Vidarbha’s left-handed Yash Rathod, who hails from Nagpur, has been making waves in the Indian domestic scene for a while now. Since making his first appearance in the First Class in early 2023, Rathod has only gotten better. His averages are 50.66 and 47.72 in the 20 red-ball and 24 List A matches he has played so far.
A few days remain until the conclusion of the Duleep Trophy final between Central Zone and South Zone. There’s a good chance that Yash Rathod tasteful 194-run knock may have already decided the current match in Bengaluru.
Yash Rathod was unfortunate to lose out on a well-earned double-ton, but his score gave Central Zone a sizable first-inning advantage.
At the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground, the southpaw played a few traditional strokes. Additionally, he participated in 167-run and 176-run partnerships with captain Rajat Patidar and all-rounder Saransh Jain for the fourth and sixth wickets, respectively. Yash Rathod hit two sixes and 17 fours in his opulent innings. Gurjapneet Singh’s peach-sized delivery was necessary to get rid of him.
During the 2024–25 Ranji Trophy season, when Vidarbha won the trophy, Yash Rathod had a breakthrough season on the bat. With three fifties and five tonnes to his name, he amassed an incredible 960 runs in 18 innings, making him the top run scorer in the major red-ball league. During Vidarbha’s incredible season, he was the team’s favoured crisis man due to his dynamic ability to bat at any position.
Before reaching the final of the ongoing Duleep Trophy, Central Zone competed in the quarterfinals and semifinals. In Central’s match versus North East Zone, Rathod scored 87* and 78. In the semi-final, he had a poor performance, being dismissed for 2 off 8 in the lone inning that Central batted. The impact he will have on this conflict, his state, and possibly India in the future is still unknown.
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