2021–22 Ranji Trophy

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2021–22 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners
Dates17 February – 26 June 2022
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)Round-robin then knockout
Host(s) India
ChampionsMadhya Pradesh[n 1] (1st title)
Runners-upMumbai
Participants38
Matches played65
Player of the seriesSarfaraz Khan (Mumbai)
Most runsSarfaraz Khan (982) (Mumbai)
Most wicketsShams Mulani (45) (Mumbai)
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The 2021–22 Ranji Trophy was the 87th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India.[1][2] The tournament was split into two phases, with the league stage being played from 17 February to 15 March 2022,[3] and the knockout phase played from 6 to 26 June 2022.[4][5] Due to the delayed start of the tournament because of the COVID-19 pandemic, teams were split into eight Elite groups, instead of five as per previous editions, and the Plate Group.[6] The seven teams that won their Elite Group with the best points progressed to the knockout phase. They were joined by the winner of the pre-quarter-final match between the Elite Group winning team with the fewest points and the winner of the Plate Group.[7]

In the opening round of fixtures, Sakibul Gani of Bihar became the first player to score a triple century on their first-class debut.[8] In their Plate Group match against Mizoram, he scored 341 runs.[9]

Following the conclusion of the group stage, Madhya Pradesh, Bengal, Karnataka, Mumbai, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh had all won their respective groups to qualify for the quarter-finals. Jharkhand won Group H and Nagaland won the Plate Group to advance to the preliminary quarter-final match.[10] In the first innings of the preliminary quarter-final, Jharkhand were bowled out for 880 runs, the fourth-highest team total in the Ranji Trophy.[11] Jharkhand then extended their lead to 1,008 runs, the biggest ever lead in first-class cricket, progressing to the quarter-finals based on their first innings lead.[12] Mumbai,[13] Uttar Pradesh[14] and Madhya Pradesh[15] all won their quarter-final matches to advance to the semi-finals. Bengal also reached the semi-finals, after they drew their match against Jharkhand, progressing in the tournament due to having a first-innings lead.[16]

In the first semi-final, Madhya Pradesh beat Bengal by 174 runs to reach their first final in the tournament since the 1998–99 edition.[17] The second semi-final, between Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh was drawn, with Mumbai advancing to the final on their first-innings lead.[18] In the final, Madhya Pradesh beat Mumbai by six wickets to win their first Ranji Trophy title.[n 1][19][20]

Background[edit | edit source]

The 2021–22 Ranji Trophy was initially scheduled to take place from 13 January to 20 March 2022.[21] The previous edition of the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[22] However, on 4 January 2022, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that the tournament had been postponed due to an increase of COVID-19 cases in India.[23][24] The BCCI announced that they would try to host the league stage of the Ranji Trophy before the start of the 2022 Indian Premier League in April.[25] Later in January 2022, the BCCI said that they were looking at the possibility of holding the tournament in two phases, from February to March, and June to July.[26]

Originally, the tournament was scheduled to start on 16 November 2021,[1] but was later postponed to 5 January 2022[27] and again to 13 January 2022.[21] As per previous editions, the tournament would have been divided into six groups, with six teams in five Elite Groups and eight teams in the Plate Group.[28] The winners of each Elite Group would have progressed directly to the quarter-finals, with the second-placed teams and the winner of the Plate Group playing in pre-quarters matches to determine the final eight teams.[29]

Teams[edit | edit source]

The teams were placed in the following groups:[30]

Group A (Rajkot) Group B (Cuttack) Group C (Chennai) Group D (Ahmedabad) Group E (Trivandrum)
Group F (Delhi) Group G (Haryana) Group H (Guwahati) Plate Group (Kolkata)

League stage[edit | edit source]

Knockout stage[edit | edit source]

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Preliminary quarter-final[edit | edit source]

12–16 March 2022
Scorecard
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880 (203.4 overs)
Kumar Kushagra 266 (269)
Imliwati Lemtur 4/179 (51.4 overs)
289 (103.3 overs)
Chetan Bist 122* (253)
Shahbaz Nadeem 3/70 (36.3 overs)
417/6 (90.3 overs)
Anukul Roy 153 (164)
Rongsen Jonathan 3/109 (23.3 overs)
  • Nagaland won the toss and elected to field.
  • Kumar Kushagra (Jharkhand) scored his maiden century and his maiden double century in first-class cricket.[31]
  • Jharkhand made their highest team total in a first-class cricket match.[32]

