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Vijay Hazare Trophy is a limited overs domestic competition that involves different state teams from India to fight against each other for the title. The tournament is administered by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) only and is played among 38 teams.
The first edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy was played back in 1993-94 but no overall winner was used to be named as the teams just played against counterparts without any final being played.
In 2002-03, the first finals was played where Tamil Nadu emerged as the winner in the penultimate match against Punjab.
The 2021 Vijay Hazare Trophy will be its 19th edition which is scheduled to be played from 20 February to 14 March 2021. The tournament will retain the same format as the previous edition of the competition.
The tournament will have six groups, with nine teams each in Groups A to E and eight teams in the Plate Group.
Defending Champions Karnataka will be relying on Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal and Shreyas Gopal to carrying the form from the last season.
Also see - Vijay Hazare schedule 2021
After a continuous successful domestic circuit, all eyes will be on Dhruv Shorey (Delhi), Mohammed Siraj (Hyderabad) and Prasidh Krishna (Karnataka). Dinesh Karthik will be leading a strong Tamil Nadu line up comprising of the all rounders, Washington Sundar and Vijay Shankar.
