Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
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
Players
Coaches
Teams
The groups drawn are as follows[7]
Group A
Points table
- Top three teams advanced to knockout stage.
- Bottom placed team relegated to Group C for 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.
Group B
Points table
- Top three teams advanced to knockout stage.
- Bottom placed team relegated to Group C for 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.
Group C
Points table
- Top two teams advanced to knockout stage and promoted to Group A and Group B respectively for 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
- 1st Quarter-final
- Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
- 2nd Quarter-final
- Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
- 3rd Quarter-final
- Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
- Chandrakant Sakure (Madhya Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
- 4th Quarter-final
- Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sufiyan Shaikh (Mumbai) made his first-class debut.
Semi-finals
- 1st Semi-final
- Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
- 2nd Semi-final
- 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
- Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.
- Prerak Mankad (Saurashtra) made his first-class debut.
Statistics
Batting records
Most runs
High scores
Most hundreds
Most fifties (and over)
Most sixes in an innings
References
- ^ "BCCI splits Ranji Trophy stages in rejig". ESPNcricinfo. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Mumbai enter final on lead in Cuttack run fest". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ^ "Mumbai seal 41st Ranji title with innings win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Full list of transfers before the 2015-16 domestic season". ESPNcricinfo. 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. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ^ a b c "Ranji Trophy, 2015-16 Points table". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ "Suryakumar, Tare tons set MP 571 target". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
External links
- Series home at ESPNcricinfo
- Series home at Bcci.tv Archived 2 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine