Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023-24: Look at the full match schedule, venues, time and teams
The Indian domestic cricket season is back in full swing, and the spotlight is on the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a prestigious 50-over tournament featuring the country’s top state teams. The 2023-24 edition promises to be exciting and unpredictable, with several talented players vying for glory.
Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023-24 Schedule and Venues
The tournament kicks off on November 23, 2023, with the final scheduled for December 16, 2023. The matches will be played across five cities: Bengaluru, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, and Thiruvananthapuram. The knockout stages, including the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final, will be held in Rajkot.
Teams and Groups
A total of 38 teams will participate in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, divided into five Elite Groups:
- Group A (Bengaluru): Saurashtra, Kerala, Mumbai, Railways, Tripura, Pondicherry, Odisha, Sikkim.
- Group B (Jaipur): Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Hyderabad, Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha, Services, Meghalaya, Manipur.
- Group C (Ahmedabad): Karnataka, Jammu & Kashmir, Chandigarh, Haryana, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Mizoram.
- Group D (Chandigarh): Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh.
- Group E (Mumbai): Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Bengal, Baroda, Goa, Nagaland
Squads
Each team has announced a 15-member squad, featuring a mix of experienced veterans and promising youngsters.
Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023-24 squads
Assam: Riyan Parag (c), Akash Sengupta, Mayukh Hazarika, Rishav Das, Saahil Jain, Sarupam Purkayastha, Sib Sankar Roy, Denish Das, Bishal Roy (Jr), Mrinmoy Dutta, Mukhtar Hussain, Avinav Choudhury, Abir Chakraborty, Kunal Saikia (wk), Sumit Ghadigaonkar (wk).
Delhi: Yash Dhull (c), Himmat Singh (vc), Ayush Badoni, Anuj Rawat (wk), Kshitiz Sharma, Vaibhav Kandpal, Lakshay Thareja (wk), Jonty Sidhu, Mayank Rawat, Priyansh Arya, Gagan Vats, Lalit Yadav, Hrithik Shokeen, Suyash Sharma, Sumit Mathur, Ishant Sharma, Navdeep Saini, Mayank Yadav, Pranshu Vijayran, Harshit Rana, Divij Mehra, Harsh Tyagi.
Gujarat: Priyank Panchal (c), Aarya Desai, Chirag Gandhi, Urvil Patel, Het Patel, Kshitij Patel, Umang Kumar, Saurav Chauhan, Piyush Chawla, Chintan Gaja, Arzan Nagwaswalla, Jayveer Parmar, Shen Patel, Kathan Patel, Vishal Jayswal.
J&K: Shubham Khajuria (c), Qamran Iqbal, Vivrant Sharma, Shubham Pundir, Abdul Samad, Henan Malik, Abid Mushtaq, Auqib Nabi, Fazil Rashid (vc), Sahil Lotra, Abhinav Puri, Lone Nasir, Rasikh Salam, Yudhvir Singh, Umran Malik.
Karnataka: Mayank Agarwal (c), R Samarth (vc), Devdutt Padikkal, Manish Pandey, Abhinav Manohar, Nikin Jose, BR Sharath, Gowtham K, Shubhang Hegde, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Koushik V, Manoj Bhandage, KL Shrijith, J Suchith.
Kerala: Sanju Samson (c), Rohan Kunnummal, Vishnu Vinod, Shreyas Gopal, Sachin Baby, Basil Thampi, Salman Nizar, M Azharudden, NP Basil, S Midhun, Vaishakh Chandran, Abdul Bazith, M Ajnas, Akhin Sathar, Akhil Scaria.
Madhya Pradesh: Venkatesh Iyer, Rajat Patidar, Shubham Sharma, Avesh Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Kulwant Khejroliya, Akshat Raghuvanshi, Saransh Jain, Himanshu Mantri, Aniket Verma, M Hirwani, Rahul Batham, Arshad Khan, Yash Dubey, Harsh Gawli, Ankit Kushwah.
Maharashtra: Kedar Jadhav (c), Ankeet Bawane, Azim Kazi, Naushad Shaikh, Om Bhosale, Nikhil Naik, Sidharth Mhatre, Prashant Solanki, Satyajeet Bachhav, Vicky Ostwal, Pradeep Dadhe, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ramkrishna Ghosh, Sachin Bhosale, Manoj Ingale.
Meghalaya: Akash Kumar Choudhary, Anish Charak, Bamanbha Shangpliang, Dippu Ch Sangma, Jaskirat Singh Sachdeva, Kishan Lyngdoh, Lerry G Sangma, Lakhan Singh, Md Nafees Siddique, Raj Biswa, Sanvert Kurkalang, Swarajeet Das, Nakul Verma, Rajesh Bishnoi, Tanmay Mishra.
Mumbai: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Shams Mulani, Prasad Pawar, Hardik Tamore, Tanush Kotian, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Awasthi, Roystan Dias, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Suved Parkar, Atharva Ankolekar, Jay Bista, Khizar Dafedar, Saksham Jha, Ajit Yadav.
Rajasthan: Deepak Hooda (c), Deepak Chahar, Rahul Chahar, Khaleel Ahmed, Aniket Chaudhary, Mahipal Lomror, Salman Khan, Kunal Singh, Manav Suthar, Abhijeet Tomar, Samarpit Joshi, Yash Kothari, Arafat Khan, Ram Mohan Chouhan and Deepak Karwasra.
Tamil Nadu: Dinesh Karthik (c), B. Sai Sudharsan, N. Jagadeesan, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Vijay Shankar, B. Indrajith, R. Sai Kishore, M. Siddharth, C.V. Varun, Kuldeep Sen, Sandeep Warrier, T. Natarajan, M. Shahrukh Khan, R. Sonu Yadav, B. Aparajith, R. Vimal Khumar.
Tripura: Wriddhiman Saha (c), Mura Singh, Sudip Chatterjee, Bikram Das, Abhijit Sarkar, Ganesh Satish, Pallav Das, Rana Datta,Nirupam Sen, Chiranjit Pal, Tushar Saha, Riman Saha, Rajat Dey, Subham Ghose, Joydeep Banik, Bikram Debnath, Joydeb Deb, Ajay Debnath, Kaushal Acharjee, Sankar Pal, Parvez Sultan, Samrat Sinha
Vidarbha: Atharva Taide (c), Karun Naor, Dhruv Shorey, Jitesh Sharma, Akshay Wadkar, Sanjay Raghunath, Mohit Kale, Akshay Karnewar, Darshan Nalkande, Harsh Dubey, Yash Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Nachiket Bhute, Rajneesh Gurbani, Shubham Dubey, Yash Kadam, Aman Mokhade.
Points Table and Qualification
The top two teams from each Elite Group will advance to the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals will be followed by the semi-finals and the grand finale.
Live Streaming and Broadcast
The matches will be live-streamed on FanCode app. Selected matches will also be broadcast on Star Sports.
Yuzvendra Chahal picked 6/26 against Uttrakhand in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. pic.twitter.com/wznvaZtcSP
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 23, 2023
Dinesh Karthik will be leading Tamil Nadu in Vijay Hazare 2023-24. pic.twitter.com/v0SxJhIrFD
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) November 9, 2023
Conclusion
The Vijay Hazare Trophy is a marquee event in the Indian domestic cricket calendar, and the 2023-24 edition is set to be another thrilling spectacle. With a talented pool of players, exciting matches, and high stakes, the tournament is sure to captivate fans and provide a fitting start to the Indian cricket season.
