The 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 17th season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament in India. It was contested by the 37 domestic cricket teams of India, with nine teams in the Plate Group.[1] The group stage was started on 19 September 2018, with the top team from the Plate Group progressing to the quarter-finals of the competition.[2]
| Dates | 19 September – 8 October 2018 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | List A cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Playoff format |
| Participants | 9 |
On 20 September 2018, after Pondicherry's first-round match, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) reversed its decision of allowing extra outstation players for the team.[3]
In the Round 8 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.[4] In the Round 11 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.[5]
Bihar progressed from the Plate Group to the knock-out phase of the tournament.[6]
Points table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bihar | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 2.724 |
| 2 | Uttarakhand | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1.820 |
| 3 | Pondicherry | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 1.727 |
| 4 | Nagaland | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.909 |
| 5 | Meghalaya | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.791 |
| 6 | Manipur | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | −0.197 |
| 7 | Arunachal Pradesh | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | −1.928 |
| 8 | Mizoram | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | −2.467 |
| 9 | Sikkim | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.182 |
Source: [7]
- Top team advanced to the knockout stage and gets promoted to Elite Group C for the next season.
Fixtures
editRound 1
editMizoram
234/8 (50 overs) |
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Arunachal Pradesh
237/6 (47 overs) |
- Mizoram won the toss and elected to bat.
- Myendung Singpho, Licha Tehi, Momar Ori, Sandeep Kumar Thakur, Techi Doria, Techi Neri, Samarth Seth, Utsav Pankaj Madan, Kamsha Yangfo, Akhilesh Sahani (Arunachal Pradesh), Michael Lalremkima, Lalnuntluanga, Akhil Rajput, Gaurav Singh, Sinan Khadir, Lalhruai Ralte, Saidingliana Sailo, G Lalbiakvela, K Vanlalruata and Lalrempuia (Mizoram) all made their List A debuts.
Nagaland
253/8 (50 overs) |
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Bihar
254/2 (43.4 overs) |
- Nagaland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Anunay Singh, Rehan Khan, Kundan Sharma, MD Rahmatullah, Rohit Raj, Vikash Ranjan, Babul Kumar (Bihar), Nitesh Lohchab, Sedezhalie Rupero, Paras Sehrawat, Hokaito Zhimomi, Imliwati Lemtur, Ravi Maurya and Tahmeed Rahman (Nagaland) all made their List A debuts.
- Babul Kumar (Bihar) scored his first century in List A cricket.[8]
Manipur
120 (37.1 overs) |
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Pondicherry
121/2 (25.3 overs) |
- Pondicherry won the toss and elected to field.
- Lakhan Rawat, Bonny Chingangbam, Prafullomani Singh, Hrithik Kanojia, Kangabam Singh, Akshaykumar Singh, Homendro Kabrambam, Nungleppam William Singh, Rex Rajkumar, Bishworjit Konthoujam (Manipur), Damodaren Rohit, Ashith Rajiv, Sagar Udeshi and Iqlas Naha (Pondicherry) all made their List A debuts.
Round 2
editMizoram
154 (43.4 overs) |
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Meghalaya
155/2 (27.3 overs) |
- Mizoram won the toss and elected to bat.
- Chengkam Sangma, Raj Biswa, Lakhan Singh, Amiangshu Sen, Abhay Negi, Rajesh Tati (Meghalaya) and C Lalrinsanga (Mizoram) all made their List A debuts.
Uttarakhand
160 (43.2 overs) |
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Bihar
163/5 (37.3 overs) |
- Bihar won the toss and elected to field.
- Ashish Sinha (Bihar), Karn Kaushal, Vaibhav Bhatt, Vaibhav Singh Panwar, Mayank Mishra, Deepak Dhapola, Dhanraj Sharma and Sunny Rana (Uttarakhand) all made their List A debuts.
Sikkim
84 (37.2 overs) |
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Manipur
85/0 (19.2 overs) |
Lakhan Rawat 44* (60)
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- Sikkim won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jayanta Sagatpam, Sultan Karim (Manipur), Faizan Khan, Nilesh Lamichaney, Ashish Thapa, Bikash Pradhan, Lee Yong Lepcha, Bhushan Subba, Palzor Tamang, Mandup Bhutia, Amos Rai, Som Lepcha and Padam Limboo (Sikkim) all made their List A debuts.
Round 3
editMeghalaya
246/6 (50 overs) |
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Nagaland
247/3 (47.3 overs) |
- Meghalaya won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sylvester Mylliempdah, Dippu Sangma (Meghalaya) and Inakato Zhimomi (Nagaland) all made their List A debuts.
Uttarakhand
290/7 (50 overs) |
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Pondicherry
226 (45.2 overs) |
- Pondicherry won the toss and elected to field.
- Govindaraajan, Prabhakaran Gopalakrishnan, Saiju Titus, Vikneshwaran Marimuthu, Angadu Narayanan and Baskaran Ranjit (Pondicherry) all made their List A debuts.
Arunachal Pradesh
306/4 (50 overs) |
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Sikkim
257/7 (50 overs) |
- Sikkim won the toss and elected to field.
- Song Tacho (Arunachal Pradesh) and Binod Gupta (Sikkim) both made their List A debuts.
Round 4
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
Sikkim
121 (49 overs) |
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Nagaland
122/3 (26.2 overs) |
- Nagaland won the toss and elected to field.
