The Vijay Hazare Trophy, also known as the Ranji One-Day Trophy, was started in 2002-03 as a limited-overs cricket domestic competition involving state teams from the Ranji Trophy plates. It is named after the legendary Indian cricketer Vijay Hazare. There are a lot of batsman who make their name in this domestic league with stunning performances. In this article lets discuss five such names who have rocked a single season of Vijay Hazare with their stunning batting performance.
The first name in the list is of Ruturaj Gaikwad. There is no going into a safe house regarding the fact that 2021 has been a breakout year for India batter Ruturaj Gaikwad. Gaikwad, who had been a consistent run-scorer for Maharashtra and India A in the recent years, converted his Indian Premier League 2020 success into a tremendous IPL 2021 season. Ruturaj Gaikwad, the Maharashtrian batsman is currently the highest run-scorer in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021-22.
The second name in the list is of Yashpal Singh. Yashpal holds the record for most runs in Vijay Hazare Trophy. The former Services middle-order batter amassed 3193 runs in 72 matches at an impressive average of 60.24. Between 2008-2019, Yashpal represented Manipur, Tripura and Services before plying his trade for Sikkim in the latter half of his career. The right-hander also notched up 10 hundreds, the second-most in Vijay Hazare Trophy and was in prolific form that season.
The third name in the list is of Tamil Nadu batter, Dinesh Karthik is amongst the leading run-scorers in Vijay Hazare Trophy. The wicket-keeper batter has aggregated 2922 runs in 59 innings at an average of 59.44. During the 2016-17 season, Karthik scored 607 runs in nine innings, the fifth all-time highest in the history of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
The fourth name on the list is yet another talented Tamil Nadu batsman, Abhinav Mukund. He is next on the list with 3115 runs across 63 matches. The southpaw helped Tamil Nadu lift their fifth Vijay Hazare Trophy during the 2016-17 season, the most by any team in the history of the competition. He was in red hot form throughout the series and looked in classic touch.
The last name in the list is of Former India international Robin Uthappa with 3115 runs in 80 matches is the second leading run-getter in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Uthappa has smashed 11 centuries, the most by any player in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. The Karnataka swashbuckling cricketer is also the only batter to top the run-charts on two occasions (2012-13 and 2013-14) in the history of the 50-over tournament.
