Most Hundreds in Vijay Hazare Trophy

Vijay Hazare Trophy is a limited-overs cricket domestic tournament played between the state teams from the Ranji Trophy plates of India. It started in 2002 and is continuing to be a great and budding platform for domestic cricketers. In the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy 2022-23, we saw batters like Ruturaj Gaikwad, N. Jagadeesan, Riyan Parag and others playing phenomenally and paving their way into the Indian National team. There have been so many cricketers in the past who played an influential role for their team and became the top scorers in Vijay Hazare Trophy. However, let's give a look at the players with the most hundreds in the history of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

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#7. Sheldon Jackson | 9 hundreds

Saurashtra wicketkeeper-batsman Sheldon Jackson has scored 9 hundreds in his Vijay Hazare career. Therefore, he comes at number seven on this list of players who have smashed the most hundreds in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Jackson has been playing for Saurashtra since 2006 to the present date. Jackson helped Saurashtra win their second Vijay Hazare Trophy after 14 years with a splendid 133* against Maharashtra in the 2022-23 season.

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#6. Dinesh Karthik | 9 hundreds

Dinesh Karthik is a legend when it comes to domestic cricket in India. The former Tamil Nadu captain is one of the most prolific batters in the domestic circuit. He is also one of the main reasons for Tamil Nadu's success in the domestic arena. The wicket-keeper batter has scored 7 tons in the Vijay Hazare trophy history.

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#5. Abhinav Mukund | 9 hundreds

Former Tamilnadu skipper and opener Abhinav Mukund has also smashed 9 hundreds in his domestic career at Vijay Hazare Trophy. Mukund has been playing for Tamilnadu since 2007 to the present date. The left-handed batsman was also a part of two IPL-based franchises likes of CSK (2008-12) and RCB (2013). He has also played 7 tests for India and his Test debut was back in 2011. Mukund comes at number five on this list of batsmen who have smashed the most hundreds in the history of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

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#4. Yashpal Singh | 10 hundreds

Delhi-born Sikkim batsman Yashpal Singh has registered 10 hundreds in his career at Vijay Hazare Trophy. The right-handed middle-order batsman has maintained an average of 60 in first-class games and also maintains a 50-plus average in one-day format games with over 1000 runs under his name. Yashpal has been also picked by Kochi Taskers Kerala for IPL 2011 season. He was the leading run-scorer for Manipur in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2018-19 season with 488 runs in 7 matches. He comes at the fourth spot on this list of batsmen who have smashed the most hundreds in the history of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

#3. Ankit Bawne | 11 hundreds

Another Maharashtra batsman Ankit Bawne comes on this list. Bawne has smashed 11 hundreds in his domestic career at the Vijay Hazare Trophy. In VHT, he is playing for Maharashtra since the 2007-2008 season. The right-handed middle-order batsman has an impressive average of over 50 in domestic cricket. Meanwhile, he also played in IPL for Delhi Capitals in the year 2007. Bawne also scored 587 runs with two hundreds in the 2022-23 season of the VJT.

#2. Robin Uthappa | 11 hundreds

Karnataka batsman Robin Uthappa used to top this list of batsmen who have smashed hundreds in the history of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Uthappa has registered 11 hundreds in his domestic career at the VHT. He became the highest run-scorer of the 2012-13 season. He played 7 matches for Karnataka and aggregated 445 runs with an average of 63.57 and a strike rate of 110.42. Uthappa has also smashed 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries. Robin Uthappa once again had an extraordinary season next year as well. In the 2013-14 season, Robin played 8 matches for Karnataka and scored a total of 536 runs. With an average of 76.57 and a strike rate of 89.33. Karnataka also won their maiden Vijay Hazare title that year which set them up as a domestic giant of Indian cricket.

#1. Ruturaj Gaikwad | 12 hundreds

Maharashtra captain Ruturaj Gaikwad is having a golden time in his career. Currently, in his last 10 Vijay Hazare inning, he has scored 8 tons. Gaikwad scored 4 tons in 5 innings of the Vijaya Hazare Trophy 2022-23. As of the 2022-23 season, Gaikwad has 12 tons and surpassed Robin Uthappa to become the player with the most tons in Vijay Hazare Trophy. Moreover, he averages more than 60 in List-A career which is the most in the world by any player with more than 50 innings. With his tremendous run in the white ball format, it will be interesting to see if he gets the long run in the blue jersey.

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N.B: The stats are accurate as of 2/12/2022. The article was first written by Arijit Barua and then got updated by Koushik Biswas with new stats.