2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy Plate Group
The 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 17th season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament in India. It was contested by the 37 domestic cricket teams of India, with nine teams in the Plate Group.[1] The group stage was started on 19 September 2018, with the top team from the Plate Group progressing to the quarter-finals of the competition.[2]
Dates | 19 September – 8 October 2018 |
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Administrator(s) | BCCI |
Cricket format | List A cricket |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Playoff format |
Participants | 9 |
On 20 September 2018, after Puducherry's first-round match, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) reversed its decision of allowing extra outstation players for the team.[3]
In the Round 8 fixture between Bihar and Sikkim, Sikkim were bowled out for 46 runs, with Bihar winning by 292 runs, the biggest margin of defeat by runs in Indian domestic cricket.[4] In the Round 11 fixture between Uttarakhand and Sikkim, Uttarakhand's Karn Kaushal made the first double-century in the history of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, scoring 202 runs.[5]
Bihar progressed from the Plate Group to the knock-out phase of the tournament.[6]
Points table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Bihar | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 2.724 |
2 | Uttarakhand | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1.820 |
3 | Puducherry | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 1.727 |
4 | Nagaland | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.909 |
5 | Meghalaya | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.791 |
6 | Manipur | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | −0.197 |
7 | Arunachal Pradesh | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | −1.928 |
8 | Mizoram | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | −2.467 |
9 | Sikkim | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.182 |
- Top team advanced to the knockout stage and gets promoted to Elite Group C for the next season.
Fixtures
Round 1
Mizoram 234/8 (50 overs) |
v |
Arunachal Pradesh 237/6 (47 overs) |
- Mizoram won the toss and elected to bat.
- Myendung Singpho, Licha Tehi, Momar Ori, Sandeep Kumar Thakur, Techi Doria, Techi Neri, Samarth Seth, Utsav Pankaj Madan, Kamsha Yangfo, Akhilesh Sahani (Arunachal Pradesh), Michael Lalremkima, Lalnuntluanga, Akhil Rajput, Gaurav Singh, Sinan Khadir, Lalhruai Ralte, Saidingliana Sailo, G Lalbiakvela, K Vanlalruata and Lalrempuia (Mizoram) all made their List A debuts.
Nagaland 253/8 (50 overs) |
v |
Bihar 254/2 (43.4 overs) |
- Nagaland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Anunay Singh, Rehan Khan, Kundan Sharma, MD Rahmatullah, Rohit Raj, Vikash Ranjan, Babul Kumar (Bihar), Nitesh Lohchab, Sedezhalie Rupero, Paras Sehrawat, Hokaito Zhimomi, Imliwati Lemtur, Ravi Maurya and Tahmeed Rahman (Nagaland) all made their List A debuts.
- Babul Kumar (Bihar) scored his first century in List A cricket.[8]
Manipur 120 (37.1 overs) |
v |
Puducherry 121/2 (25.3 overs) |
- Puducherry won the toss and elected to field.
- Lakhan Rawat, Bonny Chingangbam, Prafullomani Singh, Hrithik Kanojia, Kangabam Singh, Akshaykumar Singh, Homendro Kabrambam, Nungleppam William Singh, Rex Rajkumar, Bishworjit Konthoujam (Manipur), Damodaren Rohit, Ashith Rajiv, Sagar Udeshi and Iqlas Naha (Puducherry) all made their List A debuts.
Round 2
Mizoram 154 (43.4 overs) |
v |
Meghalaya 155/2 (27.3 overs) |
- Mizoram won the toss and elected to bat.
- Chengkam Sangma, Raj Biswa, Lakhan Singh, Amiangshu Sen, Abhay Negi, Rajesh Tati (Meghalaya) and C Lalrinsanga (Mizoram) all made their List A debuts.
Uttarakhand 160 (43.2 overs) |
v |
Bihar 163/5 (37.3 overs) |
- Bihar won the toss and elected to field.
- Ashish Sinha (Bihar), Karn Kaushal, Vaibhav Bhatt, Vaibhav Singh Panwar, Mayank Mishra, Deepak Dhapola, Dhanraj Sharma and Sunny Rana (Uttarakhand) all made their List A debuts.
Sikkim 84 (37.2 overs) |
v |
Manipur 85/0 (19.2 overs) |
Lakhan Rawat 44* (60) |
- Sikkim won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jayanta Sagatpam, Sultan Karim (Manipur), Faizan Khan, Nilesh Lamichaney, Ashish Thapa, Bikash Pradhan, Lee Yong Lepcha, Bhushan Subba, Plazor Tamang, Mandup Bhutia, Amos Rai, Som Lepcha and Padam Limboo (Sikkim) all made their List A debuts.
Round 3
Meghalaya 246/6 (50 overs) |
v |
Nagaland 247/3 (47.3 overs) |
- Meghalaya won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sylvester Mylliempdah, Dippu Sangma (Meghalaya) and Inakato Zhimomi (Nagaland) all made their List A debuts.
Uttarakhand 290/7 (50 overs) |
v |
Puducherry 226 (45.2 overs) |
- Puducherry won the toss and elected to field.
