixes

Ruturaj Gaikwad has become the second batsman to hit more than 100 sixes and the first to hit 100 sixes in the fastest Vijay Hazare Trophy. He has hit a total of 105 sixes in 57 matches of Vijay Hazare Trophy. Manish Pandey, who played for Karnataka in this tournament, is at the top in the list of batsmen who have hit the most sixes.

Manish Pandey tops the list with 108 sixes.

Manish Pandey, who played for Karnataka from 2008 to 2023, has scored a total of 3,403 runs in 103 matches with the help of 108 sixes and 250 fours. Kerala wicketkeeper-batsman Vishnu Vinod is third in the list of six-hitters with 92 sixes in 56 matches. At the same time, former Indian all-rounder Yusuf Pathan is at fourth position for Baroda with 91 sixes in 58 matches.

Ruturaj Gaikwad has scored 257 runs

In Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26, Ruturaj Gaikwad has played five matches of Elite Group C for Maharashtra, in which he has scored a total of 257 runs with the help of one century and one half-century. So far in this current season, Rituraj has hit 28 fours and 5 sixes. This right-handed batsman scored his first ODI century for Team India against South Africa in Raipur on December 3, 2025. But, despite this, he has not got a place in the Indian team for the three-match ODI series against New Zealand to be held from January 11, 2026.

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 started from 24 December. Only a week has passed since the tournament started, but till now more than 50 players have scored centuries. The bats of Devdutt Padikkal and Ruturaj Gaikwad are raining centuries along with runs in this tournament. The Indian squad for the ODI series against New Zealand is going to be announced in the next few days. Gaikwad’s excellent form can get him included in the Indian squad against New Zealand.

Gaikwad’s bat is roaring a lot

While captaining Maharashtra in the match against Uttarakhand on 31 December, Rituraj Gaikwad played an inning of 124 runs. Thanks to his century, Maharashtra had scored 331 runs in this match. Gaikwad had not been able to score even a half-century in the Vijay Hazare Trophy till now, but in the match against Uttarakhand, he pulled out all the stops and scored a century.

Ruturaj Gaikwad played all three matches in the ODI series against South Africa. He got the opportunity to bat in 2 innings. He played a century inning of 105 runs in the second ODI match against South Africa. Due to his consistently good form, he has staked claim to retain his place in the ODI team.

RCB batsman is creating chaos

Devdutt Padikkal, who plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL, is the batsman who has scored the most centuries so far in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26. Padikkal had earlier scored centuries against Jharkhand (147 runs) and Kerala (124 runs). Now he has played an innings of 113 runs against Puducherry.

Devdutt Padikkal has so far gone ahead in terms of scoring the most runs in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 tournament. So far, he has scored 406 runs in 4 matches at an excellent average of 101.50, which includes 3 century innings.

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There was a lot of discussion about Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in the ongoing edition of Vijay Hazare Trophy, Rohit scored 135 runs in the first match. Kohli scored a century in the first match and a half-century in the second. There is news that Kohli can play one more match. Here we are talking about Dhruv Jurel, who is playing for Uttar Pradesh, his bat has also done well in the tournament so far.

Dhruv Jurel is playing for Uttar Pradesh. The wicketkeeper batsman played a brilliant inning of 160 runs in the team’s third match today. In this innings played in 101 balls, Dhruv hit 8 sixes and 15 fours. Batting first, UP scored a huge score of 369 runs with the help of Jurel’s brilliant innings. In reply, Baroda team was all out for 315 runs. UP won the match by 54 runs.

Dhruv Jurel in VHT 2025-26

24-year-old Dhruv Jurel is the second highest run-scorer in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Jurel had scored 80 runs in the first match against Hyderabad. In the second match against Chandigarh, Jurel had played an inning of 67 runs. In the third match, he scored the first century of this edition. He has scored 307 runs in 3 matches. Jurel has hit 12 sixes and 30 fours in the tournament so far.

top run scorer

Vidarbha team’s batsman Aman Ravindra Mokhade is currently the highest run-scorer in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26. He has scored 331 runs in 3 innings, his highest score is 139. Aman has so far scored 2 centuries and 1 half-century.

Top-10 run scorers in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26

• Aman Mokhade (Vidarbha)- 331
• Dhruv Jurel (Uttar Pradesh)- 307
• Devdutt Padikkal (Karnataka)- 293
• Pukhraj Maan (Himachal Pradesh) – 284
• Lalit Yadav (Goa)- 278
• Ravi Singh (Railway)- 273
• Dhruv Shorey (Vidarbha) – 266
• Samar Gujjar (Saurashtra)- 256
• Aryan Juyal (Uttar Pradesh)- 240

All the teams have played 3-3 matches in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26. There are 5 batsmen who have scored 2 centuries. Apart from Aman Mokhade, Padikkal, Pukhraj, Lalit Yadav and Dhruv Shorey have scored 2 centuries.

On the very first day of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26, 19 matches were played, in which many records were made but the Bihar vs Arunachal Pradesh match was historic. Batting first in this match, Bihar scored 574 runs for 6 wickets in 50 overs. For Bihar, 3 batsmen scored centuries, Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 190 runs in 84 balls with the help of 15 sixes and 16 fours. Captain Sakibul Ghani played an unbeaten inning of 128 runs in 40 balls.

The biggest innings of List ‘A’

Bihar scored 574 runs, which is the highest total in men’s List ‘A’ cricket. A total of more than 500 was made once before in this format, when Tamil Nadu scored 506 runs for 2 wickets in the 2022-23 edition, they also scored this against Arunachal Pradesh.

fastest 150

Vaibhav Suryavanshi completed 150 runs in 59 balls, which is the fastest in men’s List A cricket. This is better than the record of AB de Villiers, who scored 150 runs in 64 balls against West Indies in 2015.

Fastest century in List A

Bihar captain Saqibul Ghani completed his century in 32 balls, the fastest century by an Indian in men’s List A cricket. Earlier this record was in the name of Anmolpreet Singh, who had completed a century in 35 balls against Arunachal Pradesh in 2024.

Ghani’s century is the third fastest century in men’s List A cricket. Ahead of him are Australia’s Jake Fraser-McGurk (29) and South Africa’s De Villiers (31).

Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the youngest batsman to score a century

Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s age is 14 years 272 days. He has become the youngest player to score a century in men’s List A cricket. Earlier this record was in the name of Jahar Ilahi, who had scored a century against Railways in 1986 at the age of 15 years and 209 days.

3 centuries in one innings

This is the first time in history that 3 batsmen have scored centuries in an innings in Vijay Hazare Trophy. Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 190, Ayush Anand Loharuka scored 116 and Saqibul Ghani scored 128 runs. This happened for the first time when three batsmen completed their centuries in less than 50 balls in List A cricket.

Most ‘six’ in an innings

A total of 38 sixes were hit in this innings of Bihar, which is the highest number of sixes in an innings of men’s List A cricket. Earlier this record was in the name of Team Canada, who had hit 28 sixes against Malaysia in 2019.