Vijay Hazare Trophy 2020/21: Padikkal has most runs after quarter-finals; Nagswaswalla, Shivam fight for top spot

Mar 10, 2021

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2020/21: Padikkal has most runs after quarter-finals; Nagswaswalla, Shivam fight for top spot Image

A fourth consecutive hundred helped Devdutt Padikkal retain the top spot in the runs chart of the 2020/21 Vijay Hazare Trophy. However, massive hundreds from Ravikumar Samarth (192) and Prithvi Shaw (185*) helped them reduce the gap with Padikkal. They now occupy the next two spots. All three will feature in the same semi-final.

Player Team R Ave SR 4s 6s
Devdutt Padikkal Karnataka 673 168.25 95.6 61 20
Ravikumar Samarth Karnataka 605 151.25 105.4 68 4
Prithvi Shaw Mumbai 589 196.33 134.8 78 14
Tanmay Agarwal Hyderabad 446 89.20 96.5 54 2
Nitish Rana Delhi 398 66.33 97.8 51 14

Shaw’s belligerent batsmanship could not help him secure a place in the top five strike rates. Three men – Abhay Negi, Shaw’s teammate Suryakumar Yadav, and Sanju Samson – have crossed the 150-mark.

Player Team R Ave SR 4s 6s
Abhay Negi Meghalaya 105 52.50 152.2 8 6
Suryakumar Yadav Mumbai 332 66.40 151.6 46 9
Sanju Samson Kerala 121 30.25 151.3 12 6
Shardul Thakur Mumbai 114 57.00 139.0 8 7
Sanjay Yadav Meghalaya 218 72.67 136.3 9 10

Robin Uthappa did not hit a six in his last outing, but an excellent group league meant that he still heads the sixes tally. However, Padikkal is catching up.

Player Team SR 6s BF BF/6
Robin Uthappa Kerala 131.8 23 286 12.4
Devdutt Padikkal Karnataka 95.6 20 585 29.3
Ricky Bhui Andhra 110.2 16 295 18.4
Prabhsimran Singh Punjab 101.7 15 298 19.9
Prithvi Shaw Mumbai 134.8 14 437 31.2
Yash Nahar Maharashtra 85.5 14 456 32.6

Samarth and Shaw’s big scores in the quarter-finals feature in the top four highest scores. Shaw also holds top spot with the highest score in the history of the tournament.

Player Team Score Against
Prithvi Shaw Mumbai 227* Puducherry
Venkatesh Iyer Madhya Pradesh 198 Punjab
Ravikumar Samarth Karnataka 192 Kerala
Prithvi Shaw Mumbai 185* Saurashtra
Prerak Mankad Saurashtra 174 Chandigarh

Arzan Nagwaswalla’s 4-28 against Andhra helped him catch up with Shivam Sharma at the top of the wickets chart. They will clash against each other in the semi-final.

Player Team W Ave Econ 4W
Arzan Nagwaswalla Gujarat 19 12.00 4.27 2
Shivam Sharma Uttar Pradesh 19 13.00 4.32 2
Rishi Dhawan Himachal Pradesh 16 13.25 5.45 3
Siddarth Kaul Punjab 14 18.57 5.51 2
Dhawal Kulkarni Mumbai 13 8.69 3.60 1
S Sreesanth Kerala 13 24.38 5.79 2
Pradeep Sangwan Delhi 13 25.46 5.96 0

Dhawal Kulkarni’s excellent economy (3.60) was not good enough for him to make it to the top five. With 3.11, Mukhtar Hussain heads the tally.

Player Team W Ave Econ 4W
Mukhtar Hussain Assam 6 18.83 3.11 1
Iqbal Abdulla Uttarakhand 6 30.17 3.32 0
Sanjay Yadav Meghalaya 10 17.20 3.46 1
Sai Kishore Tamil Nadu 3 51.00 3.47 0
Hardik Patel Gujarat 9 20.88 3.52 0

Shivam’s two six-wicket hauls still feature in the three best bowling figures in this edition of the tournament.

Player Team Figures Against
Shivam Sharma Uttar Pradesh 7-31 Bihar
Dikhshanshu Negi Uttarakhand 6-21 Mizoram
Shivam Sharma Uttar Pradesh 6-22 Odisha
Rishi Dhawan Himachal Pradesh 6-27 Rajasthan
Varun Aaron Jharkhand 6-37 Madhya Pradesh