U23 col ck nayudu trophy: Cricket News & Match Updates

U23 Col CK Nayudu Trophy: In October 2025, Aman Rao was feeling stuck. A string of failures in the U23 Col CK Nayudu Trophy came after a promising start, and the young right-handed opener found himself searching for answers beyond his own dressing room.

Cut to the present, and those times of struggle in October 2025 look as if they happened a long while back. Rao sits atop the Orange Cap standings in the Telangana T20 League (TGT20) with 192 runs in three innings, including striking the tournament's first century in only 32 balls, en route to smashing 142 off 48 deliveries for Warangal Warriors.

It is that kind of innings that had the audience at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium feeling enthralled. That 142, remarkably, came in a losing cause, with Warangal Warriors going down in a thriller despite posting 258, as Tilak Varma’s unbeaten 136 took Medak Falcons over the line.   Read More...