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| Countries | India |
|---|---|
| Administrator | BCCI |
| Format | List A cricket |
| First edition | 1993–94 |
| Latest edition | 2024–25 |
| Next edition | 2025–26 |
| Tournament format | Round-robin, then knockout |
| Number of teams | 38 |
| Current champion | Karnataka (5th title) |
| Most successful | Karnataka / Tamil Nadu (5 titles each) |
| Most runs | Ankit Bawne (4,010) (Maharashtra) |
| Most wickets | Siddarth Kaul (155) (Punjab) |
| Website | https://www.bcci.tv |
The Vijay Hazare Trophy is a List A tournament played in India. Matches consist of 50 overs per side, similar to One Day International matches. The most successful teams since it became a national tournament are Tamil Nadu and Karnataka who have won five times each. Karnataka are the defending champions, after having won the 2024-25 edition.
The Vijay Hazare trophy began in the 1993-94 season as the Ranji One Day Trophy, a List A counterpart to the First-Class Ranji Trophy. In its early years, it was played at the zonal level. North, South, East, West, and Central Zones each produced their own winner. The most successful teams in this phase were Bombay/Mumbai (8 titles), Bengal (6), Karnataka (4), Punjab (4), and Tamil Nadu (4). It became a national competition in 2002–03, with a knockout stage crowning a national champion every year.
For the 2007-08 edition, it was renamed in honour of Vijay Hazare. [1] [2] Domestic cricket in India was suspended for several months because of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, leading to the cancellation of the 2020–21 Ranji Trophy. However, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that the 2020/21 edition of the Vijay Hazare tournament would take place. [3] [4]
The format of the national-level tournament has changed several times. [5] During the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons, a final round-robin stage was held for the top teams in each zone. Since the 2004–05 tournament, a playoff format including semi-finals and a final has been held, with varying qualification mechanisms. Teams are currently grouped on the basis of average points gained in the preceding three seasons.[ citation needed ]
Between the 2015–16 and 2017–18 seasons, the tournament consisted of 28 teams divided into four groups. For the 2018/19 edition, the teams were divided into three elite groups and one plate group. Two of the elite groups had nine teams while the third had ten. The plate group consisted of nine new teams.
The current format consists of 38 teams divided into 4 elite groups and 1 plate group. The elite groups have 8 teams while the plate group has 6. After playing each team in the group once, the five winners and the best performing runner-up qualify for the quarter final stage directly, while the four other runners-up play in the preliminary quarter finals. The two winners of pre-quarter finals join the remaining six teams in the quarter final stage.
| Team | Winner | Runner-up | Last Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamil Nadu | 5 | 2 | 2021–22 |
| Karnataka | 5 | 0 | 2024–25 |
| Mumbai | 4 | 1 | 2020–21 |
| Saurashtra | 2 | 1 | 2022–23 |
| Bengal | 1 | 5 | 2016–17 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 2020–21 |
| Delhi | 1 | 2 | 2018–19 |
| Railways | 1 | 1 | 2013–14 |
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 2015–16 |
| Jharkhand | 1 | 0 | 2010–11 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 0 | 2021–22 |
| Haryana | 1 | 0 | 2023–24 |
| Punjab | 0 | 2 | 2014–15 |
| Rajasthan | 0 | 2 | 2023–24 |
| Assam | 0 | 1 | 2012–13 |
| Maharashtra | 0 | 1 | 2022–23 |
| Vidarbha | 0 | 1 | 2024–25 |
This is a list of records in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. It is current as of December 31st 2025. [37]
| Category | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Most National Championships | Karnataka | 5 |
| Tamil Nadu | ||
| Most Zonal Championships | Mumbai | 8 |
| Highest Innings Total | Bihar | 574/6 |
| Lowest Innings Total | Rajasthan | 35 |
| Highest Match Aggregate | Jharkhand vs Karnataka | 825 |
| Lowest Match Aggregate | Rajasthan vs Railways | 74 |
| Largest Victory Margin | Tamil Nadu vs Arunachal | 435 |
| Most Extras in an Innings | Jharkhand | 47 |
| Highest Winning Percentage | Karnataka | 77.73 |
| Category | Player | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Most Runs | Ankit Bawne | 4164 |
| Highest Individual Score | Narayan Jagadeesan | 277 |
| Highest Batting Average (min 10 matches) | Devdutt Padikkal | 92.96 |
| Highest Batting Strike Rate | Rajagopal Sathish | 134.58 |
| Most Centuries | Ankit Bawne | 15 |
| Most Half Centuries | Ankit Bawne | 17 |
| Most Runs in a season | Narayan Jagadeesan | 830 |
| Highest Partnership | Sai Sudarshan and Narayan Jagadeesan | 416 |
| Category | Player | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Most Wickets | Siddarth Kaul | 155 |
| Best Bowling Figures | Shahbaz Nadeem | 8/10 |
| Best Bowling Average (min 100 overs) | Varun Chakravarthy | 14.13 |
| Best Economy Rate (min 100 overs) | Iresh Saxena | 3.61 |
| Best Strike Rate (min 100 overs) | Varun Chakravarthy | 19.81 |
| Most 5 Wicket Hauls | Siddarth Kaul | 7 |
| Most Wickets in a Season | Vinay Kumar | 28 |
| Category | Player | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Most Dismissals | Aditya Tare | 133 |
| Most Catches | Aditya Tare | 115 |
| Most Stumpings | Parthiv Patel | 21 |
| Most Dismissals in a Match | Mahesh Rawat | 7 |
| Keenan Vaz | ||
| Ishan Kishan | ||
| Most Dismissals in a Season | Kunal Singh Rathore | 24 |
| Category | Player | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Most Catches | Manish Pandey | 68 |
| Most Catches in a Match | Vignesh Puthur | 6 |
| Most Catches in a Season | Manish Pandey | 14 |
| Category | Player | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Most Matches | Manish Pandey | 103 |
| Most Matches as Captian | Parthiv Patel | 67 |
The BCCI increased the match fees in 2024 to allow it to compete with lucrative tournaments like the IPL. Match fees depend on a player's level, which is calculated using the total number of matches they have played in the Vijay Hazare Trophy throughout their career. Players who are on the bench but do not play in the match receive half fees.
| Category | Number of Matches | Match Fees (Starting 11) | Match Fees (Bench) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | >40 | ₹ 60,000 | ₹30,000 |
| Mid Level | 21 - 40 | ₹ 50,000 | ₹25,000 |
| Junior | 0 - 20 | ₹ 40,000 | ₹20,000 |
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