# 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy Group A

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 Group A. The group stage started on 19 September 2018, with the top five teams across Group A and Group B progressing to the quarter-finals of the competition. Mumbai and Maharashtra both progressed from Group A to the knock-out phase of the tournament.

## Points table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Mumbai | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 1.634 |
| 3 | Maharashtra | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 1.003 |
| 6 | Baroda | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 1.141 |
| 7 | Punjab | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0.354 |
| 10 | Himachal Pradesh | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | −0.138 |
| 11 | Vidarbha | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | −0.819 |
| 12 | Karnataka | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | −0.175 |
| 16 | Goa | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | −0.935 |
| 18 | Railways | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | −1.719 |
* Top five teams across Groups A and B advanced to the knockout stage.
* Bottom two teams across Groups A and B relegated to the Elite Group C for the next season.

## Fixtures
### Round 1

* 19 September 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Goa 266/7 (50 overs) | v | Maharashtra 267/5 (47.5 overs) |
| Amogh Sunil Desai 65 (93) Samad Fallah 2/42 (10 overs) | | Jay Pande 117* (136) Amogh Sunil Desai 2/39 (6.4 overs) |
* Maharashtra won by 5 wickets KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Abhijeet Bengeri (Ind) and GS Ananth Ramakrishnan (Ind)
* Maharashtra won the toss and elected to field.
* Atharva Kale, Jay Pande, Mandar Bhandari, (Maharashtra) and Deepraj Gaonkar (Goa) made their List A debuts.
* Jay Pande (Maharashtra) scored his first century in List A cricket.
* 19 September 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Baroda 238 (49.5 overs) | v | Mumbai 239/1 (41.3 overs) |
| Krunal Pandya 85 (111) Dhawal Kulkarni 4/39 (8.5 overs) | | Prithvi Shaw 98 (66) Krunal Pandya 1/34 (6 overs) |
* Mumbai won by 9 wickets KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: P Jayapal (Ind) and Yeshwant Barde (Ind)
* Baroda won the toss and elected to bat.
* Tushar Deshpande and Vijay Gohil (Mumbai) both made their List A debuts.
* 19 September 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Punjab 290/7 (50 overs) | v | Himachal Pradesh 255 (48.3 overs) |
| Shubman Gill 115 (131) Rishi Dhawan 3/50 (10 overs) | | Prashant Chopra 95 (122) Siddarth Kaul 4/55 (10 overs) |
* Punjab won by 35 runs KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Belur Ravi
* Arshdeep Singh (Punjab) made his List A debut.

### Round 2

* 20 September 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Vidarbha 254 (50 overs) | v | Baroda 151/2 (29 overs) |
| Atharva Taide 57 (65) Lukman Meriwala 3/54 (10 overs) | | Aditya Waghmode 50 (71) Akshay Karnewar 1/27 (4 overs) |
* Baroda won by 37 runs (VJD method) Just Cricket Academy Ground, Bengaluru Umpires: Puttarangaiah Jayapal and Yeshwant Barde
* Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
* Atharva Taide (Vidarbha) made his List A debut.
* 20 September 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Railways 187 (47.5 overs) | v | Himachal Pradesh 170/5 (41.3 overs) |
| Karan Sharma 33 (53) Mayank Dagar 4/38 (10 overs) | | Prashant Chopra 77 (93) Anureet Singh 2/26 (6.3 overs) |
* Himachal Pradesh won by 33 runs (VJD method) KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Abhijit Bengeri and GS Ananth Ramakrishnan
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* KD Singh (Himachal Pradesh), Karan Sharma and Harsh Tyagi (Railways) all made their List A debuts.
* 20 September 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Maharashtra 245/8 (50 overs) | v | Karnataka 107/6 (22.4 overs) |
| Ankit Bawne 104* (115) Abhimanyu Mithun 2/30 (10 overs) | | Pavan Deshpande 31 (41) Satyajeet Bachhav 2/19 (5 overs) |
* Maharashtra won by 57 runs (VJD method) M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Saiyed Khalid
* Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.

