Haryana opener Yashvardhan Dalal makes history with epic 428-run knock against Mumbai in CK Nayudu Trophy

In a bold decision, Haryana chose to bat against Mumbai with Dalal stepping up as the opener. After scoring only 4 runs against Madhya Pradesh, he redeemed himself with scores of 23 and 67 against Jharkhand. Dalal went on to form a remarkable 410-run partnership with his opening partner Arsh Ranga. Sadly, Ranga was dismissed for 151 on the last ball of the 98th over, caught by Atharva Bhosale. At that point, Dalal was standing strong at 243 runs.

After that Dalal didn't find much support, but he kept his composure, and then former half-century partnerships with Parth Nagill (25) and skipper Sarvesh Rohilla (48).

Dalal was in dominant form, and cruised past 250, 300 and 350. Then in the evening session of Day 2, he went past 400 runs. Then, he accelerated as his side was already eight wickets down. By the time it was stumps, he remained unbeaten on 426 off 463 balls, with 46 fours and 12 sixes. Haryana ended the day at 732/8 and haven't declared yet.

Dalal broke Sameer Rizvi's record for the highest score in the competition, with the Uttar Pradesh batter having scored 312 in only 266 balls vs Saurashtra last season. In December 2021, Dalal had done something similar. In an U-16 league match, he smacked 237 runs, as Haryana Cricket Academy, got 452/5 in 40 overs, winning by 368 runs.

The CK Nayudu Trophy is a domestic cricket tournament played in India between 3 U-23 teams from various state and regional cricket associations. The tournament is named after India's first Test skipper CK Nayudu. Since its inception, it has been playe with various age-limits including u-22, u-23, u-25. Karnataka are the defending champions, after beating Uttar Pradesh in the final.