|  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 | 
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.
Squads
| Assam | Bengal | Delhi[1] | Haryana | Karnataka | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 
 | 
| Maharashtra | Odisha | Rajasthan | Vidarbha[2] | 
|---|---|---|---|
Points table
| Team[3] | 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 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 | 
| Vidarbha (H) | v | |
- Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat
- Rajesh Dhuper (Odisha), Aditya Shanware and Jitesh Sharma (Vidarbha) made their first-class debuts.
- Points: Vidarbha 3, Odisha 1
|  1–4 October    Scorecard | 
| v | (H) Maharashtra | |
- Haryana won the toss and elected to bat
- Chaitanya Bishnoi, Rahul Dagar and Sanjay Pahal (Haryana) made their first-class debuts.
- Points: Maharashtra 3, Haryana 1
|  1–4 October    Scorecard | 
| v | (H) Rajasthan | |
- Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field
- Mohit Ahlawat (Delhi) and Nathu Singh (Rajasthan) made their first-class debuts.
- Points: Rajasthan 3, Delhi 1
Round 2
|  8–11 October    Scorecard | 
| v | Assam (H) | |
- Assam won the toss and elected to field.
- Kukna Ajay Singh (Rajasthan) made his first-class debut.
|  8–11 October    Scorecard | 
| v | Karnataka (H) | |
- Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.
- Naved Ahmed (Bengal) made his first-class debut.
|  8–11 October    Scorecard | 
| v | Delhi (H) | |
| 96/0 (14.1 overs) Unmukt Chand 51* (41) | 
- Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
- Nitish Rana and Sarang Rawat (both Delhi) made their first-class debuts.
Round 3
|  15–18 October    Scorecard | 
| v | Bengal (H) | |
- Rajasthan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Aamir Gani and Pankaj Shaw (both Bengal) made their first-class debuts.
|  15–18 October    Scorecard | 
| Karnataka (H) | v | |
| 17/0 (11 overs) Aditya Shanware 7* (31) | 
- Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
Round 4
|  22–25 October    Scorecard | 
| Rajasthan (H) | v | |
| 17/0 (5.3 overs) Swapnil Gugale 14* (20) | 
- Maharashtra won the toss and elected to field.
|  22–25 October    Scorecard | 
| v | Vidarbha (H) | |
- Assam won the toss and elected to bat.
- Aditya Sarwate (Vidarbha) made his first-class debut.
|  22–25 October    Scorecard | 
| v | Delhi (H) | |
- Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
- Rishabh Pant (Delhi) made his first-class debut.
|  22–25 October    Scorecard | 
| v | Karnataka (H) | |
- Haryana won the toss and elected to bat.
- David Mathias (Karnataka) made his first-class debut.
Round 5
|  30 October–2 November    Scorecard | 
| v | Odisha (H) | |
- Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
- Suboth Bhati, Pulkit Narang and Dhruv Shorey (Delhi) all made their first-class debuts.
|  30 October–2 November    Scorecard | 
| v | Haryana (H) | |
- Haryana won the toss and elected to field.
- Pramod Chandila, Mukesh Kumar (Bengal) and Rohit Sharma (Haryana) all made their first-class debuts.
Round 6
| 7–10 November    Scorecard | 
| v | Karnataka (H) | |
- Odisha won the toss and elected to bat.
- Amit Das and Ranjit Singh (both Odisha) made their first-class debuts.
|  7–10 November    Scorecard | 
| Haryana (H) | v | |
- Haryana won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rahul Hazarika (Assam) made his first-class debut.
|  7–10 November    Scorecard | 
| Bengal (H) | v | |
- Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
- Sayan Ghosh (Bengal) made his first-class debut.
Round 7
|  15–18 November    Scorecard | 
| v | Maharashtra (H) | |
| 100/1 (33 overs) Abhimanyu Easwaran 53* (103) | 
- Maharashtra won the toss and elected to field.
|  15–18 November    Scorecard | 
| v | Vidarbha (H) | |
- Rajasthan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sidhant Dobal (Rajasthan) made his first-class debut.
- Umesh Yadav (Vidarbha) took a hat-trick in the first innings.[4]
Round 8
|  23–26 November    Scorecard | 
| Bengal (H) | v | |
- Bengal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Anurag Tiwari (Bengal) made his first-class debut.
- Odisha's second innings score of 37 all out is their second lowest score in the Ranji Trophy. Following the match, the club lodged a complaint stating that the pitch was "underprepared".[5]
|  23–26 November    Scorecard | 
| v | Maharashtra (H) | |
- Maharashtra won the toss and elected to field.
- No play on day 1.
|  23–26 November    Scorecard | 
| Haryana (H) | v | |
- Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
- Mohit Hooda, Shamsher Yadav (Haryana) and Manender Singh (Rajasthan) all made their first-class debuts.
Round 9
|  1–4 December    Scorecard | 
| v | Assam (H) | |
- Assam won the toss and elected to field.
- Wasiqur Rahman (Assam) made his first-class debut.
See also
References
- ↑ Ishant left out of Delhi Ranji squad
- ↑ Vidarbha cricket team
- ↑ "Ranji Trophy, 2015-16 Points table". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ "Umesh hat-trick, Assam rout Delhi for 149". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ↑ "Odisha complain against 'underprepared' pitch". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 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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