By Admin 
Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26: Karnataka’s star batsman Devdutt Padikkal’s excellent form continues in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26. He also showed his class in the quarter-final match played against Mumbai and took the team to the threshold of victory. In a pressure match, Padikkal played an excellent inning of 81 not out, which included 11 fours. On the basis of his innings, Karnataka completely controlled the match.
Such a record was created in the tournament, which was never made before
With this inning, Devdutt Padikkal added a new chapter in the history of Vijay Hazare Trophy. This 25-year-old batsman has scored 721 runs in 8 matches in the current season. Even before this, he had achieved the feat of scoring more than 700 runs in a season. Now he has made the record of scoring more than 700 runs in two different seasons of Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Names like Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, N Jagadeesan and Karun Nair may have touched this figure in one season, but so far only Padikkal is in the name of achieving this feat twice.
Flurry of centuries this season
Devdutt Padikkal’s bat is in full swing in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26. So far he has scored 4 centuries and 2 half-centuries. In every match, he is giving a strong start to the team and has also been seen handling the innings when needed. This is the reason why his name is at the top in the story of Karnataka’s victory.
Rain stopped the match, but no victory
If we talk about the match, Karnataka won the toss and chose to bowl first. Mumbai had put 254 runs on the board for 8 wickets in 50 overs. In which Shams Mulani’s 86 runs were the most important. In reply, Karnataka had scored 187 runs for 1 wicket in 33 overs. During this time it rained and the match had to be stopped. Later, under VJD method, Karnataka won the match by 55 runs. Apart from Padikkal, Karun Nair also played a useful inning of 74 not out.