Vijay Hazare Trophy
| Countries |  India |
|---|---|
| Administrator | BCCI |
| Format | List A cricket |
| First edition | 2002–03 |
| Latest edition | 2017–18 |
| Tournament format | Round robin and Playoff |
| Number of teams | 38 |
| Current champion | Karnataka (3rd title) |
| Most successful | Tamil Nadu (5 titles) |
| Website | Bcci.tv |
 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy | |
The Vijay Hazare Trophy, also known as the Ranji One Day Trophy, was started in 2002–03 as a limited-overs cricket domestic competition involving state teams from the Ranji Trophy plates. It is named after the famous Indian cricketer Vijay Hazare.
Tamil Nadu have won the trophy 5 times.
Karnataka are the current champions of the trophy in 2017-18 who won their 3rd title beating Saurashtra in the finals.[1]
Format
Till 2014-15 season, 27 teams are split into 5 zonal groups as follows:
| Zone | Teams | No. of Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Central | Madhya Pradesh, Railways, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Vidarbha | 5 |
| East | Assam, Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Tripura | 6 |
| North | Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Services | 6 |
| South | Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Hyderabad, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu | 6 |
| West | Baroda, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Saurashtra | 5 |
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 2 winners of pre-quarter finals join the remaining 6 teams in the quarter final stage.
From the 2015-16 season, the Zonal groups were replaced with 4 groups of 7 each. In 2018-19 season, the teams were divided into 3 elite groups and 1 plate group. The 2 top elite group had 9 teams while 3rd elite group has 10 team. Plate Group consists of 9 new teams. Teams are grouped based on average points in preceding 3 seasons.
Tournament history
From the tournament's inaugural edition during the 1993–94 season through to the 2001–02 season, no finals were held, and teams consequently played only within their zones, with no overall winner named.
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 full finals series (including semi-finals and a final) has been held, with varying formats.
References
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