# 2017–18 Vijay Hazare Trophy Group B

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 B: Bengal, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh. 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 | Maharashtra | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0.878 |
| 2 | Delhi | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.727 |
| 3 | Kerala | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0.288 |
| 4 | Himachal Pradesh | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | −0.108 |
| 5 | Uttar Pradesh | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −0.563 |
| 6 | Bengal | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0.007 |
| 7 | Tripura | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.127 |
* Top two teams advanced to the knockout stage

## Fixtures
### Round 1

* 5 February 2018 Scorecard
| Bengal 293/9 (50 overs) | v | Maharashtra 294/3 (45.5 overs) |
| Abhimanyu Easwaran 103 (114) Anupam Sanklecha 2/39 (8 overs) | | Rahul Tripathi 125* (102) Sayan Ghosh 1/36 (7 overs) |
* Maharashtra won by 7 wickets Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium, Nadaun Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Nand Kishore
* Maharashtra won the toss and elected to field.
* Writtick Chatterjee (Bengal) made his List A debut.
* 5 February 2018 Scorecard
| Delhi 307/6 (50 overs) | v | Uttar Pradesh 252 (45.3 overs) |
| Unmukt Chand 116 (125) Kartik Tyagi 2/50 (9 overs) | | Umang Sharma 102 (104) Kulwant Khejroliya 4/34 (8.3 overs) |
* Delhi won by 55 runs Luhnu Cricket Ground, Bilaspur Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Rohan Pandit
* Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Hiten Dalal (Delhi), Mohammad Saif, Kartik Tyagi and Upendra Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) all made their List A debuts.
* 5 February 2018 Scorecard
| Tripura 229/9 (50 overs) | v | Himachal Pradesh 230/4 (45.2 overs) |
| Yashpal Singh 113* (127) Vinay Galetiya 3/21 (10 overs) | | Amit Kumar 101* (124) Saurabh Das 2/49 (9.2 overs) |
* Himachal Pradesh won by 6 wickets Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan and Tapan Sharma
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Ayush Jamwal, Vinay Galetiya (Himachal Pradesh), Rajat Dey and Abhijit Chakraborty (Tripura) all made their List A debuts.

### Round 2

* 7 February 2018 Scorecard
| Kerala 235/6 (50 overs) | v | Bengal 235/8 (50 overs) |
| Jalaj Saxena 100 (133) Manoj Tiwary 2/23 (4 overs) | | Manoj Tiwary 73* (92) Sandeep Warrier 2/38 (10 overs) |
* Match tied Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium, Nadaun Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Rohan Pandit
* Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sumanta Gupta (Bengal), KC Akshay and Sudhesan Midhun (Kerala) all made their List A debuts.
* 7 February 2018 Scorecard
| Tripura 298/7 (50 overs) | v | Delhi 300/3 (39.1 overs) |
| Bishal Ghosh 84 (118) Kulwant Khejroliya 2/51 (9 overs) | | Nitish Rana 94* (60) Udiyan Bose 2/40 (3.1 overs) |
* Delhi won by 7 wickets Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan and Tapan Sharma
* Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
* Kshitiz Sharma (Delhi) and Shyam Gan (Tripura) both made their List A debuts.
* 7 February 2018 Scorecard
| Maharashtra 343/5 (50 overs) | v | Uttar Pradesh 238 (44.3 overs) |
| Ankit Bawne 117* (106) Saurabh Kumar 2/51 (10 overs) | | Mohammad Saif 49 (50) Shamshuzama Kazi 3/38 (10 overs) |
* Maharashtra won by 105 runs Luhnu Cricket Ground, Bilaspur Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Nand Kishore
* Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Mohsin Khan (Uttar Pradesh) made his List A debut.

### Round 3

* 9 February 2018 Scorecard
| Uttar Pradesh 329/4 (50 overs) | v | Bengal 322 (49.4 overs) |
| Akshdeep Nath 103* (72) Aamir Gani 2/59 (10 overs) | | Vivek Singh 147 (125) Ankit Rajpoot 3/51 (9.4 overs) |
* Uttar Pradesh won by 7 runs Lohnu Cricket Ground, Bilaspur Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Nand Kishore
* Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
* 9 February 2018 Scorecard
| Maharashtra 246 (50 overs) | v | Delhi 250/2 (44.1 overs) |
| Shamshuzama Kazi 59 (62) Pradeep Sangwan 5/41 (9 overs) | | Dhruv Shorey 103* (121) Anupam Sanklecha 1/44 (9 overs) |
* Delhi won by 8 wickets Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan and Tapan Sharma
* Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
* 9 February 2018 Scorecard
| Kerala 271/7 (50 overs) | v | Himachal Pradesh 273/9 (50 overs) |
| Sachin Baby 95 (81) Pankaj Jaswal 3/51 (9 overs) | | Ankit Kaushik 83* (77) KC Akshay 4/32 (10 overs) |
* Himachal Pradesh won by 1 wicket Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium, Nadaun Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Rohan Pandit
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* KM Asif (Kerala) made his List A debut.

