2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy
The 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 17th season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament in India.[1] Karnataka were the defending champions.[2]
| Dates | 19 September – 20 October 2018 |
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| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | List A cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Playoff format |
| Host(s) | Various |
| Champions | Mumbai (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | Delhi |
| Participants | 37 |
| Matches played | 160 |
| Most runs | Abhinav Mukund (560) |
| Most wickets | Shahbaz Nadeem (24) |
It was contested by 37 domestic cricket teams of India, starting on 19 September 2018, ahead of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy.[3][4] In April 2018, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) reinstated Bihar for the competition, bringing the total teams to 29.[3][5] In July 2018, the BCCI increased the total number of teams to 37, with the addition of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Sikkim and Uttarakhand.[6][7]
The tournament has four groups, with nine teams in Groups A and B, and ten teams in Group C. All the new teams were placed in the Plate Group.[6][7] The top two teams from Group C and the top team in the Plate Group progressed to the quarter-finals of the tournament, along with five best-ranked teams across Groups A and B.[6][7]
In the Group C fixture between Rajasthan and Jharkhand, Jharkhand's Shahbaz Nadeem set a new List A cricket record, taking eight wickets for ten runs from ten overs.[8][9] In the Plate Group fixture between Bihar and Sikkim, Sikkim were bowled out for 46 runs, with Bihar winning by 292 runs, the biggest margin of defeat by runs in Indian domestic cricket.[10] In the Plate Group fixture between Uttarakhand and Sikkim, Uttarakhand's Karn Kaushal made the first double-century in the history of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, scoring 202 runs.[11]
Mumbai and Maharashtra from Group A, Delhi, Andhra and Hyderabad from Group B and Bihar from the Plate Group all qualified for the quarter-finals of the competition.[12] They were joined with Haryana and Jharkhand from Group C.[13] The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 11 October 2018.[14]
In the first quarter-final match, between Bihar and Mumbai, Bihar were bowled out for 69 runs, with Mumbai going on to win by nine wickets.[15] In the second match, Delhi beat Haryana by five wickets,[16] with Delhi's Gautam Gambhir scoring his 10,000th run in List A cricket.[17] In the third fixture, Jharkhand beat Maharashtra by two wickets in a rain-affected match.[18] In the fourth and final quarter-final match, Hyderabad beat Andhra by 14 runs to progress.[19]
The first semi-final was also a rain-affected match, with Mumbai beating Hyderabad by 60 runs via the VJD method.[20] In the second semi-final, Delhi beat Jharkhand by two wickets to join Mumbai in the final.[21] Mumbai won the final, beating Dehli by four wickets.[22] Afterwards Mumbai's captain, Shreyas Iyer, said that "we are a perfect team, and that is why we have won".[23]
Teams
The teams were drawn in the following groups:
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League stage
Group A
Group C
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Group B
Plate Group
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Knockout stage
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Mumbai | 71/1 (12.3 overs) | ||||||||||||
| P1 | Bihar | 69 (28.2 overs) | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Mumbai | 155/2 (25 overs) | ||||||||||||
| B3 | Hyderabad | 246/8 (50 overs) | ||||||||||||
| B3 | Hyderabad | 281/8 (50 overs) | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Andhra | 267/9 (50 overs) | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Mumbai | 180/6 (35 overs) | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Delhi | 177 (45.4 overs) | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Maharashtra | 181 (42.2 overs) | ||||||||||||
| C1 | Jharkhand | 127/2 (32.3 overs) | ||||||||||||
| C1 | Jharkhand | 199 (48.5 overs) | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Delhi | 200/8 (49.4 overs) | ||||||||||||
| C2 | Haryana | 229 (49.1 overs) | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Delhi | 230/5 (39.2 overs) | ||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
Bihar 69 (28.2 overs) |
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Mumbai 71/1 (12.3 overs) |
- Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.
- Vijay Bharti and Sabir Khan (Bihar) both made their List A debuts.
Haryana 229 (49.1 overs) |
v |
Delhi 230/5 (39.2 overs) |
- Haryana won the toss and elected to bat.
- Gautam Gambhir (Delhi) scored his 10,000th run in List A cricket.[17]
Maharashtra 181 (42.2 overs) |
v |
Jharkhand 127/2 (32.4 overs) |
- Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.
- Jharkhand were set a revised target of 127 runs from 34 overs due to rain.
Hyderabad 281/8 (50 overs) |
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Andhra 267/9 (50 overs) |
- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
- Prithvi Raj (Andhra) made his List A debut.
Semi-finals
Hyderabad 246/8 (50 overs) |
v |
Mumbai 155/2 (25 overs) |
- Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mumbai were set a revised target of 96 runs from 25 overs due to rain.
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- "Karna Veer Kaushal hits first Vijay Hazare double-century". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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- "Anukul Roy's four-for leads Jharkhand into semi-finals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- "Siraj seals Hyderabad's semi-final spot after Vihari's 95". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
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