Vijay Hazare Trophy – Pandya’s century off 69 balls: Padikkal scores his fourth century in five matches

Round 5 of the Vijay Hazare Trophy is being played today. In this round, 38 teams are facing each other in 19 matches at different grounds. Hardik Pandya scored a century in 69 balls, scoring 133 runs. Meanwhile, Devdutt Padikkal continued his impressive form by scoring his fourth century in five matches. In bowling, Arshdeep Singh took five wickets to lead his team to victory.

Today’s Centuries

Bengal captain Abhimanyu Easwaran scored 102 runs against Assam.
Baroda’s Hardik Pandya scored 133 runs against Vidarbha.
Gujarat’s Akshar Patel scored 130 runs against Andhra Pradesh.
Hyderabad’s Tilak Varma scored 109 runs against Chandigarh.
Devdutt Padikkal scored a century (108) against Tripura while playing for Karnataka.

Gill out due to food poisoning

Shubman Gill has fallen ill due to food poisoning. India’s ODI captain Gill was scheduled to play his first match against Sikkim in the Vijay Hazare Trophy today but was unavailable due to illness on the morning of the match.

It is being told that Gill has food poisoning and the team doctors decided that he should not play.

Punjab coach Sandeep Sharma told Sportstar,

Shubman had reached Jaipur on Friday and was excited about playing the match, but late in the night he was not feeling well, so he was advised to rest. He was feeling better this morning, but given his busy schedule, we felt it best to rest him. He will definitely be available for the next match.

Padikkal was dismissed after scoring 108 runs.

Devdutt Padikkal, playing for Karnataka, scored a century against the Tripura cricket team. Padikkal was dismissed after scoring 108 runs. Padikkal has scored his fourth century this season. This is his 13th century in his List A career.

India’s star all-rounder Hardik Pandya‘s bat spoke loudly in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. He smashed a century in just 68 balls against Vidarbha, bailing his team out of trouble.

The Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 group stage match was played between Baroda and Vidarbha at the Niranjan Shah Stadium. India’s star and experienced all-rounder Hardik Pandya also participated in this match. Hardik showed his class as soon as he entered Vijay Hazare. Hardik rescued his team from a difficult situation by scoring a powerful century.

Hardik Pandya smashed a century in 68 balls.

Hardik Pandya made his debut in the 2025-26 Vijay Hazare Trophy. Vidarbha won the toss against Baroda and decided to bowl first. Vidarbha even dismissed half of Baroda’s team for 71 runs. Baroda could have been all out quickly, but Hardik Pandya came in between.

Coming in to bat at number seven, Hardik Pandya bailed his team out of trouble and smashed a century in 68 balls. He faced 92 balls and scored 133 runs at a strike rate of 144.57. Hardik Pandya hit 8 fours and 11 sixes in his innings. Hardik was batting on 68 runs off 62 balls. He then brought up his century in the next six balls, hitting five sixes and then a four.

Hardik Pandya in excellent form ahead of the T20 World Cup
The 2026 T20 World Cup is scheduled to begin on February 7th. Before that, Hardik Pandya being in this form is a good sign for India. Pandya is blazing a trail with both bat and ball.

Baroda set a target of 294 runs

Baroda scored 293 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs against Vidarbha. Apart from Hardik Pandya, no other player could play a big innings. In the end, Mahesh Pithiya and Karan Umat scored 18 runs each.

Hardik Pandya Hundred Baroda vs Vidarbha Vijay Hazare Trophy: In the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26, Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya created a stir with his explosive batting and scored a stormy century. Playing for Baroda, Hardik completed his century against Vidarbha in just 68 balls. The special thing about this century was that after 38 overs, he was playing after scoring 66 runs in 62 balls and in the very next over, he completed his century with 5 sixes and a four.

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Hardik Pandya created a stir with a stormy century during the Vijay Hazare Trophy match between Baroda and Vidarbha at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot. This is his first century in List A cricket. Playing for Baroda, Hardik completed the century in just 68 balls. The special thing about this century was that after 38 overs, he was playing after scoring 66 runs in 62 balls and in the very next over, he completed his century with 5 sixes and a four. In his century innings, Hardik hit 6 fours and 8 sixes.

The team was in dire straits, and Pandya came in at number seven to score a century.

When Pandya came in to bat, Baroda were in dire straits. The team had lost five wickets for 71 runs in the 20th over. Pandya came in at number seven. He played cautiously initially and reached his half-century in 44 balls. After this he started scoring runs quickly and completed his century in the next 24 balls. In the 39th over, Pandya thrashed left-arm spinner Parth Rekhade. In this over, he scored a total of 34 runs by hitting 5 sixes and 1 four. This was the third most expensive over of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Before this over, Pandya was at 66 runs in 62 balls. He reached his century in a single over.

How many runs were he out for?

Pandya was eventually dismissed for 133 off 92 balls. In this innings, he hit 11 sixes and 8 fours. This was Pandya’s first match for Baroda in the 50-over tournament this season. Before this, he last played this format in the Champions Trophy in March 2025. Till now, Hardik Pandya has played a total of 119 List-A matches. These include 94 for India, 8 for India A, and 17 for Baroda. His previous best score was 92 not out against Australia in 2020. Pandya has so far scored over 2300 runs in List A cricket.

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