Jharkhand Domestic Schedule: 2014-15 Season

The new domestic season has commenced with the Duleep Trophy which culminated in an exciting finale with Central Zone winning after a 4th innings late collapse by South Zone. This season the sequence of the tournaments has been changed keeping in mind the forthcoming World Cup early next year. Hence the Vijay Hazare trophy has been brought forward and the Ranji Trophy has been pushed back. 

Being probably the only blog following the fortunes of the Jharkhand cricket team, Slisptream Cricket will try to provide as many regular updates as possible on the team's season ahead. The first major change has been the appointment of V Venkatraman as the new coach in place of Subroto Banerjee.

Following is the team's schedule for the season.

Vijay Hazare Trophy - Schedule for the East Zone qualifying rounds. All matches being played in Kolkata.

1. 9 Nov, 2014: vs Tripura
2. 11 Nov, 2014: vs Bengal
3. 13 Nov, 2014: vs Assam
4. 15 Nov, 2014: vs Odisha

These will be followed by knock-outs from 19th to 25th November.

Ranji Trophy - After last year's poor performance, Jharkhand were relegated to Group C. Hopefully we will see an improved performance from the side. A top two finish in the group will be required for a berth in the knock-outs. The team will not be in action in the first round of matches. So they have their task cut out playing in all eight rounds back to back.

1. Dec 14-17, 2014: vs Assam
2. Dec 21-24, 2014: vs Tripura
3. Dec 28-31, 2014: vs Kerala
4. Jan 5-8, 2015: vs Andhra
5. Jan 13-16, 2015: vs Himachal
6. Jan 21-24, 2015: vs Hyderabad
7. Jan 29-Feb 1, 2015: vs Goa
8. Feb 6-9, 2015: vs Services

All venues yet to be confirmed. Knockouts from Feb 15 to March 12 in parallel to the World Cup.

Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy - The dometic T20 champiosnhip. Ideal feeder for the IPL scouts though held a quite late in the season. Schedule for the East zone qualifying rounds. Venues are yet to be confirmed.

1. 26 Mar, 2015: vs Tripura
2. 27 Mar, 2015: vs Bengal
3. 28 Mar, 2015: vs Odisha
4. 29 Mar, 2015: vs Assam

These will be followed by knock-outs whose dates are yet to be fixed.

Hoping for a better performance from the team and wishing them the best.