2015–16 Ranji Trophy Group B
The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy is the 82nd season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It is being contested by 27 teams divided into three groups of nine teams each.
- Top three teams advance to knockout stage and ninth place team will be relegated to Group C for 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.
 The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners | |
| Dates | 1 October 2015 – 4 December 2015 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
| Host(s) |  India |
| Participants | 9 |
| Matches | 36 |
Squads
| Andhra Pradesh | Baroda | Gujarat | Madhya Pradesh |
|---|---|---|---|
Points table
| Team[2] | 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 |
- Top three teams advance to knockout stage.
- Bottom place team will be relegated to Group C for 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.
Fixtures
Round 1
1–4 October Scorecard |
Tamil Nadu (H) |
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- Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat.
- Hitesh Solanki (Baroda), DT Chandrasekar, J Kousik and Lakshminarayanan Vignesh (Tamil Nadu) all made their first-class debuts.
1–4 October Scorecard |
Uttar Pradesh (H) |
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- Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Almas Shaukat (Uttar Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
1–4 October Scorecard |
Punjab (H) |
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- Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ashish Singh and Hitesh Kadam (Railways) both made their first-class debuts.
Round 2
Round 3
15–18 October Scorecard |
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Uttar Pradesh (H) | |
- Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Faiz Ahmed (Railways) and Israr Azim (Uttar Pradesh) made their first-class debuts.
Round 4
22–25 October Scorecard |
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Punjab (H) | |
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Pargat Singh (Punjab) made his first-class debut.
22–25 October Scorecard |
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Baroda (H) | |
- Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
- Monil Patel (Baroda) made his first-class debut.
22–25 October Scorecard |
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Andhra Pradesh (H) | |
- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
- K. V. Sasikanth (Andhra) made his first-class debut.
Round 5
30 October–2 November Scorecard |
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Railways (H) | |
- Railways won the toss and elected to field.
- Bhima Rao (Railways) made his first-class debut.
30 October–2 November Scorecard |
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Baroda (H) | |
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rishi Arothe, Atit Sheth (Baroda) and Ankit Dane, Rajat Patidar (Madhya Pradesh) all made their first-class debuts.
30 October–2 November Scorecard |
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Punjab (H) | |
- Andhra won the toss and elected to bat.
- Hanumappa Shivraj (Andhra) made his first-class debuts.
Round 6
7–10 November Scorecard |
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Tamil Nadu (H) | |
- Andhra won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible on day 2 and 3 because of rain.
- Jyothi Krishna and Koripalli Sreekanth (Andhra) both made their first-class debuts.
7–10 November Scorecard |
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Madhya Pradesh (H) | |
- Railways won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jalaj Saxena's match figures of 16 for 154 are the second-best in the history of the Ranji Trophy.[3]
Round 7
15–18 November Scorecard |
Baroda (H) |
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- Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
- Deepak Bansal (Punjab) made his first-class debut.
15–18 November Scorecard |
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Mumbai (H) | |
- Railways won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jay Bista (Mumbai), Sagar Mishra, Akshat Pandey and Vivek Singh (Railways) all made their first-class debuts.
Round 8
23–26 November Scorecard |
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Tamil Nadu (H) | |
- Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.
- No play on days 1, 2 and 3 due to rain and a wet outfield.
23–26 November Scorecard |
Madhya Pradesh (H) |
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- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ankush Jaiswal (Mumbai) made his first-class debut.
- Mumbai made their highest successful run-chase away from home in the Ranji Trophy and qualified for the quarter-finals as a result.[4]
23–26 November Scorecard |
Railways (H) |
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- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
- Sneha Kishore (Andhra) made his first-class debut.
Round 9
1–4 December Scorecard |
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Tamil Nadu (H) | |
- Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
- In the 48th over of the match, umpire John Ward was hit on the head following a shot played by Barinder Sran (Punjab). He was replaced by Mohammad Raffik for the rest of the match.[5]
1–4 December Scorecard |
Mumbai (H) |
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- Gujarat won the toss and elected to field.
- Alshaaz Pathan (Gujarat) made his first-class debut.
References
- "L Balaji to be Tamil Nadu bowling coach and player". Espn Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- "Ranji Trophy, 2015-16 Points table". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- "Jalaj Saxena takes 16 as MP crush Railways". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- "Abdulla, Thakur help Mumbai seal quarterfinal berth". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- "Umpire Ward stable after blow to head". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
External links
- Series home at ESPNCricinfo
- Series home at Bcci.tv Archived 2 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine
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