India, Jan. 12 -- Sarfaraz Khan and Devdutt Padikkal would be expected to extend their breathtaking form when domestic heavyweights Mumbai and Karnataka meet in the Vijay Hazare Trophy quarterfinals here on Monday.

The second quarterfinal between Uttar Pradesh and Saurashtra will also be held at the Centre of Excellence on Monday. Karnataka's solitary loss in the group stage came in their final league game on January 8 but they would be confident of bringing their A game to the fore against Mumbai. With 640 runs in seven innings, including four hundreds and a half century, Padikkal is the tournament's leading run-getter.

If he continues to be a run machine, it would be tough for the selectors to ignore him as they look towards the 2027 ...