2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy Explained

2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy
Fromdate:	10 December 2015
Todate:	28 December 2015
Administrator:	BCCI
Cricket Format:	List A cricket
Tournament Format:	Round robin, then knockout
Champions:	Gujarat
Runner Up:	Delhi
Count:	1
Participants:	27
Most Runs:	Mandeep Singh (Punjab) (394)
Most Wickets:	Jasprit Bumrah (Gujarat) (21)
Previous Year:	2014–15
Previous Tournament:	2014–15 Vijay Hazare Trophy
Next Year:	2016–17
Next Tournament:	2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy

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
	35,000
KSCA Cricket Ground	N/A
KSCA Cricket (2) Ground	N/A
	42,000
	N/A
	N/A
	28,000
	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

See main article: 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy Group A.

Rank	Team^[6]
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

See main article: 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy Group B.

Rank	Team^[7]
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

See main article: 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy Group C.

Rank	Team^[8]
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

See main article: 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy Group D.

Rank	Team^[9]
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

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Semifinals

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Final

External links

• Fixtures at ESPNcricinfo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Global - Cricket news, live scores, fixtures, features and statistics on ESPNcricinfo . ESPNcricinfo.
2. Web site: Axar threat looms for top-heavy Delhi . 27 December 2015 . ESPNcricinfo.
3. Web site: Parthiv, RP Singh help Gujarat clinch maiden Vijay Hazare title . 28 December 2015 . ESPNcricinfo.
4. News: BCCI revamps Deodhar Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy formats, announces 900 matches . PTI . The Hindu. 20 July 2015 .
5. Web site: Duleep Trophy omitted from 2015-16 calendar. ESPNcricinfo.
6. Web site: Vijay Hazare Trophy Table - 2015–16 . ESPNcricinfo. 18 June 2018.
7. Web site: Vijay Hazare Trophy Table - 2015–16 . ESPNcricinfo. 18 June 2018.
8. Web site: Vijay Hazare Trophy Table - 2015–16 . ESPNcricinfo. 18 June 2018.
9. Web site: Vijay Hazare Trophy Table - 2015–16 . ESPNcricinfo. 18 June 2018.