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.
 The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners | |
| Dates | 1 October 2015 – 4 December 2015 |
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| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
| Host(s) |  India |
| Participants | 9 |
| Matches | 36 |
- Top two teams advance to knockout stage.
Squads edit
| Goa | Himachal Pradesh | Hyderabad | Jammu & Kashmir | Jharkhand |
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| Kerala | Saurashtra | Services | Tripura |
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Points table edit
| Team[1] | Pld | W | L | D | A | WI | FI | Pts | NRR |
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| 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 edit
Round 1 edit
1–4 October
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Services (H)
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- 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
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- 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 edit
8–11 October
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Saurashtra (H)
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- Jharkhand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Vinayak Vikram (Jharkhand) made his first-class debut.
8–11 October
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Hyderabad (H)
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- Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
- Fabid Ahmed (Kerala) made his first-class debut.
8–11 October
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Himachal Pradesh (H)
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16/0 (5 overs)
Paras Dogra 4* (12) |
- Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
8–11 October
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Goa (H)
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3/0 (6 overs)
Swapnil Asnodkar 2* (15) |
- Goa won the toss and elected to field.
Round 3 edit
15–18 October
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Himachal Pradesh (H)
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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
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Jammu & Kashmir (H)
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- Services won the toss and elected to field.
- Rohit Sharma (Jammu & Kashmir) made his first-class debut.
Round 4 edit
22–25 October
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Services (H)
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- Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
- Vikas Hathwala (Services) made his first-class debut.
22–25 October
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Tripura (H)
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- Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to bat.
- Deepak Manhas (Jammu & Kashmir) made his first-class debut.
Round 5 edit
30 October–2 November
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Jharkhand (H)
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- Goa won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible on day 1.
30 October–2 November
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Services (H)
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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
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Himachal Pradesh (H)
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- Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Tapash Mandal (Tripura) made his first-class debut.
Round 6 edit
7–10 November
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Kerala (H)
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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
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Himachal Pradesh (H)
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- 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 edit
15–18 November
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Services (H)
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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
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Goa (H)
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- Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mohammed Azharuddeen (Kerala) made his first-class debut.
Round 8 edit
23–26 November
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Jharkhand (H)
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- Jharkhand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sonu Singh (Jharkhand) made his first-class debut.
23–26 November
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Kerala (H)
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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
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Jammu & Kashmir (H)
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- 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 edit
1–4 December
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Hyderabad (H)
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29/0 (3.4 overs)
Anand Singh 22* (13) |
- Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.
1–4 December
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- Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
- Umar Nissar (Jammu & Kashmir) made his first-class debut.
References edit
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 2015-16 Points table". ESPNcricinfo. 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 edit
- Series home at ESPNcricinfo
- Series home at Bcci.tv Archived 2 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine