2015–16 Ranji Trophy
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Dates | 1 October 2015 | – 28 February 2016
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Administrator(s) | BCCI |
Cricket format | First-class cricket |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin then knockout |
Host(s) | India |
Champions | Mumbai (41st title) |
Participants | 27 |
Matches played | 115 |
Most runs | Shreyas Iyer (1321) |
Most wickets | Shahbaz Nadeem (51) |
2015–16 Indian domestic cricket season |
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The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy was the 82nd season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It was contested by 27 teams divided into three groups of nine teams each. The top three teams from Groups A and B advanced to the quarterfinals along with the top two teams from Group C. For this season the schedule splits into two stages, the first is a league stage and the second being a knock-out stage. The league stage starts on 1 October 2015 and ends on 4 December 2015 and the knock-out stage starts on 3 February 2016 and ends on 28 February 2016. The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy will be followed by the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Deodhar Trophy.[1]
The final was contested by Saurashtra and Mumbai, a repeat of the 2012–13 final.[2] Mumbai won the match by an innings and 21 runs to claim their 41st title.[3]
Personnel changes[edit]
Players[edit]
Player | From | To | Role |
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Sarfaraz Khan | Mumbai | Uttar Pradesh | Batsman[4] |
Tashuk Ali | Himachal Pradesh | Mumbai | All rounder[4] |
Pragyan Ojha | Hyderabad | Bengal | Spinner[4] |
Wasim Jaffer | Mumbai | Vidarbha | Opening Batsman[4] |
Virender Sehwag | Delhi | Haryana | Opening Batsman[5] |
Mithun Manhas | Delhi | J&K | Batsman[4] |
RP Singh | Uttar Pradesh | Gujarat | Seam Bowler[6] |
Prasanth Parameswaran | Tamil Nadu | Goa | Seam Bowler |
Amit Verma | Kerala | Assam | Batsman |
Coaches[edit]
Coach | From | To | Role |
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Chandrakant Pandit | Mumbai | Coach [4] | |
Hrishikesh Kanitkar | Goa | Coach [4] | |
Dheeraj Jadhav | Goa | Asst. Coach [4] | |
Sairaj Bahutule | Bengal | Coach [4] | |
Bengal | Asst. Coach [4] | ||
Lakshmipathy Balaji | Tamil Nadu | Bowling Coach | |
Rizwan Shamshad | Uttar Pradesh | Head Coach | |
Ajay Jadeja | Delhi | Head Coach |
Teams[edit]
The groups drawn are as follows[7]
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Zone-wise[edit]
Zone-wise participation:
Group | North | West | South (2014-15 Duleep Runners-Up) | East | Central (2014-15 Duleep Winners) |
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A | Delhi (2014-15 Quarter-Finalist), Haryana | Maharashtra (2014-15 Semi-Finalist) | Karnataka (2014-15 Winner) | Assam (2014-15 Quarter-Finalist), Bengal, Odisha | Rajasthan, Vidarbha (2014-15 Quarter-Finalist) |
B | Punjab | Baroda, Gujarat, Mumbai (2014-15 Semi-Finalist) | Andhra Pradesh (2014-15 Quarter-Finalist), Tamil Nadu (2014-15 Runner-Up) | Madhya Pradesh, Railways, Uttar Pradesh | |
C | Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Services | Saurashtra | Goa, Hyderabad, Kerala | Jharkhand, Tripura |
Group A[edit]
Points table
Team[8] | Pld | W | L | D | A | WI | FI | Pts | NRR |
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Vidarbha | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 0.047 |
Bengal | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 0.110 |
Assam | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 | –0.304 |
Delhi | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0.215 |
Karnataka | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 0.336 |
Rajasthan | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | –0.313 |
Maharashtra | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0.301 |
Odisha | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0.016 |
Haryana | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | –0.406 |
- Top three teams advanced to knockout stage.
- Bottom placed team relegated to Group C for 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.
Group B[edit]
Points table
Team[8] | 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 advanced to knockout stage.
- Bottom placed team relegated to Group C for 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.
Group C[edit]
Points table
Team[8] | Pld | W | L | D | A | WI | FI | Pts | NRR |
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Saurashtra | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | –0.061 |
Jharkhand | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0.093 |
Himachal Pradesh | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1.201 |
Services | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0.473 |
Kerala | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0.589 |
Goa | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | –0.206 |
Jammu & Kashmir | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.870 |
Hyderabad | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | –0.330 |
Tripura | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | –0.760 |
- Top two teams advanced to knockout stage and promoted to Group A and Group B respectively for 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.
