New Delhi: After successfully executing the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is now all set to organising the Vijay Hazare Trophy from February 20 to March 14 across six cities. The teams have been asked to report at their respective venues on February 13 to start their six-day quarantine.
As per the BCCI protocols, the players will undergo three RT-PCR tests in their respective bio-bubble and three more on arrival, before the start of the knock-out stages (pre-quarter-finals) from March 7.
“The teams are required to assemble in their respective host cities on February 13 and will be needed to undergo Covid-19 testing procedure and Quarantine in accordance with the State regulatory authorities and the BCCI,” a statement read.
BCCI secretary Jay Shah on Saturday (February 6) also released the schedule with Surat, Indore, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Jaipur being five of the six venues. While the Elite teams have been divided into five groups, the Plate group matches will be played in Tamil Nadu.
The Group A fixtures will be held in Surat, while Indore and Bengaluru will host Elite B and C teams respectively. Jaipur will play host to Elite D, while Kolkata will host the Elite E teams. Placed in Group D, Mumbai will play against Delhi, Maharashtra, Rajasthan
and Pondicherry. The full schedule will be released later. The final, after two days of rest following the semi-finals on March 11, will be played on March 14.
Groups:
Elite A (Surat): Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Tripura, Hyderabad, Baroda and Goa
Elite B (Indore): Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Jharkhand, MP, Vidarbha and AP
Elite C (Bangalore): Karnataka, UP, Kerala, Odisha, Railways and Bihar
Elite D (Jaipur): Delhi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, HP, Rajasthan and Pondicherry
Elite E (Kolkata): Bengal, Services, J&K, Saurastra, Haryana and Chadigarh
Plate (Tamil Nadu, city TBC): Uttarakhand, Nagaland, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Sikkim.
