2015–16 Ranji Trophy
Cricket tournament
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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]
Dates1 October 2015 – 28 February 2016
AdministratorBCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament formatRound-robin then knockout
The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners | |
| Dates | 1 October 2015 – 28 February 2016 |
|---|---|
| Administrator | BCCI |
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format | Round-robin then knockout |
| Host |  India |
| Champions | Mumbai (41st title) |
| Participants | 27 |
| Matches | 115 |
| Most runs | Shreyas Iyer (1321) (Mumbai) |
| Most wickets | Shahbaz 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
Players
| 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
| 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
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
| 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 |
- Top three teams advanced to knockout stage.
- Bottom placed team relegated to Group C for 2016–17 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 |
- Top two teams advanced to knockout stage and promoted to Group A and Group B respectively for 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.
Knockout stage
| 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
- 1st Quarter-final
- 2nd Quarter-final
- 3rd Quarter-final
3–7 February Scorecard |
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432 (91.4 overs) Manoj Tiwary 124 (160) Ishwar Pandey(Bunty) 4/93 (22.4 overs) |
- Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
- Chandrakant Sakure (Madhya Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
- 4th Quarter-final
3–7 February Scorecard |
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- Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sufiyan Shaikh (Mumbai) made his first-class debut.
Semi-finals
- 1st Semi-final
13–17 February Scorecard |
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24/0 (3.1 overs) Sagar Jogiyani 23* (10) |
- Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
- 2nd Semi-final
13–17 February Scorecard |
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- 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
24–28 February Scorecard |
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- Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.
- Prerak Mankad (Saurashtra) made his first-class debut.
Statistics
Batting records
Most runs
| 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
| 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
| 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)
| 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
| 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 |