Vijay Hazare Trophy 2020/21: Padikkal has most runs, Shivam most wickets after league stage

Mar 02, 2021

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2020/21: Padikkal has most runs, Shivam most wickets after league stage Image

Devdutt Padikkal finished as the leading run-scorer in the league stage of the 2020/21 Vijay Hazare Trophy. His tally of 572 runs is 126 runs more than anyone else’s. Three other batsmen – Tanmay Agarwal, Ravikumar Samarth, Prithvi Shaw – have hit the 400-run mark. Vijay Hazare Trophy points table after group stage

Player Team R Ave SR 4s 6s
Devdutt Padikkal Karnataka 572 190.67 97.8 51 18
Tanmay Agarwal Hyderabad 446 89.20 96.5 54 2
Ravikumar Samarth Karnataka 413 137.67 99.3 46 1
Prithvi Shaw Mumbai 404 134.67 128.7 57 7
Tilak Varma Hyderabad 391 97.75 97.3 31 11

With a 100-run cut-off, only three men have struck at over 150. Of them, only Suryakumar Yadav has scored over 125 runs. He has 332 runs.

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’s 23 sixes significantly more than anyone else’s. He has also hit a six every two overs – a staggering number.

Player Team SR 6s BF BF/6
Robin Uthappa Kerala 135.4 23 277 12.0
Devdutt Padikkal Karnataka 97.8 18 585 32.5
Prabhsimran Singh Punjab 101.7 15 298 19.9
Yash Nahar Maharashtra 85.5 14 456 32.6
Abhishek Sharma Punjab 126.2 12 168 14.0
Ricky Bhui Andhra 117.8 12 219 18.3
Sagar Trivedi Puducherry 100.4 12 227 18.9

Prithvi Shaw’s double-hundred is not only the highest in this edition but in the history of Vijay Hazare Trophy. It is also the third-highest List A score by an Indian.

Player Team Score Against
Prithvi Shaw Mumbai 227* Puducherry
Venkatesh Iyer Madhya Pradesh 198 Punjab
Prerak Mankad Saurashtra 174 Chandigarh
Ishan Kishan Jharkhand 173 MP
Eknath Kerkar Goa 169* Hyderabad

Shivam Sharma’s two spells, against Bihar and Odisha, helped him scale the top spot on the wickets chart. Rishi Dhawan is just two wickets behind on this keenly contested table.

Player Team W Ave Econ 4W
Shivam Sharma Uttar Pradesh 18 11.88 4.53 2
Rishi Dhawan Himachal Pradesh 16 13.25 5.45 3
Arzan Nagwaswalla Gujarat 15 13.33 4.41 1
Siddarth Kaul Punjab 14 18.57 5.51 2
Dhawal Kulkarni Mumbai 13 8.69 3.60 1
S Sreesanth Kerala 13 18.76 5.46 2

Iqbal Abdulla might have picked up only four wickets, but with a 25-over cut-off, he is the only bowler to have gone for under three runs an over.

Player Team W Ave Econ 4W
Iqbal Abdulla Uttarakhand 6 22.17 2.92 0
Mukhtar Hussain Assam 6 18.83 3.11 1
Samad Fallah Uttarakhand 5 27.20 3.40 0
Sanjay Yadav Meghalaya 10 17.20 3.46 1
Sai Kishore Tamil Nadu 3 51.00 3.47 0

Shivam has the only seven-wicket haul of the tournament so far. He also has the third-best figures. Dikshanshu Negi finds a slot in between.

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 MP