Sameer Rizvi hit a stormy century against Vidarbha at the age of 21

UP is facing Vidarbha in the sixth phase of the Vijay Hazare Trophy tournament. In the match, the Uttar Pradesh team scored 307 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs against Vidarbha. The team's young batsman Sameer Rizvi played a big role in taking UP to this score, who scored a century. Rizvi had performed brilliantly in the Under-23 State A Trophy.

Fri, 03 Jan 2025 07:33 PM (IST)
Sameer Rizvi hit a stormy century against Vidarbha at the age of 21
Sameer Rizvi hit a stormy century against Vidarbha at the age of 21

UP's star young player Sameer Rizvi's bat is continuously spewing runs. First, he created a ruckus in the Under-23 State A Trophy, now he has hit a strong century in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. After the failure of UP captain Rinku Singh, Sameer Rizvi played an innings of 105 runs in 82 balls and took the team to a big score.

Sameer Rizvi had recently batted brilliantly in the Under-23 State A Trophy tournament. Rizvi had hit two double centuries. After this performance, he was given a place in the UP team for the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Sameer had scored 48 runs against Chhattisgarh in the last two matches, while he was out without opening the account against Chandigarh. He again wreaked havoc in the third match. He then played a brilliant innings against Vidarbha, scoring the first century of his List A cricket career.

Sameer Rizvi scored 105 runs in 82 balls for UP against Vidarbha, in which he hit 7 sixes and 5 fours. This is the first century of Sameer Rizvi's List-A cricket career so far. In this match, the bat of UP captain Rinku Singh did not work and he became the lbw target after making 6 runs in 10 balls. Apart from him, Shivam Mavi scored an unbeaten 33 runs by hitting six and 3 fours in 20 balls. Nachiket took 4 wickets.

Sameer Rizvi represented the Chennai Super Kings in the 2024 IPL, but the CSK team let Rizvi go ahead of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction. Out of the CSK Team, Sameer was picked up by Delhi Capitals for Rs 95 lakh for the IPL 2025 Edition. The kind of batsman Sameer is and the way he is batting, it looks a certainty that he will surely be a part of Delhi's Playing XI in IPL 2025.

Muskan Kumawat Journalist & Content Writer