### Round 4

* 11 February 2018 Scorecard
| Delhi 282/8 (50 overs) | v | Bengal 193 (41 overs) |
| Unmukt Chand 90 (114) Boddupalli Amit 4/52 (10 overs) | | Abhimanyu Easwaran 67 (89) Kulwant Khejroliya 3/30 (6 overs) |
* Delhi won by 89 runs Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium, Nadaun Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Nand Kishore
* Delhi won the toss and elected to bat.
* 11 February 2018 Scorecard
| Uttar Pradesh 189 (42.1 overs) | v | Himachal Pradesh 146 (42.3 overs) |
| Saurabh Kumar 44 (38) Ayush Jamwal 4/23 (6.1 overs) | | Nikhil Gangta 39 (69) Kartik Tyagi 3/29 (8 overs) |
* Uttar Pradesh won by 43 runs Lohnu Cricket Ground, Bilaspur Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Rohan Pandit
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Aryan Juyal (Uttar Pradesh) made his List A debut.
* 11 February 2018 Scorecard
| Tripura 231/9 (50 overs) | v | Kerala 234/6 (45.1 overs) |
| Manisankar Murasingh 61 (54) M. D. Nidheesh 3/29 (10 overs) | | Rohan Prem 52 (66) Neelambuj Vats 3/49 (9.1 overs) |
* Kerala won by 4 wickets Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan and Tapan Sharma
* Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
* M. D. Nidheesh (Kerala) and Neelambuj Vats (Tripura) both made their List A debuts.

### Round 5

* 13 February 2018 Scorecard
| Bengal 249 (33 overs) | v | Tripura 140 (29 overs) |
| Vivek Singh 84 (71) Abhijit Chakraborty 7/40 (7 overs) | | Joydeep Banik 51 (72) Pratap Singh 4/36 (6 overs) |
* Bengal won by 109 runs Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium, Nadaun Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Rohan Pandit
* Tripura won the toss and elected to field.
* Pratap Singh (Bengal) made his List A debut.
* 13 February 2018 Scorecard
| Delhi 177 (39.3 overs) | v | Kerala 178/8 (35.4 overs) |
| Dhruv Shorey 71 (90) MD Nidheesh 4/41 (8.3 overs) | | Sachin Baby 52 (57) Navdeep Saini 4/39 (8 overs) |
* Kerala won by 2 wickets Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan and Tapan Sharma
* Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
* Fazil Fanoos (Kerala) made his List A debut.
* 13 February 2018 Scorecard
| Himachal Pradesh | v | Maharashtra |
* Match abandoned Lohnu Cricket Ground, Bilaspur Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Nand Kishore
* No toss.

### Round 6

* 15 February 2018 Scorecard
| Himachal Pradesh 304/5 (50 overs) | v | Delhi 302 (49.4 overs) |
| Prashant Chopra 150 (149) Ishant Sharma 2/39 (10 overs) | | Rishabh Pant 135 (93) Rishi Dhawan 3/38 (10 overs) |
* Himachal Pradesh won by 2 runs Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium, Nadaun Umpires: Nand Kishore and Saiyed Khalid
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Lalit Yadav (Delhi) and Priyanshu Khanduri (Himachal Pradesh) both made their List A debuts.
* 15 February 2018 Scorecard
| Kerala 261/9 (50 overs) | v | Uttar Pradesh 141 (39.2 overs) |
| Rohan Prem 66* (95) Mohsin Khan 4/43 (10 overs) | | Mohammad Saif 31 (66) KC Akshay 3/32 (10 overs) |
* Kerala won by 120 runs Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Rohan Pandit
* Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* 15 February 2018 Scorecard
| Tripura 222/7 (42 overs) | v | Maharashtra 223/6 (41.1 overs) |
| Manisankar Murasingh 55 (49) Satyajeet Bachhav 2/17 (7 overs) | | Ruturaj Gaikwad 115 (105) Abhijit Sarkar 2/40 (9 overs) |
* Maharashtra won by 4 wickets Luhnu Cricket Ground, Bilaspur Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan and Tapan Sharma
* Tripura won the toss and elected to bat.
* Divyang Hinganekar (Maharashtra) made his List A debut.

### Round 7

* 17 February 2018 Scorecard
| Himachal Pradesh 266/8 (50 overs) | v | Bengal 268/4 (48 overs) |
| Priyanshu Khanduri 74 (106) Pratap Singh 4/53 (9 overs) | | Manoj Tiwary 104* (107) Ayush Jamwal 2/50 (10 overs) |
* Bengal won by 6 wickets Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Himachal Pradesh Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Rohan Pandit
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* 17 February 2018 Scorecard
| Maharashtra 273/8 (37 overs) | v | Kerala 175 (29.2 overs) |
| Naushad Shaikh 76 (56) Abhishek Mohan 2/54 (7 overs) | | Sanju Samson 46 (48) Shrikant Mundhe 5/26 (5.2 overs) |
* Maharashtra won by 98 runs Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium, Nadaun Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan and Tapan Sharma
* Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
* Murtaza Trunkwala (Maharashtra) made his List A debut.
* 17 February 2018 Scorecard
| Uttar Pradesh 357/8 (50 overs) | v | Tripura 296/9 (50 overs) |
| Rinku Singh 91* (44) Saurabh Das 2/44 (7 overs) | | Yashpal Singh 110 (104) Saurabh Kumar 3/52 (10 overs) |
* Uttar Pradesh won by 61 runs Luhnu Cricket Ground, Bilaspur Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Nand Kishore
* Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Shubham Agarwal and Shanu Saini (Uttar Pradesh) both made their List A debuts.