
Sanjeev Kumar
khelja|01-01-2026
This is a left-handed game in Vijay Hazare Trophy. (Photo- INSTAGRAM)
Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26: Exciting matches are being seen so far in the 2025-26 season of Vijay Hazare Trophy, the biggest ODI tournament of Indian domestic cricket. The dominance of the batsmen is clearly visible in this tournament, where big scores are being made and many players are in excellent form. The special thing is that left-handed players dominate among the batsmen who score the most runs. The top-5 run scorers include three left-handed batsmen, who have attracted everyone's attention.
Karnataka's opening batsman Devdutt Padikkal is leading in this tournament. He has scored 406 runs in just four matches, in which his highest score has been 147. His average is above 101 and his strike rate is also close to an impressive 106. During this period, Padikkal has scored three centuries, which also places him at the top in the list of centuries. His consecutive big innings are strengthening the Karnataka team.
At the same time, Pukhraj Maan of Himachal Pradesh is at third position.
This aggressive left-handed batsman has added 360 runs in four matches, which includes two centuries and one half-century. His best score has also been 126 and the strike rate is more than 100. Pukhraj's innings are proving important for the team.Apart from these, Ravi Singh of Railways is at fourth place. He has scored 345 runs in four matches, which includes one century and three half-centuries. Ravi Singh is also a left handed player. The biggest specialty of Ravi Singh is his aggression, he has hit the maximum number of 22 sixes in the tournament so far. Apart from him, no other batsman has been able to cross the figure of 20 sixes.
His explosive batting is changing the course of matches. He has scored 1 century and 3 half-centuries so far in this tournament.So far 4 rounds of matches have been played in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26. Now the 5th round matches will be played on 3 January. Many star players of Team India will also be seen playing in this round. At the same time, Virat Kohli will return once again in the sixth round. Virat Kohli will play in the match against Railways on January 6 at the BCCI Center of Excellence in Bengaluru.
This will be his third match in the tournament. Before this, Rohit Sharma and Virat had played the first two rounds of matches.



