Haryana opener Yashvardhan Dalal played a record innings of 428 runs in the Colonel CK Nayudu Trophy. Dalal achieved this feat against Mumbai at the Gurugram Cricket Ground. He became the first batsman to score more than 400 runs in the history of this under-23 tournament. Yashvardhan hit 46 fours and 12 sixes in 463 balls in his marathon innings.
This Jhajjar batsman has broken the record of Sameer Rizvi from Uttar Pradesh. Sameer had played an excellent innings of 312 runs last season, which was the highest score in the history of the tournament. This is not the first time that Yashvardhan has grabbed everyone’s attention by playing a big innings. He played an innings of 237 runs in an under-16 championship match in December 2021. In that match, Haryana had scored 452 runs in 40 overs.
Yashvardhan completed a 410-run partnership with Arsh Ranga for the first wicket. Ranga also played an innings of 151 runs. Dalal, who had scored 94 runs in the last two matches, was sent in as an opener in this match. He scored 4 runs against Madhya Pradesh and 23 and 67 runs against Jharkhand.
Yashvardhan Dalal during the innings. He made a 410-run opening partnership with Arsh Ranga.
256 runs were scored from boundaries, 60 percent of them came from boundaries. He scored 184 runs with fours and 72 runs with sixes. Moreover, Yashvardhan scored 172 runs. Of these, 159 points were scored in singles, 10 points in doubles and 3 points in triples.
Haryana declared the innings at 742/8, Yashvardhan returned unbeaten on the third day of the match on Sunday morning, Haryana declared their innings with a score of 742 runs for eight wickets. In such a situation, Yashvardhan returned to the pavilion after scoring 426 runs without defeat. Earlier, Mumbai won the toss and decided to play first at the Gurugram Cricket Ground in Sultanpur, Haryana.
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India vs South Africa 2nd T20 today
The second match of the T-20 series between India and South Africa will be played at Gkeberha today. The match will begin at 7:30 PM IST at St. George Park Cricket Stadium, the toss will take place at 7:00 PM. India won the first match by 61 runs. The team leads 1-0 in the four-match series.