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BCCI Set To Organize Vijay Hazare Trophy From February 20

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BCCI is all set to organize the One Day tournament- Vijay Hazare Trophy from February 20, after the successful completion of the T20 tournament- Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Karnataka won Vijay Hazare Trophy last time in 2019-20.

After successfully executing the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, BCCI wants to organize Vijay Hazare Trophy, the domestic one-day tournament from February 20. The final will be held on March 14, two days after the semi-finals.

Karnataka, Vijay Hazare Trophy
Karnataka, Vijay Hazare Trophy (Image Credit: Twitter)

BCCI Will Organize Vijay Hazare Trophy From February 20 To March 14 Across 6 Cities

Six venues have been selected for the matches and the teams have been asked to report to their respective venues on February 13.

“The BCCI will be organizing the Vijay Hazare Trophy from February 20 to March 14 across six cities, with the teams entering the bio-secure bubble from February 13 in order to undergo three COVID tests. BCCI secretary Jay Shah on Saturday released the schedule with Surat, Indore, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Jaipur being five of the six venues.

“Eight Plate Group teams will be playing their matches at various grounds across Tamil Nadu. As per the BCCI protocol, the players will undergo three RT-PCR tests in their respective bio-bubble and three more on arrival, before the start of the knock-out stages (pre quarter-finals) from March 7,” new agency PTI reported on Saturday.

Jay Shah
Jay Shah. Photo Credit: Getty Images.

Elite A (Surat): Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Tripura, Hyderabad, Baroda and Goa

Elite B (Indore): Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Jharkhand, MP, Vidarbha and AP

Elite C (Bangalore): Karnataka, UP, Kerala, Odisha, Railways and Bihar

Elite D (Jaipur): Delhi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, HP, Rajasthan and Pondicherry

Elite E (Kolkata): Bengal, Services, J&K, Saurashtra, Haryana and Chandigarh

Plate (Tamil Nadu, city TBC): Uttarakhand, Nagaland, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Sikkim

BCCI secretary Jay Shah on Saturday released the schedule with Surat, Indore, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Jaipur being five of the six venues. Eight Plate Group teams will be playing their matches at various grounds across Tamil Nadu. As per the BCCI protocol, the players will undergo three RT-PCR tests in their respective bio-bubble and three more on arrival, before the start of the knock-out stages (pre-quarter-finals) from March 7.

Vijay Hazare Trophy’s League Stage Will Run From February 20 To March 1

The league stage of the Vijay Hazare Trophy will run from February 20 to March 1. After another round of testing and quarantine, the knockouts will start on March 8. The final, after two days of rest following the semi-finals on March 11, will be played on March 14.

The venue for the knockouts, the BCCI told the state units, will be announced later. Karnataka are the defending Vijay Hazare champions. Tamil Nadu is the most successful team with 5 titles while Karnataka boosts of 4 titles.

Tamil Nadu team poses with the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Tamil Nadu team poses with the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Photo Credit: Getty Images.

The BCCI’s Covid-19 protocols will include teams assembling in their respective cities a week before the start of the tournament, on February 13. They will then need to undergo Covid-19 testing procedures and quarantine in accordance with the state’s regulations and BCCI’s own process. That includes three Covid tests, on February 13, 15 and 17, with practice allowed on February 18 and 19.

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