Quarter-finals[edit | edit source]

6–10 June 2022
1st Quarter-final
Scorecard
v
773/7d (218.4 overs)
Sudip Kumar Gharami 186 (380)
Sushant Mishra 3/140 (30 overs)
298 (96 overs)
Virat Singh 113* (239)
Shahbaz Ahmed 4/51 (21 overs)
318/7d (85.1 overs)
Manoj Tiwary 136 (185)
Shahbaz Nadeem 5/59 (24 overs)
  • Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sudip Kumar Gharami (Bengal) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[33]
6–9 June 2022
2nd Quarter-final
Scorecard
v
647/8d (166.4 overs)
Suved Parkar 252 (447)
Deepak Dhapola 3/89 (30 overs)
114 (41.1 overs)
Kamal Singh 40 (77)
Shams Mulani 5/39 (12 overs)
261/3d (58 overs)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 103 (150)
Dikshanshu Negi 1/31 (5 overs)
69 (27.5 overs)
Shivam Khurana 25* (35)
Dhawal Kulkarni 3/11 (6 overs)
  • Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Suved Parkar (Mumbai) made his first-class debut.
  • Suved Parkar (Mumbai) scored his maiden century and his maiden double century in first-class cricket.[34]
  • The margin of victory was the largest in first-class cricket in terms of runs.[35]
6–8 June 2022
3rd Quarter-final
Scorecard
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253 (84 overs)
Ravikumar Samarth 57 (81)
Saurabh Kumar 4/73 (32 overs)
155 (37.3 overs)
Priyam Garg 39 (59)
Ronit More 3/47 (12 overs)
114 (39 overs)
Srinivas Sharath 23* (57)
Saurabh Kumar 3/36 (16 overs)
213/5 (65.2 overs)
Karan Sharma 93* (163)
Vijaykumar Vyshak 3/47 (17 overs)
  • Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
  • Prince Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
6–9 June 2022
4th Quarter-final
Scorecard
v
219 (71.3 overs)
Abhishek Sharma 47 (72)
Anubhav Agarwal 3/36 (13.3 overs)
397 (154.5 overs)
Shubham Sharma 102 (213)
Vinay Choudhary 5/83 (40.5 overs)
203 (68.4 overs)
Anmol Malhotra 34 (87)
Kumar Kartikeya 6/50 (34 overs)
26/0 (5.1 overs)
Yash Dubey 17* (16)
  • Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.

Semi-finals[edit | edit source]

14–18 June 2022
1st Semi-final
Scorecard
v
341 (105.3 overs)
Himanshu Mantri 165 (327)
Mukesh Kumar 4/66 (27.3 overs)
273 (89.2 overs)
Shahbaz Ahmed 116 (209)
Puneet Datey 3/48 (14 overs)
281 (114.2 overs)
Aditya Shrivastava 82 (225)
Shahbaz Ahmed 5/79 (41 overs)
175 (65.2 overs)
Abhimanyu Easwaran 78 (157)
Kumar Kartikeya 5/67 (32 overs)
  • Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
14–18 June 2022
2nd Semi-final
Scorecard
v
393 (140.4 overs)
Hardik Tamore 115 (233)
Karan Sharma 4/46 (17 overs)
180 (54.3 overs)
Shivam Mavi 48 (55)
Tushar Deshpande 2/34 (17 overs)
533/4d (156 overs)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 181 (372)
Prince Yadav 2/92 (27 overs)
  • Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.

Final[edit | edit source]

22–26 June 2022
Final
Scorecard
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374 (127.4 overs)
Sarfaraz Khan 134 (234)
Gaurav Yadav 4/106 (35.4 overs)
536 (177.2 overs)
Yash Dubey 133 (336)
Shams Mulani 5/173 (63.2 overs)
269 (57.3 overs)
Sarfaraz Khan 45 (48)
Kumar Kartikeya 4/98 (25 overs)
108/4 (29.5 overs)
Himanshu Mantri 37 (55)
Shams Mulani 3/41 (13 overs)
  • Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Parth Sahani (Madhya Pradesh) made his first-class debut.

