2011–12 Vijay Hazare Trophy

The 2011–12 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 19th edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, an annual List A cricket tournament in India.^[1] It was contested between 27 domestic cricket teams of India, starting on 20 February and finishing on 12 March 2012. In the final, Bengal beat Mumbai by 6 wickets to win their maiden title.^[2]

2011–12 Vijay Hazare Trophy

Dates	20 February – 12 March 2012
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	List A cricket
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Playoff format
Host(s)	Various
Champions	Bengal (1st title)
Runners-up	Mumbai
Participants	27
Matches	69
Most runs	Wriddhiman Saha (395) (Bengal)
Most wickets	Parvinder Awana (16) (Delhi)
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Group Matches

Central Zone

Team[3]	Played	W	L	Tied	NR	Points
Railways	4	3	1	0	0	13
Madhya Pradesh	4	2	2	0	0	8
Uttar Pradesh	4	2	2	0	0	8
Vidarbha	4	2	2	0	0	8
Rajasthan	4	1	3	0	0	3

•   Railways and Madhya Pradesh qualified for the knockout stage.

East Zone

Team[4]	Played	W	L	Tied	NR	Points
Bengal	4	4	0	0	0	19
Assam	4	3	1	0	0	12
Odisha	4	2	2	0	0	8
Jharkhand	4	1	3	0	0	3
Tripura	4	0	4	0	0	-2

•   Bengal and Assam qualified for the knockout stage.

North Zone

Team[5]	Played	W	L	Tied	NR	Points
Delhi	5	5	0	0	0	24
Punjab	5	4	1	0	0	17
Haryana	5	3	2	0	0	14
Himachal Pradesh	5	2	3	0	0	5
Services	5	1	4	0	0	1
Jammu and Kashmir	5	0	5	0	0	-1

•   Delhi and Punjab qualified for the knockout stage.

South Zone

Team[6]	Played	W	L	Tied	NR	Points
Karnataka	5	4	1	0	0	18
Hyderabad	5	4	1	0	0	16
Tamil Nadu	5	3	2	0	0	14
Goa	5	2	3	0	0	9
Kerala	5	1	4	0	0	2
Andhra Pradesh	5	1	4	0	0	1

•   Karnataka and Hyderabad qualified for the knockout stage.

West Zone

Team[7]	Played	W	L	Tied	NR	Points
Mumbai	4	3	1	0	0	12
Maharashtra	4	3	1	0	0	11
Baroda	4	2	2	0	0	9
Gujarat	4	2	2	0	0	9
Kerala	4	0	4	0	0	-1

•   Mumbai and Maharashtra qualified for the knockout stage.

Knockout Matches

Preliminary Quarterfinal 1

5 March 2012 Scorecard

Maharashtra 186/9 (50 overs)	v	Punjab 192/8 (48.2 overs)
Nikhil Paradkar 42 (57) Harbhajan Singh 3/35 (10 overs)		Harbhajan Singh 79 (94) Mohsin Sayyed 3/41 (10 overs)

Punjab won by 2 wickets Palam A Ground, Model Sports Complex, Delhi Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin and Sundaram Ravi Player of the match: Harbhajan Singh (Punjab)

• Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat.

Preliminary Quarterfinal 2

5 March 2012 Scorecard

Assam 94 (32.5 overs)	v	Delhi 96/2 (20.2 overs)
Dheeraj Jhadav 23 (44) Varun Sood 4/36 (6.5 overs)		Shikhar Dhawan 42* (60) Deepak Gohain 1/17 (4.2 overs)

Delhi won by 8 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Amardeep Pathania and Sudhir Asnani Player of the match: Varun Sood (Delhi)

• Delhi won the toss and elected to field.

Quarterfinal 1

6 March 2012 Scorecard

Bengal 230/8 (45 overs)	v	Madhya Pradesh 215 (44.3 overs)
Anustup Majumdar 55 (57) Jalaj Saxena 2/52 (9 overs)		Anand Singh 53 (54) Ashok Dinda 5/54 (9 overs)

Bengal won by 15 runs Palam A Ground, Model Sports Complex, Delhi Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin and Sundaram Ravi Player of the match: Ashok Dinda (Bengal)

• Bengal won the toss and elected to field first.
• Match was reduced to 45 overs per side due to fog.

Quarterfinal 2

6 March 2012 Scorecard

Karnataka 178/9 (50 overs)	v	Mumbai 179/1 (29.1 overs)
Raju Bhatkal 38 (76) Kshemal Waingankar 3/19 (10 overs)		Ajinkya Rahane 71* (80) Abrar Kazi 1/45 (8 overs)

Mumbai won by 9 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Amardeep Pathania and Sudhir Asnani Player of the match: Kshemal Waingankar (Mumbai)

• Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.

Quarterfinal 3

7 March 2012 Scorecard

Hyderabad 175 (49.2 overs)	v	Punjab 179/5 (41.1 overs)
Ibrahim Khaleel 46 (51) Bipul Sharma 4/31 (10 overs)		Chandan Madan 78* (120) Anwar Ahmed 2/19 (4 overs)

Punjab won by 5 wickets Palam A Ground, Model Sports Complex, Delhi Umpires: Manish Bhatia and Ravi Kiran Player of the match: Bipul Sharma (Punjab)

• Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.

Quarterfinal 4

7 March 2012 Scorecard

Railways 175 (49.1 overs)	v	Delhi 178/3 (37.4 overs)
Ashish Yadav 59 (79) Rajat Bhatia 3/30 (10 overs)		Shikhar Dhawan 69 (69) Sanjay Bangar 1/31 (7 overs)

Delhi won by 7 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin and Sundaram Ravi Player of the match: Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi)

• Delhi won the toss and elected to field.

Semifinal 1

10 March 2012 Scorecard

Punjab 205/8 (50 overs)	v	Bengal 208/7 (48.5 overs)
Mandeep Singh 66 (110) Sourav Sarkar 2/24 (7 overs)		Wriddhiman Saha 53* (71) Rajwinder Singh 3/19 (9 overs)

Bengal won by 3 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Vinay Choudhary and Anil Chaudhary Player of the match: Wriddhiman Saha (Bengal)

• Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.

Semifinal 2

10 March 2012 Scorecard

Mumbai 295/5 (50 overs)	v	Delhi 155 (45 overs)
Wasim Jaffer 92 (110) Parvinder Awana 2/76 (10 overs)		Jagrit Anand 51 (88) Anup Revandkar 3/37 (10 overs)

Mumbai won by 140 runs Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Amardeep Pathania and Krishnaraj Srinath Player of the match: Wasim Jaffer (Mumbai)

• Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.

Final

12 March 2012 Scorecard

Mumbai 248 (49.2 overs)	v	Bengal 252/4 (46.1 overs)
Wasim Jaffer 61 (48) Laxmi Shukla 4/38 (9.2 overs)		Laxmi Shukla 106* (90) Ajit Agarkar 1/40 (9.1 overs)

Bengal won by 6 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Krishnaraj Srinath and Subrat Das Player of the match: Laxmi Shukla (Bengal)

• Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.