Vijay Hazare Trophy News

Aman Mokhade Named Player of the Series; Ankur Panwar Tops Wicket Charts

Vidarbha opener Aman Mokhade finished 2025-26 as the tournament's leading run-scorer with 814 runs at an average of 90.44, including five hundreds, and was named Player of the Series. He fell just 17 runs short of N Jagadeesan's record for most runs in a single Vijay Hazare season.

Saurashtra seamer Ankur Panwar was the leading wicket-taker with 25 wickets, ahead of Zeeshan Ansari (Uttar Pradesh) and Satyanarayana Raju (Andhra), who took 21 each.

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 Season in Numbers

The 33rd edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy featured 38 teams and 135 matches between 24 December 2025 and 18 January 2026. Some of the standout individual numbers:

• Highest score: Swastik Samal (Odisha) – 212 vs Saurashtra
• Double hundred: Aman Rao (Hyderabad) – 200 vs Bengal
• Best bowling: Ramakrishna Ghosh (Maharashtra) – 7/42 vs Himachal Pradesh
• Most sixes: Vishnu Vinod (Kerala) – 28
• Most fifties: Amandeep Khare (Chhattisgarh) – 6
• Most hundreds: Aman Mokhade (Vidarbha) – 5

Vishvaraj Jadeja's Unbeaten 165 Sends Saurashtra Into the Final

Saurashtra produced a dominant chase in the second semi-final, hunting down Punjab's target of 292 with nine wickets in hand and 63 balls to spare. Vishvaraj Jadeja anchored the pursuit with a brilliant unbeaten 165 to book Saurashtra's place in the title clash against Vidarbha.

Mokhade Century and Nalkande Five-For Knock Out Defending Champions Karnataka

Vidarbha reached a second successive Vijay Hazare Trophy final by beating defending champions Karnataka by six wickets in the first semi-final. Darshan Nalkande's five-wicket haul restricted Karnataka before Aman Mokhade's century steered the chase home.

During the innings Mokhade equalled the record for the quickest 1,000 runs in List A cricket, getting there in just 16 innings — the quickest by an Indian.

Punjab Crush Madhya Pradesh by 183 Runs; Vidarbha Knock Out Delhi

Punjab posted 345 for 6 behind half-centuries from captain Prabhsimran Singh (88) and Anmolpreet Singh (70), then bowled Madhya Pradesh out for 162 in 31.2 overs — Punjab's biggest win by runs in the competition. Sanvir Singh took 3/31 and Gurnoor Brar bowled a fierce opening spell at over 140kph.

In the other quarter-final, Yash Rathod's 86 off 73 balls lifted Vidarbha to 300 for 9 against Delhi, and Nachiket Bhute (4/51) and Harsh Dubey (3/36) bowled Delhi out for 224 to win by 76 runs. Delhi captain Ishant Sharma claimed his 200th List A wicket in the match.

Rain-Hit Quarter-Finals: Karnataka Beat Mumbai, Saurashtra Edge Uttar Pradesh

Both of the first two quarter-finals were decided by the VJD method after rain interruptions. Karnataka beat Mumbai by 55 runs to keep their title defence alive, while Saurashtra beat Uttar Pradesh by 17 runs, ending UP's run after they had won all seven of their Group B matches.

League Stage Ends: Uttar Pradesh Unbeaten as Eight Teams Reach the Quarter-Finals

Uttar Pradesh were the only side to finish the Elite league stage unbeaten, winning all seven matches in Group B. The eight quarter-finalists were Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh (Group A), Uttar Pradesh and Vidarbha (Group B), Punjab and Mumbai (Group C), and Delhi and Saurashtra (Group D).

The final round included a thriller in Jaipur, where Punjab beat Mumbai by just one run to top Group C.

Bihar Win Plate Title and Earn Promotion to the Elite Division

Bihar completed a perfect Plate Group campaign by beating Manipur by six wickets in the Plate final in Ranchi. Sakibul Gani's side won all five league matches with a net run rate above 3 and will now play in the Elite division.

Padikkal and Nair Hundreds Power Karnataka; Kohli and Pant Fifties Seal Delhi Thriller

Karnataka chased down Kerala's 285 in 48.2 overs with centuries from Karun Nair and Devdutt Padikkal. In Bengaluru, Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant struck half-centuries as Delhi edged Gujarat by seven runs, while Mumbai beat Uttarakhand by 51 runs in Jaipur despite Rohit Sharma falling for a golden duck.

Mumbai opener Angkrish Raghuvanshi was taken to hospital after a heavy fall while attempting a difficult catch.

Bihar Smash World-Record 574/6 as Vaibhav Suryavanshi Becomes Youngest List A Centurion

Bihar rewrote the List A record books in Ranchi, piling up 574 for 6 against Arunachal Pradesh with 38 sixes — beating the previous record of 506/2 set by Tamil Nadu against the same opponents in 2022. Bihar won by 397 runs.

Fourteen-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi reached a 36-ball hundred and made 190 off 84 balls, becoming the youngest centurion in List A cricket. Captain Sakibul Gani then hit the fastest List A hundred by an Indian, off 32 balls, finishing on 128* off 40, and Ayush Loharuka added 116 off 56.

Kohli and Rohit Mark Vijay Hazare Return With Centuries

Virat Kohli, playing in the tournament for the first time in 15 years, scored 131 off 101 balls to lead Delhi's chase of 299 against Andhra, becoming the fastest to 16,000 List A runs (330 innings). Priyansh Arya and Nitish Rana added fifties as Delhi won by four wickets.

Rohit Sharma blasted 155 off 94 balls for Mumbai against Sikkim in Jaipur to set up an eight-wicket win.

Ishan Kishan's 33-Ball Hundred in Vain as Karnataka Complete a 413-Run Chase

Jharkhand captain Ishan Kishan hammered 125 off 39 balls with 14 sixes against Karnataka, bringing up a 33-ball century. But Karnataka completed a remarkable chase of 413 — among the highest in List A cricket — with Devdutt Padikkal scoring 147 to win by five wickets.

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26: Format, Groups and Star Names

The 2025-26 season brought together 38 teams: 32 in four Elite groups of eight and six in the Plate Group. Each Elite side played seven league matches, with the top two from each group advancing to the quarter-finals. The Plate winner earns promotion to the Elite division.

The tournament drew unusual star power, with Virat Kohli (Delhi), Rohit Sharma (Mumbai), Rishabh Pant (Delhi captain), Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma and Arshdeep Singh (Punjab) all named in state squads.