2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy

{{Infobox cricket tournament

| name = 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/901115.html |title=Global - Cricket news, live scores, fixtures, features and statistics on ESPNcricinfo |work=ESPNcricinfo}} The final was contested by Delhi and Gujarat, only the second time they had played each other in a one-day match.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/vijay-hazare-trophy-2015-16/content/story/955575.html |title=Axar threat looms for top-heavy Delhi |access-date=27 December 2015 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} Gujarat won the final by 139 runs to claim their first Vijay Hazare title.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/vijay-hazare-trophy-2015-16/content/story/956071.html |title=Parthiv, RP Singh help Gujarat clinch maiden Vijay Hazare title |access-date=28 December 2015 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} They advanced to play in the 2015–16 Deodhar Trophy.{{cite news |author=PTI |date=20 July 2015 |title=BCCI revamps Deodhar Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy formats, announces 900 matches |url=http://thehindu.com/sport/cricket/bcci-revamps-deodhar-trophy-vijay-hazare-trophy-formats-announces-900-matches/article7443553.ece |work=The Hindu}}

Venues

Ground	Capacity
class="wikitable sortable"
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{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/901169.html|title=Duleep Trophy omitted from 2015-16 calendar|work=ESPNcricinfo}}

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
class="wikitable"
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 =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Rank ! style="width:120px"\|Team{{cite web \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/vijay-hazare-trophy-2015-16/engine/series/901115.html?view=pointstable \|title=Vijay Hazare Trophy Table - 2015–16 \|publisher=ESPNcricinfo\|access-date=18 June 2018}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|Pld\|Played}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|W\|Won}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|L\|Lost}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|T\|Tie}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|NR\|No Result}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|Pts\|Points}} ! style="width:40px;"\|{{Abbr \| NRR \| Net run rate}}
style="background:#cfc;" \|1	Tamil Nadu \| 6	5	1	0	0	20	+1.254
style="background:#cfc;" \|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

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{{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top two teams advanced to knockout stage

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= Group B =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Rank ! style="width:120px"\|Team{{cite web \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/vijay-hazare-trophy-2015-16/engine/series/901115.html?view=pointstable \|title=Vijay Hazare Trophy Table - 2015–16 \|publisher=ESPNcricinfo\|access-date=18 June 2018}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|Pld\|Played}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|W\|Won}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|L\|Lost}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|T\|Tie}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|NR\|No Result}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|Pts\|Points}} ! style="width:40px;"\|{{Abbr \| NRR \| Net run rate}}
style="background:#cfc;" \|1	Jharkhand \| 6	5	1	0	0	20	+0.860
style="background:#cfc;" \|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

{{plainlist|

{{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top two teams advanced to knockout stage

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= Group C =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Rank ! style="width:120px"\|Team{{cite web \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/vijay-hazare-trophy-2015-16/engine/series/901115.html?view=pointstable \|title=Vijay Hazare Trophy Table - 2015–16 \|publisher=ESPNcricinfo\|access-date=18 June 2018}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|Pld\|Played}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|W\|Won}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|L\|Lost}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|T\|Tie}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|NR\|No Result}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|Pts\|Points}} ! style="width:40px;"\|{{Abbr \| NRR \| Net run rate}}
style="background:#cfc;" \|1	Vidarbha \| 6	5	1	0	0	20	+1.209
style="background:#cfc;" \|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

{{plainlist|

{{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top two teams advanced to knockout stage

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= Group D =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Rank !Team{{cite web \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/vijay-hazare-trophy-2015-16/engine/series/901115.html?view=pointstable \|title=Vijay Hazare Trophy Table - 2015–16 \|publisher=ESPNcricinfo\|access-date=18 June 2018}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|Pld\|Played}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|W\|Won}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|L\|Lost}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|T\|Tie}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|NR\|No Result}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|Pts\|Points}} ! style="width:40px;"\|{{Abbr \| NRR \| Net run rate}}
style="background:#cfc;" \|1	HP \| 5	4	1	0	0	16	+1.805
style="background:#cfc;" \|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

{{plainlist|

{{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top two teams advanced to knockout stage

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Knockout stage

Of the 27 participants, the following 8 teams qualified for the knockout stage:

{{8TeamBracket

| seed-width = 25px

| team-width = 125px

| score-width = 80px

| RD3 = Final

| RD1-seed1 = D1

| RD1-team1 = Himachal Pradesh

| RD1-score1 = 266/5 (49.2 ov)

| RD1-seed2 = A2

| RD1-team2 = Punjab

| RD1-score2 = 263/8 (50 ov)

| RD1-seed3 = B1

| RD1-team3 = Jharkhand

| RD1-score3 = 126 (38 ov)

| RD1-seed4 = C2

| RD1-team4 = Delhi

| RD1-score4 = 225 (50 ov)

| RD1-seed5 = A1

| RD1-team5 = Tamil Nadu

| RD1-score5 = 169/9 (41.3 ov)

| RD1-seed6 = D2

| RD1-team6 = Uttar Pradesh

| RD1-score6 = 168 (48.2 ov)

| RD1-seed7 = C1

| RD1-team7 = Vidarbha

| RD1-score7 = 195 (48 ov)

| RD1-seed8 = B2

| RD1-team8 = Gujarat

| RD1-score8 = 198/8 (48.1 ov)

| RD2-seed1 = D1

| RD2-team1 = Himachal Pradesh

| RD2-score1 = 200/9 (50 ov)

| RD2-seed2 = C2

| RD2-team2 = Delhi

| RD2-score2 = 201/4 (41.1 ov)

| RD2-seed3 = B2

| RD2-team3 = Gujarat

| RD2-score3 = 248/8 (50 ov)

| RD2-seed4 = A1

| RD2-team4 = Tamil Nadu

| RD2-score4 = 217 (47.3 ov)

| RD3-seed1 = C2

| RD3-team1 = Delhi

| RD3-score1 = 134 (32.3 ov)

| RD3-seed2 = B2

| RD3-team2 = Gujarat

| RD3-score2 = 273 (50 overs)

