2006–07 Vijay Hazare Trophy

The 2006–07 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the fifth season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament in India.^[1] It was contested between 27 domestic cricket teams of India, starting in February and finishing in March 2007. In the final, Mumbai beat Rajasthan by 72 runs to win their second title.^[2]

2006–07 Vijay Hazare Trophy

Dates	10 February – 28 March 2007
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	List A cricket
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Playoff format
Host(s)	Various
Champions	Mumbai (2nd title)
Runners-up	Rajasthan
Participants	27
Matches	69
Most runs	Wasim Jaffer (394) (Mumbai)
Most wickets	Dakshinamoorthy Kumaran (16) (Tamil Nadu)
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Group Matches

Central Zone

Team^[3]	Played	W	L	Tied	NR	Points
Uttar Pradesh	4	3	1	0	0	15
Rajasthan	4	3	1	0	0	11
Madhya Pradesh	4	3	1	0	0	9
Railways	4	3	1	0	0	3
Vidarbha	4	3	1	0	0	2

•   Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan qualified for the knockout stage.

East Zone

Team^[4]	Played	W	L	Tied	NR	Points
Assam	4	3	0	0	1	15
Bengal	4	3	0	0	1	14
Orissa	4	1	2	0	1	6
Jharkhand	4	1	3	0	0	5
Tripura	4	0	3	0	1	0

•   Assam and Bengal qualified for the knockout stage.

North Zone

Team^[5]	Played	W	L	Tied	NR	Points
Punjab	5	4	0	0	1	21
Delhi	5	3	1	0	1	16
Haryana	5	2	1	0	2	13
Himachal Pradesh	5	1	2	0	2	7
Jammu and Kashmir	5	1	3	0	1	5
Services	5	0	4	0	1	-2

•   Punjab and Delhi qualified for the knockout stage.

South Zone

Team^[6]	Played	W	L	Tied	NR	Points
Karnataka	5	5	0	0	0	23
Tamil Nadu	5	4	1	0	0	18
Kerala	5	2	2	1	0	9
Hyderabad	5	1	3	1	0	5
Goa	5	1	4	0	0	3
Andhra Pradesh	5	1	4	0	0	2

•   Karnataka and Tamil Nadu qualified for the knockout stage.

West Zone

Team^[7]	Played	W	L	Tied	NR	Points
Maharashtra	4	4	0	0	0	18
Mumbai	4	3	1	0	0	13
Baroda	4	2	2	0	0	8
Saurashtra	4	1	3	0	0	2
Gujarat	4	0	4	0	0	-1

•   Maharashtra and Mumbai qualified for the knockout stage.

Knockout Matches

Preliminary Quarterfinal 1

16 March 2007 Scorecard

Assam 127 (43.4 overs)	v	Tamil Nadu 128/6 (39.5 overs)
Zakaria Zuffri 30 (72) Dakshinamoorthy Kumaran 3/20 (10 overs)		Hemang Badani 48* (71) Abu Nechim 2/30 (9.5 overs)

Tamil Nadu won by 4 wickets Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala Umpires: H Gopinath and Krishna Hariharan

• Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.

Preliminary Quarterfinal 2

16 March 2007 Scorecard

Karnataka 216/9 (50 overs)	v	Bengal 184 (48 overs)
Yere Goud 66 (104) Ranadeb Bose 4/36 (10 overs)		Wriddhiman Saha 44 (84) Sunil Joshi 4/28 (8 overs)

Karnataka won by 32 runs Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala Umpires: Tej Handu and Krishna Hariharan

• Bengal won the toss and elected to field.

Quarterfinal 1

20 March 2007 Scorecard

Uttar Pradesh 258/7 (50 overs)	v	Tamil Nadu 63/2 (18 overs)
Tanmay Srivastava 102 (136) Dakshinamoorthy Kumaran 3/53 (9 overs)		Srikkanth Anirudha 31 (41) R. P. Singh 1/23 (6 overs)

Uttar Pradesh won faster scoring rate (revised target) Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Jasbir Singh and Sekhon

• Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.

Quarterfinal 2

18 March 2007 Scorecard

Delhi 297/5 (50 overs)	v	Mumbai 301/4 (49 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 105 (96) Aavishkar Salvi 2/64 (8 overs)		Wasim Jaffer 170 (160) Rajat Bhatia 1/35 (7 overs)

Mumbai won by 6 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash and Ivaturi Shivram

• Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.

Quarterfinal 3

19 March 2007 Scorecard

Maharashtra 121 (40.3 overs)	v	Punjab 122/3 (29.5 overs)
Shrikant Munde 26 (61) Gagandeep Singh 3/21 (10 overs)		Ravneet Ricky 53 (98) Jitendra Patil 1/26 (4 overs)

Maharashtra won by 7 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash and Ivaturi Shivram

• Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

Quarterfinal 4

21 March 2007 Scorecard

Karnataka 200/9 (50 overs)	v	Rajasthan 202/4 (45.2 overs)
Balachandra Akhil 86 (73) Afroz Khan 3/56 (10 overs)		Anshu Jain 76 (107) C Raghu 2/46 (10 overs)

Rajasthan won by 6 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Jasbir Singh and Sekhon

• Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.

Semifinal 1

25 March 2007 Scorecard

Uttar Pradesh 224/6 (50 overs)	v	Mumbai 228/9 (49 overs)
Mohammad Kaif 64 (90) Nilesh Kulkarni 3/41 (10 overs)		Ajinkya Rahane 74 (100) Piyush Chawla 4/47 (10 overs)

Mumbai won by 1 wicket Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: GA Pratapkumar and Ravi Subramanian

• Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.

Semifinal 2

26 March 2007 Scorecard

Punjab 261/6 (50 overs)	v	Rajasthan 262/7 (49 overs)
Karan Goel 72 (96) Kuldeep Singh 2/43 (9 overs)		Rohit Sharma 62 (72) Rajesh Sharma 2/50 (10 overs)

Rajasthan won by 3 wickets Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Shashank Ranade and Subroto Porel

• Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

Final

28 March 2007 Scorecard

Mumbai 287/6 (50 overs)	v	Rajasthan 215 (46.1 overs)
Vinayak Mane 86 (108) Rohit Sharma 1/14 (2 overs)		Afroz Khan 54 (67) Ramesh Powar 3/53 (10 overs)

Mumbai won by 72 runs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: GA Pratapkumar and Krishna Hariharan Player of the match: Vinayak Mane (Mumbai)

• Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.

References

1. "Vijay Hazare Trophy 2006/07". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
2. "Vijay Hazare Trophy 2006/07 Finals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
3. "Ranji One-Day Trophy, 2006/07 Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
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External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo