2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy
Dates10 December 2015 – 28 December 2015
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatList A cricket
Tournament format(s)Round robin, then knockout
ChampionsGujarat (1st title)
Runners-upDelhi
Participants27
Most runsMandeep Singh (Punjab) (394)
Most wicketsJasprit Bumrah (Gujarat) (21)

The 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 23rd edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, an annual List A cricket tournament in India. It was held between 10 and 28 December 2015.[1] The final was contested by Delhi and Gujarat, only the second time they had played each other in a one-day match.[2] Gujarat won the final by 139 runs to claim their first Vijay Hazare title.[3] They advanced to play in the 2015–16 Deodhar Trophy.[4]

Venues

GroundCapacity
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium35,000
KSCA Cricket GroundN/A
KSCA Cricket (2) GroundN/A
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground42,000
Palam A StadiumN/A
Palam B StadiumN/A
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium28,000
Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground15,000

Teams

Teams are divided into four groups as follows[5]

Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D
AssamGujaratAndhraBengal
Hyderabad (H)HaryanaBarodaGoa
MumbaiJammu & KashmirDelhi (H)Himachal Pradesh
PunjabJharkhandMaharashtraMadhya Pradesh
RajasthanKarnataka (H)OdishaSaurashtra (H)
ServicesKeralaTripuraUttar Pradesh
Tamil NaduRailwaysVidarbha
  • Note: H – Host

Fixtures

Group A

Rank Team[6] Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1Tamil Nadu 6510020+1.254
2Punjab 6510020+0.349
3Mumbai 6420016+0.866
4Services 6330012-0.321
5Rajasthan 6330012-0.772
6Hyderabad 615004-0.454
7Assam 606000-0.807
  •   Top two teams advanced to knockout stage

Group B

Rank Team[6] Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1Jharkhand 6510020+0.860
2Gujarat 6510020+0.540
3Karnataka 6420016+1.465
4Railways 6330012-0.083
5Haryana 624008-0.328
6Kerala 624008-0.472
7J&K 606000-1.933
  •   Top two teams advanced to knockout stage

Group C

Rank Team[6] Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1Vidarbha 6510020+1.209
2Delhi 6510020+0.860
3Baroda 6420016+1.114
4Maharashtra 6330012+0.465
5Andhra 624008-0.844
6Odisha 615004-0.680
7Assam 615004-2.407
  •   Top two teams advanced to knockout stage

Group D

Rank Team[6] Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1HP 5410016+1.805
2UP 5410016+0.335
3Saurashtra 5320012+0.373
4MP 5320012+0.305
5Bengal 514004-0.417
6Goa 505000-1.851
  •   Top two teams advanced to knockout stage

Knockout stage

Of the 27 participants, the following 8 teams qualified for the knockout stage:

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
D1 Himachal Pradesh 266/5 (49.2 ov)
A2 Punjab 263/8 (50 ov)
D1 Himachal Pradesh 200/9 (50 ov)
C2 Delhi 201/4 (41.1 ov)
B1 Jharkhand 126 (38 ov)
C2 Delhi 225 (50 ov)
C2 Delhi 134 (32.3 ov)
B2 Gujarat 273 (50 overs)
A1 Tamil Nadu 169/9 (41.3 ov)
D2 Uttar Pradesh 168 (48.2 ov)
B2 Gujarat 248/8 (50 ov)
A1 Tamil Nadu 217 (47.3 ov)
C1 Vidarbha 195 (48 ov)
B2 Gujarat 198/8 (48.1 ov)

Quarterfinals

23 December 2015
Scorecard
Punjab
263/8 (50 overs)
v
Himachal Pradesh
266/5 (49.2 overs)
Mandeep Singh 119 (145)
Pankaj Jaiswal 3/50 (10 overs)
Robin Bist 109* (135)
Siddarth Kaul 3/42 (8.2 overs)
Himachal Pradesh won by 5 wickets
KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur
Umpires: Nitin Menon and C. K. Nandan
Player of the match: Robin Bist (Himachal Pradesh)
  • Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.

23 December 2015
Scorecard
Delhi
225 (50 overs)
v
Jharkhand
126 (38 overs)
Nitish Rana 44 (76)
Rahul Shukla 3/60 (10 overs)
MS Dhoni 70* (108)
Suboth Bhati 4/21 (10 overs)
Delhi won by 99 runs
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Krishnamachari Bharatan and Anil Dandekar
Player of the match: Pawan Negi (Delhi)
  • Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rishabh Pant (Delhi) made his List A debut.

24 December 2015
Scorecard
Uttar Pradesh
168 (48.2 overs)
v
Tamil Nadu
169/9 (41.3 overs)
Rinku Singh 60 (97)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 3/32 (8.2 overs)
Baba Indrajith 48 (78)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/25 (9 overs)
Tamil Nadu won by 1 wicket
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Nitin Menon and C. K. Nandan
Player of the match: Rajagopal Sathish (Tamil Nadu)
  • Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.

24 December 2015
Scorecard
Vidarbha
195 (48 overs)
v
Gujarat
198/8 (48.1 overs)
Faiz Fazal 52 (66)
Jasprit Bumrah 4/38 (9 overs)
Parthiv Patel 57 (58)
Akshay Wakhare 3/30 (10 overs)
Gujarat won by 2 wickets
KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur
Umpires: Krishnamachari Bharatan and Nand Kishore
Player of the match: Axar Patel (Gujarat)
  • Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat.

Semifinals

26 December 2015
Scorecard
Himachal Pradesh
200/9 (50 overs)
v
Delhi
201/4 (41.1 overs)
Bipul Sharma 51 (45)
Nitish Rana 2/16 (4 overs)
Unmukt Chand 80* (86)
Nikhil Gangta 1/14 (3 overs)
Delhi won by 6 wickets
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: C. K. Nandan and Nand Kishore
Player of the match: Unmukt Chand (Delhi)
  • Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
  • Mayank Dagar (Himachal Pradesh) made his List A debut.

26 December 2015
Scorecard
Gujarat
248/8 (50 overs)
v
Tamil Nadu
217 (47.3 overs)
Chirag Gandhi 71 (82)
Ravichandran Ashwin 3/51 (10 overs)
Abhinav Mukund 104* (142)
Axar Patel 6/43 (10 overs)
Gujarat won by 31 runs
KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur
Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Nitin Menon
Player of the match: Axar Patel (Gujarat)
  • Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.

Final

28 December 2015
Scorecard
Gujarat
273 (50 overs)
v
Delhi
134 (32.3 overs)
Parthiv Patel 105 (119)
Pawan Negi 2/36 (6 overs)
Pawan Negi 57 (47)
Jasprit Bumrah 5/28 (9.3 overs)
Gujarat won by 139 runs
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Krishnamachari Bharatan and Nitin Menon
Player of the match: Parthiv Patel and RP Singh (both Gujarat)
  • Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
  • Karan Patel (Gujarat) made his List A debut.

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  4. PTI (20 July 2015). "BCCI revamps Deodhar Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy formats, announces 900 matches". The Hindu.
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