Kohli and Sharma Dazzle: A Look at India’s Standout Performances in VHT Round 1

The premier List A tournament of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the Vijay Hazare Trophy, commenced on Wednesday. Cricket stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma both scored centuries, leading their respective teams to victory. Delhi defeated Andhra by four wickets, while Mumbai comfortably overcame Sikkim by eight wickets.

Notable performances were seen from Rishabh Pant, Dhruv Jurel, and Abhishek Sharma, who participated in the opening round. Under-19 prodigy Vaibhav Suryavanshi delivered a striking performance, scoring 190 runs off 84 balls for Bihar against Arunachal Pradesh.

Following a successful win in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with Jharkhand and securing a spot in India’s T20 World Cup squad, Ishan Kishan continued his stellar form by hitting a century off just 33 balls.

India Internationals Performance in VHT First Round:

• Rohit Sharma (MUM) – 155 off 94 balls (18 fours, 9 sixes)
• Virat Kohli (DEL) – 131 off 101 balls (14 fours, 3 sixes)
• Rishabh Pant (DEL) – 5 off 9 balls
• Nitish Kumar Reddy (AND) – 23 off 21 balls (1 four, 1 six) & 1/49
• Abhishek Sharma (PUN) – 48 off 45 balls (6 fours, 2 sixes) & 1/29
• Ruturaj Gaikwad (MAH) – 1 off 3 balls
• Mohammed Shami (BEN) – 2/65
• Akash Deep (BEN) – 38 not out off 24 balls (2 fours, 2 sixes) & 0/78
• Devdutt Padikkal (KAR) – 147 off 118 balls (10 fours, 7 sixes)
• Sai Sudharsan (TN) – 48 off 48 balls (9 fours)
• Dhruv Jurel (UP) – 80 off 61 balls (4 fours, 4 sixes)
• Rinku Singh (UP) – 67 off 48 balls (6 fours, 2 sixes) & 0/29

Results (Elite):

Group A (Ahmedabad)

• Jharkhand 412/9 in 50 overs lost to Karnataka 413/5 in 47.3 overs
• Tamil Nadu 310/7 in 50 overs beat Pondicherry 209 in 46.5 overs
• Madhya Pradesh 287/5 in 50 overs beat Rajasthan 188 in 43.2 overs
• Kerala 348/8 in 50 overs beat Tripura 203 in 36.5 overs

Group B (Rajkot)

• Uttar Pradesh 324/5 in 50 overs beat Hyderabad 240 in 43 overs
• Chandigarh 208 in 39.5 overs lost to Jammu & Kashmir 209/0 in 37 overs
• Assam 282 in 48.4 overs lost to Baroda 283/5 in 47.5 overs
• Vidarbha 382/5 in 50 overs lost to Bengal 383/7 in 48.5 overs

Group C (Jaipur)

• Sikkim 236/7 in 50 overs lost to Mumbai 237/2 in 30.3 overs
• Punjab 347/6 in 50 overs beat Maharashtra 296/8 in 50 overs
• Himachal Pradesh 259 in 47.3 overs beat Uttarakhand 164 in 40.3 overs
• Chhattisgarh 233 in 48.5 overs lost to Goa 234/4 in 44.1 overs

Group D (Bengaluru)

• Andhra 298/8 in 50 overs lost to Delhi 300/6 in 37.4 overs
• Odisha 345/6 in 50 overs lost to Saurashtra 347/5 in 48.5 overs
• Services 184 in 42.2 overs lost to Gujarat 185/2 in 34.5 overs
• Haryana 267/9 in 50 overs lost to Railways 270/4 in 43.4 overs

Plate Group (Ranchi)

• Bihar 574/6 in 50 overs beat Arunachal Pradesh 177 in 42.1 overs
• Nagaland 236 in 48.3 overs lost to Manipur 241/9 in 49.5 overs
• Meghalaya 291 in 49.5 overs beat Mizoram 212 in 38.5 overs

Published on December 24, 2025.