The 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy is the 18th season of the

Vijay Hazare Trophy The Vijay Hazare Trophy (officially known as the IDFC First Bank Vijay Hazare Trophy for sponsorship reasons), is an annual List A Cricket competition organised by the BCCI. The Indian States and union territories teams take part in the Ranji ...

, a

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tournament in India. It is being contested by 38 teams, divided into four groups, with nine teams in Group A. The group stage started on 24 September 2019. The top five teams across Group A and

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progressed to the

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of the competition. Seventeen out of the first thirty matches that were scheduled to be played across all four groups were abandoned or finished in a

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. Therefore, the

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(BCCI) issued a revised schedule for the rain-affected matches. Group A is now scheduled to finish on 16 October 2019, three days later than originally planned. On 12 October 2019, in the match between

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and

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, Kerala's

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scored the fastest double century in List A cricket. It was the highest individual total in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, with an unbeaten 212 runs from 129 balls. It was also the highest total made by a wicket-keeper in a List A cricket match. The

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between him and

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was the highest List A partnership for the third wicket. It was also the fourth-highest List A partnership in the history of the game and highest in India. On 16 October 2019,

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became the youngest player to score a double century in List A cricket. After the final group matches,

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and

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had all progressed from Group A to the knockout phase of the tournament.

Points table

Fixtures

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 7

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Round 8

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Round 9

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Round 10

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Round 11

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Round 12

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Round 13

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References

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