Countries India First tournament 2002–03 Most successful Tamil Nadu (5 titles) Number of teams 27 | Format List A cricket Last tournament 2016–17 Current champion Tamil Nadu cricket team | |
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Tournament format Round robin and Playoff Administrator Board of Control for Cricket in India | ||
The Vijay Hazare Trophy, also known as the Ranji One Day Trophy, was started in 2002–03 as a limited-overs cricket domestic competition involving state teams from the Ranji Trophy plates. It is named after the famous Indian cricketer Vijay Hazare.
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Tamil Nadu have won the trophy 5 times. Jharkhand won the trophy in 2011, beating Gujarat in the finals at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore. Bengal won it on 2011-12.
Tamil Nadu are the current champions of the trophy in 2016-17 who won their 5 th title beating Bengal in the finals.
Ms dhoni ignored by gautam gambhir during vijay hazare trophy
Format
The 27 Ranji teams are split into 5 zonal groups 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 2 winners of pre-quarter finals join the remaining 6 teams in the quarter final stage.
Tournament history
From the tournament's inaugural edition during the 1993–94 season through to the 2001–02 season, no finals were held, and teams consequently played only within their zones, with no overall winner named.
During the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons, a final round-robin stage was held for the top teams in each zone. Since the 2004–05 tournament, a full finals series (including semi-finals and a final) has been held, with varying formats.