Axar Patel scored his first-ever List A century, making 130 runs off 111 balls for Gujarat against Andhra. His innings had 10 fours and 5 sixes, helping Gujarat reach 318 runs for 9 wickets in their 50 overs.
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]Hardik Pandya Blasts First 50-Over Century as Baroda Recover from 71/5
by Shekhar
Hardik Pandya played his first One-Day match since last year’s ICC Champions Trophy and scored his first-ever 50-over century for Baroda against Vidarbha in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. He came out to bat at number seven when his team was in tatters at 71/5 in the 20th over and propelled them to a fighting score of 293 runs in 50 overs. The all-rounder looked in amazing touch and made sure to smack boundaries now and then.
He didn't spare any Vidarbha bowler, but Parth Rekhade was the one who was taken for the most runs as Hardik smashed 34 runs in his single over to race to century off just 68 balls. He was batting on 66 off 62 balls at the end of 38 overs and then unleased the beast within to race to his maiden century in List A bowler with a 34-run over left-arm spinner Rekhade.
Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel Shine with Maiden List A Centuries
He didn't stop even after getting to a ton and scored 133 runs off just 92 balls before getting out to Yash Thakur. Hardik smacked 11 sixes and eight fours during his blazing stay in the middle.
Apart from Axar, Vishal Jayswal also scored 70 runs while Ravi Bishnoi pushed the score beyond the 300-run mark in the death overs with an unbeaten 31-run cameo.
