| Dates | 10 December 2015 – 28 December 2015 | 
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | BCCI | 
| Cricket format | List A cricket | 
| Tournament format(s) | Round robin, then knockout | 
| Champions | Gujarat (1st title) | 
| Runners-up | Delhi | 
| Participants | 27 | 
| Most runs | Mandeep Singh (Punjab) (394) | 
| Most wickets | Jasprit 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
| Ground | Capacity | 
|---|---|
| M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | 35,000 | 
| KSCA Cricket Ground | N/A | 
| KSCA Cricket (2) Ground | N/A | 
| Feroz Shah Kotla Ground | 42,000 | 
| Palam A Stadium | N/A | 
| Palam B Stadium | N/A | 
| Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium | 28,000 | 
| Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground | 15,000 | 
Teams
Teams are divided into four groups as follows[5]
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Assam | Gujarat | Andhra | Bengal | 
| Hyderabad (H) | Haryana | Baroda | Goa | 
| Mumbai | Jammu & Kashmir | Delhi (H) | Himachal Pradesh | 
| Punjab | Jharkhand | Maharashtra | Madhya Pradesh | 
| Rajasthan | Karnataka (H) | Odisha | Saurashtra (H) | 
| Services | Kerala | Tripura | Uttar Pradesh | 
| Tamil Nadu | Railways | Vidarbha | 
- Note: H – Host
Fixtures
Group A
| Rank | Team[6] | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tamil Nadu | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | +1.254 | 
| 2 | Punjab | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | +0.349 | 
| 3 | Mumbai | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +0.866 | 
| 4 | Services | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -0.321 | 
| 5 | Rajasthan | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -0.772 | 
| 6 | Hyderabad | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.454 | 
| 7 | Assam | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.807 | 
- Top two teams advanced to knockout stage
Group B
| Rank | Team[6] | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jharkhand | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | +0.860 | 
| 2 | Gujarat | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | +0.540 | 
| 3 | Karnataka | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +1.465 | 
| 4 | Railways | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -0.083 | 
| 5 | Haryana | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.328 | 
| 6 | Kerala | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.472 | 
| 7 | J&K | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.933 | 
- Top two teams advanced to knockout stage
Group C
| Rank | Team[6] | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vidarbha | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | +1.209 | 
| 2 | Delhi | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | +0.860 | 
| 3 | Baroda | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +1.114 | 
| 4 | Maharashtra | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.465 | 
| 5 | Andhra | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.844 | 
| 6 | Odisha | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.680 | 
| 7 | Assam | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2.407 | 
- Top two teams advanced to knockout stage
Group D
| Rank | Team[6] | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HP | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +1.805 | 
| 2 | UP | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +0.335 | 
| 3 | Saurashtra | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.373 | 
| 4 | MP | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.305 | 
| 5 | Bengal | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.417 | 
| 6 | Goa | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -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) | 
- Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
|  23 December 2015     Scorecard | 
| Delhi 225 (50 overs) | v | Jharkhand 126 (38 overs) | 
- 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) | 
- Uttar Pradesh 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) | 
- 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) | 
- Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.
Final
|  28 December 2015     Scorecard | 
| Gujarat 273 (50 overs) | v | Delhi 134 (32.3 overs) | 
- Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
- Karan Patel (Gujarat) made his List A debut.
References
- ↑ "Global - Cricket news, live scores, fixtures, features and statistics on ESPNcricinfo". ESPNcricinfo.
- ↑ "Axar threat looms for top-heavy Delhi". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ↑ "Parthiv, RP Singh help Gujarat clinch maiden Vijay Hazare title". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ↑ PTI (20 July 2015). "BCCI revamps Deodhar Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy formats, announces 900 matches". The Hindu.
- ↑ "Duleep Trophy omitted from 2015-16 calendar". ESPNcricinfo.
- 1 2 3 4 "Vijay Hazare Trophy Table - 2015–16". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
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