2015–16 Ranji Trophy Group C
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 two teams advance to knockout stage.
 
![]() 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) | |
| Participants | 9 | 
| Matches | 36 | 
Points table
    
| Team[1] | 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 | 
- Top two teams advance to knockout stage.
 
Fixtures
    
    Round 1
    
 1–4 October    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Services (H)  | |
- Services won the toss and elected to field.
 - Diwesh Pathania, Poonam Poonia, Raushan Raj, Ravi Chauhan and Sufiyan Alam (all Services) all made their first-class debuts.
 
 1–4 October    Scorecard  | 
Jammu & Kashmir (H)  | 
v  | 
|
- Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Samad Bhat (Jammu & Kashmir) and Ahmed Farzeen (Kerala) both made their first-class debuts.
 
Round 2
    
 8–11 October    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Saurashtra (H)  | |
- Jharkhand won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Vinayak Vikram (Jharkhand) made his first-class debut.
 
 8–11 October    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Hyderabad (H)  | |
- Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Fabid Ahmed (Kerala) made his first-class debut.
 
 8–11 October    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Himachal Pradesh (H)  | |
16/0 (5 overs) Paras Dogra 4* (12)  | 
- Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
 
 8–11 October    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Goa (H)  | |
3/0 (6 overs) Swapnil Asnodkar 2* (15)  | 
- Goa won the toss and elected to field.
 
Round 3
    
 15–18 October    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Himachal Pradesh (H)  | |
2/0 (13 overs) Tanmay Agarwal 1* (38)  | 
- Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
 - Shresth Nirmohi (Himachal Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
 
 15–18 October    Scorecard  | 
Jammu & Kashmir (H)  | 
v  | 
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- Services won the toss and elected to field.
 - Rohit Sharma (Jammu & Kashmir) made his first-class debut.
 
Round 4
    
 22–25 October    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Services (H)  | |
- Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Vikas Hathwala (Services) made his first-class debut.
 
 22–25 October    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Tripura (H)  | |
- Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Deepak Manhas (Jammu & Kashmir) made his first-class debut.
 
Round 5
    
 30 October–2 November    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Jharkhand (H)  | |
- Goa won the toss and elected to bat.
 - No play was possible on day 1.
 
 30 October–2 November    Scorecard  | 
Services (H)  | 
v  | 
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- Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
 - Mohsin Ahmedbhai Dodia (Saurashtra) made his first-class debut.
 
 30 October–2 November    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Himachal Pradesh (H)  | |
- Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
 - Tapash Mandal (Tripura) made his first-class debut.
 
Round 6
    
 7–10 November    Scorecard  | 
Kerala (H)  | 
v  | 
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53/0 (17 overs) Udiyan Bose 32* (49)  | 
- Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Subash Chakraborty (Tripura) made his first-class debut.
 
 7–10 November    Scorecard  | 
Himachal Pradesh (H)  | 
v  | 
|
- Services won the toss and elected to field.
 - Kamal Passi (Services) made his first-class debut.
 - Paras Dogra (Himachal Pradesh) equalled the record for the most double centuries (seven) in the Ranji Trophy.[2]
 
Round 7
    
 15–18 November    Scorecard  | 
Services (H)  | 
v  | 
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- Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
 - Mohammed Siraj (Hyderabad) and Amit Pachhara (Services) both made their first-class debuts.
 
 15–18 November    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Goa (H)  | |
- Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Mohammed Azharuddeen (Kerala) made his first-class debut.
 
Round 8
    
 23–26 November    Scorecard  | 
Jharkhand (H)  | 
v  | 
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- Jharkhand won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Sonu Singh (Jharkhand) made his first-class debut.
 
 23–26 November    Scorecard  | 
Kerala (H)  | 
v  | 
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- Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Vandit Jivrajani and Samarth Vyas (Saurashtra) both made their first-class debuts.
 
 23–26 November    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Jammu & Kashmir (H)  | |
- Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to field.
 - Abhinav Puri, Pranav Gupta and Aamir Sofi (Jammu & Kashmir) all made their first-class debuts.
 
Round 9
    
 1–4 December    Scorecard  | 
Hyderabad (H)  | 
v  | 
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29/0 (3.4 overs) Anand Singh 22* (13)  | 
- Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.
 
 1–4 December    Scorecard  | 
Jammu & Kashmir (H)  | 
v  | 
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- Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
 - Umar Nissar (Jammu & Kashmir) made his first-class debut.
 
References
    
- "Ranji Trophy, 2015-16 Points table". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
 - "Services start strongly after Dogra's record double". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
 
External links
    
- Series home at ESPNCricinfo
 - Series home at Bcci.tv Archived 2 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine
 
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