stringtranslate.com

2015–16 Ranji Trophy

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

Group B

Points table

Group C

Points table

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

  1. ^ "BCCI splits Ranji Trophy stages in rejig". ESPNcricinfo. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Mumbai enter final on lead in Cuttack run fest". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Mumbai seal 41st Ranji title with innings win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Sehwag joins Haryana Ranji team". bcci.tv. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  6. ^ RP Singh from Uttar Pradesh to Gujarat
  7. ^ "Duleep Trophy omitted from 2015-16 calendar". ESPNcricinfo. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  8. ^ a b c "Ranji Trophy, 2015-16 Points table". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Suryakumar, Tare tons set MP 571 target". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

External links