Karnataka ended a five-year title drought as they defeated Vidarbha by 36 runs to clinch their record-extending fifth Vijay Hazare Trophy title after the 2024-25 final at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara.
Led by Mayank Agarawal, Karnataka had a flawless run throughout the campaign as they finished the group stage with six wins from seven matches. Led by in-form captain and co-captain Devdutt Padikkal, Karnataka brushed aside Baroda and Haryana on their way to their first finals in five years before defeating unbeaten Vidarbha to claim the title. Interestingly, Karnataka have won in their last four appearances.
After being sent into bat on Saturday, Karnataka put a massive 348/6 on the board after R Smaran’s second century. Although Vidarbha opened with their third consecutive century with Dhruv Shorey’s knock, Vidarbha failed to chase.
Karnataka claimed their first title in the 2013-14 season before defending the title the following season. They got their third title in the 2017-18 season with Agarawal topping the charts. Padikkal emerged as the man of the match as Karnataka defeated Tamil Nadu to lift the 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 from its previous local format. The tournament was later renamed as the Vijay Hazare Trophy before the 2007–08 season. Apart from champions Karnataka, only Tamil Nadu (3), Mumbai (2) and Saurashtra (2) have won more series in a period.
Former Karnataka batsman and Vidarbha captain Karun Nair finished as the highest run-scorer, with 779 runs and five hundreds and fifties. India and Punjab all-rounder Arshdeep Singh finished as the highest wicket-taker with 20 scalps.
| The program | The winner | Runner up | A lot of running | Lots of wickets |
| 2007-08 | Saurashtra | Bengali (1) | Ajinkya Rahane (Mumbai) |
Vishal Bhatia (Himachal Pradesh) |
| 2008-09 | Tamil Nadu (1) | Bengali (2) | Virat Kohli (Delhi) | |
| 2009–10 | Tamil Nadu (2) | Bengali (3) | Shreevats Goswami (Bengal) | Yo Mahesh (Tamil Nadu) |
| 2010–11 | Jharkhand | Gujarati | Ishank Jaggi (Jharkhand) | Amit Mishra (Haryana) |
| 2011–12 | Bengali | in 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) | Punjabi (1) | Manish Pandey (Karnataka) |
Abhimanyu Mithun (Karnataka) |
| 2015–16 | Gujarati | Delhi | Mandeep Singh (Punjab) | Jasprit Bumrah (Gujarat) |
| 2016–17 | Tamil Nadu (3) | Bengali (4) | Dinesh Karthik (Tamil Nadu) | Aswin Crist (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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