Vijay Hazare Trophy: Defending Champions Saurashtra Get Title Defence Underway Against Kerala
Vijay Hazare Trophy gets underway on Thursday, with defending champions Saurashtra taking on Kerala at the KSCA Cricket Ground in Alur. Test batter Cheteshwar Pujara will be under the spotlight along with skipper Jaydev Unadkat, who was Saurashtra's highest wicket-taker last season. Samarth Vyas, the side's highest run-scorer last season, and wicketkeeper-batter Harvik Desai, the team's second-highest run-getter during their campaign in 2022-23 season, will also be closely watched. Last season's runners-up Maharashtra will get their campaign underway versus Jharkhand in Jaipur.