# 2021–22 Vijay Hazare Trophy

The 2021–22 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 29th edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, an annual List A cricket tournament in India. It was played from 8 December 2021, and finished on 26 December 2021. Mumbai were the defending champions.
Originally, the tournament was scheduled to start on 23 February 2022, but was later preponed to 1 December 2021 and then postponed to 8 December 2021. The teams were initially divided into four groups, with nine teams each in Groups A and B, and ten each in Groups C and Plate. However, in August 2021, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that the tournament will be divided into six groups, with six teams in five Elite Groups and eight teams in the Plate Group. The winners of each Elite Group progressed directly to the quarter-finals, with the second-placed teams and the winner of the Plate Group playing in pre-quarters matches to determine the final eight teams.
Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Saurashtra, Kerala and Services all won their respective groups to progress directly to the quarter-finals. Tripura won the Plate Group to progress to the preliminary quarter-finals. Vidarbha, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan also advanced to the preliminary quarter-finals, after finishing in second place in their respective groups.
On the first day of the quarter-finals, Himachal Pradesh beat Uttar Pradesh by five wickets, and Tamil Nadu beat Karnataka by 151 runs. In the other two quarter-final matches, Saurashtra beat Vidarbha by seven wickets, and Services beat Kerala, also by the margin of seven wickets.
In the first semi-final, Himachal Pradesh beat Services by 77 runs to advance to the final. In the second semi-final, Tamil Nadu beat Saurashtra by two wickets to place their berth in the final.
Himachal Pradesh won the final match against Tamil Nadu by 11 runs to clinch their maiden domestic title.

## Knockout stage

| Preliminary QF | Preliminary QF | Preliminary QF | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | A1 | Himachal Pradesh | 208/5 | | | | | | |
| C2 | Uttar Pradesh | 237/5 | C2 | Uttar Pradesh | 207/9 | | | | | | |
| D2 | Madhya Pradesh | 234 | | | | A1 | Himachal Pradesh | 281/6 | | | |
| | | | | | | E1 | Services | 204 | | | |
| | | | D1 | Kerala | 175 | | | | | | |
| | | | E1 | Services | 176/3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | A1 | Himachal Pradesh | 299/4 |
| | | | | | | | | | B1 | Tamil Nadu | 314 |
| | | | C1 | Saurashtra | 151/3 | | | | | | |
| A2 | Vidarbha | 258/7 | A2 | Vidarbha | 150 | | | | | | |
| P1 | Tripura | 224 | | | | B1 | Tamil Nadu | 314/8 | | | |
| | | | | | | C1 | Saurashtra | 310/8 | | | |
| | | | B1 | Tamil Nadu | 354/8 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Karnataka | 204/2 | B2 | Karnataka | 203 | | | | | | |
| E2 | Rajasthan | 199 | | | | | | | | | |

### Preliminary quarter-finals

* Pre Quarter-final 1 19 December 2021 Scorecard
| Vidarbha 258/7 (50 overs) | v | Tripura 224 (49.2 overs) |
| Yash Rathod 57 (63) Manisankar Murasingh 2/41 (10 overs) | | Bikramkumar Das 61 (100) Yash Thakur 4/45 (9.2 overs) |
* Vidarbha won by 34 runs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin and Virender Sharma
* Tripura won the toss and elected to field.
* Pre-Quarter-final 2 19 December 2021 Scorecard
| Rajasthan 199 (49.2 overs) | v | Karnataka 204/2 (43.4 overs) |
| Deepak Hooda 109 (109) Vijaykumar Vyshak 4/22 (7 overs) | | Krishnamurthy Siddharth 85* (120) Kamlesh Nagarkoti 1/27 (6 overs) |
* Karnataka won by 8 wickets KL Saini Ground, Jaipur Umpires: Anil Chaudhary and Nitin Pandit
* Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.
* Abhinav Manohar (Karnataka) made his List A debut.
* Pre-Quarter-final 3 19 December 2021 Scorecard
| Madhya Pradesh 234 (49.2 overs) | v | Uttar Pradesh 237/5 (49.1 overs) |
| Shubham Sharma 83 (99) Yash Dayal 3/35 (10 overs) | | Akshdeep Nath 78 (92) Avesh Khan 2/47 (10 overs) |
* Uttar Pradesh won by 5 wickets Jaipuria Vidyalaya Ground, Jaipur Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Rohan Pandit
* Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.

