The Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023 got underway on Thursday, November 23, with the first-round matches being played at venues across the country. The highlights of the first round were defending champions Saurashtra facing defeat at the hands of Kerala, and snubbed India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal bagging a six-wicket haul against Uttarakhand. (Streaming and Schedule | Cricket News | ODI World Cup)
The second-round matches are now being played on Saturday, November 25 in all the five groups of the competition. One of the most keenly-followed match is the one between Kerala and Mumbai, where Sanju Samson and Co are taking on Ajinkya Rahane's Mumbai. Let's take a look at the toss update of all the matches and the playing XI for each team.
Group A
Puducherry vs Saurashtra at Jaipuria Vidyalaya Ground, Jaipur
Toss: Vidarbha opt to bowl
Playing XIs
Puducherry: Damodaran Rohit(c), Paras Dogra, Arun Karthik(w), Gaurav Yadav, Parameeswaran Sivaraman, Jay Pande, Fabid Ahmed, Vikneshwaran Marimuthu, Sagar Udeshi, Aravind Akash, Abin Mathew
Saurashtra: Harvik Desai(w), Sheldon Jackson, Vishvaraj Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara, Arpit Vasavada, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Prerak Mankad, Ankur Panwar, Parth Bhut, Chirag Jani, Jaydev Unadkat (c)
Kerala vs Mumbai at KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur
Toss: Mumbai opt to bowl
Playing XIs
Kerala: Vishnu Vinod, Rohan Kunnummal, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Sachin Baby, Abdul Basith, Shreyas Gopal, Basil Thampi, Nedumankuzhy Basil, Akhin Sathar, Akhil Scaria
Mumbai: Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Jay Gokul Bista, Prasad Pawar (wk), Ajinkya Rahane (c), Sarfaraz Khan, Shams Mulani, Mohit Avasthi, Tanush Kotian, Tushar Deshpande, Suved Parkar, Royston Dias
Odisha vs Railways at KSCA Cricket Ground 2, Alur
Toss: Railways opt to bat
Playing XIs
Odisha: Anurag Sarangi, Shantanu Mishra, Subhranshu Senapati, Kartik Biswal, Biplab Samantray(c), Rajesh Dhuper(w), Abhishek Yadav, Harshit Rathod, Debabrata Pradhan, Rajesh Mohanty
Railways: Shivam Chaudhary, Pratham Singh, Mohammad Saif, Vivek Singh, Upendra Yadav(w/c), Karn Sharma, Ashutosh Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Akash Pandey, Rahul Sharma, Sahab Yuvraj
Sikkim vs Tripura at KSCA Cricket Ground 3, Alur
Toss: Sikkim opt to bowl
Playing XIs
Tripura: Bikramkumar Das, Pallab Das, Sudip Chatterjee, Ganesh Satish, Wriddhiman Saha (c & wk), Manisankar Murasingh, Rajat Dey, Rana Dutta, Abhijit K Sarkar, Bikramjit Debnath, Joydeb Deb
Sikkim: Arun Chettri, James Lepcha (wk), Ashish Thapa, Nilesh Lamichaney (c), Sumit Singh, Palzor Tamang, Lee Yong Lepcha, Saurav Prasad, Ankur Malik, Bhim Luitel, Md Saptulla
Group B
Manipur vs Vidarbha at Jaipuria Vidyalaya Ground, Jaipur
Toss: Vidarbha opt to bowl
Playing XIs
Vidarbha: Atharva Taide (c), Akshay Wadkar (wk), Aman Mokhade, Karun Nair, Rajneesh Gurbani, Shubham Dubey, Akshay Karnewar, Harsh Dubey, Darshan Nalkande, Nachiket Bhute, Sanjay Raghunath
Manipur: Prafullomani Singh (wk), Basir Rahman, Kangabam Priyojit Singh, Johnson Singh, Langlonyamba Keishangbam (c), Rex Rajkumar, Bikash Singh, L Kishan Singha, Ajay Lamabam Singh, Bishworjit Konthoujam, Sultan Karim
Chhattisgarh vs Meghalaya at Dr Soni Stadium, Jaipur
Toss: Meghalaya opt to bowl
Playing XIs
Meghalaya: Raj Biswa, Tanmay Mishra, Nakul Harpal Verma (wk), Kishan Lyngdoh, Jaskirat Singh, Dippu Sangma, Akash Choudhary (c), Rajesh Bishnoi Jr, Swarajeet Das, Anish Charak, Larry Sangma
