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The 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 17th season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament in India. It was contested by the 37 domestic cricket teams of India, with nine teams in the Plate Group. The group stage was started on 19 September 2018, with the top team from the Plate Group progressing to the quarter-finals of the competition.

On 20 September 2018, after Pondicherry's first-round match, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) reversed its decision of allowing extra outstation players for the team.

In the Round 8 fixture between Bihar and Sikkim, Sikkim were bowled out for 46 runs, with Bihar winning by 292 runs, the biggest margin of defeat by runs in Indian domestic cricket. In the Round 11 fixture between Uttarakhand and Sikkim, Uttarakhand's Karn Kaushal made the first double-century in the history of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, scoring 202 runs.

Bihar progressed from the Plate Group to the knock-out phase of the tournament.

Points table

•   Top team advanced to the knockout stage and gets promoted to Elite Group C for the next season.

Fixtures

Round 1

• Mizoram won the toss and elected to bat.
• Myendung Singpho, Licha Tehi, Momar Ori, Sandeep Kumar Thakur, Techi Doria, Techi Neri, Samarth Seth, Utsav Pankaj Madan, Kamsha Yangfo, Akhilesh Sahani (Arunachal Pradesh), Michael Lalremkima, Lalnuntluanga, Akhil Rajput, Gaurav Singh, Sinan Khadir, Lalhruai Ralte, Saidingliana Sailo, G Lalbiakvela, K Vanlalruata and Lalrempuia (Mizoram) all made their List A debuts.

• Nagaland won the toss and elected to bat.
• Anunay Singh, Rehan Khan, Kundan Sharma, MD Rahmatullah, Rohit Raj, Vikash Ranjan, Babul Kumar (Bihar), Nitesh Lohchab, Sedezhalie Rupero, Paras Sehrawat, Hokaito Zhimomi, Imliwati Lemtur, Ravi Maurya and Tahmeed Rahman (Nagaland) all made their List A debuts.
• Babul Kumar (Bihar) scored his first century in List A cricket.

• Pondicherry won the toss and elected to field.
• Lakhan Rawat, Bonny Chingangbam, Prafullomani Singh, Hrithik Kanojia, Kangabam Singh, Akshaykumar Singh, Homendro Kabrambam, Nungleppam William Singh, Rex Rajkumar, Bishworjit Konthoujam (Manipur), Damodaren Rohit, Ashith Rajiv, Sagar Udeshi and Iqlas Naha (Pondicherry) all made their List A debuts.

Round 2

• Mizoram won the toss and elected to bat.
• Chengkam Sangma, Raj Biswa, Lakhan Singh, Amiangshu Sen, Abhay Negi, Rajesh Tati (Meghalaya) and C Lalrinsanga (Mizoram) all made their List A debuts.

• Bihar won the toss and elected to field.
• Ashish Sinha (Bihar), Karn Kaushal, Vaibhav Bhatt, Vaibhav Singh Panwar, Mayank Mishra, Deepak Dhapola, Dhanraj Sharma and Sunny Rana (Uttarakhand) all made their List A debuts.

• Sikkim won the toss and elected to bat.
• Jayanta Sagatpam, Sultan Karim (Manipur), Faizan Khan, Nilesh Lamichaney, Ashish Thapa, Bikash Pradhan, Lee Yong Lepcha, Bhushan Subba, Palzor Tamang, Mandup Bhutia, Amos Rai, Som Lepcha and Padam Limboo (Sikkim) all made their List A debuts.

Round 3

• Meghalaya won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sylvester Mylliempdah, Dippu Sangma (Meghalaya) and Inakato Zhimomi (Nagaland) all made their List A debuts.

• Pondicherry won the toss and elected to field.
• Govindaraajan, Prabhakaran Gopalakrishnan, Saiju Titus, Vikneshwaran Marimuthu, Angadu Narayanan and Baskaran Ranjit (Pondicherry) all made their List A debuts.

• Sikkim won the toss and elected to field.
• Song Tacho (Arunachal Pradesh) and Binod Gupta (Sikkim) both made their List A debuts.

Round 4

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.

• Nagaland won the toss and elected to field.
• Mughavi Wotsa, Toni Chishi, Arun Chauhan (Nagaland), Bibek Diyali and Ajay Pradhan (Sikkim) all made their List A debuts.

Round 5

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.

• Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 43 overs per side due to rain.

• Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.

Round 6

• Sikkim won the toss and elected to field.
• Lalnunkima Varte (Mizoram) and Bijay Subba (Sikkim) both made their List A debuts.

• Meghalaya won the toss and elected to field.
• Anshuman Gautam (Bihar) made his List A debut.

• Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.
• Arya Sethi and Shubham Saudiyal (Uttarakhand) both made their List A debuts.

Round 7

• Bihar won the toss and elected to field.
• Takar Paja and Sams Alam (Arunachal Pradesh) both made their List A debuts.

• Manipur won the toss and elected to bat.
• S Zorinliana (Mizoram) made his List A debut.

• Pondicherry won the toss and elected to field.
• Madhavan Manohar (Pondicherry) made his List A debut.

Round 8

• Nagaland won the toss and elected to field.
• Syed Mujibur Rahaman (Manipur) and Oren Ngullie (Nagaland) both made their List A debuts.

• Sikkim won the toss and elected to field.
• Eshaan Ravi (Bihar) made his List A debut.

• Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.

Round 9

• Sikkim won the toss and elected to bat.
• Magendiran Chinnadurai (Pondicherry) made his List A debut.

• Nagaland won the toss and elected to field.
• Tana Davit (Arunachal Pradesh) made his List A debut.

• Mizoram won the toss and elected to field.
• Lalhmangaiha (Mizoram) made his List A debut.

Round 10

• Manipur won the toss and elected to bat.
• Kumar Mridul (Bihar) made his List A debut.

• Meghalaya won the toss and elected to bat.
• Babloo Passah and Wanlambok Nongkhlaw (Meghalaya) both made their List A debuts.

• Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sai Karthik and Akshay Jain (Pondicherry) both made their List A debuts.

Round 11

• Sikkim won the toss and elected to field.
• Saurabh Chauhan, Vijay Jethi and Kartik Joshi (Uttarakhand) all made their List A debuts.

• Mizoram won the toss and elected to bat.

• Manipur won the toss and elected to field.
• Jitender, Somorjit Salam and Shelley Shaurya (Manipur) all made their List A debuts.

Round 12

• Pondicherry won the toss and elected to bat.

• Mizoram won the toss and elected to bat.
• Manish Rai (Bihar) made his List A debut.

• Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to bat.

References

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