filbet Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25, Round 6, Group A Preview: Teams, Points Table, Fixtures - All You Need To Know

Jharkhand captain Ishan Kishan is eager to do well in VHT 2024-25. Photo: X/ishankishan51 Jharkhand captain Ishan Kishan is eager to do well in VHT 2024-25. Photo: X/ishankishan51

Holders Haryana and former champions Gujarat have tricky penultimate group stage round fixtures of the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy tournamentfilbet, scheduled for Friday (January 3, 2025). Here's all you need to know about VHT 2024-25, Round 6 Group A fixtures in Jaipur. (More Cricket News)

Leaders Gujarat will eye a sixth win on the trot when they take on Goa at KL Saini Ground. The 2015-16 champions thrashed Manipur by eight wickets in their previous match. Goa, meanwhile, beat Assam by nine runs in a rain-affected match to keep their knock-out qualification hopes alive.

Haryana also registered a thrilling win in their fifth-round match against Uttarakhand, a result which helped Ashok Menaria & Co. retain the second spot in the eight-team table. Odisha, however, endured a seven-wicket defeat at the hands of Jharkhand. The Haryana vs Odisha match will be played at Dr. Soni Stadium.

Jharkhand, thanks to their win over Odisha, moved up to third position and they face Uttarakhand in a must-win game at Sawai Mansingh Stadium. In another Group A match, Assam and Manipur will meet at Jaipuria Vidyalaya Ground.

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25, Group A Points TableSl. No.TeamPlayedWonLostTiedNRPts.NRR1Gujarat55000202.9122Haryana54100160.5213Jharkhand53200121.2334Goa5320012-0.3955Uttarakhand5230081.1776Odisha5230080.2657Assam514004-1.0028Manipur505000-3.912 Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25 Format

38 teams in India's premier List A competition have been divided into five groups, of eight teams (A, B and C), and seven teams (D and E) each.

After the group stage, the top two teams from each group will progress to the knock-outs with the top five group winners automatically qualifying for the quarter-finals.

They will be joined by the best team among the second-ranked teams in the last eight. The other four second-ranked teams will play in the pre-quarterfinals with the winners completing the quarter-final line-up.

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25 Live Streaming And Telecast Details

The Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25 group stage matches will not be telecast on TV or streamed online. The knockout matches, however, will be streamed live and telecast on JioCinema and Sports18 channels, respectively.

The knockouts will begin on January 9, 2025, with preliminary quarter-finals. The final is scheduled for January 19. All knockout matches will be played in Vadodara.

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25, Group A Squads

Jharkhand vs Uttarakhand at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

Jharkhand: Ishan Kishan (c & wk), Utkarsh Singh, Virat Singh, Kumar Kushagra, Atul Singh Surwar, Varun Aaron, Supriyo Chakraborty, Sharandeep Singh Bhatia, Vikash Singh, Bal Krishna, Anukul Roy, Kumar Deobrat, Manishi, Vikash Vishal, Aayush Bhardwaj, and Vikas Kumar.

Uttarakhand: Yuvraj Chaudhary, Ravikumar Samarth, Shashwat Dangwal, Kunal Chandela (c), Dikshanshu Negi, Prashant Bhati, Deepak Dhapola, Saurabh Rawat (wk), Abhay Negi, Avneesh Sudha, Himanshu Bisht, Piyush Joshi, Agrim Tiwari, Swapnil Singh, Aditya sethi, Piyush Singh, Devendra Singh Bora, and Aditya Tare.

“The number 16 jersey that PR Sreejesh used will now be retired. This is for the senior team. For junior the jersey will be there for they want Sreejesh to groom the next Sreejesh,” Hockey India secretary general Bholanath Singh said.

Taking inspiration from Dravid, Sreejesh planned to take on the same role within the hockey setup.

Assam vs Manipur at Jaipuria Vidyalaya Ground, Jaipur

Assam: Abhishek Thakuri, Rishav Das, Akash Sengupta, Mukhtar Hussain, Swarupam Purkayastha, Sibsankar Roy (c), Avinov Choudhury, Sumit Ghadigaonkar (wk), Mrinmoy Dutta, Abdul Ajij Kuraishi, Denish Das, Saahil Jain, Rahul Singh, Parvej Musaraf, and Darshan Rajbongshi.

Manipur: Karnajit Yumnam, Basir Rahman, Ulenyai Khwairakpam (wk), Pheiroijam Jotin, Kangabam Priyojit Singh, Johnson Singh, Lamabam Singh, L Kishan Singha, Bishworjit Konthoujam (c), Sultan Karim, Kishan Thokchom, Ahmed Shah, Rex Rajkumar, Somorjit Salam, and Thokchom Anand.

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Goa vs Gujarat at KL Saini Ground, Jaipur

Goa: Snehal Kauthankar, Darshan Misal, Ishaan Gadekar, Krishnamurthy Siddharth (wk), Deepraj Gaonkar, Suyash Prabhudessai (c), Vikash Singh, Mohit Redkar, Vijesh Prabhudessai, Ruthvik Naik, Shubham Tari, Raull Bikram Mehta, Arjun Tendulkar, Amulya Pandrekar, Manthan Khutkar, Felix Alemao, Kashyap Bakhale, and Samar Shravan Dubhashi.

Gujarat: Aarya Desai, Urvil Patel (wk), Umang Kumar, Saurav Chauhan, Chintan Gaja (c), Kshitij Patel, Hemang Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arzan Nagwaswalla, Vishal Jayswal, Priyajitsing Jadeja, Jaymeet Patel, Abhishek Desai, Dhrushant Soni, Jayveer Parmar, Siddharth Desai, and Axar Patel.

Haryana vs Odisha at Dr Soni Stadium, Jaipur

Haryana: Himanshu Rana, Ankit Kumar, Ashok Menaria (c), Parth Vats, Rahul Tewatia, Dinesh Bana (wk), Sumit Kumar, Aman Kumar, Amit Rana, Nishant Sindhu, Anshul Kamboj, Mayank Shandilya, Dheeru Singh, Kapil Hooda, Yuvraj Yogender Singh, Vedant Bhardwaj, Jayant Yadav, and Harshal Patel.

Odisha: Swastik Samal, Gourav Choudhury, Sandeep Pattnaik (c), Kartik Biswal, Aasirwad Swain (wk), Prayash Singh, Abhishek Raut, Debabrata Pradhan, Rajesh Mohanty, Jamala Mohapatra, Tapas Das, Govinda Poddar, Anil Paridafilbet, Sumit Sharma, Rakesh Pattnaik, Tarani Sa, Sarbeswar Mohanty, and Rajesh Dhuper.