Chhattisgarh: Rishabh Tiwari, Sanjeet Desai, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Shashank Singh, Eknath Kerkar (wk), Ajay Jadav Mandal (c), Shubham Singh, Sourabh Majumdar, Satyam Dubey, Mayank Yadav, Ashutosh Singh
Maharashtra vs Services at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Toss: Services opt to bat
Playing XIs
Services: Shubham Rohilla, Rajat Paliwal (c), Vineet Dhankhar, Nakul Sharma (wk), Arjun Sharma, Varun Choudhary, Ravi Chauhan, Anshul Gupta, Nitin Yadav, Vikas Umesh Yadav, Abhishek Tiwari
Maharashtra: Naushad Shaikh, Kedar Jadhav (c), Nikhil Naik (wk), Om Bhosale, Ankit Bawne, Azim Kazi, Vicky Ostwal, Prashant Solanki, Pradeep Dadhe, Manoj Ingale, Ramakrishna Ghosh
Hyderabad vs Jharkhand at KL Saini Ground, Jaipur
Toss: Jharkhand opt to bowl
Playing XIs
Hyderabad: Tanmay Agarwal, Rohit Rayudu, Gahlaut Rahul Singh (c), Chandan Sahani, Rahul Buddhi, Telukupalli Ravi Teja, Tanay Thyagarajan, Pragnay Reddy (wk), Chinntla Rakshan Readdi, Kartikeya Kak, Elligaram Sanketh
Jharkhand: Aryaman Sen, Virat Singh (c), Saurabh Tiwary, Vikash Vishal, Supriyo Chakraborty, Kumar Kushagra (wk), Anukul Roy, Shahbaz Nadeem, Varun Aaron, Sushant Mishra, Vinayak Vikram
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Group C
Karnataka vs Uttarakhand at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Toss: Uttarakhand opt to bowl
Playing XIs
Uttarakhand: Kunal Chandela, Jiwanjot Singh (c), Dikshanshu Negi, Himanshu Bisht, Swapnil Singh, Aditya Tare (wk), Agrim Tiwari, Avneesh Sudha, Deepak Dhapola, Rajan Kumar, Yuvraj Chaudhary
Karnataka: Ravikumar Samarth, Mayank Agarwal (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Manish Pandey, Sharath BR (wk), Nikin Jose, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jagadeesha Suchith, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Vasuki Koushik, Vidhwath Kaverappa
Chandigarh vs Jammu and Kashmir at Sardar Patel Stadium B Ground, Ahmedabad
Toss: Chandigarh opt to bowl
Playing XIs
Jammu and Kashmir: Qamran Iqbal, Shubham Khajuria (c), Vivrant Sharma, Henan Nazir Malik, Abdul Samad, Shivansh Sharma (wk), Auqib Nabi Dar, Lone Nasir Muzaffar, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Abid Mushtaq, Vanshaj Sharma
Chandigarh: Arslan Khan, Manan Vohra (c), Gaurav Puri, Ankit Kaushik, Bhagmender Lather, Raj Bawa, Karan Kaila, Mayank Sidhu (wk), Murugan Ashwin, Mandeep Singh, Sandeep Sharma
Bihar vs Haryana at Gujarat College Ground, Ahmedabad
Toss: Haryana opt to bowl
Bihar: Bipin Saurabh (wk), Mangal Mahrour, Babul Kumar, Sakibul Gani, Shishir Saket, Raghuvendra Pratap Singh, Sachin Kumar, Veer Pratap Singh, Ashutosh Aman (c), Abhijeet Saket, Malay Raj
Haryana: Yuvraj Singh, Ankit Kumar, Himanshu Rana, Ashok Menaria (c), Nishant Sindhu, Rohit Parmod Sharma (wk), Harshal Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Sumit Kumar, Anshul Kamboj, Yuzvendra Chahal
Delhi vs Mizoram at ADSA Railways Cricket Ground, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand
Toss: Delhi opt to bowl
Playing XIs
Delhi: Anuj Rawat (wk), Priyansh Arya, Yash Dhull (c), Himmat Singh, Ayush Badoni, Kshitiz Sharma, Lalit Yadav, Pranshu Vijayran, Suyash Sharma, Mayank Yadav, Divij Mehra
Mizoram: Lalhruai Ralte (c), Agni Chopra, KC Cariappa, Jehu Anderson (wk), Mohit Jangra, B Lalnunfela, Joseph Lalthankhuma, Andrew Vanlalhruaia, Remruatdika Ralte, Vanlal Remruata, C Lalrinsanga
Group D
Himachal Pradesh vs Uttar Pradesh at Mahajan Cricket Academy Ground, IT Park, Chandigarh
Toss: Uttar Pradesh opt to bowl
Playing XIs
Uttar Pradesh: Madhav Kaushik, Nitish Rana (c), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Priyam Garg, Shiva Singh, Sameer Rizvi, Swastik Chikara, Jasmer Dhankhar, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kartik Tyagi
Himachal Pradesh: Ekant Sen, Prashant Chopra (wk), Amit Kumar, Nikhil Gangta (c), Akash Vasisht, Arpit Guleria, Sumeet Verma, Mayank Dagar, Rishi Dhawan, Kanwar Abhinay Singh, Vaibhav Arora
Andhra vs Arunachal Pradesh at Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh
Toss: Arunachal Pradesh opt to bat
Playing XIs
Andhra: Hanuma Vihari, Ashwin Hebbar, Srikar Bharat (c & wk), Shaik Rasheed, Ricky Bhui, Nitish Reddy, KV Sasikanth, Manish Golamaru, K P Sai Rahul, Tripurana Vijay, Pinninti Tapaswi
Arunachal Pradesh: Neelam Obi (c), Sachin Sharma, Aprameya Jaiswal, Kamsha Yangfo (wk), Divyanshu Yadav, Techi Doria, Likha Sonia, Nabam Abo, Yorjum Sera, Krishna Sachan, Aryan Sahani
Gujarat vs Rajasthan at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 26, Chandigarh
Toss: Rajasthan opt to bowl
Playing XIs
Rajasthan: Deepak Hooda (c), Mahipal Lomror, Kunal Singh Rathore (wk), Salman Khan, Yash Kothari, Abhijeet Tomar, Deepak Chahar, Rahul Chahar, Aniket Choudhary, Sahil Dhiwan, Khaleel Ahmed
Gujarat: Kathan Patel, Priyank Panchal, Kshitij Patel, Chirag Gandhi, Het Patel (wk), Saurav Chauhan, Jayveer Parmar, Piyush Chawla, Vishal Jayswal, Chintan Gaja (c), Arzan Nagwaswalla
Group E
Baroda vs Bengal at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Toss: Baroda opt to bowl
Baroda: Jyotsnil Singh, Ninad Rathva, Mitesh Patel (wk), Abhimanyu Singh Rajput, Vishnu Solanki (c), Shashwat Rawat, Shivalik Sharma, Atit Sheth, Soyeb Sopariya, Mahesh Pithiya, Lukman Meriwala
Bengal: Abhimanyu Easwaran, Abishek Porel (wk), Sudip Kumar Gharami (c), Ritwik Chowdhury, Karan Lal, Sakshaim Chaudhary, Pradipta Pramanik, Akash Deep, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Kaif, Anustup Majumdar
Goa vs Tamil Nadu at Dadoji Konddev Stadium, Thane
Toss: Goa opt to bowl
Playing XIs
Goa: Ishaan Gadekar, Snehal Kauthankar, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rahul Tripathi, Krishnamurthy Siddharth (wk), Darshan Misal (c), Deepraj Gaonkar, Arjun Tendulkar, Mohit Redkar, Vijesh Prabhudessai, Lakshay Garg
Tamil Nadu: Sai Sudharsan, Baba Indrajith, N Jagadeesan, Baba Aparajith, Vijay Shankar, Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Shahrukh Khan, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Sandeep Warrier, T Natarajan
Madhya Pradesh vs Nagaland at Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC, Mumbai
Toss: Madhya Pradesh opt to bowl
Playing XIs
Madhya Pradesh: Yash Dubey, Rajat Patidar, Shubham Sharma (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Harsh Gawli (wk), Kulwant Khejroliya, Kumar Kartikeya, Arshad Khan, Rahul Batham, Saransh Jain
Nagaland: Joshua Ozukum, Sedezhalie Rupero, Rongsen Jonathan (c), Sumit Kumar (wk), Hokaito Zhimomi, Jaganath Sinivas, Tahmeed Rahman, Khrievitso Kense, Chopise Hopongkyu, Imliwati Lemtur, Karan Tewatiya
Here is the composition of the five groups:
Group A: Saurashtra, Kerala, Mumbai, Railways, Tripura, Pondicherry, Odisha, Sikkim
Group B: Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Hyderabad, Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha, Services, Meghalaya, Manipur
Group C: Karnataka, JKCA, Chandigarh, Haryana, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Mizoram
Group D: Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh
Group E: Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Bengal, Baroda, Goa, Nagaland
