# 2017–18 Vijay Hazare Trophy Group A

The 2017–18 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 16th season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament in India. It was contested by the 28 domestic cricket teams of India. The following seven teams were drawn in Group A: Assam, Baroda, Haryana, Karnataka, Odisha, Punjab and Railways. In December 2017, the fixtures were brought forward to allow players to practice ahead of the 2018 Indian Premier League.

## Points table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Baroda | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2.012 |
| 2 | Karnataka | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1.489 |
| 3 | Punjab | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.473 |
| 4 | Odisha | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −0.224 |
| 5 | Railways | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −0.444 |
| 6 | Haryana | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | −0.426 |
| 7 | Assam | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.401 |
* Top two teams advanced to the knockout stage

## Fixtures
### Round 1

* 7 February 2018 Scorecard
| Karnataka 312/9 (50 overs) | v | Baroda 180/8 (37 overs) |
| Mayank Agarwal 109 (90) Rishi Arothe 4/59 (9 overs) | | Kedar Devdhar 48 (46) Krishnappa Gowtham 4/42 (9 overs) |
* Karnataka won by 85 runs (VJD method) Just Cricket Academy Ground, Bengaluru Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Nitin Pandit
* Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
* Urvil Patel (Baroda) made his List A debut.
* 7 February 2018 Scorecard
| Railways 212 (47.4 overs) | v | Odisha 213/8 (47 overs) |
| Arindam Ghosh 48 (82) Abhishek Raut 3/45 (9 overs) | | Govinda Poddar 64 (59) Manjeet Singh 5/25 (10 overs) |
* Odisha won by 2 wickets KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni and Virender Sharma
* Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
* Saurabh Rawat (Odisha) made his List A debut.
* 7 February 2018 Scorecard
| Punjab 247/9 (50 overs) | v | Haryana 251/8 (49.5 overs) |
| Yuvraj Singh 43 (77) Jayant Yadav 2/31 (8 overs) | | Shubham Rohilla 96 (104) Mayank Markande 2/37 (10 overs) |
* Haryana won by 2 wickets KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
* Haryana won the toss and elected to field.
* Abhishek Gupta, Mayank Markande (Punjab) and Ajit Chahal (Haryana) all made their List A debuts.

### Round 2

* 8 February 2018 Scorecard
| Karnataka 303/6 (50 overs) | v | Assam 192 (47.2 overs) |
| Mayank Agarwal 84 (87) Abu Nechim 2/51 (10 overs) | | Sibsankar Roy 64 (93) Prasidh Krishna 6/33 (8.2 overs) |
* Karnataka won by 111 runs Just Cricket Academy Ground, Bengaluru Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni and Virender Sharma
* Assam won the toss and elected to field.
* Abhishek Thakuri and Jitumoni Kalita (Assam) both made their List A debuts.
* 8 February 2018 Scorecard
| Baroda 250/9 (50 overs) | v | Haryana 199 (45 overs) |
| Vishnu Solanki 67 (70) Amit Mishra 3/57 (10 overs) | | Shubham Rohilla 61 (89) Swapnil Singh 3/42 (9 overs) |
* Baroda won by 51 runs KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
* Baroda won the toss and elected to bat.
* 8 February 2018 Scorecard
| Punjab 225 (49.5 overs) | v | Odisha 139 (41 overs) |
| Gurkeerat Singh 106* (123) Deepak Behera 3/19 (7.5 overs) | | Shesdeep Patra 26 (50) Barinder Sran 4/22 (8 overs) |
* Punjab won by 86 runs KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Nitin Pandit
* Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
* Roshan Kumar Rao (Odisha) made his List A debut.

### Round 3

* 10 February 2018 Scorecard
| Railways 161 (43.1 overs) | v | Assam 126 (39.3 overs) |
| Abhishek Yadav 31 (50) Jitumoni Kalita 3/23 (10 overs) | | Amit Sinha 39 (63) Amit Mishra 5/21 (8.3 overs) |
* Railways won by 35 runs KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Virender Sharma and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
* Assam won the toss and elected to field.
* Karan Thakur (Railways) made his List A debut.
* 10 February 2018 Scorecard
| Baroda 167/7 (21 overs) | v | Punjab 142 (20.5 overs) |
| Vishnu Solanki 77* (49) Siddarth Kaul 3/36 (5 overs) | | Yuvraj Singh 51 (36) Swapnil Singh 2/4 (0.5 overs) |
* Baroda won by 25 runs KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Ulhas Gandhe
* Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* 10 February 2018 Scorecard
| Haryana | v | Karnataka |
* Match abandoned KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni and Nitin Pandit
* No toss.

