2021–22 Vijay Hazare Trophy

2021–22 Vijay Hazare Trophy
Dates8 – 26 December 2021
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatList A cricket
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Playoff format
Host(s) India
ChampionsHimachal Pradesh (1st title)
Runners-upTamil Nadu
Participants38
Matches105
Most runsRuturaj Gaikwad (603) (Maharashtra)
Most wicketsYash Thakur (18) (Vidarbha)

The 2021–22 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 29th edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, an annual List A cricket tournament in India.[1] It was played from 8 December 2021,[2] and finished on 26 December 2021.[3] Mumbai were the defending champions.[4]

Originally, the tournament was scheduled to start on 23 February 2022,[5] but was later preponed to 1 December 2021[3] and then postponed to 8 December 2021.[2] The teams were initially divided into four groups, with nine teams each in Groups A and B, and ten each in Groups C and Plate.[2] However, in August 2021, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that the tournament will be divided into six groups, with six teams in five Elite Groups and eight teams in the Plate Group.[6] The winners of each Elite Group progressed directly to the quarter-finals, with the second-placed teams and the winner of the Plate Group playing in pre-quarters matches to determine the final eight teams.[7]

Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Saurashtra, Kerala and Services all won their respective groups to progress directly to the quarter-finals.[8] Tripura won the Plate Group to progress to the preliminary quarter-finals.[8] Vidarbha, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan also advanced to the preliminary quarter-finals, after finishing in second place in their respective groups.[8]

On the first day of the quarter-finals, Himachal Pradesh beat Uttar Pradesh by five wickets,[9] and Tamil Nadu beat Karnataka by 151 runs.[10] In the other two quarter-final matches, Saurashtra beat Vidarbha by seven wickets,[11] and Services beat Kerala, also by the margin of seven wickets.[12]

In the first semi-final, Himachal Pradesh beat Services by 77 runs to advance to the final.[13] In the second semi-final, Tamil Nadu beat Saurashtra by two wickets to place their berth in the final.[14]

Himachal Pradesh won the final match against Tamil Nadu by 11 runs to clinch their maiden domestic title.[15]

League stage

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Knockout stage

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Preliminary QF Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
A1 Himachal Pradesh 208/5
C2 Uttar Pradesh 237/5 C2 Uttar Pradesh 207/9
D2 Madhya Pradesh 234 A1 Himachal Pradesh 281/6
E1 Services 204
D1 Kerala 175
E1 Services 176/3
A1 Himachal Pradesh 299/4
B1 Tamil Nadu 314
C1 Saurashtra 151/3
A2 Vidarbha 258/7 A2 Vidarbha 150
P1 Tripura 224 B1 Tamil Nadu 314/8
C1 Saurashtra 310/8
B1 Tamil Nadu 354/8
B2 Karnataka 204/2 B2 Karnataka 203
E2 Rajasthan 199

Preliminary quarter-finals

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Pre Quarter-final 1
19 December 2021
Scorecard
Vidarbha
258/7 (50 overs)
v
Tripura
224 (49.2 overs)
Yash Rathod 57 (63)
Manisankar Murasingh 2/41 (10 overs)
Bikramkumar Das 61 (100)
Yash Thakur 4/45 (9.2 overs)
  • Tripura won the toss and elected to field.

Pre-Quarter-final 2
19 December 2021
Scorecard
Rajasthan
199 (49.2 overs)
v
Karnataka
204/2 (43.4 overs)
Deepak Hooda 109 (109)
Vijaykumar Vyshak 4/22 (7 overs)
Karnataka won by 8 wickets
KL Saini Ground, Jaipur
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary and Nitin Pandit
  • Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.
  • Abhinav Manohar (Karnataka) made his List A debut.

Pre-Quarter-final 3
19 December 2021
Scorecard
Madhya Pradesh
234 (49.2 overs)
v
Uttar Pradesh
237/5 (49.1 overs)
Shubham Sharma 83 (99)
Yash Dayal 3/35 (10 overs)
Akshdeep Nath 78 (92)
Avesh Khan 2/47 (10 overs)
Uttar Pradesh won by 5 wickets
Jaipuria Vidyalaya Ground, Jaipur
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Rohan Pandit
  • Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.

Quarter-finals

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1st Quarter-final
21 December 2021
Scorecard
Uttar Pradesh
207/9 (50 overs)
v
Himachal Pradesh
208/5 (45.3 overs)
Rinku Singh 76 (102)
Vinay Galetiya 3/19 (10 overs)
Prashant Chopra 99 (141)
Shivam Mavi 3/34 (9 overs)
Himachal Pradesh won by 5 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Nitin Pandit and Sundaram Ravi
  • Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sidharth Sharma (Himachal Pradesh) made his List A debut.

2nd Quarter-final
21 December 2021
Scorecard
Tamil Nadu
354/8 (50 overs)
v
Karnataka
203 (39 overs)
Narayan Jagadeesan 102 (101)
Praveen Dubey 3/67 (10 overs)
Tamil Nadu won by 151 runs
KL Saini Ground, Jaipur
Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin and Virender Sharma
  • Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.

3rd Quarter-final
22 December 2021
Scorecard
Vidarbha
150 (40.3 overs)
v
Saurashtra
151/3 (29.5 overs)
Apoorv Wankhade 72 (69)
Jaydev Unadkat 2/25 (9 overs)
Prerak Mankad 77* (72)
Aditya Thakare 2/13 (8 overs)
Saurashtra won by 7 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Rohan Pandit
  • Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.

4th Quarter-final
22 December 2021
Scorecard
Kerala
175 (40.4 overs)
v
Services
176/3 (30.5 overs)
Rohan Kunnummal 85 (106)
Diwesh Pathania 3/19 (8 overs)
Services won by 7 wickets
KL Saini Ground, Jaipur
Umpires: Nitin Pandit and Chettithody Shamshuddin
  • Services won the toss and elected to field.

Semi-finals

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1st Semi-final
24 December 2021
Scorecard
Himachal Pradesh
281/6 (50 overs)
v
Services
204 (46.1 overs)
Rishi Dhawan 84 (77)
Raj Bahadur 2/52 (10 overs)
Rajat Paliwal 55 (66)
Rishi Dhawan 4/27 (8.1 overs)
Himachal Pradesh won by 77 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Sundaram Ravi
  • Services won the toss and elected to field.

2nd Semi-final
24 December 2021
Scorecard
Saurashtra
310/8 (50 overs)
v
Tamil Nadu
314/8 (49.5 overs)
Sheldon Jackson 134 (125)
Vijay Shankar 4/72 (10 overs)
Baba Aparajith 122 (124)
Chetan Sakariya 5/62 (10 overs)
Tamil Nadu won by 2 wickets
KL Saini Ground, Jaipur
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary and Chettithody Shamshuddin
  • Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.

Final

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Final
26 December 2021
Scorecard
Tamil Nadu
314 (49.4 overs)
v
Himachal Pradesh
299/4 (47.3 overs)
Dinesh Karthik 116 (103)
Pankaj Jaswal 4/59 (9.4 overs)
Shubham Arora 136* (131)
Baba Aparajith 1/45 (8 overs)
Himachal Pradesh won by 11 runs (VJD method)
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary and Chettithody Shamshuddin
Player of the match: Shubham Arora (Himachal Pradesh)
  • Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
  • Bad light stopped play during Himachal Pradesh's innings.
  • Himachal Pradesh were 11 runs ahead of the VJD par score of 288 runs from 47.3 overs.

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