Hardik Pandya Century: In the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26, Hardik Pandya made his return in style by scoring a century for Baroda against Vidarbha on January 3, Saturday, at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot.
Hardik Pandya Century
Pandya played an incredible knock of 133 runs off 92 balls with the help of 8 fours and 11 sixes. The batter was batting on 66 runs off 62 balls, but the next 30 balls turned out to be a nightmare for the opposition bowlers, as Pandya hit 67 runs. But he was eventually dismissed by Yash Thakur, but till then the work was done; Pandya’s knock helped Baroda post a score of 293/9 in the fifty overs.
Hardik Pandya – A Night Mare For Bowlers
Before the start of the 39th over, Hardik was batting on 66 runs off 62 balls; however, after that, he decided to take the matter into his own hands, smashing 34 runs off the next six balls in the over of Parth Rekhade. In just a span of four minutes, the all-rounder went from 66 to 100.
Hardik didn’t even stop after smashing a century; he kept on smashing boundaries one after another. He was dismissed in the 46th over.
In the game for Baroda, Pandya turned out to be a lone warrior, as no other player crossed the mark of 30 runs. After Pandya, the highest score in the team was made by the No. 8 batter, Vishnu Solanki, which was 26.
For Vidarbha, Yash Thakur shone with the ball, taking four wickets by giving away 64 runs.
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