}}

=Quarterfinals=

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 23 December 2015

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = Punjab

| team2 = Himachal Pradesh

| score1 = 263/8 (50 overs)

| score2 = 266/5 (49.2 overs)

| runs1 = Mandeep Singh 119 (145)

| wickets1 = Pankaj Jaiswal 3/50 (10 overs)

| runs2 = Robin Bist 109* (135)

| wickets2 = Siddarth Kaul 3/42 (8.2 overs)

| result = Himachal Pradesh won by 5 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/902073.html Scorecard]

| venue = KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur

| umpires = Nitin Menon and C. K. Nandan

| motm = Robin Bist (Himachal Pradesh)

| toss = Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes =

}}

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{{Limited overs matches

| date = 23 December 2015

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = Delhi

| team2 = Jharkhand

| score1 = 225 (50 overs)

| score2 = 126 (38 overs)

| runs1 = Nitish Rana 44 (76)

| wickets1 = Rahul Shukla 3/60 (10 overs)

| runs2 = MS Dhoni 70* (108)

| wickets2 = Suboth Bhati 4/21 (10 overs)

| result = Delhi won by 99 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/902075.html Scorecard]

| venue = M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

| umpires = Krishnamachari Bharatan and Anil Dandekar

| motm = Pawan Negi (Delhi)

| toss = Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Rishabh Pant (Delhi) made his List A debut.

}}

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{{Limited overs matches

| date = 24 December 2015

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = Uttar Pradesh

| team2 = Tamil Nadu

| score1 = 168 (48.2 overs)

| score2 = 169/9 (41.3 overs)

| runs1 = Rinku Singh 60 (97)

| wickets1 = Lakshmipathy Balaji 3/32 (8.2 overs)

| runs2 = Baba Indrajith 48 (78)

| wickets2 = Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/25 (9 overs)

| result = Tamil Nadu won by 1 wicket

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/902077.html Scorecard]

| venue = M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

| umpires = Nitin Menon and C. K. Nandan

| motm = Rajagopal Sathish (Tamil Nadu)

| toss = Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes =

}}

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{{Limited overs matches

| date = 24 December 2015

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = Vidarbha

| team2 = Gujarat

| score1 = 195 (48 overs)

| score2 = 198/8 (48.1 overs)

| runs1 = Faiz Fazal 52 (66)

| wickets1 = Jasprit Bumrah 4/38 (9 overs)

| runs2 = Parthiv Patel 57 (58)

| wickets2 = Akshay Wakhare 3/30 (10 overs)

| result = Gujarat won by 2 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/902079.html Scorecard]

| venue = KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur

| umpires = Krishnamachari Bharatan and Nand Kishore

| motm = Axar Patel (Gujarat)

| toss = Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes =

}}

=Semifinals=

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 26 December 2015

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = Himachal Pradesh

| team2 = Delhi

| score1 = 200/9 (50 overs)

| score2 = 201/4 (41.1 overs)

| runs1 = Bipul Sharma 51 (45)

| wickets1 = Nitish Rana 2/16 (4 overs)

| runs2 = Unmukt Chand 80* (86)

| wickets2 = Nikhil Gangta 1/14 (3 overs)

| result = Delhi won by 6 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/902081.html Scorecard]

| venue = M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

| umpires = C. K. Nandan and Nand Kishore

| motm = Unmukt Chand (Delhi)

| toss = Delhi won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Mayank Dagar (Himachal Pradesh) made his List A debut.

}}

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{{Limited overs matches

| date = 26 December 2015

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = Gujarat

| team2 = Tamil Nadu

| score1 = 248/8 (50 overs)

| score2 = 217 (47.3 overs)

| runs1 = Chirag Gandhi 71 (82)

| wickets1 = Ravichandran Ashwin 3/51 (10 overs)

| runs2 = Abhinav Mukund 104* (142)

| wickets2 = Axar Patel 6/43 (10 overs)

| result = Gujarat won by 31 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/902083.html Scorecard]

| venue = KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur

| umpires = Anil Dandekar and Nitin Menon

| motm = Axar Patel (Gujarat)

| toss = Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes =

}}

=Final=

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 28 December 2015

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = Gujarat

| team2 = Delhi

| score1 = 273 (50 overs)

| score2 = 134 (32.3 overs)

| runs1 = Parthiv Patel 105 (119)

| wickets1 = Pawan Negi 2/36 (6 overs)

| runs2 = Pawan Negi 57 (47)

| wickets2 = Jasprit Bumrah 5/28 (9.3 overs)

| result = Gujarat won by 139 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/902085.html Scorecard]

| venue = M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

| umpires = Krishnamachari Bharatan and Nitin Menon

| motm = Parthiv Patel and RP Singh (both Gujarat)

| toss = Delhi won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Karan Patel (Gujarat) made his List A debut.

}}

References

External links

[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/901115.html?template=fixtures Fixtures at ESPNcricinfo]

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Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 2015–16

Category:Vijay Hazare Trophy seasons