- Govindaraajan, Prabhakaran Gopalakrishnan, Saiju Titus, Vikneshwaran Marimuthu, Angadu Narayanan and Baskaran Ranjit (Puducherry) all made their List A debuts.
Arunachal Pradesh 306/4 (50 overs) |
v |
Sikkim 257/7 (50 overs) |
- Sikkim won the toss and elected to field.
- Song Tacho (Arunachal Pradesh) and Binod Gupta (Sikkim) both made their List A debuts.
Round 4
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
Sikkim 121 (49 overs) |
v |
Nagaland 122/3 (26.2 overs) |
- Nagaland won the toss and elected to field.
- Mughavi Wotsa, Toni Chishi, Arun Chauhan (Nagaland), Bibek Diyali and Ajay Pradhan (Sikkim) all made their List A debuts.
Round 5
Meghalaya 317/4 (43 overs) |
v |
Arunachal Pradesh 61 (26 overs) |
- Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 43 overs per side due to rain.
Nagaland 206/9 (50 overs) |
v |
Uttarakhand 210/4 (47 overs) |
- Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.
Round 6
Mizoram 252/6 (50 overs) |
v |
Sikkim 210 (47.3 overs) |
- Sikkim won the toss and elected to field.
- Lalnunkima Varte (Mizoram) and Bijay Subba (Sikkim) both made their List A debuts.
Bihar 211/9 (50 overs) |
v |
Meghalaya 103 (42.5 overs) |
- Meghalaya won the toss and elected to field.
- Anshuman Gautam (Bihar) made his List A debut.
Manipur 125 (37.4 overs) |
v |
Uttarakhand 127/1 (26.2 overs) |
Vineet Saxena 52* (72) |
- Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.
- Arya Sethi and Shubham Saudiyal (Uttarakhand) both made their List A debuts.
Round 7
Arunachal Pradesh 145 (45.3 overs) |
v |
Bihar 150/5 (26 overs) |
- Bihar won the toss and elected to field.
- Takar Paja and Sams Alam (Arunachal Pradesh) both made their List A debuts.
Manipur 279/4 (50 overs) |
v |
Mizoram 69 (29.3 overs) |
- Manipur won the toss and elected to bat.
- S Zorinliana (Mizoram) made his List A debut.
Nagaland 202 (45.3 overs) |
v |
Puducherry 203/8 (45.1 overs) |
- Puducherry won the toss and elected to field.
- Madhavan Manohar (Puducherry) made his List A debut.
Round 8
Manipur 144 (43.3 overs) |
v |
Nagaland 147/1 (34.2 overs) |
- Nagaland won the toss and elected to field.
- Syed Mujibur Rahaman (Manipur) and Oren Ngullie (Nagaland) both made their List A debuts.
Bihar 338/6 (50 overs) |
v |
Sikkim 46 (31 overs) |
- Sikkim won the toss and elected to field.
- Eshaan Ravi (Bihar) made his List A debut.
Meghalaya 141 (41.2 overs) |
v |
Uttarakhand 143/2 (31 overs) |
- Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.
Round 9
Sikkim 89 (43.2 overs) |
v |
Puducherry 92/1 (15.2 overs) |
- Sikkim won the toss and elected to bat.
- Magendiran Chinnadurai (Puducherry) made his List A debut.
Arunachal Pradesh 271/4 (50 overs) |
v |
Nagaland 272/4 (44 overs) |
- Nagaland won the toss and elected to field.
- Tana Davit (Arunachal Pradesh) made his List A debut.
Uttarakhand 321 (50 overs) |
v |
Mizoram 169 (48.4 overs) |
- Mizoram won the toss and elected to field.
- Lalhmangaiha (Mizoram) made his List A debut.
Round 10
Manipur 172/8 (50 overs) |
v |
Bihar 176/2 (29.1 overs) |
- Manipur won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kumar Mridul (Bihar) made his List A debut.
Meghalaya 315/5 (50 overs) |
v |
Sikkim 166/9 (50 overs) |
- Meghalaya won the toss and elected to bat.
- Babloo Passah and Wanlambok Nongkhlaw (Meghalaya) both made their List A debuts.
Arunachal Pradesh 95 (34.1 overs) |
v |
Puducherry 100/3 (18.2 overs) |
- Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sai Karthik and Akshay Jain (Puducherry) both made their List A debuts.
Round 11
Uttarakhand 366/2 (50 overs) |
v |
Sikkim 167/6 (50 overs) |
- Sikkim won the toss and elected to field.
- Saurabh Chauhan, Vijay Jethi and Kartik Joshi (Uttarakhand) all made their List A debuts.
Meghalaya 238/5 (50 overs) |
v |
Manipur 170 (45.4 overs) |
- Manipur won the toss and elected to field.
- Jitender, Somorjit Salam and Shelley Shaurya (Manipur) all made their List A debuts.
Round 12
Mizoram 83 (27.2 overs) |
v |
Bihar 87/1 (15.4 overs) |
- Mizoram won the toss and elected to bat.
- Manish Rai (Bihar) made his List A debut.
Uttarakhand 264 (49.4 overs) |
v |
Arunachal Pradesh 156/9 (50 overs) |
- Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to bat.
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