In order to provide state teams from the Ranji Trophy circuit with a domestic limited-overs cricket competition, the Vijay Hazare Trophy, often referred to as the Ranji One-Day Trophy, was launched in 2002–2003, know its format and winners
It bears Vijay Hazare’s name, a legendary Indian cricketer. Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are the most successful teams to win it, having taken home the championship five and four times, respectively.
Vijay Hazare Trophy Format, Stats, Teams, Previous Winners List, Most Runs And Wickets
In the previous competition, Himachal Pradesh emerged as the victor of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. The veteran Tamil Nadu squad was defeated by Himachal Pradesh by 11 runs (VJD method) after Captain Rishi Dhawan chose to field first for his team. This victory gave Himachal Pradesh its maiden championship. Tamil Nadu, which was seeking to capture its sixth Vijay Hazare trophy, was defeated by Himachal Pradesh.
History of the Vijay Hazare Trophy
From the 1993–1994 season, when the tournament was originally held, through the 2001–2002 season, teams only played inside their own zones, and there was no overall winner.
During the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons, the top clubs in each zone engaged in a final round-robin stage of the competition. Although the formats have evolved, a playoff system involving semi-finals and a final has been in place since the 2004–05 competition.
Format of Vijay Hazare Trophy
While the other four runners-up compete in the preliminary quarterfinals after facing each team in the group once, the five group winners and the best-performing runner-up move directly to the quarterfinal round. The two pre-quarterfinal champions join the remaining six teams in the quarterfinal round. From 2015–16 through the 2017–18 seasons, four groups of seven individuals stood in for the zonal groups.
For the 2018–19 season, the teams were divided into 3 elite groups and 1 plate group. Ten teams make up the third elite group, compared to nine in the second-place elite group. The plate group is made up of nine new teams. Teams are classified based on their average points over the previous three seasons.
Teams participating in the Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2022
| Zone | Teams | No. of Teams |
| Central | Madhya Pradesh, Railways, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Vidarbha | 5 |
| East | Assam, Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Tripura | 6 |
| North | Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Services | 6 |
| South | Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Hyderabad, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu | 6 |
| West | Baroda, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Saurashtra | 5 |
Vijay Hazare Trophy: Winner list
| Year | Winner | Runner-up |
| 2017–18 | Karnataka | Saurashtra |
| 2018–19 | Mumbai | Delhi |
| 2019–20 | Karnataka | Tamil Nadu |
| 2020–21 | Mumbai | Uttar Pradesh |
| 2021–22 | Himachal Pradesh | Tamil Nadu |
Vijay Hazare Trophy: Most runs, wickets
| Year | Most runs | Most wickets |
| 2017–18 | Mayank Agarwal (Karnataka) | Mohammed Siraj (Hyderabad) |
| 2018–19 | Abhinav Mukund (Tamil Nadu) | Shahbaz Nadeem (Jharkhand) |
| 2019–20 | Devdutt Padikkal (Karnataka) | Pritam Das (Assam) |
| 2020–21 | Prithvi Shaw (Mumbai) | Shivam Sharma (Uttar Pradesh) |
| 2021–22 | Ruturaj Gaikwad (Maharashtra) | Yash Thakur (Vidarbha) |