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Teams get ready for Vijay Hazare Trophy’s quarter-final stages in Kolkata

Ranji Trophy champions Karnataka are the hot favourites.

Vinay Kumar-led Karnataka will be confident of progresing to the semis © PTI
Vinay Kumar-led Karnataka will be confident of progresing to the semis © PTI

 

New Delhi: Mar 7, 2014

 

Ranji Trophy 2013-14 champions Karnataka will square off against Gujarat in one of the quarter-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on March 11 while hosts Bengal will meet a formidable Tamil Nadu side on the same date in a day-night encounter at the Eden Gardens.

 

Apart from Karnataka, Gujarat, Bengal and Tamil Nadu, the other two teams that have got direct entry into the quarter-finals are Punjab and Jharkhand.

 

The two pre quarter-finals will be played on March 10 with Railways taking on Baroda in a day-night encounter at the Eden Gardens while Services will take on Vidarbha in a day game at the Jadavpur University (2nd campus) ground in Salt Lake.

 

The winner of the Railways versus Baroda game will take on Punjab in the third quarter-final while Jharkhand will take on the winner of the Services versus Vidarbha encounter.

 

All the day-night matches held at the Eden Gardens will be telecast live on Star Sports.

 

Here is the entire schedule:

 

March 10, 2014

 

Match 1: Pre Quarterfinals: Railways vs Baroda (Eden Gardens, live telecast)

 

Match 2: Pre Quarterfinals: Services vs Vidarbha (Jadavpur University 2nd Campus, day game)

 

March 11, 2014

 

Match 3: Quarter-finals: Bengal vs Tamil Nadu (Eden Gardens, Day-night, live telecast)

 

Match 4: Quarter-finals: Gujarat vs Karnataka (JU 2nd Campus ground; day game)

 

March 12, 2014

 

Match 5: Quarter-final: Punjab vs Winner of (Railways vs Baroda) (Eden Gardens, day-night live telecast)

 

Match 6: Quarter-final: Jharkhand vs Winner of (Services vs Vidarbha) (JU 2nd campus, day game)

 

March 14, 2014

 

Match 7: Semi-final: Winners (Match 3 vs Match 5) (Eden Gardens, day night, live telecast)

 

Match 8: Semi-final: Winners (Match 4 vs Match 6) (JU 2nd Campus ground; day game)

 

March 16, 2016

 

Final: Winners (Match 7 vs Match 8) (Eden Gardens, day night, live telecast).

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