Vijay Hazare Trophy 2019-20 statistical round-up after October 7: Manish Pandey, Ajoy Sarkar top charts

Several cricketers have crossed the 300-run mark two weeks into the 2019-20 Vijay Hazare Trophy. At the top is Manish Pandey of Karnataka, one of the prime contenders of a spot in the still-undecided middle order of the middle order of the Indian ODI side.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
Manish Pandey	Karnataka	342	85.50	105.9
Rahul Gahlaut	Services	329	65.80	106.1
Baba Aparajith	Tamil Nadu	328	82.00	78.3
Shubham Pundir	Jammu & Kashmir	320	53.33	87.4
Rahul Dalal	Arunachal Pradesh	303	151.50	109.4

Four men still have batting averages in excess of 100, though that is likely to come down as the tournament progresses.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
Abrar Kazi	Mizoram	169	169.00	91.4
Suryakumar Yadav	Mumbai	166	166.00	162.7
Rongsen Jonathan	Nagaland	153	153.00	61.9
Rahul Dalal	Arunachal Pradesh	303	151.50	109.4
Dinesh Karthik	Tamil Nadu	284	91.67	124.6

Suryakumar Yadav has emerged as the most destructive batsman of this period, topping both the average and the strike rate charts.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
Suryakumar Yadav	Mumbai	166	166.00	162.7
Shahrukh Khan	Tamil Nadu	151	75.50	138.5
Karanveer Kaushal	Uttarakhand	101	33.67	129.5
Karn Sharma	Railways	151	25.17	126.9
Dinesh Karthik	Tamil Nadu	284	91.67	124.6

Pandey has hit the most sixes in the tournament so far, along with Rahul Gahlaut; the latter has faced fewer balls.

Players	Teams	6s	BF	B/6
Rahul Gahlaut	Services	14	310	22.1
Manish Pandey	Karnataka	14	323	23.1
Karn Sharma	Railways	12	119	9.9
Rahul Dalal	Arunachal Pradesh	11	277	25.2
Manan Vohra	Chandigarh	10	129	12.9

Gahlaut’s teammate Ravi Chauhan has hit the most fours in the tournament.

Players	Teams	4s	BF	B/4
Ravi Chauhan	Services	37	398	10.8
Samarth Seth	Arunachal Pradesh	32	287	9.0
Sarupam Purkayastha	Assam	31	290	9.4
Rahul Dalal	Arunachal Pradesh	30	277	9.2
Rahul Gahlaut	Services	28	310	11.1
Shreevats Goswami	Bengal	28	336	12.0
Tanmay Agarwal	Hyderabad	28	344	12.3

The only two scores in excess of 150 have come from Sarupam Purkayastha and Samarth Seth.

Players	Scores	Teams	Against	Date
Sarupam Purkayastha	163*	Assam	Mizoram	25/9
Samarth Seth	155*	Arunachal	Sikkim	5/10
Manish Pandey	142*	Karnataka	Chhattisgarh	2/10
KL Rahul	131	Karnataka	Kerala	28/9
Naman Ojha	130	Madhya Pradesh	Services	4/10

Ajoy Sarkar of Tripura leads the wickets chart at this point, though several others are catching up.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Ajoy Sarkar	Tripura	16	16.12	4.83
Pritam Das	Assam	15	7.60	3.45
Sagar Trivedi	Puducherry	15	8.86	3.99
BP Sandeep	Hyderabad	14	7.21	3.07
Rahul Shukla	Jharkhand	14	11.64	4.93

Sandeep Sharma’s 10 wickets have come at a spectacular 5.30, the best average of the edition so far.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Sandeep Sharma	Punjab	10	5.30	2.65
BP Sandeep	Hyderabad	14	7.21	3.07
Pritam Das	Assam	15	7.60	3.45
Sagar Trivedi	Puducherry	15	8.86	3.99
Rahul Shukla	Jharkhand	14	11.64	4.93

Sandeep has also conceded only 2.65 an over, though Raj Biswa of Meghalaya is the most economical bowler at this stage.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Raj Biswa	Meghalaya	0	–	2.12
Sumit Kumar	Haryana	8	4.25	2.51
Sanjay Yadav	Meghalaya	4	10.50	2.52
Sandeep Sharma	Punjab	10	5.30	2.65
Imliwati Lemtur	Nagaland	1	32.00	2.67

Sandeep’s 7/19 are also the best bowling figures. Rahul Shukla, Ishan Porel, and Sagar Trivedi are the only others to take 6 wickets in an innings.

Players	Spells	Teams	Against	Date
Sandeep Sharma	7/19	Punjab	Haryana	6/10
Rahul Shukla	6/33	Jharkhand	Goa	29/9
Ishan Porel	6/34	Bengal	Jammu & Kashmir	30/9
Sagar Trivedi	6/50	Puducherry	Uttarakhand	28/9
Pritam Das	5/5	Assam	Manipur	7/10