Swastik Chikara scored a stormy century. (Photo- Instagram)
On 5 August 2025, the 54th All India FCI Inter Zonal Cricket Tournament played at GVS Club Ground in Salem, Tamil Nadu, North Zone scored a brilliant performance against West Zone by 37 runs in the final of 2025. In this match, the hero of the North Zone team’s victory was Swastik Chikara. These are the same Swastik Chikara, who was part of the RCB team in IPL 2025, but they did not get a chance to play a single match. But he made his team champion by playing a stormy innings in this match.
Swastik Chikara scored stormy century
West Zone decided to field by winning the toss in this match, which proved to be completely wrong. North Zone, batting first, scored 197 runs in 20 overs. In this match, Swastik Chikara caught everyone’s attention with his brilliant batting. Swastik Chikara opened an unbeaten 114 -run innings while opening, in which he faced only 68 balls. The special thing is that only 1 four and 11 magnificent sixes were included in his innings, due to which his strike rate was 167.6.
Swastik Chikara brought the team to a strong position in the first innings. His contribution to the North Zone’s innings was the largest, and he returned unbeaten, losing 2 wickets and reached 197 runs after losing 2 wickets. Apart from Swastik, Nitin Saini also played a useful innings of 55 runs. He hit 7 fours in 37 balls and his strike rate was 148.6. Both players also shared a century partnership for the first wicket.
Wonderful in bowling too
Swastik Chikara showed amazing in bowling after batting. He threw 4 overs in this match and took 2 wickets. However, he also spent 50 runs during this period. Despite this, the West Zone team was all out after scoring 160 runs in 18.3 overs in this match.
