 In the Duleep Trophy that followed, he averaged 42.25 in his three games for North Zone.He was the second highest run-getter in the Vijay Hazare Trophy (earlier called Ranji One-day Trophy) in February–March 2008, accumulating 389 runs in 6 matches at an average of 97.25 with two hundreds and a strike rate of over 100.However, he lost his form during the Deodhar Trophy in March when he played for North Zone and made scores of 0, 1 and 5.