 The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners | |
| Dates | 13 December 2022 – 20 February 2023 |
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| Administrator | BCCI |
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format | Round-robin thenknockout |
| Host |  India |
| Champions | Saurashtra (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Bengal |
| Participants | 38 |
| Matches | 138 |
| Player of the series | Arpit Vasavada (Saurashtra) |
| Most runs | Mayank Agarwal (Karnataka) (990) |
| Most wickets | Jalaj Saxena (Kerala) (50) |
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The2022–23 Ranji Trophy was the 88th season of theRanji Trophy, the premierfirst-class cricket tournament in India.[1] It was played from 13 December 2022 and was finished on 19 February 2023.[2]Madhya Pradesh were the defending champions, winning their first Ranji Trophy titleprevious season.[n 1][3][4]
During this season, Sikkim hosted Ranji Trophy matches for the first time.[5]Narayanan Janani,Vrinda Rathi andGayathri Venugopalan became the first female umpires to officiate in the Ranji Trophy.[6]
In the final,Saurashtra defeatedBengal by 9 wickets to win their second title.[7]
Unlike thelast season, where all teams competed for the same trophy, this season BCCI enforced thePromotion and relegation format. This Ranji trophy had two winners to improve the standard and competitiveness of the tournament. The teams were divided into two categories named as Elite category having 32 teams split into four groups, with Plate category having 6 teams.[8] The Elite group teams played each other once, with the top two teams from each group qualified for the quarter-finals. In the Plate Group also teams played each other once, but the top four teams qualified for the plate group knockouts, with the bottom two teams playing for the fifth and sixth positions, and another playoff for the third and fourth positions took place.[9] The two Plate finalists will be promoted to the Elite group for the next season, 2023–24, while the bottom two teams of all the four Elite groups combined - factoring in both points and the quotient will be relegated to Plate group.[9]
The teams were placed in the following groups:[10]
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Plate Group |
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Group A[edit]Main article:2022–23 Ranji Trophy Group A
Updated to match(es) played on 27 January 2023. Source:ESPN Cricinfo Advances toQuarter-final Relegated to Plate Group for next season Group B[edit]Main article:2022–23 Ranji Trophy Group B
Updated to match(es) played on 27 January 2023. Source:ESPN Cricinfo Advances toQuarter-final Relegated to Plate Group for next season Group C[edit]Main article:2022–23 Ranji Trophy Group C
Updated to match(es) played on 27 January 2023. Source:ESPN Cricinfo Advances toQuarter-final | Group D[edit]Main article:2022–23 Ranji Trophy Group D
Updated to match(es) played on 27 January 2023. Source:ESPN Cricinfo Advances toQuarter-final Plate Group[edit]Main article:2022–23 Ranji Trophy Plate Group
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2023. Source:ESPN Cricinfo Advances toPlate Semi-Final
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Mizoram won by an innings and 27 runs Narendra Modi Stadium,Ahmedabad Umpires:Navdeep Singh and KR Vasuki Player of the match:Avinash Yadav (Mizoram) |
| Plate Semi-finals | Plate Final | ||||||||
| P4 | Bihar | 428 & 164 | |||||||
| P1 | Meghalaya | 134 & 156 | |||||||
| P4 | Bihar | 546 & 335 | |||||||
| P3 | Manipur | 337 & 324 | |||||||
| P2 | Sikkim | 229 & 273 | |||||||
| P3 | Manipur | 166 & 340/8 | |||||||
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428 (105.3 overs) Bipin Saurabh 177 (183) Arbin Singh 3/101 (30 overs) | ||
Bihar won by 302 runs Meghalaya Cricket Association Ground,Shillong Umpires: Premdip Chatterjee andVineet Kulkarni Player of the match: Bipin Saurabh (Bihar) |
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Manipur won by 2 wickets Lalabhai Contractor Stadium,Surat Umpires: Madanagopal Kuppuraj andRohan Pandit Player of the match:Sumit Singh (Sikkim) |
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Bihar won by 220 runs Moin-ul-Haq Stadium,Patna Umpires:Nand Kishore andKrishnamachari Srinivasan Player of the match:Sakibul Gani (Bihar) |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Bengal | 328 & 69/1 | ||||||||||||
| C2 | Jharkhand | 173 & 221 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Bengal | 438 & 279 | ||||||||||||
| D1 | Madhya Pradesh | 170 & 241 | ||||||||||||
| D1 | Madhya Pradesh | 228 & 245/5 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Andhra | 379 & 93 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Bengal | 174 & 241 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Saurashtra | 404 & 14/1 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Saurashtra | 303 & 379 | ||||||||||||
| D2 | Punjab | 431 & 180 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Saurashtra | 527 & 117/6 | ||||||||||||
| C1 | Karnataka | 407 & 234 | ||||||||||||
| C1 | Karnataka | 606 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Uttarakhand | 116 & 209 | ||||||||||||
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221 (63.5 overs) Aryaman Sen 64 (132) Akash Ghatak 3/21 (7.5 overs) |
Bengal won by 9 wickets Eden Gardens,Kolkata Umpires: Vinod Seshan and Akshay Totre Player of the match:Akash Deep (Bengal) |
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Saurashtra won by 71 runs Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium,Rajkot Umpires:Saiyed Khalid andNikhil Patwardhan Player of the match:Parth Bhut (Saurashtra) |
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Karnataka won by an innings and 281 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bengaluru Umpires: Saidharshan Kumar andNitin Pandit Player of the match:Shreyas Gopal (Karnataka) |
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Madhya Pradesh won by 5 wickets Holkar Stadium,Indore Umpires:Rohan Pandit andTapan Sharma Player of the match:Prithvi Raj (Andhra) |
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Bengal won by 306 runs Holkar Stadium,Indore Umpires:Anil Chaudhary andVirender Sharma Player of the match:Akash Deep (Bengal) |
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Saurashtra won by 4 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bengaluru Umpires:Ulhas Gandhe andSadashiv Iyer Player of the match:Arpit Vasavada (Saurashtra) |
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Saurashtra won by 9 wickets Eden Gardens,Kolkata Umpires:Jayaraman Madanagopal andNavdeep Singh Player of the match:Jaydev Unadkat (Saurashtra) |