The 2014–15 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 22nd edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, an annual List A cricket tournament in India. It took place between 6 and 25 November 2014. In the final, holders Karnataka defeated Punjab by 156 runs to successfully defend their title.
Format
The teams are divided across five zonal groups: Central Zone, East Zone, North Zone, South Zone and West Zone. The top two teams from Central Zone, East Zone and South Zone advance directly to the quarterfinals. The top two teams from each of North Zone and West Zone play in the pre-quarterfinals to determine which two teams advance to the quarterfinals. The winner of the knockout tree is declared winner of the tournament.
Group stage Central Zone Teams Matches Won Lost Tie/NR Points NRR Railways 4 4 0 0 16 +1.459 Vidarbha 4 3 1 0 12 +1.223 Uttar Pradesh 4 2 2 0 8 -0.260 Rajasthan 4 1 3 0 4 -1.891 Madhya Pradesh 4 0 4 0 0 -0.611
East Zone Teams Matches Won Lost Tie/NR Points NRR Bengal 4 4 0 0 16 +1.709 Odisha 4 2 2 0 8 +0.237 Assam 4 2 2 0 8 -0.244 Jharkhand 4 2 2 0 8 -0.244 Tripura 4 0 4 0 0 -1.416
North Zone Teams Matches Won Lost Tie/NR Points NRR Punjab 5 3 2 0 12 +0.557 Delhi 5 3 2 0 12 +0.428 Himachal Pradesh 5 3 2 0 12 +0.263 Jammu and Kashmir 5 3 2 0 12 -0.511 Services 5 2 3 0 8 +0.313 Haryana 5 1 4 0 4 -1.159
South Zone Teams Matches Won Lost Tie/NR Points NRR Karnataka 5 4 0 1 18 +2.012 Goa 5 3 2 0 12 +0.083 Andhra 5 2 2 1 10 -0.607 Tamil Nadu 5 2 2 1 10 -0.758 Kerala 5 1 3 1 6 +0.425 Hyderabad 5 1 4 0 4 -0.958
West Zone Teams Matches Won Lost Tie/NR Points NRR Mumbai 4 3 1 0 12 +0.166 Gujarat 4 3 1 0 12 +0.291 Baroda 4 2 2 0 8 +0.086 Saurashtra 4 1 3 0 4 -0.134 Maharashtra 4 1 3 0 4 -0.430
Knockout stage
Pre-quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Statistics Most runs Player Team Inns Runs Ave HS 100s 50s Manish Pandey Karnataka 7 472 118.00 101* 1 4 Shreevats Goswami Bengal 6 447 111.75 133 2 2 Mayank Agarwal Karnataka 7 426 60.85 162 2 1 Amitoze Singh Punjab 9 422 46.88 91 0 4 Mandeep Singh Punjab 9 417 52.12 103* 1 3
Most wickets Player Team Inns Wickets Ave. BBI 4w 5w Abhimanyu Mithun Karnataka 7 18 15.61 4/18 2 0 Sandeep Sharma Punjab 6 17 15.52 5/31 0 1 Veer Pratap Singh Bengal 6 15 16.33 6/51 0 2 Pankaj Singh Rajasthan 4 14 11.28 6/50 1 1 Baltej Singh Punjab 7 14 19.57 5/33 0 1
References
External links Tournament home at ESPNcricinfo