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Toss Winner - Gujarat won the toss and choose to bowl first
Gujarat beat Services by 8 wickets
Gujarat eye a strong start against Services
Expect Gujarat to register a comfortable win over Services.
| Tournament: | Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite, 2025-26 |
| Format: | odi |
| Venue: | Alur KSCA Ground 2, Bengaluru, India |
| Toss Prediction: | To Bowl |
| Weather: | 15.1°C|Mist |
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Gujarat will face Services in the Group D match of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 played at KCSA Cricket Ground in Alur on Wednesday.
Last year, Gujarat played excellent cricket in round-robin stages to qualify for the knockout stages of the competition. Captain Axar Patel will be hoping that the side can kick-start their campaign on a winning note. On the other hand, Services will be keen to turn things around this season after winning only two matches out of seven played last year.
In 2019 Vijay Hazare Trophy season, Gujarat registered a 14-run win over Services.
GRT
84/1 in 9.0 9.33
SMATE 2025
Gujarat beat Puducherry by 9 wickets
83/10 in 13.1 6.3
143/6 in 20.0 7.15
SMATE 2025
Gujarat won by 4 wickets
142/10 in 19.3 7.28
SER
109/9 in 20.0 5.45
SMATE 2025
Services beat Puducherry by 7 wickets
112/3 in 13.5 8.1
199/6 in 20.0 9.95
SMATE 2025
Himachal Pradesh beat Services by 83 runs
116/10 in 16.5 6.89
Gujarat beat Services by 8 wickets
In the batting department, the side will be depending on the likes of Aarya Desai, wicket-keeper Urvil Patel, Umang Kumar, Axar Patel and Hemang Patel to deliver the bulk of the runs.
Last year, Urvil Patel played well and was the leading run-scorer for Gujarat in Vijay Hazare Trophy. In eight outings, Urvil Patel accumulated 333 runs at a strike rate of 134.27.
In the bowling department, the side will be depending on the likes of Arzan Nagwaswalla, Axar Patel, Chintan Gaja, Ravi Bishnoi and Priyajitsingh Jadeja to deliver timely breakthroughs.
With 16 wickets at an average of 16.62, Chintan Gaja topped the bowling charts for Gujarat in last year’s Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Aarya Desai,Urvil Patel (wk),Umang Kumar,Saurav Chauhan,Axar Patel (c),Hemang Patel,Vishal Jayswal,Chintan Gaja,Ravi Bishnoi,Arzan Nagwaswalla,Priyajitsing Jadeja
Aarya Desai, Saurav Chauhan, Urvil Patel, Chintan Gaja, Arzan Nagwaswalla, Ravi Bishnoi, Abhishek Desai, Hemang Patel, Jaymeet Patel, Vishal Jayswal, Japgyana Bhatt
In the batting department, the side will be relying on the likes of Suraj Vashisht, Ravi Chauhan, captain Mohit Ahlawat, Rajat Paliwal, and Arjun Sharma to deliver the bulk of the runs.
With 282 runs in seven outings at an average of 40.28, Mohit Ahlawat topped the batting charts for Services in previous edition of Vijay Hazare Trophy.
In the bowling department, the side will be depending on the likes of Poonam Poonia, Vishal Gaur, Amit Shukla, and Arjun Sharma to deliver timely breakthroughs.
With six wickets at an average of 26.16, Poonam Poonia topped the bowling charts for Services in last year’s Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Mohit Ahlawatn (c&wk), Ravi Chauhan, Suraj Vashisht, Vikas Hathwala, Rajat Paliwal, Vineet Dhankar, Arjun Sharma, Vishal Gaur, Varun Choudhary, Poonam Poonia and Amit Shukla
Rajat Paliwal, Mohit Jangra, Mohit Ahlawat, Nakul Sharma, Pulkit Narang, Nitin Yadav, Poonam Poonia, Ravi Chauhan, Sagar Dahiya, Arjun Sharma, Nitin Tanwar
The average first innings score at KCSA Cricket Ground in Alur (2) in Vijay Hazare Trophy in the seven completed matches is around 170 runs. The weather forecast for Wednesday is going to be clear skies with humidity around 48%.
KCSA Cricket Ground in Alur (2) is going to host the Group D match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 played between Gujarat and Services
KCSA Cricket Ground in Alur (2) has been a decent venue for side batting second. Last year, four matches out of seven played at the venue was won by chasing team. So both the captains will be keen to win the toss, and bowl first.
Based on current form, Host Gujarat will be favorites to win their game against Services. With likes of Axar Patel, Urvil Patel, Ravi Bishnoi and Arya Desai in their ranks, the team management will be hoping that Gujarat can deliver the goods with bat and ball in this contest.
Expect Gujarat to register a comfortable win over Services.
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