 The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners | |
| Dates | 17 February – 26 June 2022 |
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| Administrator | BCCI |
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format | Round-robin thenknockout |
| Host |  India |
| Champions | Madhya Pradesh (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Mumbai |
| Participants | 38 |
| Matches | 65 |
| Player of the series | Sarfaraz Khan (Mumbai) |
| Most runs | Sarfaraz Khan (982) (Mumbai) |
| Most wickets | Shams Mulani (45) (Mumbai) |
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The2021–22 Ranji Trophy was the 87th season of theRanji Trophy, the premierfirst-class cricket tournament in India.[1][2] The tournament was split into two phases, with the league stage being played from 17 February to 15 March 2022,[3] and the knockout phase played from 6 to 26 June 2022.[4][5] Due to the delayed start of the tournament because of theCOVID-19 pandemic, teams were split into eight Elite groups, instead of five as per previous editions, and the Plate Group.[6] The seven teams that won their Elite Group with the best points progressed to the knockout phase. They were joined by the winner of the pre-quarter-final match between the Elite Group winning team with the fewest points and the winner of the Plate Group.[7]
In the opening round of fixtures,Sakibul Gani ofBihar became the first player to score a triple century on their first-class debut.[8] In theirPlate Group match againstMizoram, he scored 341 runs.[9]
Following the conclusion of the group stage,Madhya Pradesh,Bengal,Karnataka,Mumbai,Uttarakhand,Punjab andUttar Pradesh had all won their respective groups to qualify for the quarter-finals.Jharkhand won Group H andNagaland won the Plate Group to advance to the preliminary quarter-final match.[10] In the first innings of the preliminary quarter-final, Jharkhand were bowled out for 880 runs, thefourth-highest team total in the Ranji Trophy.[11] Jharkhand then extended their lead to 1,008 runs, the biggest ever lead in first-class cricket, progressing to the quarter-finals based on their first innings lead.[12] Mumbai,[13] Uttar Pradesh[14] and Madhya Pradesh[15] all won their quarter-final matches to advance to the semi-finals. Bengal also reached the semi-finals, after they drew their match against Jharkhand, progressing in the tournament due to having a first-innings lead.[16]
In the first semi-final, Madhya Pradesh beat Bengal by 174 runs to reach their first final in the tournament since the1998–99 edition.[17] The second semi-final, between Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh was drawn, with Mumbai advancing to the final on their first-innings lead.[18] In the final, Madhya Pradesh beat Mumbai by six wickets to win their first Ranji Trophy title.[n 1][19][20] It qualified for the2023-24 Irani Cup.
The 2021–22 Ranji Trophy was initially scheduled to take place from 13 January to 20 March 2022.[21] The previous edition of the tournament was cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[22] However, on 4 January 2022, theBoard of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that the tournament had been postponed due to an increase of COVID-19 cases in India.[23][24] The BCCI announced that they would try to host the league stage of the Ranji Trophy before the start of the2022 Indian Premier League in April.[25] Later in January 2022, the BCCI said that they were looking at the possibility of holding the tournament in two phases, from February to March, and June to July.[26]
Originally, the tournament was scheduled to start on 16 November 2021,[1] but was later postponed to 5 January 2022[27] and again to 13 January 2022.[21] As per previous editions, the tournament would have been divided into six groups, with six teams in five Elite Groups and eight teams in the Plate Group.[28] The winners of each Elite Group would have progressed directly to the quarter-finals, with the second-placed teams and the winner of the Plate Group playing in pre-quarters matches to determine the final eight teams.[29]
The teams were placed in the following groups:[30]
| Group A (Rajkot) | Group B (Cuttack) | Group C (Chennai) | Group D (Ahmedabad) | Group E (Trivandrum) |
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| Group F (Delhi) | Group G (Haryana) | Group H (Guwahati) | Plate Group (Kolkata) | |
Group A[edit]Main article:2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group A
Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2022. Source:ESPN Cricinfo Advances toQuarter-final Group B[edit]Main article:2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group B
Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2022. Source:ESPN Cricinfo Advances toQuarter-final Group C[edit]Main article:2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group C
Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2022. Source:ESPN Cricinfo Advances toQuarter-final Group D[edit]Main article:2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group D
Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2022. Source:ESPN Cricinfo Advances toQuarter-final Group E[edit]Main article:2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group E
Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2022. Source:ESPN Cricinfo Advances toQuarter-final | Group F[edit]Main article:2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group F
Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2022. Source:ESPN Cricinfo Advances toQuarter-final Group G[edit]Main article:2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group G
Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2022. Source:ESPN Cricinfo Advances toQuarter-final Group H[edit]Main article:2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group H
Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2022. Source:ESPN Cricinfo Advances toPreliminary quarter-final Plate Group[edit]Main article:2021–22 Ranji Trophy Plate Group
Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2022. Source:ESPN Cricinfo Advances toPreliminary quarter-final
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| Preliminary QF | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| H1 | Jharkhand | 298 | |||||||||||||||||
| H1 | Jharkhand | 880 & 417/6 | B1 | Bengal | 773/7d & 318/7d | ||||||||||||||
| P1 | Nagaland | 289 | B1 | Bengal | 273 & 175 | ||||||||||||||
| A1 | Madhya Pradesh | 341 & 281 | |||||||||||||||||
| F1 | Punjab | 219 & 203 | |||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Madhya Pradesh | 397 & 26/0 | |||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Madhya Pradesh | 536 & 108/4 | |||||||||||||||||
| D1 | Mumbai | 374 & 269 | |||||||||||||||||
| D1 | Mumbai | 647/8d & 261/3d | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Uttarakhand | 114 & 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| D1 | Mumbai | 393 & 533/4d | |||||||||||||||||
| G1 | Uttar Pradesh | 180 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Karnataka | 253 & 114 | |||||||||||||||||
| G1 | Uttar Pradesh | 155 & 213/5 | |||||||||||||||||
12–16 March 2022 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Eden Gardens,Kolkata Umpires: Ganesh Charhate and Manish Jain Player of the match:Kumar Kushagra (Jharkhand) |
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Match drawn Just Cricket Academy Ground,Bangalore Umpires:Belur Ravi and Saidharshan Kumar Player of the match:Sudip Kumar Gharami (Bengal) |
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Mumbai won by 725 runs KSCA Stadium,Bangalore Umpires:C. K. Nandan andNavdeep Singh Player of the match: Suved Parkar (Mumbai) |
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Uttar Pradesh won by 5 wickets KSCA Stadium,Bangalore Umpires:Nitin Pandit andYeshwant Barde Player of the match:Karan Sharma (Uttar Pradesh) |
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26/0 (5.1 overs) Yash Dubey 17* (16) |
Madhya Pradesh won by 10 wickets KSCA Stadium,Bangalore Umpires:Rohan Pandit andSundaram Ravi Player of the match:Shubham Sharma (Madhya Pradesh) |
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Madhya Pradesh won by 174 runs KSCA Stadium,Bangalore Umpires:Krishnamachari Srinivasan andUlhas Gandhe Player of the match:Himanshu Mantri (Madhya Pradesh) |
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Match drawn Just Cricket Academy Ground,Bangalore Umpires:Chirra Ravikanthreddy andVineet Kulkarni Player of the match:Yashasvi Jaiswal (Mumbai) |
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Madhya Pradesh won by 6 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bangalore Umpires:K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan andVirender Sharma Player of the match:Shubham Sharma (Madhya Pradesh) |
| Runs | Player | Match | Innings | Average | Highest score | 100 | 50 | Team |
| 982 | Sarfaraz Khan | 6 | 9 | 122.75 | 275 | 4 | 2 | Mumbai |
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| 658 | Rajat Patidar | 6 | 9 | 53.15 | 142 | 2 | 5 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 623 | Chetan Bist | 4 | 6 | 311.50 | 155* | 5 | 0 | Nagaland |
| 614 | Yash Dubey | 6 | 10 | 76.75 | 289 | 2 | 1 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 608 | Shubham Sharma | 6 | 9 | 76.00 | 116 | 4 | 1 | Madhya Pradesh |
| Wickets | Player | Match | Innings | Average | Best | 5-fer | 10-fer | Team |
| 45 | Shams Mulani | 6 | 11 | 16.75 | 7/114 | 6 | 2 | Mumbai |
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| 32 | Kumar Kartikeya | 6 | 11 | 21.00 | 6/50 | 3 | 0 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 25 | Shahbaz Nadeem | 5 | 9 | 24.96 | 5/58 | 3 | 1 | Jharkhand |
| 23 | Gaurav Yadav | 5 | 10 | 18.91 | 5/11 | 1 | 0 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 21 | Satyajeet Bachhav | 3 | 5 | 19.61 | 7/45 | 2 | 1 | Maharashtra |
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