Vijay Hazare Trophy 2017/18: Knockouts Shifted To Delhi From Lucknow

The knockouts of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2017/18 have been shifted to Delhi from Lucknow.

Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium and Palam Stadium will be hosting the knockout contests of the List A tournament.

Kotla will host first and third quarterfinal while Palam Stadium will host the rest of the two quarterfinals.

Both the semifinal contests and final will be played at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium.

Last year too, the second round of the tournament was played at Feroz Shah Kotla stadium.

Ekana Stadium was to host the second round of the tournament but couldn’t host it due to a state function in the city.

Lack of hotels the reason –

The lack of hotels is the reason behind the city not hosting the tournament.

Reports had suggested that Nagpur might host the tournament but Delhi has been awarded the hosting of the second round.

The prime reason for the tournament not shifted to Nagpur could be that the state will be hosting Irani Cup.

Since Vidarbha won the Ranji Trophy 2017/18, they will play Irani Cup at their home ground.

The teams who will qualify for the second of the List A tournament are yet to be decided.

Delhi, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh Vidarbha strong –

Looking at the performances of the teams will now, Delhi, Karnataka, Vidarbha, Andhra Pradesh hold a chance of making it to the next round along with four other teams.

Delhi has won all the three games they have played till now while Karnataka has two wins in three contests.

Their third game against Haryana was washed out affair.

Andhra Pradesh has also won their all the three contests and is on the top of Group C.

Vidarbha has continued their form of Ranji Trophy and is placed on top of their group with four wins in the same number of games.

Still, all the teams are yet to qualify for the next stage.

If they win their today’s game, the four teams will be through to the next stage of the tournament.

In today’s game, Delhi is facing Bengal while Andhra Pradesh is facing Tamil Nadu.

Karnataka is up against Punjab whereas Vidarbha is taking on Chhattisgarh.

Ashok Dinda and R Ashwin are few of the players missing today’s tie for their respective teams.

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