2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy Group A Explained

2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy Group A
Fromdate:	24 September
Todate:	16 October 2019
Administrator:	BCCI
Cricket Format:	List A cricket
Tournament Format:	Round-robin
Participants:	9
Previous Year:	2018–19
Previous Tournament:	2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy

The 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy is the 18th season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament in India.^[1] It is being contested by 38 teams, divided into four groups, with nine teams in Group A.^[2] The group stage started on 24 September 2019.^[3] The top five teams across Group A and Group B progressed to the quarter-finals of the competition.^[4]

Seventeen out of the first thirty matches that were scheduled to be played across all four groups were abandoned or finished in a no result. Therefore, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) issued a revised schedule for the rain-affected matches.^{[5] [6]} Group A is now scheduled to finish on 16 October 2019, three days later than originally planned.^[7]

On 12 October 2019, in the match between Kerala and Goa, Kerala's Sanju Samson scored the fastest double century in List A cricket.^[8] It was the highest individual total in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, with an unbeaten 212 runs from 129 balls.^[9] It was also the highest total made by a wicket-keeper in a List A cricket match.^[10] The partnership between him and Sachin Baby was the highest List A partnership for the third wicket. It was also the fourth-highest List A partnership in the history of the game and highest in India.^{[11] [12]} On 16 October 2019, Yashasvi Jaiswal became the youngest player to score a double century in List A cricket.^[13]

After the final group matches, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Mumbai had all progressed from Group A to the knockout phase of the tournament.^[14]

Fixtures

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 7

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Round 8

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Round 9

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Round 10

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Round 11

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Round 12

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Round 13

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Notes and References

1. News: Ranji Trophy set to finish in March; Mushtaq Ali T20s gets pre-IPL auction window . ESPNcricinfo . 2 July 2019.
2. Web site: BCCI Domestic Schedule 2019–20 . Board of Control for Cricket in India . 3 July 2019 . 12 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200912164935/http://relaunch-live.s3.amazonaws.com/cms/documents/5d1b1400c82f1-BCCI%20Domestic.pdf . dead .
3. Web site: Neutral curators to pick wickets in Ranji Trophy, 2019–20 domestic season to begin in August with Duleep Trophy . Cricket Country . 5 August 2019.
4. Web site: Mushtaq Ali Trophy to be held ahead of IPL auction as BCCI announces domestic schedule . Times of India . 3 July 2019.
5. Web site: Vijay Hazare Trophy: Rain washes out all matches in Group B . Hindustan Times . 27 September 2019.
6. Web site: Rain-affected Vijay Hazare Trophy games to be rescheduled . ESPNcricinfo . 27 September 2019.
7. Web site: Rain-affected games in Bengaluru leg of Vijay Hazare Trophy rescheduled . ESPNcricinfo . 28 September 2019.
8. Web site: Sanju Samson smashes fastest double hundred by an Indian in 50-overs cricket in Vijay Hazare Trophy match . Hindustan Times . 12 October 2019.
9. Web site: Sanju Samson Smashes Record-breaking Double Hundred Against Goa . Network18 Media and Investments Ltd . 12 October 2019.
10. Web site: Vijay Hazare Trophy: Sanju Samson sets international record with maiden double hundred . India Today . 12 October 2019.
11. Web site: Sanju Samson makes Vijay Hazare Trophy history with unbeaten 212 . ESPNcricinfo . 17 October 2019.
12. Web site: Sanju Samson And Sachin Baby Break India's Highest List A Partnership Record . Sportzwiki . 17 October 2019.
13. Web site: Mumbai teen Yashasvi Jaiswal becomes the youngest man to hit a one-day double-century . ESPNcricinfo . 17 October 2019.
14. Web site: Vinay Kumar to take on Karnataka in Vijay Hazare Trophy quarterfinals . ESPNcricinfo . 17 October 2019.