### Round 3

* 21 September 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Punjab 278/7 (50 overs) | v | Vidarbha 137 (40.5 overs) |
| Gurkeerat Singh 85* (80) Shrikant Wagh 3/69 (10 overs) | | Ganesh Satish 60 (93) Mayank Markande 3/37 (9.5 overs) |
* Punjab won by 141 runs KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Puttarangaiah Jayapal
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
* 21 September 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Goa 317/5 (50 overs) | v | Railways 275 (47.2 overs) |
| Sumiran Amonkar 82 (105) Ankit Yadav 2/49 (8 overs) | | Amit Paunikar 84 (99) Krishna Das 4/50 (8.2 overs) |
* Goa won by 42 runs KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Abhijeet Bengeri and GS Ananth Ramakrishnan
* Railways won the toss and elected to field.
* 21 September 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Mumbai 362/5 (50 overs) | v | Karnataka 274 (45 overs) |
| Ajinkya Rahane 148 (150) Krishnappa Gowtham 1/40 (8 overs) | | Mayank Agarwal 66 (48) Shams Mulani 4/71 (10 overs) |
* Mumbai won by 88 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Yeshwant Barde
* Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.

### Round 4

* 23 September 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Mumbai 400/5 (50 overs) | v | Railways 227 (42.4 overs) |
| Shreyas Iyer 144 (118) Anureet Singh 3/73 (10 overs) | | Saurabh Wakaskar 48 (39) Shams Mulani 2/50 (7.4 overs) |
* Mumbai won by 173 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Chirra Ravikanthreddy and P Jayapal
* Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
* 23 September 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Maharashtra 281/5 (50 overs) | v | Punjab 187 (40.3 overs) |
| Ankit Bawne 100* (138) Mayank Markande 2/41 (10 overs) | | Shubman Gill 36 (37) Satyajeet Bachhav 5/54 (9.3 overs) |
* Maharashtra won by 94 runs Just Cricket Academy Ground, Bengaluru Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Abhijit Bengeri
* Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* Ashay Palkar (Maharashtra) and Sharad Lumba (Punjab) both made their List A debuts.
* 23 September 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Goa 148 (45 overs) | v | Himachal Pradesh 152/6 (32.1 overs) |
| Darshan Misal 30 (72) Ayush Jamwal 4/25 (10 overs) | | Prashant Chopra 65 (54) Amulya Pandrekar 3/44 (10 overs) |
* Himachal Pradesh won by 4 wickets KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Nitin Pandit and Belur Ravi
* Goa won the toss and elected to bat.

### Round 5

* 24 September 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Mumbai | v | Vidarbha |
* Match abandoned KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur
* No toss.
* No play was possible due to rain.
* 24 September 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Baroda | v | Punjab |
* Match abandoned KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur
* No toss.
* No play was possible due to rain.
* 24 September 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Goa | v | Karnataka |
* Match abandoned Just Cricket Academy Ground, Bengaluru
* No toss.
* No play was possible due to rain.

### Round 6

* 26 September 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Vidarbha 297/7 (50 overs) | v | Himachal Pradesh 298/6 (47.5 overs) |
| Atharva Taide 148* (145) Vinay Galetiya 2/51 (10 overs) | | Ankush Bains 173* (139) Akshay Wakhare 2/60 (10 overs) |
* Himachal Pradesh won by 4 wickets KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Krishnaraj Srinath and P Jayapal
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Aditya Thakare (Vidarbha) made his List A debut.
* 26 September 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Railways 180 (48.2 overs) | v | Maharashtra 186/3 (41.2 overs) |
| Mrunal Devdhar 64 (94) Shamshuzama Kazi 2/33 (10 overs) | | Ruturaj Gaikwad 84 (93) Avinash Yadav 2/39 (10 overs) |
* Maharashtra won by 7 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Belur Ravi
* Railways won the toss and elected to bat.
* Manish Rao (Railways) made his List A debut.
* 26 September 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Karnataka 237 (50 overs) | v | Baroda 230/3 (43.3 overs) |
| Ravikumar Samarth 77 (103) Atit Sheth 4/42 (9 overs) | | Kedar Devdhar 123 (128) Prasidh Krishna 1/44 (9 overs) |
* Baroda won by 7 wickets Just Cricket Academy Ground, Bengaluru Umpires: Nitin Pandit and Chirra Ravikanthreddy
* Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
* Gneshwar Naveen (Karnataka) made his List A debut.

