2017–18 Ranji Trophy Group A
Dates | 6 October 2017 | – 28 November 2017
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Administrator(s) | BCCI |
Cricket format | First-class cricket |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
Host(s) | India |
Participants | 7 |
2017–18 Indian domestic cricket season |
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The 2017–18 Ranji Trophy was the 84th season of the Ranji Trophy, the first-class cricket tournament in India. It was contested by 28 teams divided into four groups, each containing seven teams.[1] The top two teams from Group A progressed to the quarterfinals of the competition.[2] Both of Hyderabad's first two matches were abandoned due to rain.[3] Following the conclusion of the sixth round of fixtures, both Karnataka and Delhi had progressed to the knockout stage of the competition.[4]
Teams[]
The following teams were placed in Group A, based on their average points in the previous three years:[5]
- Assam
- Delhi
- Hyderabad
- Karnataka
- Maharashtra
- Railways
- Uttar Pradesh
Points table[]
Team[6] | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts | NRR |
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Karnataka | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | +0.479 |
Delhi | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | +0.333 |
Maharashtra | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | +0.084 |
Hyderabad | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | –0.156 |
Railways | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | –0.312 |
Uttar Pradesh | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | +0.508 |
Assam | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | –0.977 |
- Top two teams advanced to the knockout stage
Fixtures[]
Round 1[]
6–9 October 2017
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Delhi
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258 (95 overs)
Swarupam Purkayastha 66 (133) Ishant Sharma 5/38 (20 overs) |
435 (135.3 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 137 (249) Abu Nechim 7/68 (23.3 overs) | |
49/2 (8 overs)
Unmukt Chand 25* (22) Krishna Das 2/22 (4 overs) |
- Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
- Kulwant Khejroliya, Anuj Rawat (Delhi) and Rahul Singh (Assam) all made their first-class debuts.
6–9 October 2017
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- Railways won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kartik Tyagi and Zeeshan Ansari (Uttar Pradesh) both made their first-class debuts.
- Railways defended a total of 94 in the fourth innings, the second-lowest successfully defended target in the history of the Ranji Trophy.[7]
Round 2[]
14–17 October 2017
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- Delhi won the toss and elected to bat.
- Himmat Singh (Delhi) made his first-class debut.
- Manan Sharma (Delhi) scored his maiden first-class century.[3]
14–17 October 2017
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Karnataka
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469/7d (126.4 overs)
Krishnappa Gowtham 149 (170) Arup Das 4/113 (41 overs) | ||
- Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.
- Krishnappa Gowtham (Karnataka) scored his maiden first-class century.[8]
Round 3[]
24–27 October 2017
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- Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
- Vineet Panwar (Uttar Pradesh) and Jagdish Zope (Maharashtra) both made their first-class debuts.
24–27 October 2017
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483/7d (138.4 overs)
Arindam Ghosh 109 (192) Dhiraj Goswami 2/93 (28 overs) | ||
55 (32.3 overs)
Kunal Saikia 16 (55) Anureet Singh 5/28 (13.3 overs) |
- Railways won the toss and elected to field.
- Anureet Singh (Railways) took his fifteenth five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[9]
24–27 October 2017
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Karnataka
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183 (62.2 overs)
Stuart Binny 61 (88) Mohammed Siraj 4/42 (15 overs) |
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- Karnataka won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 4[]
1–4 November 2017
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23/0 (5.2 overs)
Tanmay Agarwal 15* (16) |
- Railways won the toss and elected to field.
- Manish Rao (Railways), Rohit Rayudu and Ravi Teja (Hyderabad) all made their first-class debuts.
1–4 November 2017
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Karnataka
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628/5d (176 overs)
Mayank Agarwal 304* (494) Chirag Khurana 3/147 (39 overs) | ||
- Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.
- Dega Nischal (Karnataka) made his first-class debut.