### Round 4

* 11 February 2018 Scorecard
| Assam 136 (46.1 overs) | v | Odisha 137/1 (25.4 overs) |
| Romario Sharma 49 (60) Suryakant Pradhan 2/14 (8 overs) | | Rajesh Dhuper 70* (83) Pritam Das 1/32 (7 overs) |
* Odisha won by 9 wickets Just Cricket Academy Ground, Bengaluru Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni and Virender Sharma
* Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
* Romario Sharma (Assam) made his List A debut.
* 11 February 2018 Scorecard
| Railways 272/7 (50 overs) | v | Haryana 221 (45.1 overs) |
| Mrunal Devdhar 68 (87) Harshal Patel 3/62 (10 overs) | | Chaitanya Bishnoi 79 (108) Ankit Yadav 4/36 (10 overs) |
* Railways won by 51 runs KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
* Haryana won the toss and elected to field.
* 11 February 2018 Scorecard
| Punjab 269/3 (42 overs) | v | Karnataka 265/8 (42 overs) |
| Shubman Gill 123* (122) Vinay Kumar 2/40 (8 overs) | | Lokesh Rahul 107 (91) Siddarth Kaul 3/47 (9 overs) |
* Punjab won by 4 runs KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Nitin Pandit
* Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.

### Round 5

* 13 February 2018 Scorecard
| Punjab 275/9 (50 overs) | v | Assam 206 (41.4 overs) |
| Manan Vohra 78 (101) Pritam Das 3/54 (10 overs) | | Riyan Parag 59 (50) Mayank Markande 3/39 (10 overs) |
* Punjab won by 69 runs KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
* Assam won the toss and elected to field.
* Mukhtar Hussain (Assam) made his List A debut.
* 13 February 2018 Scorecard
| Baroda 357/7 (50 overs) | v | Railways 165 (37 overs) |
| Deepak Hooda 161 (124) Amit Mishra 3/55 (10 overs) | | Arindam Ghosh 69* (92) Rishi Arothe 2/26 (7 overs) |
* Baroda won by 192 runs KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Virender Sharma
* Baroda won the toss and elected to bat.
* Prithvi Singh (Railways) made his List A debut.
* 13 February 2018 Scorecard
| Karnataka 353/6 (50 overs) | v | Odisha 220 (41 overs) |
| Mayank Agarwal 102 (94) Debabrata Pradhan 2/69 (9 overs) | | Anurag Sarangi 58 (51) Jagadeesha Suchith 5/34 (10 overs) |
* Karnataka won by 133 runs KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Nitin Pandit
* Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
* BR Sharath (Karnataka) and Shantanu Mishra (Odisha) both made their List A debuts.

### Round 6

* 14 February 2018 Scorecard
| Haryana 323/9 (50 overs) | v | Assam 237/6 (50 overs) |
| Rajat Paliwal 76 (78) Mrinmoy Dutta 5/67 (10 overs) | | Romario Sharma 97* (91) Harshal Patel 3/51 (10 overs) |
* Haryana won by 86 runs Just Cricket Academy Ground, Bengaluru Umpires: Nitin Pandit and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
* Haryana won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rahul Singh (Assam), Virender Dahiya and Aman Kumar (Haryana) all made their List A debuts.
* 14 February 2018 Scorecard
| Baroda 317/6 (50 overs) | v | Odisha 260 (46.4 overs) |
| Krunal Pandya 84 (73) Abhishek Raut 2/70 (10 overs) | | Biplab Samantray 74 (100) Atit Sheth 2/19 (5 overs) |
* Baroda won by 57 runs KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Virender Sharma
* Baroda won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ninad Rathva (Baroda) made his List A debut.
* 14 February 2018 Scorecard
| Punjab 280/8 (50 overs) | v | Railways 283/6 (49.4 overs) |
| Manan Vohra 143 (148) Avinash Yadav 2/44 (10 overs) | | Arindam Ghosh 89* (100) Mayank Markande 2/35 (10 overs) |
* Railways won by 4 wickets KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Vineet Kulkarni
* Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.

### Round 7

* 16 February 2018 Scorecard
| Baroda 378/7 (50 overs) | v | Assam 99 (30 overs) |
| Aditya Waghmode 148 (128) Riyan Parag 2/35 (7 overs) | | Parvez Aziz 50 (69) Swapnil Singh 2/0 (2 overs) |
* Baroda won by 279 runs KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Nitin Pandit
* Assam won the toss and elected to field.
* 16 February 2018 Scorecard
| Haryana 170 (45.4 overs) | v | Odisha 172/1 (31.4 overs) |
| Sanjay Dhull 72 (113) Deepak Behera 6/22 (10 overs) | | Anurag Sarangi 84* (89) Harshal Patel 1/31 (6 overs) |
* Odisha won by 9 wickets Just Cricket Academy Ground, Bengaluru Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
* Haryana won the toss and elected to bat
* Sanjay Dhull (Haryana) made his List A debut.
* 16 February 2018 Scorecard
| Karnataka 257 (48.1 overs) | v | Railways 241 (47.1 overs) |
| Mayank Agarwal 89 (94) Anureet Singh 3/36 (10 overs) | | Anureet Singh 59 (71) Prasidh Krishna 4/35 (9.1 overs) |
* Karnataka won by 16 runs KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Virender Sharma and Vineet Kulkarni
* Karnataka won the toss and elected to bat.