The Buchi Babu Cricket Tournament saw a flurry of runs on its opening day, with Nitya Pandya and Sarfaraz Khan both achieving centuries for their respective teams. Kohli narrowly missed out on a half-century, falling just two runs short. Both Pandya and Kohli are playing together for Baroda in this tournament.
In the Buchi Babu tournament, Nitya Pandya and Parth Kohli are teammates, representing Baroda. The Pandya being discussed is Nitya Pandya.
Baroda faced Odisha in their first match. Nitya Pandya and Harsh Desai opened the innings, sharing a 73-run partnership. Desai was dismissed after scoring 31 runs. Pandya continued, forming a century stand with Sukrit Pandey, and reaching his century in the process.
Nitya Pandya’s innings consisted of 102 runs from 175 balls, with 12 fours and a six. He had previously played in the Test series against Australia’s Under-19 team alongside Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre, and he was the highest run-scorer for India in that series.
After Pandya’s dismissal, Parth Kohli came in to bat at number 4, scoring 48 runs, including six boundaries. Baroda reached 381 runs for 6 wickets on the first day, with Pandya’s century driving the score, and they chose to declare the innings and put Odisha to bat.