2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy Group D
2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy is the 14th season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament in India. It is contested by 27 domestic cricket teams of India divided into 4 Groups.[1] The winner will advance to play 2015–16 Deodhar Trophy.[2]
- The top two teams advanced to the quarter finals.
| Dates | 10 December 2015 – 15 December 2015 |
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| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | List A cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Round robin |
| Host(s) | Saurashtra |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches played | 15 |
| 2015–16 Indian domestic cricket season |
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Fixtures
Round one
Ashoke Dinda (3/40)-led attack held Goa to 235 for nine, Manoj Tiwary took Bengal to victory with an unbeaten 62-run knock off as many balls. Chasing the target, Shreevats Goswami (70) set-up the innings with a 116-run opening stand with S Mondal. The Bengal captain then took his team to the target with 52 balls to spare.
10 December 2015 Scorecard |
Goa 235/9 (50 overs) |
v |
Bengal 238/4 (41.2 overs) |
Saurabh Bandekar 62 (53) Ashok Dinda 3/40 (10 overs) |
- Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
- Aamir Gani, Sayan Ghosh and Pankaj Shaw (Bengal) all made their List A debuts.
Leading from the front, captain Eklavya Dwivedi led UP to the 244-run target with an unbeaten 104. The batsman's maiden List A century came off 127 balls with 15 boundaries. He was ably supported by Rinku Singh, who remained not out on 62. Earlier while Praveen Kumar (2/37) and Piyush Chawla (3/49) claimed wickets at regular intervals, Rishi Dhawan lifted HP to 243 with an unbeaten 67-run knock. Left on 126 for six the all-rounder had held the innings together to take the team to a modest score.
10 December 2015 Scorecard |
Himachal Pradesh 243/8 (50 overs) |
v |
Uttar Pradesh 247/3 (47.2 overs) |
- Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Israr Azim, Mohammad Javed, Samarth Singh and Saurabh Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) all made their List A debuts.
Round two
Ravindra Jadeja starred in the Saurashtra's victory with the bat and the ball. While Sheldon Jackson scored 111, Jadeja made 134 off 117 before falling to Ishwar Pandey off the last ball. After being left on 53 for three, Jackson and Jadeja built a 135-run partnership to revive the innings. The all-rounder then built a 152-run stand for the fifth wicket with Chirag Jani to set MP a stiff target.
Jalaj Saxena then led MP's fight with a run-a-ball 133 while Rajat Patidar and Naman Ojha scored half-centuries to keep the team in the game. While Shaurya Sanandia claimed three, Jaydev Unadkat claimed two and Jadeja wrapped-up MP's innings for 334 to finish with two scalps.
11 December 2015 Scorecard |
Saurashtra 340/5 (50 overs) |
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Madhya Pradesh 333 (49.1 overs) |
Jalaj Saxena 133 (133) Saurya Sanandiya 3/59 (10 overs) |
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Venkatesh Iyer, Rajat Patidar, Parth Sahani (Madhya Pradesh) and Deepak Punia (Saurashtra) all made their List A debuts.
The 157-run stand for the second wicket between Prashant Chopra (91) and Robin Bist (84) laid a platform for a formidable score for HP after being asked to bat. Paras Dogra (78) and Rishi Dhawan (31) then added 101 for the fourth wicket to keep the innings on course. The rest of the lineup did poorly but the two solid partnerships helped the team to a 308-run total.
Pankaj Jaswal then claimed three while captain Bipul Sharma picked two wickets to bowl Bengal out for 219 and post their first win of the tournament.
11 December 2015 Scorecard |
Himachal Pradesh 308/7 (50 overs) |
v |
Bengal 219 (36.3 overs) |
- Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
Ravindra Jadeja starred in the Saurashtra's victory with the bat and the ball. While Sheldon Jackson scored 111, Jadeja made 134 off 117 before falling to Ishwar Pandey off the last ball. After being left on 53 for three, Jackson and Jadeja built a 135-run partnership to revive the innings. The all-rounder then built a 152-run stand for the fifth wicket with Chirag Jani to set MP a stiff target.
Jalaj Saxena then led MP's fight with a run-a-ball 133 while Rajat Patidar and Naman Ojha scored half-centuries to keep the team in the game. While Shaurya Sanandia claimed three, Jaydev Unadkat claimed two and Jadeja wrapped-up MP's innings for 334 to finish with two scalps.
12 December 2015 Scorecard |
Goa 199 (47.4 overs) |
v |
Saurashtra 202/0 (26.3 overs) |
Sagun Kamat 95 (141) Saurya Sanandiya 3/41 (8.4 overs) |
Sheldon Jackson 150* (103) |
- Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
- This was Sheldon Jackson's second century in as many days in the competition.[3]
Round three
13 December 2015 Scorecard |
Bengal 221 (48.3 overs) |
v |
Uttar Pradesh 222/6 (46.4 overs) |
- Bengal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mukesh Kumar (Bengal) made his List A debut.
13 December 2015 Scorecard |
Goa 214 (43.3 overs) |
v |
Madhya Pradesh 215/3 (42.2 overs) |
- Goa won the toss and elected to bat.
- Chandrakant Sakure (Madhya Pradesh) made his List A debut.
Round four
14 December 2015 Scorecard |
Saurashtra 195 (48.4 overs) |
v |
Himachal Pradesh 197/3 (43.2 overs) |
- Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
14 December 2015 Scorecard |
Uttar Pradesh 211 (46.3 overs) |
v |
Madhya Pradesh 212/2 (39.1 overs) |
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
Round five
16 December 2015 Scorecard |
Goa 184 (45.4 overs) |
v |
Himachal Pradesh 187/3 (29.2 overs) |
- Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
16 December 2015 Scorecard |
Saurashtra 189 (48.5 overs) |
v |
Uttar Pradesh 191/5 (44.4 overs) |
- Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Shubham Chaubey (Uttar Pradesh) made his List A debut.
Round six
17 December 2015 Scorecard |
Bengal 262 (50 overs) |
v |
Madhya Pradesh 263/5 (46.5 overs) |
Harpreet Singh 71 (72) Ashok Dinda 2/35 (9.5 overs) |
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Abhimanyu Easwaran (Bengal) made his List A debut.
17 December 2015 Scorecard |
Goa 218 (49.5 overs) |
v |
Uttar Pradesh 224/4 (36.3 overs) |
- Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
Round seven
18 December 2015 Scorecard |
Bengal 243/5 (50 overs) |
v |
Saurashtra 246/4 (46 overs) |
- Bengal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Pradipta Pramanik (Bengal); Vandit Jivrajani and Samarth Vyas (Saurashtra) all made their List A debuts.
18 December 2015 Scorecard |
Himachal Pradesh 295/5 (50 overs) |
v |
Madhya Pradesh 254 (46.1 overs) |
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field
References
- "Vijay Hazare Trophy". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
- "BCCI scraps Duleep Trophy, revamps Deodhar, Hazare". The Hindu. 2015-07-20. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
- "Jackson smashes second successive ton". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 December 2015.