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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]

2015–16 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners
Dates1 October 2015 (2015-10-01) – 28 February 2016 (2016-02-28)
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)Round-robin then knockout
Host(s) India
ChampionsMumbai (41st title)
Participants27
Matches115
Most runsShreyas Iyer (1321) (Mumbai)
Most wicketsShahbaz Nadeem (51) (Jharkhand)

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

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Players

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Player From To Role
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]
Sainty Pathak 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

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Coach From To Role
Chandrakant Pandit Mumbai Coach [4]
Hrishikesh Kanitkar Goa Coach [4]
Dheeraj Jadhav Goa Asst. Coach [4]
Sairaj Bahutule Bengal Coach [4]
Lakshmipathy Balaji Tamil Nadu Bowling Coach
Rizwan Shamshad Uttar Pradesh Head Coach
Ajay Jadeja Delhi Head Coach

Teams

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The groups drawn are as follows[7]

Group A

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Main article: 2015–16 Ranji Trophy Group A

Points table

Team[8] Pld W L D A WI FI Pts NRR
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

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Main article: 2015–16 Ranji Trophy Group B

Points table

Team[8] Pld W L D A WI FI Pts NRR
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

Group C

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Main article: 2015–16 Ranji Trophy Group C

Points table

Team[8] Pld W L D A WI FI Pts NRR
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

Knockout stage

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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

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1st Quarter-final
3–7 February
Scorecard
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151 (50.4 overs)
Wasim Jaffer 41 (86)
Jaydev Unadkat 5/70 (18.4 overs)
375 (112.4 overs)
Sagar Jogiyani 130 (261)
Umesh Yadav 5/81 (23 overs)
139 (68.1 overs)
Wasim Jaffer 48 (78)
Jaydev Unadkat 4/35 (16.1 overs)
Saurashtra won by an innings and 85 runs
ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Chirra Ravikanthreddy
Player of the match: Jaydev Unadkat (Saurashtra)
  • Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
2nd Quarter-final
3–7 February
Scorecard
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323 (108 overs)
Jamaluddin Syed Mohammad 121 (223)
Siddarth Kaul 4/99 (31 overs)
137 (47.2 overs)
Mayank Sidhana 80* (131)
Arup Das 3/41 (15.2 overs)
101 (35.5 overs)
Arup Das 31 (18)
Barinder Sran 5/43 (15 overs)
236 (63.2 overs)
Gurkeerat Singh 64 (55)
Arup Das 8/83 (21.2 overs)
Assam won by 51 runs
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Valsad
Umpires: Nitin Menon and Nitin Pandit
Player of the match: Arup Das (Assam)
  • Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
3rd Quarter-final

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| score-team2-inns1 = 121 (45.2 overs) | runs-team2-inns1 = [[Swagato(Raka)] 48 (100) | wickets-team2-inns1 = Ishwar Pandey 4/45 (16 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 560/9d (160.3 overs) | runs-team1-inns2 = Harpreet Singh 139 (206) | wickets-team1-inns2 = Ashok Dinda 2/92 (32.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 432 (91.4 overs) | runs-team2-inns2 = Manoj Tiwary 124 (160) | wickets-team2-inns2 = Ishwar Pandey(Bunty) 4/93 (22.4 overs)

| venue = Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | toss = Bengal won the toss and elected to field. | umpires = Anil Dandekar and Rajesh Deshpande | motm = Ishwar Pandey (Madhya Pradesh) | report = Scorecard | result = Madhya Pradesh won by 355 runs | notes = Chandrakant Sakure (Madhya Pradesh) made his first-class debut. }}

4th Quarter-final
3–7 February
Scorecard
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416 (114.4 overs)
Akhil Herwadkar 107 (217)
Shahbaz Nadeem 5/140 (39 overs)
172 (71.5 overs)
Kaushal Singh 43 (92)
Akhil Herwadkar 3/26 (11 overs)
245 (63.1 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 81 (106)
Samar Quadri 5/62 (18.1 overs)
94 (42.4 overs)
Shiv Gautam 27 (120)
Jay Bista 5/16 (6.4 overs)
Mumbai won by 395 runs
Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar Ground, Mysore
Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Navdeep Singh
Player of the match: Akhil Herwadkar (Mumbai)
  • Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sufiyan Shaikh (Mumbai) made his first-class debut.

Semi-finals

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1st Semi-final
13–17 February
Scorecard
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234 (87 overs)
Amit Verma 98 (241)
Jaydev Unadkat 6/77 (26 overs)
353 (113.5 overs)
Cheteshwar Pujara 126 (243)
Krishna Das 3/80 (37 overs)
139 (39.1 overs)
Syed Mohammad 39 (69)
Jaydev Unadkat 5/45 (13 overs)
24/0 (3.1 overs)
Sagar Jogiyani 23* (10)
Saurashtra won by 10 wickets
Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara
Umpires: Nand Kishore and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
Player of the match: Jaydev Unadkat (Saurashtra)
  • Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
2nd Semi-final
13–17 February
Scorecard
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371 (102.5 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 90 (104)
Chandrakant Sakure 5/137 (29.5 overs)
227 (92.1 overs)
Naman Ojha 79 (189)
Balwinder Sandhu 5/43 (21.1 overs)
426 (125.1 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 115 (199)
Harpreet Singh 3/55 (17 overs)
361/5 (109 overs)
Naman Ojha 113 (185)
Bhavin Thakkar 1/3 (2 overs)
Match drawn (Mumbai won on 1st innings)
DRIEMS Ground, Cuttack
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Virender Sharma
  • 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

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24–28 February
Scorecard
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235 (93.2 overs)
Arpit Vasavada 77 (214)
Dhawal Kulkarni 5/42 (23 overs)
371 (82.2 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 117 (142)
Jaydev Unadkat 4/118 (25.2 overs)
115 (48.2 overs)
Cheteshwar Pujara 27 (98)
Shardul Thakur 5/26 (13.2 overs)
Mumbai won by an innings and 21 runs
MCA Stadium, Pune
Umpires: C. K. Nandan and Chettithody Shamshuddin
Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (Mumbai)
  • Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.
  • Prerak Mankad (Saurashtra) made his first-class debut.

Statistics

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Batting records

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Most runs

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Player Name Style Team Run
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

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Player Name Style Team Run Ground
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

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Player Name Style Team 100s
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)

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Player Name Style Team 50
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

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Player Name Style Team 50 Ground
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

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  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.
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