Knockout stage[edit]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
A1 | Vidarbha | 151 & 139 | ||||||||||||
C1 | Saurashtra | 375 | ||||||||||||
C1 | Saurashtra | 353 & 24/0 | ||||||||||||
A3 | Assam | 234 & 139 | ||||||||||||
A3 | Assam | 323 & 101 | ||||||||||||
B2 | Punjab | 137 & 236 | ||||||||||||
C1 | Saurashtra | 235 & 115 | ||||||||||||
B1 | Mumbai | 371 | ||||||||||||
A2 | Bengal | 121 & 432 | ||||||||||||
B3 | Madhya Pradesh | 348 & 560/9d | ||||||||||||
B3 | Madhya Pradesh | 227 & 361/5 | ||||||||||||
B1 | Mumbai | 371 & 426 | ||||||||||||
C2 | Jharkhand | 172 & 94 | ||||||||||||
B1 | Mumbai | 416 & 245 |
Quarter-finals[edit]
- 1st Quarter-final
- 2nd Quarter-final
- 3rd Quarter-final
3–7 February
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- Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
- Chandrakant Sakure (Madhya Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
- 4th Quarter-final
3–7 February
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- Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sufiyan Shaikh (Mumbai) made his first-class debut.
Semi-finals[edit]
- 1st Semi-final
13–17 February
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Sagar Jogiyani 23* (10) |
- Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
- 2nd Semi-final
13–17 February
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- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Jagdeep Baweja (Madhya Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
- Mumbai progressed to the final due to the first innings lead.[2]
- Shreyas Iyer (Mumbai) became the fifth player to score 1,200 runs in a single Ranji Trophy competition.[9]
Final[edit]
24–28 February
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- Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.
- Prerak Mankad (Saurashtra) made his first-class debut.
Statistics[edit]
Batting records[edit]
Most runs[edit]
Player Name | Style | Team | Run |
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Shreyas Iyer | Right-handed Middle-order | Mumbai | 1321 |
Akhil Herwadkar | Left-handed Opening | Mumbai | 879 |
Arun Karthik | Right-handed Middle-order | Assam | 802 |
High scores[edit]
Player Name | Style | Team | Run | Ground |
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Natraj Behera | Right-handed Opening | Odisha | 255* | CH Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak |
Swapnil Asnodkar | Right-handed Opening | Goa | 232 | Gandhi Memorial Science College Ground, Jammu |
Paras Dogra | Right-handed Middle-order | Himachal Pradesh | 227 | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala |
Tashuk Ali | Right-handed Middle-order | Mumbai | 220* | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharmshala |
Most hundreds[edit]
Player Name | Style | Team | 100s |
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Rajat Paliwal | Right-handed Middle-order | Services | 4 |
Sudip Chatterjee | Left-handed Middle-order | Bengal | 4 |
Shreyas Iyer | Right-handed Middle-order | Mumbai | 4 |
Most fifties (and over)[edit]
Player Name | Style | Team | 50+ |
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Shreyas Iyer | Right-handed Middle-order | Mumbai | 11 |
Harpreet Singh Bhatia | Left-handed Middle-order | Madhya Pradesh | 8 |
Tashuk ali | Right-handed Middle-order | Mumbai | 8 |
Most sixes in an innings[edit]
Player Name | Style | Team | 50+ | Ground |
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Ishan Kishan | Left-handed Opening | Jharkhand | 8 | Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot |
Paras Dogra | Right-handed Middle-order | Himachal Pradesh | 8 | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala |
References[edit]
- ↑ "BCCI splits Ranji Trophy stages in rejig". espncricinfo.com. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Mumbai enter final on lead in Cuttack run fest". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ↑ "Mumbai seal 41st Ranji title with innings win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 "Full list of transfers before the 2015-16 domestic season". espncricinfo.com. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ↑ "Sehwag joins Haryana Ranji team". bcci.tv. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ↑ RP Singh from Uttar Pradesh to Gujarat
- ↑ "Duleep Trophy omitted from 2015-16 calendar". espncricinfo.com. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Ranji Trophy, 2015-16 Points table". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ "Suryakumar, Tare tons set MP 571 target". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2016.