India’s domestic ODI tournament i.e. Vijay Hazare Trophy is now in its final stages. This time many superstar players like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma played in this domestic tournament. However, in the tournament, Virat’s team Delhi and Rohit’s team Mumbai could not make it to the semi-finals. Punjab, Vidarbha, Saurashtra and Karnataka have qualified for the semi-finals of Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite 2025-26.

The semi-final matches of Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite 2025-26 will be played on 15 and 16 January. Vidarbha will face Karnataka in Semi-Final-1 on January 15. This match is to be played at BCCI Center of Excellence Ground-1. After this, Semi-Final-2 will be played on 16 January. Punjab will face Saurashtra at BCCI Center of Excellence Ground-2.

Punjab Madhya Pradesh Entered the semi-finals by defeating

In the Quarter Final-3 played at BCCI Center of Excellence Ground-1 on Tuesday, Punjab registered a spectacular victory against Madhya Pradesh by 183 runs. After losing the toss and opting to bat, Punjab team scored 345 runs after losing 6 wickets in the stipulated overs. The opening pair gave a great start to this team. Harnoor Singh made a partnership of 116 runs with Prabhsimran Singh in 21.2 overs. Harnoor was out after scoring 51 runs in 71 balls with 8 boundaries, after which Prabhsimran Singh added 39 runs for the second wicket with Anmolpreet Singh. Anmolpreet was out after scoring 70 runs in 62 balls with 2 sixes and 8 fours, while Prabhsimran Singh contributed 88 runs to the team’s account. Apart from these, Nehal Vadhera scored 56 runs, while Ramandeep Singh played an unbeaten inning of 24 runs. Naman Dhir contributed 23 runs to the team’s account. From the opposition camp, Tripuresh Singh and Venkatesh Iyer took 2 wickets each. In response, Madhya Pradesh team was reduced to just 162 runs in 31.2 overs. From this team, Rajat Patidar scored the maximum 38 runs, while Tripuresh Singh contributed 31 runs to the team’s account. By Shubham Sharma

Vidarbha defeated Delhi and made it to the semi-finals

Vidarbha won against Delhi by 76 runs in the Quarter Final-4 played at BCCI Center of Excellence Ground-2. Vidarbha scored 300 runs losing 9 wickets in 50 overs. For this team, Yash Rathore played an inning of 86 runs in 73 balls, while Dhruv Shorey contributed 49 runs to the team’s account. Atharva Tayde scored 62 runs with 8 fours. In response, Delhi was reduced to just 224 runs in 45.1 overs. Anuj Rawat scored the highest score of 66 runs for Delhi, while Vaibhav Kandpal and Priyansh Arya contributed 28-28 runs to the team’s account, but could not lead to victory.

History was created in the Baroda vs Hyderabad match in the fourth round of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26. 5 batsmen from both the teams scored centuries, due to which a new world record was created in List A cricket. In this match, Baroda won by 37 runs, Amit Pasi was chosen the best player of the match. Pasi had scored 127 runs in 93 balls. Captain Krunal Pandya also played a century.

In this match played at Sansora Cricket Ground, Hyderabad captain Chama Milind won the toss and decided to bowl first. Baroda’s openers Nitya Pandya (122) and Amit Pasi (127) made a partnership of 230 runs for the first wicket. Nitya scored 122 runs in 110 balls with the help of 1 six and 12 fours. Amit Pasi scored 127 runs in 93 balls with the help of 7 sixes and 12 fours. After this, Baroda captain Krunal Pandya, who came at number three, also scored a century, he scored unbeaten 109 runs in 63 balls with the help of 1 six and 18 fours.

Batting first, Baroda scored a huge score of 417 runs for 4 wickets in 50 overs, in response to which the entire Hyderabad team was reduced to 380 runs. Although the 200-run partnership between Abhiratha Reddy and Pragray Reddy had definitely made the match for Hyderabad, but after the break of this pair, Hyderabad’s innings fell apart.

5 batsmen scored centuries

Abhiratha Reddy scored 130 runs in 90 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 18 fours. Pragray Reddy scored 113 runs in 98 balls, in which he hit 1 six and 11 fours. In this way, 2 batsmen scored centuries in Hyderabad’s innings and 3 batsmen scored centuries in Baroda’s innings. A total of 5 batsmen scored centuries in this match, due to which a new record was created in List A cricket.

Where are both the teams in the points table?

Baroda team has won 3 out of 4 matches and lost 1. Along with Baroda, Bengal and Vidarbha also have 12 points each, but among these 3 teams, Baroda has the worst net run rate. Baroda team is at fourth place in the points table. Talking about Hyderabad, the team has lost all four of its matches. The team is at number 7 in the table.