The 2025–26 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 33rd edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, an annual List A tournament in India. The tournament took place from 24 December 2025 to 18 January 2026 and featured all 38 teams from the Ranji Trophy. The teams are divided into four elite groups, consisting of eight teams each and one plate group comprising six teams. The tournament was a part of the 2025–26 Indian domestic cricket season, as announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2025. were the defending champions.
In the final defeated by 38 runs to win their maiden title.
Format The teams are divided into two categories: one named the Elite category, which has 32 teams split into four groups, and one called the Plate category, which has 6 teams in one group. The Elite category teams play each other once, with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the quarter-finals. In the Plate Group, teams also play each other once, but the top two teams qualify for the plate group final. The Plate winner will be promoted to the Elite group for the next season, 2026–27, while the bottom one team of all four Elite groups combined, factoring in both points and the nrr, will be relegated to the Plate group.
+Points system Match result Points earned Win 4 No Result 2 Loss 0
Participants Group A Group B Group C Group D Plate Group - -
Standings Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Plate Group
Fixtures Group A Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Group B Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Group C Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Group D
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Plate Group Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Plate Final
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
References
External links Tournament home at ESPNcricinfo