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Madhya Pradesh previously competed in the Ranji Trophy as Holkar cricket team, winning the tournament four times between 1945–46 and 1952–53. This was their first win as Madhya Pradesh.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ranji Trophy returns as BCCI announces full 2021-22 domestic season". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "BCCI announces India's domestic season for 2021-22". The Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Ranji Trophy: BCCI permits 20 players, 2 Covid reserves". CricBuzz. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "BCCI unveils two-phased plan for Ranji Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Bengaluru to host Ranji Trophy knockouts from June 4". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Ranji Trophy to begin on February 10". CricBuzz. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "FAQs: Everything you wanted to know about the 2021-22 Ranji Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Ranji Trophy: Bihar's Sakibul Gani creates world record on first-class debut with incredible triple-century". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Ranji Trophy 2022: Bihar batter Sakibul Gani scripts world record with a triple hundred on first-class debut". India Today. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "Sarfaraz's century puts Mumbai in quarter-finals; Tamil Nadu knocked out". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "Ranji Trophy 2021-22: Jharkhand bowled out for 880, record fourth-highest Ranji Trophy team total". Sports Tiger. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  12. ↑ "Ranji Trophy: Roy and Kushagra make merry as Jharkhand kill off contest on their way to quarter-finals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "Mumbai break 92-year-old record for the highest margin of victory". The Indian Express. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  14. ↑ "Ranji Trophy 2022, Quarterfinals, Day 3 Highlights: UP beat Karnataka to secure semi-final birth". The Indian Express. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  15. ↑ "With Pandit in charge, MP players have no time to pause - 'must rectify mistakes before semi-final'". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  16. ↑ "Ranji Trophy 2022: Bengal sets semifinal date with Madhya Pradesh, Mumbai to face Uttar Pradesh". India TV. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  17. ↑ "Kumar Kartikeya, Himanshu Mantri put MP in first Ranji final since 1998-99". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  18. ↑ "Yashasvi Jaiswal's twin hundreds the highlight in dull draw against Uttar Pradesh". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  19. ↑ "Dubey, Shubham, Patidar, bowlers fashion Madhya Pradesh's maiden Ranji Trophy title". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  20. ↑ "Mumbai vs Madhya Pradesh highlights, Ranji Trophy Final 2022: Madhya Pradesh beat Mumbai by 6 wickets to win their maiden Ranji Trophy title". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Kolkata to host Ranji final in March; Delhi to host men's season-opening SMA finale". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  22. ↑ "No Ranji Trophy in 2020-21, but BCCI to hold domestic 50-over games for men, women, and U-19 boys". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  23. ↑ "BCCI postpones Ranji Trophy, CK Nayudu Trophy, women's T20 league due to rising Covid-19 cases". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  24. ↑ "BCCI postpones Ranji Trophy, Col C K Nayudu Trophy & Senior Women's T20 League for 2021-22 season". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  25. ↑ "BCCI hopeful of completing Ranji league stage before IPL". CricBuzz. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  26. ↑ "BCCI exploring possibility of holding Ranji Trophy in two phases, says treasurer Arun Dhumal". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  27. ↑ "Indian domestic season to kickstart on September 20". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  28. ↑ "Ranji Trophy to start from January 5, senior cricket to start with Mushtaq T20 from October 27". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  29. ↑ "BCCI postpones Ranji Trophy start date to January 5 in revised domestic calendar". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  30. ↑ "65 matches, 9 venues, 2 phases: Ranji Trophy after 22 months". The Indian Express. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  31. ↑ "Ranji Pre-quarters: Kumar Kushagra's double ton propel Jharkhand to 763/9 against Nagaland". The Indian Express. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  32. ↑ "Kushagra and Nadeem lead Jharkhand to record total". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  33. ↑ "Ranji Trophy 2021-22, Quarterfinal: Sudip Gharami's Maiden Ton Puts Bengal In Charge Vs Jharkhand". Outlook. 7 June 2022.
  34. ↑ "Ranji Trophy, Mumbai's Suved Parkar joins elite club with debut double hundred". The Hindu. 7 June 2022.
  35. ↑ "Ranji Trophy: Mumbai crush Uttarakhand by 725 runs to seal record win and storm into semifinals". India Today. 9 June 2022.

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