### Round 7

* 28 September 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Baroda 281/5 (50 overs) | v | Goa 148 (42.3 overs) |
| Kedar Devdhar 107 (132) Krishna Das 2/67 (10 overs) | | Amit Verma 59 (89) Krunal Pandya 6/41 (9 overs) |
* Baroda won by 133 runs KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Chirra Ravikanthreddy and P Jayapal
* Goa won the toss and elected to field.
* 28 September 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Maharashtra 278 (49.5 overs) | v | Himachal Pradesh 195 (44.2 overs) |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad 114 (115) Prashant Chopra 4/20 (4 overs) | | Nikhil Gangta 76 (106) Samad Fallah 3/18 (7 overs) |
* Maharashtra won by 83 runs KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Nitin Pandit and Abhijit Bengeri
* Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
* 28 September 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Mumbai 245 (49 overs) | v | Punjab 202 (44.3 overs) |
| Jay Bista 68 (75) Manpreet Gony 2/28 (10 overs) | | Shubman Gill 40 (66) Dhawal Kulkarni 3/18 (7.3 overs) |
* Mumbai won by 43 runs Just Cricket Academy Ground, Bengaluru Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Belur Ravi
* Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* Sanvir Singh (Punjab) made his List A debut.

### Round 8

* 30 September 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Baroda 269/9 (50 overs) | v | Railways 89 (24.4 overs) |
| Aditya Waghmode 74 (99) Manish Rao 3/30 (6 overs) | | Manish Rao 23* (43) Babashafi Pathan 5/25 (7.4 overs) |
* Baroda won by 180 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Sivasubramaniyan Shankar and Belur Ravi
* Baroda won the toss and elected to bat.
* 30 September 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Vidarbha 125 (36.2 overs) | v | Karnataka 129/4 (32.3 overs) |
| Ganesh Satish 50 (68) Shreyas Gopal 3/13 (7 overs) | | Kaunain Abbas 35* (50) Yash Thakur 3/22 (7 overs) |
* Karnataka won by 6 wickets KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Chirra Ravikanthreddy
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat.
* Kaunain Abbas (Karnataka) made his List A debut.
* 30 September 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Himachal Pradesh 269/6 (50 overs) | v | Mumbai 270/4 (44.3 overs) |
| Prashant Chopra 86 (99) Shivam Dube 2/41 (10 overs) | | Suryakumar Yadav 123* (103) Rishi Dhawan 2/42 (7.3 overs) |
* Mumbai won by 6 wickets KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Abhijit Bengeri and Krishnaraj Srinath
* Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.
* Mohmad Ajrudeen (Himachal Pradesh) made his List A debut.

### Round 9

* 2 October 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Punjab 284/6 (50 overs) | v | Railways 210 (44.3 overs) |
| Gurkeerat Singh 101 (96) Chandrakant Sakure 3/85 (10 overs) | | Saurabh Wakaskar 104 (108) Mayank Markande 3/40 (9 overs) |
* Punjab won by 58 runs (VJD method) M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Chirra Ravikanthreddy and P Jayapal
* Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
* 2 October 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Goa 186 (49.5 overs) | v | Mumbai 189/3 (35.3 overs) |
| Suyash Prabhudessai 52 (56) Dhawal Kulkarni 3/32 (9.5 overs) | | Akhil Herwadkar 108* (112) Krishna Das 2/31 (7 overs) |
* Mumbai won by 7 wickets Just Cricket Academy Ground, Bengaluru Umpires: Sivasubramaniyan Shankar and Belur Ravi
* Goa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Vishamber Kahlon (Goa) made his List A debut.
* 2 October 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Maharashtra 201/8 (50 overs) | v | Vidarbha 205/7 (49.2 overs) |
| Ankit Bawne 62 (102) Sanjay Raghunath 2/20 (5 overs) | | Akshay Wadkar 82* (120) Samad Fallah 2/33 (9.2 overs) |
* Vidarbha won by 3 wickets KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Abhijit Bengeri and Saiyed Khalid
* Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
* Darshan Nalkande (Vidarbha) made his List A debut.

