Uttar Pradesh won the U-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy 2011-12 beating Jharkhand on the basis of a first-innings lead at the VCA stadium, Nagpur. UP bowled out their opponents for 183 after posting a first-innings score of 260. AR Pal took four wickets for 65 runs while SC Mavi took three for 62. Uttar Pradesh posted a mammoth score of 449 for seven declared in their second innings, boosted by centuries from Rahul Rawat (151) and MM Raza (115*). RV Mishra chipped in with an innings of 71.