# 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy

The 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 23rd edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, an annual List A cricket tournament in India. It was held between 10 and 28 December 2015. The final was contested by Delhi and Gujarat, only the second time they had played each other in a one-day match. Gujarat won the final by 139 runs to claim their first Vijay Hazare title. They advanced to play in the 2015–16 Deodhar Trophy.

## Venues

| Ground | Capacity |
| M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | 35,000 |
| KSCA Cricket Ground | N/A |
| KSCA Cricket (2) Ground | N/A |
| Feroz Shah Kotla Ground | 42,000 |
| Palam A Stadium | N/A |
| Palam B Stadium | N/A |
| Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium | 28,000 |
| Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground | 15,000 |

## Teams

Teams are divided into four groups as follows
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Assam | Gujarat | Andhra | Bengal |
| Hyderabad (H) | Haryana | Baroda | Goa |
| Mumbai | Jammu & Kashmir | Delhi (H) | Himachal Pradesh |
| Punjab | Jharkhand | Maharashtra | Madhya Pradesh |
| Rajasthan | Karnataka (H) | Odisha | Saurashtra (H) |
| Services | Kerala | Tripura | Uttar Pradesh |
| Tamil Nadu | Railways | Vidarbha | |
* Note: H – Host

## Fixtures
### Group A

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Tamil Nadu | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | +1.254 |
| 2 | Punjab | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | +0.349 |
| 3 | Mumbai | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +0.866 |
| 4 | Services | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -0.321 |
| 5 | Rajasthan | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -0.772 |
| 6 | Hyderabad | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.454 |
| 7 | Assam | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.807 |
* Top two teams advanced to knockout stage

### Group B

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Jharkhand | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | +0.860 |
| 2 | Gujarat | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | +0.540 |
| 3 | Karnataka | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +1.465 |
| 4 | Railways | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -0.083 |
| 5 | Haryana | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.328 |
| 6 | Kerala | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.472 |
| 7 | J&K | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.933 |
* Top two teams advanced to knockout stage

### Group C

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Vidarbha | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | +1.209 |
| 2 | Delhi | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | +0.860 |
| 3 | Baroda | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +1.114 |
| 4 | Maharashtra | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.465 |
| 5 | Andhra | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.844 |
| 6 | Odisha | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.680 |
| 7 | Assam | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2.407 |
* Top two teams advanced to knockout stage

### Group D

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | HP | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +1.805 |
| 2 | UP | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +0.335 |
| 3 | Saurashtra | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.373 |
| 4 | MP | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.305 |
| 5 | Bengal | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.417 |
| 6 | Goa | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.851 |
* Top two teams advanced to knockout stage

## Knockout stage

Of the 27 participants, the following 8 teams qualified for the knockout stage:
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| D1 | Himachal Pradesh | 266/5 (49.2 ov) | | | | | | |
| A2 | Punjab | 263/8 (50 ov) | | | | | | |
| A2 | Punjab | 263/8 (50 ov) | D1 | Himachal Pradesh | 200/9 (50 ov) | | | |
| | | | C2 | Delhi | 201/4 (41.1 ov) | | | |
| B1 | Jharkhand | 126 (38 ov) | C2 | Delhi | 201/4 (41.1 ov) | | | |
| C2 | Delhi | 225 (50 ov) | | | | | | |
| C2 | Delhi | 225 (50 ov) | | | | C2 | Delhi | 134 (32.3 ov) |
| | | | | | | B2 | Gujarat | 273 (50 overs) |
| A1 | Tamil Nadu | 169/9 (41.3 ov) | | | | | | | B2 | Gujarat | 273 (50 overs) |
| D2 | Uttar Pradesh | 168 (48.2 ov) | | | | | | |
| D2 | Uttar Pradesh | 168 (48.2 ov) | B2 | Gujarat | 248/8 (50 ov) | | | |
| | | | A1 | Tamil Nadu | 217 (47.3 ov) | | | |
| C1 | Vidarbha | 195 (48 ov) | A1 | Tamil Nadu | 217 (47.3 ov) | | | |
| B2 | Gujarat | 198/8 (48.1 ov) | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

* 23 December 2015 Scorecard
| Punjab 263/8 (50 overs) | v | Himachal Pradesh 266/5 (49.2 overs) |
| Mandeep Singh 119 (145) Pankaj Jaiswal 3/50 (10 overs) | | Robin Bist 109* (135) Siddarth Kaul 3/42 (8.2 overs) |
* Himachal Pradesh won by 5 wickets KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Nitin Menon and C. K. Nandan Player of the match: Robin Bist (Himachal Pradesh)
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* 23 December 2015 Scorecard
| Delhi 225 (50 overs) | v | Jharkhand 126 (38 overs) |
| Nitish Rana 44 (76) Rahul Shukla 3/60 (10 overs) | | MS Dhoni 70* (108) Suboth Bhati 4/21 (10 overs) |
* Delhi won by 99 runs M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Krishnamachari Bharatan and Anil Dandekar Player of the match: Pawan Negi (Delhi)
* Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.
* Rishabh Pant (Delhi) made his List A debut.
* 24 December 2015 Scorecard
| Uttar Pradesh 168 (48.2 overs) | v | Tamil Nadu 169/9 (41.3 overs) |
| Rinku Singh 60 (97) Lakshmipathy Balaji 3/32 (8.2 overs) | | Baba Indrajith 48 (78) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/25 (9 overs) |
* Tamil Nadu won by 1 wicket M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Nitin Menon and C. K. Nandan Player of the match: Rajagopal Sathish (Tamil Nadu)
* Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* 24 December 2015 Scorecard
| Vidarbha 195 (48 overs) | v | Gujarat 198/8 (48.1 overs) |
| Faiz Fazal 52 (66) Jasprit Bumrah 4/38 (9 overs) | | Parthiv Patel 57 (58) Akshay Wakhare 3/30 (10 overs) |
* Gujarat won by 2 wickets KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Krishnamachari Bharatan and Nand Kishore Player of the match: Axar Patel (Gujarat)
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat.

### Semifinals

* 26 December 2015 Scorecard
| Himachal Pradesh 200/9 (50 overs) | v | Delhi 201/4 (41.1 overs) |
| Bipul Sharma 51 (45) Nitish Rana 2/16 (4 overs) | | Unmukt Chand 80* (86) Nikhil Gangta 1/14 (3 overs) |
* Delhi won by 6 wickets M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: C. K. Nandan and Nand Kishore Player of the match: Unmukt Chand (Delhi)
* Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
* Mayank Dagar (Himachal Pradesh) made his List A debut.
* 26 December 2015 Scorecard
| Gujarat 248/8 (50 overs) | v | Tamil Nadu 217 (47.3 overs) |
| Chirag Gandhi 71 (82) Ravichandran Ashwin 3/51 (10 overs) | | Abhinav Mukund 104* (142) Axar Patel 6/43 (10 overs) |
* Gujarat won by 31 runs KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Nitin Menon Player of the match: Axar Patel (Gujarat)
* Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.

### Final

* 28 December 2015 Scorecard
| Gujarat 273 (50 overs) | v | Delhi 134 (32.3 overs) |
| Parthiv Patel 105 (119) Pawan Negi 2/36 (6 overs) | | Pawan Negi 57 (47) Jasprit Bumrah 5/28 (9.3 overs) |
* Gujarat won by 139 runs M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Krishnamachari Bharatan and Nitin Menon Player of the match: Parthiv Patel and RP Singh (both Gujarat)
* Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
* Karan Patel (Gujarat) made his List A debut.