NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals‘ new recruit Sameer Rizvi pulled off a mad present on Saturday, smashing a jaw-dropping 97-ball 201 not out in an Under-23 State A Trophy match.
The UP captain was at his unbelievable greatest, smoking the Tripura bowlers to all corners of the park.
With the assistance of 13 fours and 20 sixes, Rizvi lit up the Vadodara stadium as his aspect piled up a large 405.
With the sensational effort, Rizvi recorded the quickest double ton within the historical past of males’s U23 State A Trophy nevertheless it will not qualify as a List A record.
In List A cricket, New Zealand’s Chad Bowes holds the record for quickest double ton which got here off 103 balls towards Otago throughout the Ford Trophy.
After Rizvi got here in to bat within the twenty third over, he took the Tripura bowlers to the cleaners in a sheer show of energy-hitting.
The 21-yr-previous represented Chennai Super Kings within the 2024 season however managed solely 51 runs in 8 outings.
After a flop present final season, he was not picked up by the franchise on the mega public sale.
However, Delhi Capitals did pay money for him for Rs 95 lakh — a major lower from his earlier IPL price ticket of Rs 8.4 crore.
The teenager has been in dazzling type not too long ago.
In the final two clashes, Rizvi has scored 153 off 114 balls towards Himachal Pradesh and an unbeaten 137 off 69 balls towards Pondicherry.
