Vidarbha are placed in group 'D' with Punjab, Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Gujarat and Railways.
Last season Vidarbha failed to qualify for the knockouts, However, this season they would like to take home advantage as out of seven matches, four matches will be played on their home turf.
Team: Faiz Fazal (captain), Akshay Wadkar (vice-captain), R. Sanjay, Atharv Taide, Ganesh Satish, Mohit Kale, Apoorv Wankhede, Siddhesh Wath (WK), Aditya Sarwate, Harsh Dubey, Akshay Wakhare, Yash Thakur, Aditya Thakre, Rajneesh Gurbani and Lalit Yadav.
Stand byes: Aman Mokhade, Akshay Agrawal, Nachiket Bhute, Subham Kapse and Akshay Karnewar. Coach: Sanjeev Sharma. Manager: Shirish Joshi, Physio: Nitin Khurana, Trainer: Yuvraj Singh Dasondhi, Video Analyst: Aniruddha Deshpande
Vidarbha's schedule
Vidarbha vs Railways at VCA Jamtha Dec 13
Vidarbha vs Tripura at VCA Jamtha Dec 20
Vidarbha vs J&K at VCA Civil Lines Dec 27
Vidarbha vs MP at Holkar Stadium, Indore Jan 3
Vidarbha Vs Chandigarh at Chandigarh Jan 10
Viadrbha Vs Gujarat at VCA Jamtha Jan 17
Vidarbha vs Punjab at Mohali Jan 24