2007–08 Vijay Hazare Trophy

2007–08 Vijay Hazare Trophy
Dates26 February – 10 April 2008
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatList A cricket
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Playoff format
Host(s)Various
ChampionsSaurashtra (1st title)
Runners-upBengal
Participants27
Matches69
Most runsAjinkya Rahane (394) (Mumbai)
Most wicketsVishal Bhatia (17) (Himachal Pradesh)

The 2007–08 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 15th edition of India's annual List A cricket tournament and the first after it was renamed in honour of Vijay Hazare, who had died in December 2004. It was previously known as the Ranji One Day Trophy.[1] It was contested between 27 domestic cricket teams of India, starting in February and finishing in April 2008. In the final, Saurashtra beat Bengal by 6 wickets to win their maiden title.[2]

Group stage

Central Zone

Teams Matches Won Lost Tie/NR Points NRR
Vidarbha 4 4 0 0 17 +0.614
Madhya Pradesh 4 3 1 0 13 +0.951
Rajasthan 4 2 2 0 8 -0.502
Uttar Pradesh 4 1 3 0 5 -0.020
Railways 4 0 4 0 -3 -1.000

East Zone

Teams Matches Won Lost Tie/NR Points NRR
Bengal 4 3 0 1 17 +1.915
Jharkhand 4 2 1 1 11 +0.614
Odisha 4 2 2 0 6 -0.827
Tripura 4 1 2 1 6 -0.510
Assam 4 0 3 1 1 -0.708

North Zone

Teams Matches Won Lost Tie/NR Points NRR
Delhi 5 4 1 0 19 +1.455
Himachal Pradesh 5 4 1 0 16 +0.372
Punjab 5 3 2 0 14 +0.863
Haryana 5 3 2 0 12 -0.016
Services 5 1 4 0 3 -0.644
Jammu and Kashmir 5 0 5 0 -4 -1.775

South Zone

Teams Matches Won Lost Tie/NR Points NRR
Karnataka 5 5 0 0 22 +1.184
Tamil Nadu 5 4 1 0 18 +1.009
Hyderabad 5 2 3 0 9 +0.133
Goa 5 2 3 0 7 -0.167
Andhra 5 1 4 0 3 -0.645
Kerala 5 1 4 0 1 -1.500

West Zone

Teams Matches Won Lost Tie/NR Points NRR
Mumbai 4 3 1 0 14 +1.680
Saurashtra 4 2 2 0 9 -0.244
Baroda 4 2 2 0 8 +0.441
Maharashtra 4 2 2 0 7 -1.004
Gujarat 4 1 3 0 2 -0.963

Knockout Stage

Pre Quarter-finals

1 April 2008
Scorecard
Himachal Pradesh
259/8 (50 overs)
v
Jharkhand
229 (49.2 overs)
Paras Dogra 97* (104)
Santosh Lal 2/37 (7 overs)
Ishank Jaggi 55 (67)
Vishal Bhatia 4/46 (8.2 overs)
Himachal Pradesh won by 30 runs
Port Trust Diamond Jubilee Stadium, Vishakhapatnam
Umpires: K. Krishnan and Sundaram Ravi
  • Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Himachal Pradesh advanced to the quarterfinals.
1 April 2008
Scorecard
Madhya Pradesh
189 (48.2 overs)
v
Tamil Nadu
194/4 (41.5 overs)
Shadab Khan 39 (57)
Subramaniam Badrinath 2/16 (4 overs)
Subramaniam Badrinath 79* (97)
Jalaj Saxena 2/49 (9.5 overs)
Tamil Nadu won by 6 wickets
Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium, Vishakhapatnam
Umpires: A Banerjee and Abhik Mitra
  • Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Selvam Suresh Kumar (Tamil Nadu) made his List-A debut.
  • Tamil Nadu advanced to the quarterfinals.

Quarter-finals

2 April 2008
Scorecard
Bengal
295/5 (47 overs)
v
Delhi
247 (43.4 overs)
Laxmi Shukla 124 (95)
Narender Singh 3/55 (10 overs)
Virat Kohli 56 (56)
Shib Paul 3/42 (6.4 overs)
Bengal won by 48 runs
Port Trust Diamond Jubilee Stadium, Vishakhapatnam
Umpires: K. Krishnan and Sundaram Ravi
  • Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
  • Shreevats Goswami (Bengal) and Narender Singh (Delhi) both made their List-A debuts.
  • The match was reduced to 47 overs per side due to rain.
  • Bengal advanced to the semifinals.
2 April 2008
Scorecard
Karnataka
234/9 (50 overs)
v
Saurashtra
235/3 (46.2 overs)
Robin Uthappa 50 (69)
Balkrishna Jadeja 3/68 (10 overs)
Jaydev Shah 100 (80)
Neravanda Aiyappa 1/29 (8 overs)
Saurashtra won by 7 wickets
Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium, Vishakhapatnam
Umpires: A Banerjee and Abhik Mitra
  • Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
  • Manish Pandey (Karnataka) made his List-A debut.
  • Saurashtra advanced to the semifinals.
4 April 2008
Scorecard
Mumbai
285/9 (50 overs)
v
Tamil Nadu
226/8 (50 overs)
Rohit Sharma 100 (89)
Ravichandran Ashwin 2/55 (10 overs)
MK Sivakumar 56* (80)
Usman Malvi 3/25 (10 overs)
  • Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sahil Kukreja (Mumbai) made his List-A debut.
  • Mumbai advanced to the semifinals.
5 April 2008
Scorecard
Vidarbha
204 (49.4 overs)
v
Himachal Pradesh
175 (45.4 overs)
Faiz Fazal 64 (121)
Ashok Thakur 4/38 (10 overs)
Sangram Singh 38 (70)
Ravi Jangid 3/36 (5 overs)
  • Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
  • Vidarbha advanced to the semifinals.

Semi-finals

7 April 2008
Scorecard
Mumbai
249/9 (50 overs)
v
Bengal
250/6 (45.4 overs)
Amol Muzumdar 71 (85)
Iresh Saxena 4/50 (10 overs)
Laxmi Shukla 65 (59)
Dhawal Kulkarni 3/45 (9 overs)
Bengal won by 4 wickets
Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium, Vishakhapatnam
Umpires: S Ramakrishna and MSS Ranawat
  • Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Bengal advanced to the final.
8 April 2008
Scorecard
Vidarbha
212/9 (50 overs)
v
Saurashtra
216/5 (47.3 overs)
Amit Paunikar 63 (108)
Ravindra Jadeja 3/49 (10 overs)
Chirag Pathak 58 (64)
Viraj Kadbe 2/36 (8 overs)
Saurashtra won by 5 wickets
Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium, Vishakhapatnam
Umpires: S Ramakrishna and MSS Ranawat
  • Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Saurashtra advanced to the final.

Final

10 April 2008
Scorecard
Bengal
86 (39.2 overs)
v
Saurashtra
89/4 (23 overs)
Wriddhiman Saha 25* (60)
Jayesh Odedra 4/16 (10 overs)
Chirag Pathak 25 (38)
Shib Paul 3/22 (7 overs)
Saurashtra won by 6 wickets
Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium, Vishakhapatnam
Umpires: S Ramakrishna and MSS Ranawat
  • Bengal won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Saurashtra won the 2007-08 Vijay Hazare Trophy.

References

  1. ^ "Vijay Hazare Trophy 2007/08". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Vijay Hazare Trophy 2007/08 Finals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2021.