2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy Group D
| Dates | 10 December 2015 – 15 December 2015 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | List A cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Round robin |
| Host(s) | Saurashtra |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 15 |
2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy is the 14th season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament in India. It is contested by 27 domestic cricket teams of India divided into 4 Groups.[1] The winner will advance to play 2015–16 Deodhar Trophy.[2]
- The top two teams advanced to the quarter finals.
Fixtures
Round one
Ashoke Dinda (3/40)-led attack held Goa to 235 for nine, Manoj Tiwary took Bengal to victory with an unbeaten 62-run knock off as many balls. Chasing the target, Shreevats Goswami (70) set-up the innings with a 116-run opening stand with S Mondal. The Bengal captain then took his team to the target with 52 balls to spare.
10 December 2015
Scorecard |
Goa
235/9 (50 overs) |
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Bengal
238/4 (41.2 overs) |
- Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
- Aamir Gani, Sayan Ghosh and Pankaj Shaw (Bengal) all made their List A debuts.
Leading from the front, captain Eklavya Dwivedi led UP to the 244-run target with an unbeaten 104. The batsman's maiden List A century came off 127 balls with 15 boundaries. He was ably supported by Rinku Singh, who remained not out on 62. Earlier while Praveen Kumar (2/37) and Piyush Chawla (3/49) claimed wickets at regular intervals, Rishi Dhawan lifted HP to 243 with an unbeaten 67-run knock. Left on 126 for six the all-rounder had held the innings together to take the team to a modest score.
10 December 2015
Scorecard |
Himachal Pradesh
243/8 (50 overs) |
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Uttar Pradesh
247/3 (47.2 overs) |
- Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Israr Azim, Mohammad Javed, Samarth Singh and Saurabh Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) all made their List A debuts.
Round two
Ravindra Jadeja starred in the Saurashtra's victory with the bat and the ball. While Sheldon Jackson scored 111, Jadeja made 134 off 117 before falling to Ishwar Pandey off the last ball. After being left on 53 for three, Jackson and Jadeja built a 135-run partnership to revive the innings. The all-rounder then built a 152-run stand for the fifth wicket with Chirag Jani to set MP a stiff target.
Jalaj Saxena then led MP's fight with a run-a-ball 133 while Rajat Patidar and Naman Ojha scored half-centuries to keep the team in the game. While Shaurya Sanandia claimed three, Jaydev Unadkat claimed two and Jadeja wrapped-up MP's innings for 334 to finish with two scalps.
11 December 2015
Scorecard |
Saurashtra
340/5 (50 overs) |
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Madhya Pradesh
333 (49.1 overs) |
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Venkatesh Iyer, Rajat Patidar, Parth Sahani (Madhya Pradesh) and Deepak Punia (Saurashtra) all made their List A debuts.
The 157-run stand for the second wicket between Prashant Chopra (91) and Robin Bist (84) laid a platform for a formidable score for HP after being asked to bat. Paras Dogra (78) and Rishi Dhawan (31) then added 101 for the fourth wicket to keep the innings on course. The rest of the lineup did poorly but the two solid partnerships helped the team to a 308-run total.
Pankaj Jaswal then claimed three while captain Bipul Sharma picked two wickets to bowl Bengal out for 219 and post their first win of the tournament.
11 December 2015
Scorecard |
Himachal Pradesh
308/7 (50 overs) |
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Bengal
219 (36.3 overs) |
- Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
Ravindra Jadeja starred in the Saurashtra's victory with the bat and the ball. While Sheldon Jackson scored 111, Jadeja made 134 off 117 before falling to Ishwar Pandey off the last ball. After being left on 53 for three, Jackson and Jadeja built a 135-run partnership to revive the innings. The all-rounder then built a 152-run stand for the fifth wicket with Chirag Jani to set MP a stiff target.
Jalaj Saxena then led MP's fight with a run-a-ball 133 while Rajat Patidar and Naman Ojha scored half-centuries to keep the team in the game. While Shaurya Sanandia claimed three, Jaydev Unadkat claimed two and Jadeja wrapped-up MP's innings for 334 to finish with two scalps.
12 December 2015
Scorecard |
Goa
199 (47.4 overs) |
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Saurashtra
202/0 (26.3 overs) |
Sheldon Jackson 150* (103)
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- Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
- This was Sheldon Jackson's second century in as many days in the competition.[3]
Round three
13 December 2015
Scorecard |
Bengal
221 (48.3 overs) |
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Uttar Pradesh
222/6 (46.4 overs) |
- Bengal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mukesh Kumar (Bengal) made his List A debut.
13 December 2015
Scorecard |
Goa
214 (43.3 overs) |
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Madhya Pradesh
215/3 (42.2 overs) |
- Goa won the toss and elected to bat.
- Chandrakant Sakure (Madhya Pradesh) made his List A debut.
Round four
14 December 2015
Scorecard |
Saurashtra
195 (48.4 overs) |
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Himachal Pradesh
197/3 (43.2 overs) |
- Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
14 December 2015
Scorecard |
Uttar Pradesh
211 (46.3 overs) |
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Madhya Pradesh
212/2 (39.1 overs) |
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
Round five
16 December 2015
Scorecard |
Goa
184 (45.4 overs) |
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Himachal Pradesh
187/3 (29.2 overs) |
- Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
16 December 2015
Scorecard |
Saurashtra
189 (48.5 overs) |
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Uttar Pradesh
191/5 (44.4 overs) |
- Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Shubham Chaubey (Uttar Pradesh) made his List A debut.
Round six
17 December 2015
Scorecard |
Bengal
262 (50 overs) |
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Madhya Pradesh
263/5 (46.5 overs) |
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Abhimanyu Easwaran (Bengal) made his List A debut.
17 December 2015
Scorecard |
Goa
218 (49.5 overs) |
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Uttar Pradesh
224/4 (36.3 overs) |
- Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
Round seven
18 December 2015
Scorecard |
Bengal
243/5 (50 overs) |
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Saurashtra
246/4 (46 overs) |
- Bengal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Pradipta Pramanik (Bengal); Vandit Jivrajani and Samarth Vyas (Saurashtra) all made their List A debuts.
18 December 2015
Scorecard |
Himachal Pradesh
295/5 (50 overs) |
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Madhya Pradesh
254 (46.1 overs) |
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field
References
- ^ "Vijay Hazare Trophy". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
- ^ "BCCI scraps Duleep Trophy, revamps Deodhar, Hazare". The Hindu. 2015-07-20. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
- ^ "Jackson smashes second successive ton". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 December 2015.