### Round 10

* 4 October 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Baroda 153 (41.2 overs) | v | Himachal Pradesh 41/1 (11.3 overs) |
| Kedar Devdhar 41 (53) Mayank Dagar 5/27 (10 overs) | | Priyanshu Khanduri 33 (45) Lukman Meriwala 1/19 (5.3 overs) |
* No result KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Sivasubramaniyan Shankar and Belur Ravi
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* 4 October 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Karnataka 229/5 (42.3 overs) | v | Railways |
| Kaunain Abbas 46 (53) Manjeet Singh 2/30 (8 overs) | | |
* No result M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Krishnaraj Srinath and Saiyed Khalid
* Railways won the toss and elected to field.
* 4 October 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Punjab 359/4 (50 overs) | v | Goa 46/2 (10 overs) |
| Anmolpreet Singh 141 (114) Amit Verma 1/54 (9 overs) | | Amogh Sunil Desai 30* (29) Mayank Markande 1/5 (2 overs) |
* No result KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Chirra Ravikanthreddy and P Jayapal
* Goa won the toss and elected to field.

### Round 11

* 6 October 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Railways 226/8 (50 overs) | v | Vidarbha 176/3 (37 overs) |
| Madhur Khatri 58 (43) Darshan Nalkande 3/42 (8 overs) | | Ganesh Satish 53* (65) Manish Rao 1/25 (7 overs) |
* Vidarbha won by 15 runs (VJD method) KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Abhijit Bengeri and Chirra Ravikanthreddy
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
* 6 October 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Maharashtra | v | Mumbai |
* Match abandoned Just Cricket Academy Ground, Bengaluru
* No toss.
* No play was possible due to rain.
* 6 October 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Karnataka 257/8 (38 overs) | v | Himachal Pradesh 162 (25.3 overs) |
| Ravikumar Samarth 98 (97) Rishi Dhawan 3/57 (8 overs) | | Prashant Chopra 67 (45) Krishnappa Gowtham 4/26 (5 overs) |
* Karnataka won by 95 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Sivasubramaniyan Shankar and Krishnaraj Srinath
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 38 overs per side due to rain.

### Round 12

* 8 October 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Vidarbha 218 (48.2 overs) | v | Goa 217/9 (50 overs) |
| Faiz Fazal 49 (78) Darshan Misal 4/52 (9.2 overs) | | Amit Verma 45 (54) Darshan Nalkande 3/37 (10 overs) |
* Vidarbha won by 1 run KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Abhijit Bengeri and Chirra Ravikanthreddy
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat.
* 8 October 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Karnataka 296 (48.2 overs) | v | Punjab 297/4 (48.5 overs) |
| BR Sharath 70 (69) Siddarth Kaul 5/41 (9.2 overs) | | Anmolpreet Singh 138 (106) Krishnappa Gowtham 1/49 (10 overs) |
* Punjab won by 6 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Sivasubramaniyan Shankar and Saiyed Khalid
* Punjab won the toss and elected to field
* 8 October 2018 9:00 Scorecard
| Baroda 206/8 (50 overs) | v | Maharashtra 207/5 (44.3 overs) |
| Yusuf Pathan 64* (66) Samad Fallah 3/21 (10 overs) | | Naushad Shaikh 76 (77) Atit Sheth 3/36 (10 overs) |
* Maharashtra won by 5 wickets KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur Umpires: Krishnaraj Srinath and Belur Ravi
* Baroda won the toss and elected to bat.