2015–16 Ranji Trophy Group B
Dates | 1 October 2015 | – 4 December 2015
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Administrator(s) | BCCI |
Cricket format | First-class cricket |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
Host(s) | India |
Participants | 9 |
Matches | 36 |
The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy is the 82nd season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It is being contested by 27 teams divided into three groups of nine teams each.
- Top three teams advance to knockout stage and ninth place team will be relegated to Group C for 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.
Squads[]
Andhra Pradesh | Baroda | Gujarat | Madhya Pradesh |
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Mumbai | Punjab | Railways | Tamil Nadu[1] | Uttar Pradesh |
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Points table[]
Team[2] | Pld | W | L | D | A | WI | FI | Pts | NRR |
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Mumbai | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 35 | +0.851 |
Punjab | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 | +0.045 |
Madhya Pradesh | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | -0.059 |
Gujarat | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | -0.092 |
Uttar Pradesh | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | -0.117 |
Tamil Nadu | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | -0.321 |
Baroda | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | -0.045 |
Railways | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.039 |
Andhra Pradesh | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | -0.459 |
- Top three teams advance to knockout stage.
- Bottom place team will be relegated to Group C for 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.
Fixtures[]
Round 1[]
1–4 October
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Tamil Nadu (H)
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Baroda
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125 (57.4 overs)
Baba Aparajith 44 (90) Yusuf Pathan 4/29 (10.9 overs) |
159 (49.2 overs)
Yusuf Pathan 41 (43) Rahil Shah 4/38 (19 overs) | |
114 (35.4 overs)
Deepak Hooda 32 (19) Rahil Shah 5/43 (15.4 overs) |
- Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat.
- Hitesh Solanki (Baroda), DT Chandrasekar, J Kousik and Lakshminarayanan Vignesh (Tamil Nadu) all made their first-class debuts.
1–4 October
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Uttar Pradesh (H)
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686/7d
Mohammad Saif 198 (287) Ishwar Pandey 3/75 (29.1 overs) |
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- Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Almas Shaukat (Uttar Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
1–4 October
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Punjab (H)
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Railways
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- Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ashish Singh and Hitesh Kadam (Railways) both made their first-class debuts.
1–4 October
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Andhra Pradesh (H)
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237 (91.5 overs)
Siddhesh Lad 86 (163) Bandaru Ayyappa 6/71 (24.5 overs) | ||
- Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.
Round 2[]
8–11 October
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Madhya Pradesh (H)
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596/9d (202.2 overs)
J Kousik 151 (272) Udit Birla 3/52 (24 overs) |
407 (141.3 overs)
Jalaj Saxena 124 (250) Aswin Crist 4/88 (28 overs) | |
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
8–11 October
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Punjab
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Mumbai (H)
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403 (127.2 overs)
Mandeep Singh 116 (208) Akhil Herwadkar 6/52 (22.2 overs) |
- Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.
8–11 October
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Gujarat
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Andhra Pradesh (H)
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308 (100.3 overs)
Parthiv Patel 122 (176) Duvvarapu Siva Kumar 3/44 (26 overs) |
421 (127.2 overs)
Srikar Bharat 127 (201) Rush Kalaria 5/55 (26.4 overs) | |
- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
8–11 October
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Railways
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Baroda (H)
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500/8d (142 overs)
Deepak Hooda 122 (179) Anureet Singh 5/111 (39) | ||
- Railways won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 3[]
15–18 October
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Mumbai (H)
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294 (93 overs)
Siddhesh Lad 150 (184) M Mohammed 5/86 (25 overs) | ||
- Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.
15–18 October
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Gujarat
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Punjab (H)
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467 (139.1 overs)
Parthiv Patel 113 (190) Sarabjit Ladda 5/133 (41.1 overs) |
608 (159.3 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 187 (233) Rujul Bhatt 8/151 (32.3 overs) | |
- Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
15–18 October
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Railways
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Uttar Pradesh (H)
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264 (103.5 overs)
Tanmay Srivastava 93 (267) Ranjit Mali 5/88 (28.5 overs) | ||
- Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Faiz Ahmed (Railways) and Israr Azim (Uttar Pradesh) made their first-class debuts.
