Format of the Tournament
38 teams are divided up in five groups for the matches, where groups A, B, and C each will have eight teams, and groups D and E each have seven teams playing in the 50-over match format.
The top 10 teams from the five groups will move to the knockout stage
From each group only top two teams will qualify to the knockout round starting from January 09, 2025. The teams holds the second-placed, will be ranked from 6 to 10, and the five teams who qualify first in their group will go to the quarterfinals straight. Also teams holding rank 7–10 will have to play two pre-quarterfinal games to qualify, while the sixth-ranked team will also qualify to the quarterfinals.
Players to notice during Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25
- Mohammed Shami has been included in Bengal’s squad for the Vijay Hazare trophy
- Vaibhav Suryavanshi 13 year upcoming star is expected to open the batting for Bihar for the Vijay Hazare trophy
- Ishant Sharma included in Delhi’s squad for the Vijay Hazare trophy
- Rajat Patidar will be leading Madhya Pradesh Team
- Mayank Agarawal will be leading the Karnataka Squad
- Ishan Kishan a Left hand Batsman and wicketkeeper will be playing from Jharkhand Squad
- Tilak Varma will be leading Hyderabad (Inida) Squad
- Axar Patel & Ravi Bishnoi will be the part of Gujarat Squad
- Krunal Pandya will be leading Baroda Squad
- Sanju Samson, who did not show up for the team’s training camp is left out of the squad
- Prithvi Shaw is not included in Mumbai’s lineup for the first three rounds of the 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy
vijay hazare trophy live streaming
There wont be any live streaming in first stage of tournament and the live streaming of vijay hazare trophy will start with knockout matches on JIO cinema
However the cricket scores will be available in online cricketing platform like cricbuzz & flashscore.
Groups of Vijay Hazare 2024-25
The teams are divided into five groups, and each group’s matches will be played in a particular venue.
Group A: Haryana, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Jharkhand, Goa, Assam, Manipur.
Group B: Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Services, Railways, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra, Meghalaya, Sikkim
Group C: Karnataka, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Saurashtra, Punjab, Pondicherry, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland.
Group D: Tamil Nadu, Vidarbha, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Mizoram.
Group E: Bengal, Kerala, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Baroda, Bihar.
List of venue for Vijay Hazare Trophy
The 20 Venues across 5 states in India is going to host the Vijay Hazare Trophy matches for 2024-25 season
6 grounds are in Gujrat are
1. Narendra Modi Stadium A Ground
2. Narendra Modi Stadium B Ground
3. Gujarat College Ground
4. ADSA Railways Cricket Ground
5. Narendra Modi Stadium
6. Kotambi Stadium
4 grounds are in Maharashtra are
1. Wankhede Stadium
2. Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC
3. Dr DY Patil Sports Academy
4. Dr DY Patil University Ground
4 grounds are in Rajasthan are
1. Sawai Mansingh Stadium
2. Jaipuria Vidyalaya Ground
3. KL Saini Ground
4. Dr Soni Stadium
3 grounds are in Andhra Pradesh are
1. Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium
2. Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex
3. Vizzy Stadium
3 grounds are in Telangana are
1. NexGen Cricket Ground
2. Gymkhana Ground
3. Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
Also there will be eyes of IPL selectors throughout the tournament for best performers makes this event even more serious
