The Buchi Babu Cricket Tournament witnessed an impressive start with Nitya Pandya and Sarfaraz Khan each scoring centuries for their teams. A total of six centuries were recorded on the first day. While Pandya enjoyed a successful innings, Kohli was just two runs shy of a half-century. Both players are teammates in the tournament, representing Baroda.
Pandya and Kohli are both representing Baroda in the Buchi Babu tournament. The Pandya in question is Nitya Pandya, and Kohli is Parth Kohli.
The match saw Nitya Pandya partnering with Harsh Desai, opening for Baroda. They put up a 73-run partnership before Desai’s dismissal. Pandya then built a century partnership with Sukrit Pandey, achieving his own century during this period.
Nitya Pandya’s innings included 102 runs from 175 balls, featuring 12 boundaries and a six. He previously played alongside Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre in the Test series against Australia’s Under-19 team last year, where he also emerged as India’s top run-scorer.
Parth Kohli, batting at number four after Pandya’s dismissal, scored 48 runs, including six fours. Thanks to Pandya’s century, Baroda reached 381 runs for six wickets on the first day and chose to declare their innings, setting the stage for Odisha’s turn to bat.