15–18 October
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Baroda
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Andhra Pradesh (H)
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302 (107.2 overs)
Kedar Devdhar 97 (168) Cheepurapalli Stephen 4/72 (24 overs) |
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60/2 (17 overs)
Kedar Devdhar 30* (57) Bandaru Ayyappa 2/18 (3 overs) |
- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
Round 4[]
22–25 October
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Punjab (H)
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314/6 (107 overs)
Jalaj Saxena 95 (213) Sarabjit Ladda 3/52 (28 overs) |
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Pargat Singh (Punjab) made his first-class debut.
22–25 October
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Baroda (H)
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202/5 (61.3 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 100* (145) Swapnil Singh 3/70 (22 overs) |
- Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
- Monil Patel (Baroda) made his first-class debut.
22–25 October
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Gujarat
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Railways (H)
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387 (127.4 overs)
Priyank Kirit Panchal 141 (233) Anureet Singh 4/91 (40.4 overs) |
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- Railways won the toss and elected to field.
22–25 October
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Andhra Pradesh (H)
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170 (61.5 overs)
Praveen Kumar 47 (65) Duvvarapu Siva Kumar 3/29 (18 overs) |
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- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
- K. V. Sasikanth (Andhra) made his first-class debut.
Round 5[]
30 October–2 November
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Railways (H)
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77/2 (23.2 overs)
Dinesh Karthik 43 (40) Anureet Singh 2/43 (12 overs) |
- Railways won the toss and elected to field.
- Bhima Rao (Railways) made his first-class debut.
30 October–2 November
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Baroda (H)
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269 (111.2 overs)
Rajat Patidar 60 (154) Swapnil Singh 4/61 (23.2 overs) |
296 (113.2 overs)
Aditya Waghmode 68 (237) Mihir Hirwani 5/60 (20.2 overs) | |
288/6d (68 overs)
Rajat Patidar 101 (127) Swapnil Singh 4/94 (22 overs) |
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rishi Arothe, Atit Sheth (Baroda) and Ankit Dane, Rajat Patidar (Madhya Pradesh) all made their first-class debuts.
30 October–2 November
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Andhra Pradesh
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Punjab (H)
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133 (41.4 overs)
Srikar Bharat 39 (45) Gurkeerat Singh 5/38 (11.4 overs) |
- Andhra won the toss and elected to bat.
- Hanumappa Shivraj (Andhra) made his first-class debuts.
30 October–2 November
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Gujarat (H)
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100 (31.4 overs)
Parthiv Patel 39 (59) Praveen Kumar 5/16 (10 overs) | ||
257 (75.2 overs)
Umang Sharma 66 (109) Axar Patel 5/90 (28 overs) |
- Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 6[]
7–10 November
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Andhra Pradesh
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Tamil Nadu (H)
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- Andhra won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible on day 2 and 3 because of rain.
- Jyothi Sai Krishna and Koripalli Sreekanth (Andhra) both made their first-class debuts.
7–10 November
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Railways
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Madhya Pradesh (H)
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- Railways won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jalaj Saxena's match figures of 16 for 154 are the second-best in the history of the Ranji Trophy.[3]
7–10 November
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Gujarat (H)
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Baroda
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505 (148.2 overs)
Priyank Kirit Panchal 128 (242) Irfan Pathan 6/47 (25.2 overs) |
252 (82.3 overs)
Irfan Pathan 58 (84) Axar Patel 3/81 (25.3 overs) | |
207 (73.4 overs) (f/o)
Hardik Pandya 43 (51) Rujul Bhatt 4/48 (14 overs) |
- Gujarat won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 7[]
15–18 November
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Uttar Pradesh (H)
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231 (88 overs)
Vijay Shankar 92 (188) Praveen Kumar 4/65 (27 overs) | ||
273/5d (62 overs)
Suresh Raina 145* (138) Baba Aparajith 2/73 (13 overs) |
212/4 (84 overs)
Abhinav Mukund 71 (155) Saurabh Kumar 2/30 (19 overs) |
- Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.
15–18 November
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Gujarat (H)
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200 (80.2 overs)
Naman Ojha 56 (110) Jasprit Bumrah 3/46 (25 overs) | ||
160 (49.5 overs)
Ankit Sharma 55 (85) R. P. Singh 5/33 (12 overs) |
- Gujarat won the toss and elected to bat.
