Day of stars and tons galore

A loaded line-up for Vijay Hazare Trophy shows what domestic cricket could look like when big guns play

- HT Correspondent

Young batters held sway in the Vijay Hazare one-day tournament, bringing down multiple records with three of the four-fastest List A tons by an Indian all compiled on the same day but as they have repeatedly done this season, while turning out for the India ODI side, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli stole the thunder with vintage knocks.

The two superstars lit up the opening day of BCCT's premier List A tournament, notching up effortless centuries in their respective matches for Delhi and Mumbai, bettering more records in the process. Kohli smashed a superb 131 off just 101 balls (14 fours, three sixes) against Andhra at the Center of Excellence, Bengaluru, while Rohit hit 155 off 94 balls (18 fours, 9 sixes) ata packed Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur.

The other talking point of Wednesday's opening round matches was the feat of three of the four-fastest List A tons by an Indian all being compiled on the same day, Sakibul Gani took just 32 balls to get to his hundred during Bihar's monumental innings of 574/6, making it the fastest by an Indian in List-A cricket and the third-fastest in all List-A cricket.

Then, Jharkhand’s Ishan Kishan got to his hundred in 33 balls against Karnataka in Ahmedabad to take the fourth spot. Earlier, Gani's Bihar teammate Suryavanshi had got to his century off just 36 balls.

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