Dates | 20 February – 14 March 2021 |
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Administrator(s) | BCCI |
Cricket format | List A cricket |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Playoff format |
Host(s) | Various |
Champions | Mumbai (4th title) |
Runners-up | Uttar Pradesh |
Most runs | Prithvi Shaw (827) (Mumbai) |
Most wickets | Shivam Sharma (21) (Uttar Pradesh) |
2020–21 Indian domestic cricket season |
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The 2020–21 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 28th edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, an annual List A cricket tournament in India. The tournament took place from 20 February to 14 March 2021. [1] Karnataka were the defending champions. [2]
In January 2021, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that the tournament would take place after the 2020–21 Ranji Trophy was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] [4] 38 teams were split into six groups, [5] with six teams in Groups A to E and eight teams in the Plate Group. [6] The top five teams from Groups A to E, along with next two highest ranked teams across those groups advanced to the quarter-finals. The next best ranked team in Groups A to E faced the winner of the Plate Group in the Eliminator, with the winner of that fixture also advancing to the quarter-finals. [7]
On the opening day of the tournament, Jharkhand scored 422/9 against Madhya Pradesh, [8] the highest total by any team in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. [9] This record was broken five days later, when Mumbai made 457/4 against Pondicherry. [10] In the match, Mumbai's Prithvi Shaw scored the highest individual total in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, with 227 not out. [11]
Groups A, B and C all concluded on 28 February 2021, with Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka all winning their respective groups to qualify for the knockout stage of the tournament. [12] [13] The remaining three groups finished on the following day, with Mumbai and Saurashtra winning Groups D and E respectively, [14] and Uttarakhand winning the Plate Group. [15] Uttar Pradesh and Kerala qualified for the knockout stage as the next two best-placed teams, with Delhi facing Uttarakhand in the Eliminator match. [16] Delhi beat Uttarakhand by four wickets in the Eliminator match to join the other seven teams in the quarter-finals. [17]
On day one of the quarter-finals, Gujarat beat Andhra Pradesh by 116 runs, [18] and Karnataka beat Kerala by 80 runs to progress. [19] In the remaining two quarter-final matches, Uttar Pradesh beat Delhi by 46 runs, [20] and Mumbai beat Saurashtra by nine wickets. [21] The first semi-final saw Uttar Pradesh beat Gujarat by five wickets, [22] with Mumbai beating the defending champions Karnataka by 72 runs in the second semi-final. [23] Mumbai won the tournament, to take their fourth title, beating Uttar Pradesh by six wickets in the final. [24]
Group A
Group B
Group C
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Group D
Advanced to the Eliminator
Group E
Plate Group
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Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
A1 | Gujarat | 299/7 (50 overs) | ||||||||||||
B1 | Andhra Pradesh | 183 (41.2 overs) | ||||||||||||
A1 | Gujarat | 184 (48.1 overs) | ||||||||||||
C2 | Uttar Pradesh | 188/5 (42.4 overs) | ||||||||||||
D2 | Delhi | 234 (48.1 overs) | ||||||||||||
C2 | Uttar Pradesh | 280/7 (50 overs) | ||||||||||||
C2 | Uttar Pradesh | 312/4 (50 overs) | ||||||||||||
D1 | Mumbai | 315/4 (41.3 overs) | ||||||||||||
C1 | Karnataka | 338/3 (50 overs) | ||||||||||||
C3 | Kerala | 258 (43.4 overs) | ||||||||||||
C1 | Karnataka | 250 (42.4 overs) | ||||||||||||
D1 | Mumbai | 322 (49.2 overs) | ||||||||||||
D1 | Mumbai | 285/1 (41.5 overs) | ||||||||||||
E1 | Saurashtra | 284/5 (50 overs) |
Uttarakhand
287/8 (50 overs) |
v
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Delhi
289/6 (48.3 overs) |
Gujarat
299/7 (50 overs) |
v
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Andhra Pradesh
183 (41.2 overs) |
Saurashtra
284/5 (50 overs) |
v
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Mumbai
285/1 (41.5 overs) |
Uttar Pradesh
312/4 (50 overs) |
v
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Mumbai
315/4 (41.3 overs) |
Dates | 20 February – 14 March 2021 |