15–18 November
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Baroda (H)
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Punjab
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475 (130.5 overs)
Kedar Devdhar 186 (249) Deepak Bansal 3/57 (25 overs) |
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147 (38.4 overs) f/o
Siddarth Kaul 40* (42) Irfan Pathan 3/19 (6.4 overs) |
- Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
- Deepak Bansal (Punjab) made his first-class debut.
15–18 November
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Railways
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Mumbai (H)
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217 (84.4 overs)
Arindam Ghosh 67 (183) Shardul Thakur 4/38 (19 overs) |
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- Railways won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jay Bista (Mumbai), Sagar Mishra, Akshat Pandey and Vivek Singh (Railways) all made their first-class debuts.
Round 8[]
23–26 November
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Gujarat
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Tamil Nadu (H)
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195/2d (63 overs)
Priyank Kirit Panchal 90 (181) Malolan Rangarajan 1/39 (17 overs) |
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- Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.
- No play on days 1, 2 and 3 due to rain and a wet outfield.
23–26 November
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Madhya Pradesh (H)
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162 (38.1 overs)
Jay Bista 27 (48) Jalaj Saxena 5/66 (19.1 overs) | ||
201 (71.2 overs)
Jalaj Saxena 79 (152) Shardul Thakur 3/33 (14 overs) |
283/7 (77.3 overs)
Jay Bista 74 (105) Jalaj Saxena 4/89 (27 overs) |
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ankush Jaiswal (Mumbai) made his first-class debut.
- Mumbai made their highest successful run-chase away from home in the Ranji Trophy and qualified for the quarter-finals as a result.[4]
23–26 November
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Punjab
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Uttar Pradesh (H)
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272 (90.3 overs)
Mayank Sidhana 85 (141) Praveen Kumar 4/81 (30.3 overs) |
226 (77.4 overs)
Umang Sharma 49 (114) Siddarth Kaul 4/82 (21.4 overs) | |
- Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
23–26 November
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Railways (H)
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Andhra Pradesh
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124 (64.2 overs)
Srikar Bharat 32 (76) Anureet Singh 4/32 (17 overs) |
- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
- Sneha Kishore (Andhra) made his first-class debut.
Round 9[]
1–4 December
Scorecard |
Punjab
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Tamil Nadu (H)
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68 (23.4 overs)
J. Kousik 30 (36) Rajwinder Singh 6/29 (11.4 overs) | ||
174 (42.5 overs)
Gitansh Khera 43* (40) Malolan Rangarajan 4/53 (17 overs) |
69 (22 overs)
Baba Aparajith 32* (56) Harbhajan Singh 7/37 (11 overs) |
- Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
- In the 48th over of the match, umpire John Ward was hit on the head following a shot played by Barinder Sran (Punjab). He was replaced by for the rest of the match.[5]
1–4 December
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Madhya Pradesh (H)
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Andhra Pradesh
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279 (92.5 overs)
Rameez Khan 89 (158) Bandaru Ayyappa 5/66 (26 overs) |
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- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
1–4 December
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Mumbai (H)
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Gujarat
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531 (141.2 overs)
Akhil Herwadkar 192 (326) Axar Patel 3/99 (30.2 overs) |
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227/6 (65.1 overs)
Nikhil Patil 44* (91) Rujul Bhatt 4/76 (25 overs) |
- Gujarat won the toss and elected to field.
- Alshaaz Pathan (Gujarat) made his first-class debut.
1–4 December
Scorecard |
Baroda
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Uttar Pradesh (H)
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524 (152.1 overs)
Umang Sharma 215 (423) Munaf Patel 2/42 (18 overs) | ||
258/3 (68.4 overs)
Aditya Waghmode 100* (219) Saurabh Kumar 1/56 (19 overs) |
- Baroda won the toss and elected to bat.
References[]
- ^ "L Balaji to be Tamil Nadu bowling coach and player". Espn Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 2015-16 Points table". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ "Jalaj Saxena takes 16 as MP crush Railways". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "Abdulla, Thakur help Mumbai seal quarterfinal berth". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ "Umpire Ward stable after blow to head". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
External links[]
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