Vijay Hazare Trophy winners l: Karnataka wins record fifth title in VHT 2024-25 season | Cricket News

Karnataka ended a five-year title drought as they defeated Vidarbha 36 runs to claim their record-extending fifth Vijay Hazare Trophy title after the 2024-25 edition final at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara.
Led Mayank Agarawal, Karnataka had a near-spotless run throughout the campaign as they finished the group stage with six wins in seven matches. Led the in-form captain and Devdutt Padikkal, Karnataka brushed aside Baroda and Haryana en route their first final in five years before defeating the unbeaten Vidarbha to claim the title. Interestingly, Karnataka have emerged victorious in each of their last four final appearances.
After being sent into bat on Saturday, Karnataka put on a mammoth 348/6 on the board on the back of youngster R Smaran’s second L A century. Despite Vidarbha opener Dhruv Shorey’s third consecutive century in the knockouts, Vidarbha fell short in the chase.
Karnataka claimed their maiden title in the 2013-14 season before defending the title in the following season. They claimed their third title in the 2017-18 season with Agarawal topping the batting charts. Padikkal had emerged as the highest run-getter when Karnataka defeated Tamil Nadu to lift their fourth in the 2019-20 season.
The domestic 50-over tournament was established as a national tournament as the Ranji One Day Trophy in the 2002-03 season, moving away from its previous zonal format. The tournament was later rebranded as the Vijay Hazare Trophy before the 2007-08 season. Besides the champions Karnataka, only Tamil Nadu (3), Mumbai (2) and Saurashtra (2) have won multiple editions in the period.
Former Karnataka batter and Vidarbha skipper Karun Nair finished as the highest run-getter, amassing 779 runs with five centuries and a fifty. India and Punjab seamer Arshdeep Singh finished as the highest-wicket taker with 20 scalps.

Edition
Winner
Runner-up
Most runs
Most wickets

2007–08
Saurashtra
Bengal (1)
Ajinkya Rahane (Mumbai)

Vishal Bhatia (Himachal Pradesh)

2008–09
Tamil Nadu (1)
Bengal (2)
Virat Kohli (Delhi)

2009–10
Tamil Nadu (2)
Bengal (3)
Shreevats Goswami (Bengal)
Yo Mahesh (Tamil Nadu)

2010–11
Jharkhand
Gujarat
Ishank Jaggi (Jharkhand)
Amit Mishra (Haryana)

2011–12
Bengal
Mumbai
Wriddhiman Saha (Bengal)
Parvinder Awana (Delhi)

2012–13
Delhi
Assam
Robin Uthappa (Karnataka)
Pritam Das (Assam)

2013–14
Karnataka
Railways
Robin Uthappa (Karnataka)
Vinay Kumar (Karnataka)

2014–15
Karnataka (2)
Punjab (1)
Manish Pandey (Karnataka)

Abhimanyu Mithun (Karnataka)

2015–16
Gujarat
Delhi
Mandeep Singh (Punjab)
Jasprit Bumrah (Gujarat)

2016–17
Tamil Nadu (3)
Bengal (4)
Dinesh Karthik (Tamil Nadu)
Aswin Cr (Tamil Nadu)

2017–18
Karnataka (3)
Saurashtra
Mayank Agarwal (Karnataka)

2018–19
Mumbai (1)
Delhi (2)
Abhinav Mukund (Tamil Nadu)

Shahbaz Nadeem (Jharkhand)

2019–20
Karnataka (4)
Tamil Nadu
Devdutt Padikkal (Karnataka)
Pritam Das (Assam)

2020–21
Mumbai (2)
Uttar Pradesh (1)
Prithvi Shaw (Mumbai)

Shivam Sharma (Uttar Pradesh)

2021–22
Himachal Pradesh
Tamil Nadu (2)
Ruturaj Gaikwad (Maharashtra)
Yash Thakur (Vidarbha)

2022–23
Saurashtra (2)
Maharashtra
Narayan Jagadeesan (Tamil Nadu)

Vasuki Koushik (Karnataka)

2023–24
Haryana
Rajasthan (2)
Arslan Khan (Chandigarh)
Harshal Patel (Haryana)

2024–25
Karnataka (5)
Vidarbha
Karun Nair (Vidarbha)
Arshdeep Singh (Punjab)

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