2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy Group C
2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy is the 14th season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament in India. It is contested by 27 domestic cricket teams of India divided into 4 Groups.[1] The winner will advance to play 2015–16 Deodhar Trophy.[2]
- The top two teams advanced to the quarter finals.
| Dates | 10 December 2015 – 18 December 2015 |
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| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | List A cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Round robin |
| Host(s) | Delhi |
| Participants | 7 |
| Matches played | 21 |
| 2015–16 Indian domestic cricket season |
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Fixtures
Round one
CV Stephen and left-arm spinner B Sudhakar bowled Andhra to a 58-run thumping win against Tripura in Delhi.
10 December 2015 Scorecard |
Andhra 273 (49.3 overs) |
v |
Tripura 215 (45.1 overs) |
- Tripura won the toss and elected to field.
- Ashwin Hebbar, K. V. Sasikanth, Koripalli Sreekanth (Andhra); Chiranjit Paul (Tripura) all made their List A debuts.
Delhi pacer, Subodh Bhati claimed four for 17 on debut to help his team to a comprehensive 31-run win against a strong Baroda team comprising Ambati Rayudu, Yusuf Pathan and Irfan Pathan. After Nitish Rana's 62 followed by Pawan Negi’s, 57-ball 47* helped Delhi cross to 208 at the Feroz Shah Kotla, the pace trio of Bhati, Pradeep Sangwan and N A Saini helped warp-up Baroda for 177 and take the team to victory.
Deepak Hooda made a half-century for Baroda as he valiantly looked to hold the innings together.
10 December 2015 Scorecard |
Delhi 208/7 (50 overs) |
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Baroda 177 (46.5 overs) |
- Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
- Rishi Arothe (Baroda); Suboth Bhati and Navdeep Saini (Delhi) made their List A debuts.
Defending 226, Alok Sahoo bowled Odisha to a thrilling three-run win against Vidarbha. The pacer claimed a five-for to help his team to victory, while Basant Mohanty bowled S Badrinath and trapped top-order batsman Ganesh Satish to keep Vidarbha in check. R Jangid's 105-ball 97 and A Karnewar's 72 had kept Vidarbha in the fray but B Samnataray accounted for the former while Sahoo sent back the latter and ran through the lower-order to post a win.
10 December 2015 Scorecard |
Odisha 226/9 (50 overs) |
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Vidarbha 223 (47.2 overs) |
- Odisha won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rajesh Dhuper (Odisha); Rajneesh Gurbani and Akshay Karnewar (Vidarbha) all made their List A debuts.
Round two
Kedar Devdhar (81) and Aditya Waghmode's (76) 159-run opening stand laid the foundation for a respectable total for Baroda. Deepak Hooda(53) and Yusuf Pathan's quickfire 36-ball 46* took the team to 291.
Defending the target, Bhargav Bhatt bowled the team to victory with a six-wicket haul. The left-arm spinner claimed six for 37, while Yusuf picked one as the spun Andhra out for 202.
11 December 2015 Scorecard |
Baroda 291/6 (50 overs) |
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Andhra 202 (43.1 overs) |
- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
While Ishant Sharma claimed five for 21 to bowl Vidarbha out for 163, Faiz Fazal played a crucial 125-ball 83-run knock that set Delhi a 164-run target.
The Vidarbha bowling unit then complemented each other and bowled in tandem to wrap-up Delhi for 145. Umesh Yadav gave the team their first breakthrough with the key wicket of Gautam Gambhir for six. Although Unmukt Chand fought to keep Delhi in the game with a 91-ball 57, the rest of the lineup succumbed to the Vidarbha attack.
Spinners Akshay Wakhare, A Karnewar and R Jangid claimed two wickets each while Yadav too finished with two as they bowled the team to victory.
11 December 2015 Scorecard |
Vidarbha 163 (45.2 overs) |
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Delhi 145 (45.1 overs) |
- Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat.
Shrikant Mundhe's all-round performance helped Maharashtra post a win in their opening game of the season in the one-day tournament. The lower middle-order batsman's half-century helped the team to a modest 217 for eight. He then returned to claim four for 35 while off-spinner S Kazi took four wickets for 28 runs to help bowl Odisha out for 177. Odisha's top-scorer, Govind Podder (74) was among the spinner's wickets.
11 December 2015 Scorecard |
Maharashtra 217/8 (50 overs) |
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Odisha 177 (43.4 overs) |
- Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
- Swapnil Gugale (Maharashtra) and Shesdeep Patra (Odisha) both made their List A debuts.
Round three
13 December 2015 Scorecard |
Baroda 173 (46 overs) |
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Vidarbha 174/3 (42 overs) |
- Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
13 December 2015 Scorecard |
Odisha 225/9 (50 overs) |
v |
Delhi 228/5 (46.3 overs) |
- Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
- Subham Nayak and Ranjit Singh (Odisha) both made their List A debuts.
13 December 2015 Scorecard |
Maharashtra 294 (49.4 overs) |
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Tripura 183 (49.5 overs) |
- Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
- Nikit Dhumal (Maharashtra) and Joydeep Bhattacharjee (Tripura) both made their List A debuts.
Round four
14 December 2015 Scorecard |
Maharashtra 241/8 (50 overs) |
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Andhra 194 (42.5 overs) |
- Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bharatkumar Solanki (Maharashtra) made his List A debut.
14 December 2015 Scorecard |
Baroda 225 (50 overs) |
v |
Odisha 169 (46.2 overs) |
- Baroda won the toss and elected to bat.
Round five
15 December 2015 Scorecard |
Andhra 261/4 (50 overs) |
v |
Odisha 206 (48 overs) |
- Andhra won the toss and elected to bat.
15 December 2015 Scorecard |
Maharashtra 176/9 (50 overs) |
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Baroda 177/2 (39.3 overs) |
- Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
- Naushad Shaikh (Maharashtra) made his List A debut.
Round six
17 December 2015 Scorecard |
Andhra 87 (25.3 overs) |
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Vidarbha 91/0 (19.2 overs) |
Jitesh Sharma 47* (54) |
- Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
- Karthik Raman (Andhra) made his List A debut.
17 December 2015 Scorecard |
Tripura 58 (22.2 overs) |
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Baroda 61/4 (6.1 overs) |
- Tripura won the toss and elected to bat.
17 December 2015 Scorecard |
Maharashtra 194/9 (50 overs) |
v |
Delhi 197/5 (48.4 overs) |
- Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
Round seven
18 December 2015 Scorecard |
Andhra 183 (49.2 overs) |
v |
Delhi 184/1 (34.1 overs) |
Unmukt Chand 118* (99) |
- Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
- Himmat Singh (Delhi) made his List A debut.
18 December 2015 Scorecard |
Maharashtra 184 (48.2 overs) |
v |
Vidarbha 185/6 (47 overs) |
- Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.