India, Jan. 6 -- Devdutt Padikkal's incredible run of form in the Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2025/26 continued with another fine showing. His non-selection for the Indian ODI team didn't make a difference to his run-scoring exploits, as he plundered 91 runs against Gujarat in Karnataka's latest match.

Padikkal fell narrowly short of a fifth century in the six Vijay Hazare Trophy matches thus far, but took his aggregate for this season up to 605 runs in six matches thus far. This marks the third time in his career that Padikkal has crossed the 600-run mark in the VHT, becoming the first player to achieve that feat in tournament history. Ruturaj Gaikwad is the only other player to have achieved the feat twice.

Padikkal had first breached the ...