Top domestic cricket teams of the country will be up against each other: India The men’s senior’s 50-over competition marks its return with the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021-22. The tournament is set to begin on Wednesday, 8 December, with several prominent Indian stars like Sanju Samson, Dinesh Karthik, Manish Pandey and Vijay Shankar set to be part of the action for their respective teams. The final showdown will take place on December 27.
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Mumbai will come down as heavy favorites in this game as they have several high-profile players like Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Shivam Dubey and Dhawan Kulkarni. Mumbai is also the defending champion. They had won the previous edition of the competition held earlier this year when they defeated Uttar Pradesh in the final. Tamil Nadu is the most successful side in the competition with five titles in their kitty.
The 2021-22 edition of Vijay Hazare will be played in seven cities – Thiruvananthapuram, Chandigarh, Rajkot, Mumbai, Guwahati, Ranchi and Jaipur. 38 teams will compete in India’s premier domestic one-day event and are divided into six groups – five elite groups and one plate group.
Elite A: Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Vidarbha (Group stage matches will be held in Mumbai and Guwahati).
Elite B: Mumbai, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Baroda, Bengal, Puducherry (Group stage matches will be held in Thiruvananthapuram).
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Elite C: Delhi, Jharkhand, Haryana, Hyderabad, Saurashtra, Uttar Pradesh (Group stage matches will be held in Chandigarh).
Elite D: Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhatisgarh, Uttarakhand, Chandigarh, Kerala (The group stage matches of this will be held in Rajkot).
Elite E: Assam, Goa, Punjab, Railway, Rajasthan, Services (Group stage match will be held in Ranchi).
Plate Group: Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Bihar (Group stage match will be held in Jaipur).
TV broadcast
Star Play The network holds the broadcast rights for the Vijay Hazare Trophy matches in India.
live streaming
The live stream of Vijay Hazare’s matches will be available on Disney+ Hotstar.
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