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Administrator(s) | BCCI |
Cricket format | List A cricket |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Playoff format |
Host(s) | Various |
Champions | Mumbai (4th title) |
Runners-up | Uttar Pradesh |
Most runs | Prithvi Shaw (827) (Mumbai) |
Most wickets | Shivam Sharma (21) (Uttar Pradesh) |
2020–21 Indian domestic cricket season |
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Men |
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Women |
The 2020–21 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 28th edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, an annual List A cricket tournament in India. The tournament took place from 20 February to 14 March 2021. [1] Karnataka were the defending champions. [2]
In January 2021, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that the tournament would take place after the 2020–21 Ranji Trophy was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] [4] 38 teams were split into six groups, [5] with six teams in Groups A to E and eight teams in the Plate Group. [6] The top five teams from Groups A to E, along with next two highest ranked teams across those groups advanced to the quarter-finals. The next best ranked team in Groups A to E faced the winner of the Plate Group in the Eliminator, with the winner of that fixture also advancing to the quarter-finals. [7]
On the opening day of the tournament, Jharkhand scored 422/9 against Madhya Pradesh, [8] the highest total by any team in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. [9] This record was broken five days later, when Mumbai made 457/4 against Pondicherry. [10] In the match, Mumbai's Prithvi Shaw scored the highest individual total in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, with 227 not out. [11]
Groups A, B and C all concluded on 28 February 2021, with Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka all winning their respective groups to qualify for the knockout stage of the tournament. [12] [13] The remaining three groups finished on the following day, with Mumbai and Saurashtra winning Groups D and E respectively, [14] and Uttarakhand winning the Plate Group. [15] Uttar Pradesh and Kerala qualified for the knockout stage as the next two best-placed teams, with Delhi facing Uttarakhand in the Eliminator match. [16] Delhi beat Uttarakhand by four wickets in the Eliminator match to join the other seven teams in the quarter-finals. [17]
On day one of the quarter-finals, Gujarat beat Andhra Pradesh by 116 runs, [18] and Karnataka beat Kerala by 80 runs to progress. [19] In the remaining two quarter-final matches, Uttar Pradesh beat Delhi by 46 runs, [20] and Mumbai beat Saurashtra by nine wickets. [21] The first semi-final saw Uttar Pradesh beat Gujarat by five wickets, [22] with Mumbai beating the defending champions Karnataka by 72 runs in the second semi-final. [23] Mumbai won the tournament, to take their fourth title, beating Uttar Pradesh by six wickets in the final. [24]
Group A
Group B
Group C
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Group D
Advanced to the Eliminator
Group E
Plate Group
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Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
A1 | Gujarat | 299/7 (50 overs) | ||||||||||||
B1 | Andhra Pradesh | 183 (41.2 overs) | ||||||||||||
A1 | Gujarat | 184 (48.1 overs) | ||||||||||||
C2 | Uttar Pradesh | 188/5 (42.4 overs) | ||||||||||||
D2 | Delhi | 234 (48.1 overs) | ||||||||||||
C2 | Uttar Pradesh | 280/7 (50 overs) | ||||||||||||
C2 | Uttar Pradesh | 312/4 (50 overs) | ||||||||||||
D1 | Mumbai | 315/4 (41.3 overs) | ||||||||||||
C1 | Karnataka | 338/3 (50 overs) | ||||||||||||
C3 | Kerala | 258 (43.4 overs) | ||||||||||||
C1 | Karnataka | 250 (42.4 overs) | ||||||||||||
D1 | Mumbai | 322 (49.2 overs) | ||||||||||||
D1 | Mumbai | 285/1 (41.5 overs) | ||||||||||||
E1 | Saurashtra | 284/5 (50 overs) |
Uttarakhand
287/8 (50 overs) |
v
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Delhi
289/6 (48.3 overs) |
Gujarat
299/7 (50 overs) |
v
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Andhra Pradesh
183 (41.2 overs) |
Saurashtra
284/5 (50 overs) |
v
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Mumbai
285/1 (41.5 overs) |
Uttar Pradesh
312/4 (50 overs) |
v
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Mumbai
315/4 (41.3 overs) |