2020–21 Vijay Hazare Trophy

The 2020–21 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 19th season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament in India. The tournament took place from 20 February to 14 March 2021.[1] Karnataka were the defending champions.[2]

2020–21 Vijay Hazare Trophy
Dates20 February – 14 March 2021
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatList A cricket
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Playoff format
Host(s)Various
ChampionsMumbai (4th title)
Runners-upUttar Pradesh
Most runsPrithvi Shaw (827) (Mumbai)
Most wicketsShivam Sharma (21) (Uttar Pradesh)
2020–21 Indian domestic cricket season
Men
Women

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]

League stage

Knockout stage
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)

Eliminator
Eliminator
7 March 2021
Scorecard
Uttarakhand
287/8 (50 overs)
v
Delhi
289/6 (48.3 overs)
Kamal Singh 77 (83)
Pradeep Sangwan 3/59 (8 overs)
Anuj Rawat 95* (85)
Samad Fallah 2/64 (10 overs)
Delhi won by 4 wickets
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: Nitin Pandit and Pashchim Pathak
Player of the match: Pradeep Sangwan (Delhi)
  • Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
  • Manjot Kalra (Delhi) made his List A debut.

Quarter-finals
1st Quarter-final
8 March 2021
Scorecard
Gujarat
299/7 (50 overs)
v
Andhra Pradesh
183 (41.2 overs)
Priyank Panchal 134 (131)
Harishankar Reddy 3/60 (10 overs)
Ricky Bhui 67 (76)
Arzan Nagwaswalla 4/28 (8 overs)
Gujarat won by 116 runs
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Rohan Pandit
Player of the match: Priyank Panchal (Gujarat)
  • Gujarat won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Lalith Mohan (Andhra Pradesh) made his List A debut.
2nd Quarter-final
8 March 2021
Scorecard
Karnataka
338/3 (50 overs)
v
Kerala
258 (43.4 overs)
Ravikumar Samarth 192 (158)
Nedumankuzhy Basil 3/57 (8 overs)
Vathsal Govind 92 (96)
Ronit More 5/36 (9 overs)
Karnataka won by 80 runs
Airforce Complex Ground, Delhi
Umpires: Pashchim Pathak and Vineet Kulkarni
Player of the match: Ravikumar Samarth (Karnataka)
  • Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
3rd Quarter-final
9 March 2021
Scorecard
Uttar Pradesh
280/7 (50 overs)
v
Delhi
234 (48.1 overs)
Upendra Yadav 112 (101)
Pradeep Sangwan 2/49 (10 overs)
Lalit Yadav 61 (78)
Yash Dayal 3/53 (10 overs)
Uttar Pradesh won by 46 runs
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: Sundaram Ravi and Vineet Kulkarni
Player of the match: Upendra Yadav (Uttar Pradesh)
  • Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
4th Quarter-final
9 March 2021
Scorecard
Saurashtra
284/5 (50 overs)
v
Mumbai
285/1 (41.5 overs)
Samarth Vyas 90* (71)
Shams Mulani 2/51 (10 overs)
Prithvi Shaw 185* (123)
Jaydev Unadkat 1/52 (8 overs)
Mumbai won by 9 wickets
Airforce Complex Ground, Delhi
Umpires: Nitin Pandit and Yeshwant Barde
Player of the match: Prithvi Shaw (Mumbai)

Semi-finals
1st Semi-final
11 March 2021
Scorecard
Gujarat
184 (48.1 overs)
v
Uttar Pradesh
188/5 (42.4 overs)
Het Patel 60 (87)
Yash Dayal 3/34 (9.1 overs)
Akshdeep Nath 71 (104)
Chintan Gaja 2/30 (7 overs)
Uttar Pradesh won by 5 wickets
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: Nitin Pandit and Pashchim Pathak
Player of the match: Akshdeep Nath (Uttar Pradesh)
  • Gujarat won the toss and elected to bat.
2nd Semi-final
11 March 2021
Scorecard
Mumbai
322 (49.2 overs)
v
Karnataka
250 (42.4 overs)
Prithvi Shaw 165 (122)
Vijaykumar Vyshak 4/56 (9.2 overs)
Devdutt Padikkal 64 (64)
Tanush Kotian 2/23 (10 overs)
Mumbai won by 72 runs
Airforce Complex Ground, Delhi
Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Vineet Kulkarni
Player of the match: Prithvi Shaw (Mumbai)
  • Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.

Final
Final
14 March 2021
Scorecard
Uttar Pradesh
312/4 (50 overs)
v
Mumbai
315/4 (41.3 overs)
Madhav Kaushik 158* (156)
Tanush Kotian 2/54 (10 overs)
Aditya Tare 118* (107)
Sameer Choudhary 1/43 (7 overs)
Mumbai won by 6 wickets
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: Sundaram Ravi and Yeshwant Barde
Player of the match: Aditya Tare (Mumbai)
  • Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.

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