### Quarter-finals

* 1st Quarter-final 21 December 2021 Scorecard
| Uttar Pradesh 207/9 (50 overs) | v | Himachal Pradesh 208/5 (45.3 overs) |
| Rinku Singh 76 (102) Vinay Galetiya 3/19 (10 overs) | | Prashant Chopra 99 (141) Shivam Mavi 3/34 (9 overs) |
* Himachal Pradesh won by 5 wickets Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Nitin Pandit and Sundaram Ravi
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Sidharth Sharma (Himachal Pradesh) made his List A debut.
* 2nd Quarter-final 21 December 2021 Scorecard
| Tamil Nadu 354/8 (50 overs) | v | Karnataka 203 (39 overs) |
| Narayan Jagadeesan 102 (101) Praveen Dubey 3/67 (10 overs) | | Srinivas Sharath 43 (65) Ragupathy Silambarasan 4/36 (8 overs) |
* Tamil Nadu won by 151 runs KL Saini Ground, Jaipur Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin and Virender Sharma
* Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.
* 3rd Quarter-final 22 December 2021 Scorecard
| Vidarbha 150 (40.3 overs) | v | Saurashtra 151/3 (29.5 overs) |
| Apoorv Wankhade 72 (69) Jaydev Unadkat 2/25 (9 overs) | | Prerak Mankad 77* (72) Aditya Thakare 2/13 (8 overs) |
* Saurashtra won by 7 wickets Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Rohan Pandit
* Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
* 4th Quarter-final 22 December 2021 Scorecard
| Kerala 175 (40.4 overs) | v | Services 176/3 (30.5 overs) |
| Rohan Kunnummal 85 (106) Diwesh Pathania 3/19 (8 overs) | | Ravi Chauhan 95 (90) Unnikrishnan Manukrishnan 2/23 (6 overs) |
* Services won by 7 wickets KL Saini Ground, Jaipur Umpires: Nitin Pandit and Chettithody Shamshuddin
* Services won the toss and elected to field.

### Semi-finals

* 1st Semi-final 24 December 2021 Scorecard
| Himachal Pradesh 281/6 (50 overs) | v | Services 204 (46.1 overs) |
| Rishi Dhawan 84 (77) Raj Bahadur 2/52 (10 overs) | | Rajat Paliwal 55 (66) Rishi Dhawan 4/27 (8.1 overs) |
* Himachal Pradesh won by 77 runs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Sundaram Ravi
* Services won the toss and elected to field.
* 2nd Semi-final 24 December 2021 Scorecard
| Saurashtra 310/8 (50 overs) | v | Tamil Nadu 314/8 (49.5 overs) |
| Sheldon Jackson 134 (125) Vijay Shankar 4/72 (10 overs) | | Baba Aparajith 122 (124) Chetan Sakariya 5/62 (10 overs) |
* Tamil Nadu won by 2 wickets KL Saini Ground, Jaipur Umpires: Anil Chaudhary and Chettithody Shamshuddin
* Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.

### Final

* Final 26 December 2021 Scorecard
| Tamil Nadu 314 (49.4 overs) | v | Himachal Pradesh 299/4 (47.3 overs) |
| Dinesh Karthik 116 (103) Pankaj Jaswal 4/59 (9.4 overs) | | Shubham Arora 136* (131) Baba Aparajith 1/45 (8 overs) |
* Himachal Pradesh won by 11 runs (VJD method) Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Anil Chaudhary and Chettithody Shamshuddin Player of the match: Shubham Arora (Himachal Pradesh)
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Bad light stopped play during Himachal Pradesh's innings.
* Himachal Pradesh were 11 runs ahead of the VJD par score of 288 runs from 47.3 overs.