Hazare Trophy for Under-19 discontinued by BCCI
The BCCI has decided to do away with the Vijay Hazare Trophy Inter-Zonal one-day competition for Under-19 cricketers for the forthcoming domestic season
22-Jun-2007
The Indian board (BCCI) has decided to do away with the Vijay Hazare Trophy Inter-Zonal one-day competition for Under-19 cricketers for the forthcoming domestic season. However, the tournament, constituted in memory of the former Test captain Vijay Hazare, will now be awarded to the Ranji one-day champions.
The BCCI has also increased the duration of matches in the Cooch Behar (U-19) Trophy and Col CK Nayudu (Under-22) Trophy from three to four days each.
In another major change decided at the BCCI's Tours and Programmes Fixtures Committee meeting held earlier in the week, the board has split the Polly Umrigar Trophy Under-15 tournament into the Elite and Plate format on the lines of the Ranji Trophy.
This year, there will be a tournament for Under-19 and senior women too, said the BCCI's chief administrative officer, Ratnakar Shetty.
As is the practice, the season will commence with the Irani Cup tie between last year's Ranji Trophy winners Mumbai and the Rest of India at Rajkot from October 1 to 5. The NKP Salve Challenger Series would follow from October 24 to 27 at an yet undecided venue.
The Elite and Plate divisions leagues of the Ranji Trophy will be held from November 4 to December 25 and November 4 to December 9 respectively, leading to the knockout rounds starting from January 2 and December 15.
The Elite and Plate finals are scheduled from Jan 13, 2008 and December 26 this year respectively. The Duleep Trophy league is to follow from January 24 to February 12, 2008 and its final is slated between February 17 and 21.