- Mughavi Wotsa, Toni Chishi, Arun Chauhan (Nagaland), Bibek Diyali and Ajay Pradhan (Sikkim) all made their List A debuts.
Round 5
editMeghalaya
317/4 (43 overs) |
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Arunachal Pradesh
61 (26 overs) |
- Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 43 overs per side due to rain.
Nagaland
206/9 (50 overs) |
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Uttarakhand
210/4 (47 overs) |
- Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.
Round 6
editMizoram
252/6 (50 overs) |
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Sikkim
210 (47.3 overs) |
- Sikkim won the toss and elected to field.
- Lalnunkima Varte (Mizoram) and Bijay Subba (Sikkim) both made their List A debuts.
Bihar
211/9 (50 overs) |
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Meghalaya
103 (42.5 overs) |
- Meghalaya won the toss and elected to field.
- Anshuman Gautam (Bihar) made his List A debut.
Manipur
125 (37.4 overs) |
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Uttarakhand
127/1 (26.2 overs) |
Vineet Saxena 52* (72)
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- Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.
- Arya Sethi and Shubham Saudiyal (Uttarakhand) both made their List A debuts.
Round 7
editArunachal Pradesh
145 (45.3 overs) |
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Bihar
150/5 (26 overs) |
- Bihar won the toss and elected to field.
- Takar Paja and Sams Alam (Arunachal Pradesh) both made their List A debuts.
Manipur
279/4 (50 overs) |
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Mizoram
69 (29.3 overs) |
- Manipur won the toss and elected to bat.
- S Zorinliana (Mizoram) made his List A debut.
Nagaland
202 (45.3 overs) |
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Pondicherry
203/8 (45.1 overs) |
- Pondicherry won the toss and elected to field.
- Madhavan Manohar (Pondicherry) made his List A debut.
Round 8
editManipur
144 (43.3 overs) |
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Nagaland
147/1 (34.2 overs) |
- Nagaland won the toss and elected to field.
- Syed Mujibur Rahaman (Manipur) and Oren Ngullie (Nagaland) both made their List A debuts.
Bihar
338/6 (50 overs) |
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Sikkim
46 (31 overs) |
- Sikkim won the toss and elected to field.
- Eshaan Ravi (Bihar) made his List A debut.
Meghalaya
141 (41.2 overs) |
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Uttarakhand
143/2 (31 overs) |
- Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.
Round 9
editSikkim
89 (43.2 overs) |
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Pondicherry
92/1 (15.2 overs) |
- Sikkim won the toss and elected to bat.
- Magendiran Chinnadurai (Pondicherry) made his List A debut.
Arunachal Pradesh
271/4 (50 overs) |
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Nagaland
272/4 (44 overs) |
- Nagaland won the toss and elected to field.
- Tana Davit (Arunachal Pradesh) made his List A debut.
Uttarakhand
321 (50 overs) |
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Mizoram
169 (48.4 overs) |
- Mizoram won the toss and elected to field.
- Lalhmangaiha (Mizoram) made his List A debut.
Round 10
editManipur
172/8 (50 overs) |
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Bihar
176/2 (29.1 overs) |
- Manipur won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kumar Mridul (Bihar) made his List A debut.
Meghalaya
315/5 (50 overs) |
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Sikkim
166/9 (50 overs) |
- Meghalaya won the toss and elected to bat.
- Babloo Passah and Wanlambok Nongkhlaw (Meghalaya) both made their List A debuts.
Arunachal Pradesh
95 (34.1 overs) |
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Pondicherry
100/3 (18.2 overs) |
- Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sai Karthik and Akshay Jain (Pondicherry) both made their List A debuts.
Round 11
editUttarakhand
366/2 (50 overs) |
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Sikkim
167/6 (50 overs) |
- Sikkim won the toss and elected to field.
- Saurabh Chauhan, Vijay Jethi and Kartik Joshi (Uttarakhand) all made their List A debuts.
Meghalaya
238/5 (50 overs) |
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Manipur
170 (45.4 overs) |
- Manipur won the toss and elected to field.
- Jitender, Somorjit Salam and Shelley Shaurya (Manipur) all made their List A debuts.
Round 12
editPondicherry
324/5 (50 overs) |
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Meghalaya
250/5 (50 overs) |
- Pondicherry won the toss and elected to bat.
Mizoram
83 (27.2 overs) |
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Bihar
87/1 (15.4 overs) |
- Mizoram won the toss and elected to bat.
- Manish Rai (Bihar) made his List A debut.
Uttarakhand
264 (49.4 overs) |
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Arunachal Pradesh
156/9 (50 overs) |
- Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to bat.
References
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- ^ "Logistical nightmare on cards as BCCI announces 37-team Ranji Trophy for 2018-19 season". Indian Express. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "BCCI revokes eligibility 'allowance' to Puducherry". ESPNcricinfo. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Vidarbha have a new star, Nadeem strikes again, Vinay Kumar loses captaincy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ^ "Karna Veer Kaushal hits first Vijay Hazare double-century". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "Jharkhand, Haryana, Services and Tamil Nadu jostle for last two quarter-final spots". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ "Vijay Hazare Trophy Table - 2018–19". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ "Vijay Hazare Trophy 2018-19, Plate wrap: Wins for debutants Puducherry, Arunachal". Cricket Country. Retrieved 19 September 2018.