Shubham Khajuria scored a centuryImage Credit Source: PTI
The Duleep Trophy 2025 has also been seen in strong matches among the enthusiasts of Asia Cup 2025. After the playoff round, this trend continued in the semi -finals, where a team of North Zone, who was stuck in a difficult situation against South Zone, was overcome by one of his batsmen by scoring a brilliant century. These batsmen are Shubham Khajuria, who did not give up despite the poor start of his team and also shared a strong partnership with 21 -year -old Nishant Sindhu. Shubham’s century and partnership with Nishant kept the expectations of North reaching the finals.
On the third day of the semi -final match of the Dalip Trophy at the Center of Excellence of BCCI in Bengaluru, North Zone opener Shubham scored a memorable century. On the first and second day of the match, South Zone batted and scored 536 runs. Then on the third day, when the North Zone team landed for batting in their first innings, only 38 runs fell 2 wickets, while the third wicket also fell on the score of 101. At such a time, North needed a good innings and partnership. Opener Khajuria did this work for him.
Right -handed batsman Shubham, along with young all -rounder Nishant Sindhu, shared a 171 -run partnership for the fourth wicket to bring the team to better position. Meanwhile, Shubham also completed his century, which is his 8th century in the first class career. By the end of the third day’s play, the right -handed batsman scored 128 runs in 245 balls, which included 20 fours and a six. On the basis of this innings of Shubham, North had scored 278 runs by the end of the third day’s play, while 5 wickets had fallen.
29-year-old Shubham is an important part of the Jammu and Kashmir cricket team in domestic cricket. Khajuria, coming from Jammu, has played a total of 74 first class matches, including the Ranji Trophy, in which he has scored 4158 runs and had scored 7 centuries before this match. In the last Ranji Trophy season, he was the most successful batsman of Jammu and Kashmir. He scored the highest 679 runs for the team in 8 matches, including 1 century and 4 half -centuries.
