Devdutt Padikkal has recorded seven consecutive fifty-plus scores in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. (PTI)
Devdutt Padikkal’s incredible purple patch continued unabated as he smashed his seventh consecutive fifty-plus score in the Vijay Hazare Trophy to power Karnataka towards the final of the 2024-25 edition on Wednesday.
Steering Karnataka’s 238-run chase against Haryana at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara, Padikkal opened the batting with Mayank Agarawal and led the chase after the skipper fell for a three-ball duck. During Wednesday’s knock, Padikkal reached 2000 List A runs in only his 31st innings, averaging over 83 while crossing the mark. The 24-year-old completed 2000 runs in VHT with a 100-plus average in his 27th innings. Padikkal also equalled his own tournament record of registering seven consecutive fifty-plus scores in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, matching the feat from a stupendous 2021-22 season, before falling on 86 off 113 deliveries. His current streak spanning across two different seasons read: 86, 102, 114, 93*, 70, 117 and 71*.
Placing them to perfection, the Devdutt Padikkal way 👌
A fine 50 so far 🙌#VijayHazareTrophy | @IDFCFIRSTBank
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/TGZrcvP4ES pic.twitter.com/FthwpqS3xd
— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) January 15, 2025
Returning after the four-month long Australia tour, Padikkal had smashed a 99-ball 102 in his first Vijay Hazare Trophy appearance since 2023 in the quarter-final against Baroda. The tall left-hander has piled on runs at a blistering pace in List A cricket, majority of which have come in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Padikkal has tallied 9 hundreds in the Vijay Hazare Trophy in only 27 innings since debut in 2019. In the 2020-21 VHT season, Padikkal recorded seven consecutive fifty-plus scores in as many innings. He also smashed four consecutive centuries in the edition, becoming the first Indian batter to achieve the feat in List A cricket. The mark has only been bettered by Tamil Nadu’s N Jagadeesan, who smashed five consecutive hundreds in the 2022-23 edition of the tournament.
Karnataka’s last VHT title and final appearance came in the 2019-20 season when Padikkal topped the charts in his debut season with 609 runs.
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