| Countries | India |
|---|---|
| Administrator | BCCI |
| Format | List A cricket |
| First edition | 1993–94 |
| Latest edition | 2024–25 |
| Next edition | 2025–26 |
| Tournament format | Round-robin, thenknockout |
| Number of teams | 38 |
| Current champion | Karnataka (5th title) |
| Most successful | Karnataka /Tamil Nadu (5 titles each) |
| Website | https://www.bcci.tv |
 2024–25 | |
TheVijay Hazare Trophy (officially known as theIDFC First Bank Vijay Hazare Trophy for sponsorship reasons), is an annualList A Cricket competition organised by theBCCI. The IndianStates and union territories teams take part in theRanji Trophy. The tournament had been played at zonal level only until 2002–03 when it was expanded to become a national competition. The format of cricket is 50 overs per side similar toOne Day International matches. The most successful teams since expansion areTamil Nadu andKarnataka who have won the tournament five times; the latter winning the latest edition.
Until 2006/07, Vijay Hazare Trophy was the title of a national under-19 tournament, involving zonal teams,[1] which had been running since 1983/84.[2] The BCCI then decided to rename the Ranji One Day Trophy, which began in the1993/94 season,[2] in honour ofVijay Hazare who had died in December 2004. The2007/08 edition was the first using the current title.[3][4]
Ahead of the2018/19 edition, the teams were divided into three elite groups and one plate group. Two of the elite groups had nine teams while the third had ten. The plate group consisted of nine new teams. Teams were grouped on the basis of average points gained in the preceding three seasons.[citation needed] The2020/21 edition was postponed for several months because of theCOVID-19 pandemic in India. The2020–21 Ranji Trophy had been cancelled but, in January 2021, theBoard of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that the Vijay Hazare tournament would take place.[5][6]
Currently, in the2023–24 season, 38 teams are split into five groups (A to E) as follows:
After playing each team in the group once, the five winners and the best performing runner-up qualify for the quarter final stage directly, while the four other runners-up play in the preliminary quarter finals. The two winners of pre-quarter finals join the remaining six teams in the quarter final stage. In the 2015–16 to 2017–18 seasons, the zonal groups were replaced with four groups of seven each.[citation needed]
From the tournament'sinaugural edition as the Ranji One Day Trophy in 1993–94, through to the 2001–02 season, no finals were held, and teams consequently played only within their zones, with no national winner declared. The table below lists the winners of each zone by year.
The most successful teams in the zonal phase were Bombay/Mumbai (8 titles), Bengal (6), Karnataka (4), Punjab (4), and Tamil Nadu (4).
During the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons, a finalround-robin stage was held for the top teams in each zone. Since the 2004–05 tournament, aplayoff format including semi-finals and a final has been held, with varying formats. The tournament was still known as the Ranji One Day Trophy until the 2006–07 edition. It was renamed as the Vijay Hazare Trophy ahead of the 2007–08 edition.
| Category | playing eleven | bench |
|---|---|---|
| Seniors (Who played 41+ Vijay Hazare matches in his entire career) | ₹60,000 (per match) | ₹30,000 (per match |
| Mid levels (Who played 21 to 40 Vijay Hazare matches in his entire career) | ₹50,000 (per match) | ₹25,000 (per match |
| juniors (Who played 0 to 20 Vijay Hazare matches in his entire career) | ₹40,000 (per match) | ₹20,000 (per match) |
