When we grew up – Cricket was Ranji Trophy for the States, Deodhar / Duleep Trophy for the zones and Irani Cup between the winner of Ranji Vs Rest of India – there was also :Palayampatti shield for the 1st division in Chennai and .. MJ Gopalan Trophy between Ceylon and Tamil Nadu !.. .. life was interesting. Now there is –‘Vijay Hazare Trophy’ , the Ranji One-Day Trophy, that was started in 2002–03 as a limited-overs cricket domestic competition involving state teams from the Ranji Trophy plates. It is named after the famous Indian cricketer Vijay Hazare.Tamil Nadu is the most successful team having won the trophy 5 times. Mumbai are the current champions(2018-19) who won their 3rd title beating Delhi in the finals. The 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy, the 18th season is now on.Vijay Hazarecaptained India in 14 matches between 1951 and 1953. In India's 25th Test match, nearly 20 years after India achieved Test status, he led India to its first ever Test cricket win in 1951–52 against England at Madras, winning by an innings and eight runs in a match that began on the day that King George VI died. The Panduvamshisdynastyruled the historical Mekala region in present-day Chhattisgarh state of India, during the 6th and the 7th centuries. The Panduvamshi kings, who were Shaivites, claimed descent from the legendary Pandavas and also claimed to be members of the lunar dynasty. DakshinaKosalais a historical region of central India, located in what is now Chhattisgarh and parts of western Odisha. At its greatest extent, it may have also included a part of the Vidarbha region in present-day Maharashtra. Its capitals at various times included Bhadravati, Sirpur (ancient Shripura), Tuman (ancient Tummana), and Ratanpur (ancient Ratnapura). Chhattisgarh (Chhattīsgaṛh,: Thirty-Six Forts) is one of the 28 states of India, located in the centre-east of the country. It is the ninth-largest state in India, with an area of 135,192 km2 (52,198 sq mi). A resource-rich state, it is a source of electricity and steel for the country, accounting for 15% of the total steel produced. The state was formed on 1 Nov 2000 by partitioning ten Chhattisgarhi and six Gondi speaking southeastern districts of Madhya Pradesh. The capital city is Raipur. Interestingly, Chattisgarh too has a Cricket team – it began only recently playing in Indian domestic tournaments including the Ranji Trophy from the 2016–17 season. The team is managed by Chhattisgarh State Cricket Sangh which was granted the full-member status by the Board of Control for Cricket in India in February 2016. Its Ranji Trophy debut was against Tripura in 2016, which they won easily. Right from the early days, Bombay has produced great batsmen –AjitWadekar, Sunil Gavaskar, Ramnath Parkar, EknathSolkar, DilipVengsarkar, Sanjay Manjrekar, Vinod Kambli, Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma and many many more – their winning ways would look simple. Their batsmen would score huge scores and then bowlers would stifle out the opposition.
When we grew up – Cricket was Ranji Trophy for the States, Deodhar / Duleep Trophy for the zones and Irani Cup between the winner of Ranji Vs Rest of India – there was also :Palayampatti shield for the 1st division in Chennai and .. MJ Gopalan Trophy between Ceylon and Tamil Nadu !.. .. life was interesting. Now there is –‘Vijay Hazare Trophy’ , the Ranji One-Day Trophy, that was started in 2002–03 as a limited-overs cricket domestic competition involving state teams from the Ranji Trophy plates. It is named after the famous Indian cricketer Vijay Hazare.Tamil Nadu is the most successful team having won the trophy 5 times. Mumbai are the current champions(2018-19) who won their 3rd title beating Delhi in the finals. The 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy, the 18th season is now on.Vijay Hazarecaptained India in 14 matches between 1951 and 1953. In India's 25th Test match, nearly 20 years after India achieved Test status, he led India to its first ever Test cricket win in 1951–52 against England at Madras, winning by an innings and eight runs in a match that began on the day that King George VI died. The Panduvamshisdynastyruled the historical Mekala region in present-day Chhattisgarh state of India, during the 6th and the 7th centuries. The Panduvamshi kings, who were Shaivites, claimed descent from the legendary Pandavas and also claimed to be members of the lunar dynasty. DakshinaKosalais a historical region of central India, located in what is now Chhattisgarh and parts of western Odisha. At its greatest extent, it may have also included a part of the Vidarbha region in present-day Maharashtra. Its capitals at various times included Bhadravati, Sirpur (ancient Shripura), Tuman (ancient Tummana), and Ratanpur (ancient Ratnapura). Chhattisgarh (Chhattīsgaṛh,: Thirty-Six Forts) is one of the 28 states of India, located in the centre-east of the country. It is the ninth-largest state in India, with an area of 135,192 km2 (52,198 sq mi). A resource-rich state, it is a source of electricity and steel for the country, accounting for 15% of the total steel produced. The state was formed on 1 Nov 2000 by partitioning ten Chhattisgarhi and six Gondi speaking southeastern districts of Madhya Pradesh. The capital city is Raipur. Interestingly, Chattisgarh too has a Cricket team – it began only recently playing in Indian domestic tournaments including the Ranji Trophy from the 2016–17 season. The team is managed by Chhattisgarh State Cricket Sangh which was granted the full-member status by the Board of Control for Cricket in India in February 2016. Its Ranji Trophy debut was against Tripura in 2016, which they won easily. Right from the early days, Bombay has produced great batsmen –AjitWadekar, Sunil Gavaskar, Ramnath Parkar, EknathSolkar, DilipVengsarkar, Sanjay Manjrekar, Vinod Kambli, Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma and many many more – their winning ways would look simple. Their batsmen would score huge scores and then bowlers would stifle out the opposition.