Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023: Top run-getters and wicket-takers after Final (Updated) ft. Ankit Kumar and Aniket Choudhary

Haryana bagged their maiden Vijay Hazare Trophy silverware after defeating Rajasthan by 30 runs in the grand finale at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot.

After electing to bat first, Haryana lost their opener Yuvraj Singh for just one run. A few overs later, Himanshu Rana also followed suit, scoring just 10 runs. Ankit Kumar contributed with 88 runs off 91 balls with 12 fours and one six to steady the innings.

Ankit received substantial support from captain Ashok Menaria's 70 off 96 balls, with eight fours. With 20-plus scores from middle-order batters, Haryana eventually posted a total of 287/8 in 50 overs. Pacer Aniket Choudhary scalped a four-fer for Rajasthan.

In reply, Rajasthan were in all sorts of trouble, losing three wickets for just 12 runs. Keeper-batter Kunal Singh Rathore (79) and Abhijeet Tomar (106) forged a 121-run stand for the fifth wicket.

After their dismissals, Rajasthan collapsed to 257 runs in 48 overs, losing the game by 30 runs. Harshal Patel and Sumit Kumar picked up three wickets apiece for Haryana, with Anshul Kamboj and Rahul Tewatia bagging two wickets each.

That said, let's take a look at the leading run-scorers and wicket-takers of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023.

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023 Most Runs List

Sr. No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1	Arslan Khan (CHD)	7	7	1	508	131	84.66	482	105.39	2	4	-	65	5
2	AR Bawne (MAHA)	8	7	1	506	167	84.33	451	112.19	3	1	-	53	14
3	DJ Hooda (RAJ)	9	8	1	480	180	68.57	454	105.72	2	2	1	51	14
4	OM Bhosale (MAHA)	8	8	0	467	100	58.37	446	104.7	1	4	-	63	4
5	D Padikkal (KNTKA)	5	5	2	465	117	155	386	120.46	2	3	-	38	27
6	Ankit Kumar (HRYNA)	10	10	1	453	115	50.33	515	87.96	2	2	2	58	6
7	Shashank Singh (CGARH)	7	6	0	450	154	75	360	125	2	1	-	27	25
8	TD Agarwal (HYD)	7	7	2	439	112	87.8	473	92.81	2	1	-	47	9
9	AP Tare (UKHND)	7	7	2	417	125*	83.4	323	129.1	1	4	1	52	10
10	A Tomar (RAJ)	9	9	1	367	124	45.87	447	82.1	2	2	2	41	8

Chandigarh batter Arslan Z Khan ended the tournament as the leading run-getter with 508 runs from seven innings. Maharashtra's Ankit Bawne secured the second rank with 506 runs from seven innings, averaging 84.33.

Rajasthan skipper Deepak Hooda retained his third position with 480 runs from eight innings. Maharashtra's Om Bhosale (467) and Karnataka's Devdutt Padikkal (465) continue to hold the fourth and fifth positions respectively.

Haryana batter Ankit Kumar (453) moved up from ninth to the sixth rank at the end of the tournament. Shashank Singh (450), Tanmay Agarwal (439) and Aditya Tare (417) slipped one spot each to secure the seventh, eighth and ninth ranks, respectively.

Rajasthan opener Abhijeet Tomar (367) rocketed from 37th rank to make it to the 10th position after his 105-run knock in the grand finale.

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023 Most Wickets List

Sr. No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
1	CV Varun (TN)	8	8	348	58	4	248	19	5/9	13.05	4.27	18.31	-	1
2	A Choudhary (RAJ)	8*	8	402	67	8	273	19	4/26	14.36	4.07	21.15	4	-
3	S Kaul (PNJB)	6	6	299	49.5	3	287	19	5/38	15.1	5.75	15.73	1	2
4	DB Pradhan (ODSA)	7	7	358	59.4	9	217	18	4/14	12.05	3.63	19.88	3	-
5	R Sai Kishore (TN)	8	8	349	58.1	7	222	18	3/21	12.33	3.81	19.38	-	-
6	V Koushik (KNTKA)	9	9	440	73.2	13	242	18	4/7	13.44	3.3	24.44	2	-
7	YS Chahal (HRYNA)	8	8	432	72	6	267	18	6/26	14.83	3.7	24	1	1
8	RD Chahar (RAJ)	9*	7	329	54.5	1	283	18	5/34	15.72	5.16	18.27	-	2
9	Sumit Kumar (HRYNA)	10*	10	436	72.4	6	302	18	3/25	16.77	4.15	24.22	-	-
10	HV Patel (HRYNA)	10*	10	424	70.4	3	385	18	5/24	21.38	5.44	23.55	1	1

Tamil Nadu spinner Varun Chakaravarthy finished on top of the wickets charts, scalping 19 wickets from eight innings, averaging 13.05. Rajasthan pacer Aniket Choudhary climbed up from the 15th spot to make it to the second rank with 19 scalps at an average of 14.36.

Siddharth Kaul (19) went down from top to third at an average of 15.1. Debabrata Pradhan (18) finished fourth, with an average of 12.05. Tamil Nadu spinner R Sai Kishore had slipped from second to fifth rank, having taken 18 wickets.

Koushik V (18) retained his sixth spot at 13.44. Yuzvendra Chahal (18) slid from fifth rank to end on seventh with an average of 14.83. Rahul Chahar (18) slipped from seventh to eighth rank with an average of 15.72.

Sumit Kumar (18), the man of the match in the final as well as the man of the series, rocketed from 19th rank to occupy the ninth spot after his stellar show in the final. Haryana pacer Harshal Patel (18) climbed up from 12th to 10th rank after his three-fer in the summit clash, with an average of 21.38.

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