- Mayank Agarwal (Karnataka) scored his maiden triple century in first-class cricket.[10] It was also the 50th triple century scored in first-class cricket in India.[11]
1–4 November 2017
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Delhi
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291 (89.5 overs)
Mohammad Saif 83 (169) Ishant Sharma 3/38 (18 overs) |
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256/6 (72.1 overs)
Nitish Rana 67 (110) Mohammad Saif 2/20 (6.1 overs) |
- Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
- Play was stopped towards the end of day 3 after a man drove his car onto the pitch.[12]
Round 5[]
9–12 November 2017
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357/6d (86.4 overs)
Umang Sharma 148 (235) Abu Nechim 2/58 (14.4 overs) |
- Assam won the toss and elected to field.
- Rajjakuddin Ahmed (Assam) and Abhishek Goswami (Uttar Pradesh) both made their first-class debuts.
9–12 November 2017
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Karnataka
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Delhi
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301 (95 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 144 (244) Abhimanyu Mithun 5/70 (23 overs) | ||
235/3 (63 overs)
K. L. Rahul 92 (109) Navdeep Saini 1/28 (9 overs) |
- Karnataka won the toss and elected to bat.
9–12 November 2017
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- Railways won the toss and elected to field.
- Mukesh Choudhary (Maharashtra) and Pratham Singh (Railways) both made their first-class debuts.
Round 6[]
17–20 November 2017
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Karnataka
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331 (84 overs)
Umang Sharma 89 (158) Shreyas Gopal 3/63 (12 overs) | ||
262/0 (59 overs)
Mayank Agarwal 133* (171) |
- Karnataka won the toss and elected to bat.
- Dega Nischal (Karnataka) scored his maiden first-class century.[13]
17–20 November 2017
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- Assam won the toss and elected to field.
- Rajat Khan, Riyan Parag (Assam) and Mohammad Muddassir (Hyderabad) all made their first-class debuts.
17–20 November 2017
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Delhi
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99 (35 overs)
Chirag Khurana 29 (31) Ishant Sharma 3/14 (6 overs) | ||
- Delhi won the toss and elected to bat.
- Lalit Yadav (Delhi) and Shamshuzama Kazi (Maharashtra) both made their first-class debuts.
Round 7[]
25–28 November 2017
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Karnataka
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25–28 November 2017
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- Maharashtra won the toss and elected to field.
- Abhishek Thakuri (Assam) made his first-class debut.
- Pradeep Dadhe (Maharashtra) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[14]
25–28 November 2017
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Delhi
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- Delhi won the toss and elected to bat.
- Palakodeti Sairam (Hyderabad), Kunal Chandela and Akash Sudan (Delhi) all made their first-class debuts.
References[]
- ^ "Reports: Ranji Trophy to be back to its home and away format as per the BCCI". Sportskeeda. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ "BCCI reverts to home and away format for Ranji Trophy". CricBuzz. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Karnataka, Delhi snatch full points". ESPN Cricinfo. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ "Karnataka, Delhi confirm passage to knockouts". ESPN Cricinfo. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ "Duleep Trophy scrapped from 2017-18 calendar". ESPN Cricinfo. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy Table - 2017–18". ESPN Cricinfo. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ "Railways defend small target as UP crumble for 72". ESPN Cricinfo. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ "Karnataka, Delhi eye bonus-point wins". ESPN Cricinfo. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ^ "Railways snatch full points with Anureet's five". ESPN Cricinfo. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ "Agarwal's triple-century sinks Maharashtra". ESPN Cricinfo. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ "Triple-tons: India 28, rest of world 31". ESPN Cricinfo. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ "Ranji game halted as man drives onto the pitch in Delhi". ESPN Cricinfo. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ "Bruising Pandey double-ton flattens Uttar Pradesh". ESPN Cricinfo. 18 November 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Agarwal racks up 1000 runs in season after Karnataka bag lead". ESPN Cricinfo. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ "Group A: Agarwal tops 1000 runs for season". Wisden India. 27 November 2017. Archived from the original on 30 November 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
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