Cricket tournament
| Dates | 17 February – 26 June 2022 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin then knockout |
| Participants | 4 |
| ← 2020–212022–23 → | |
| 2021–22 Indian domestic cricket season |
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| Men |
| Women |
The 2021–22 Ranji Trophy was the 87th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It was contested by 38 teams, divided into eight groups, with four teams in Group B. All the Group B league matches took place in Cuttack. The tournament was announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 3 July 2021. Bengal won Group B to progress to the knockout stage of the tournament.
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | D | NR | Pts | Quot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bengal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1.308 |
| 2 | Hyderabad | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.196 |
| 3 | Baroda | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.938 |
| 4 | Chandigarh | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.694 |
Advances to Quarter-final
Fixtures
Round 1
| 17–20 February 2022 Scorecard |
| Baroda | v | Bengal |
| 181 (54.2 overs) Mitesh Patel 66 (104) Ishan Porel 4/40 (14 overs) |
88 (34.3 overs) Abishek Porel 21 (19) Atit Sheth 5/44 (13.3 overs) | |
| 255 (85.1 overs) Mitesh Patel 57 (100) Akash Deep 3/69 (26.1 overs) |
350/6 (91.3 overs) Abhimanyu Easwaran 79 (116) Abhimanyusingh Rajput 3/73 (17 overs) |
| Bengal won by 4 wickets Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Umpires: Arun Kumar Basa and Puttarangaiah Jayapal Player of the match: Shahbaz Ahmed (Bengal) |
- Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
- Abishek Porel (Bengal), Jyotsnil Singh and Pratyush Kumar (Baroda) all made their first-class debuts.
| 17–20 February 2022 Scorecard |
| Hyderabad | v | Chandigarh |
| 347 (108.4 overs) Hanuma Vihari 59 (134) Jagjit Singh 4/80 (29 overs) |
216 (72 overs) Manan Vohra 110 (167) Rakshann Readdi 5/61 (17.3 overs) | |
| 269/8d (62 overs) Hanuma Vihari 106 (149) Gaurav Gambhir 4/61 (17 overs) |
183 (50.5 overs) Arslan Khan 68 (90) Ravi Teja 6/41 (17 overs) |
| Hyderabad won by 217 runs Vikas Cricket Ground, Cuttack Umpires: Vinod Seshan and VM Dhokre Player of the match: Ravi Teja (Hyderabad) |
- Chandigarh won the toss and elected to field.
- Arjit Pannu, Gaurav Puri, Raj Bawa (Chandigarh), Mickil Jaiswal and Rakshann Readdi (Hyderabad) all made their first-class debuts.
Round 2
| 24–27 February 2022 Scorecard |
| Bengal | v | Hyderabad |
| 242 (70.2 overs) Abhishek Porel 73 (62) Tanay Thyagarajan 5/71 (18.2 overs) |
205 (80 overs) Ravi Teja 81* (196) Mukesh Kumar 4/49 (24 overs) | |
| 201 (79 overs) Shahbaz Ahmed 51 (87) Tilak Varma 3/13 (3 overs) |
166 (61.2 overs) Tilak Varma 90 (152) Akash Deep 4/41 (13.2 overs) |
| Bengal won by 72 runs Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Umpires: Arun Kumar Basa and Vineet Kulkarni Player of the match: Shahbaz Ahmed (Bengal) |
- Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
- B Punnaiah (Hyderabad) made his first-class debut.
| 24–27 February 2022 Scorecard |
| Chandigarh | v | Baroda |
| 168 (62.3 overs) Manan Vohra 43 (45) Abhimanyusingh Rajput 5/47 (12.3 overs) |
517 (132.2 overs) Vishnu Solanki 104 (165) Jagjit Singh 5/118 (34.2 overs) | |
| 473/7 (136 overs) Ankit Kaushik 105* (188) Bhargav Bhatt 3/133 (49 overs) |
| Match drawn Vikas Cricket Ground, Cuttack Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer and Vinod Seshan Player of the match: Abhimanyusingh Rajput (Baroda) |
- Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
- Amrit Lubana and Harnoor Singh (Chandigarh) both made their first-class debuts.
Round 3
| 3–6 March 2022 Scorecard |
| Bengal | v | Chandigarh |
| 437 (115.3 overs) Abhimanyu Easwaran 114 (172) Jagjit Singh 5/87 (31.3 overs) |
206 (68.2 overs) Ankit Kaushik 63 (113) Nilkantha Das 3/47 (18 overs) | |
| 181/8d (56.1 overs) Anustup Majumdar 43 (94) Jaskaran Singh 2/32 (9 overs) |
260 (96.2 overs) Jaskaran Singh 80 (89) Ishan Porel 3/37 (15.2) |
| Bengal won by 152 runs Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer and Vineet Kulkarni Player of the match: Abhimanyu Easwaran (Bengal) |
- Chandigarh won the toss and elected to field.
| 3–6 March 2022 Scorecard |
| Hyderabad | v | Baroda |
| 197 (55.1 overs) Jaweed Ali 65 (90) Atit Sheth 5/53 (16.1 overs) |
163 (47 overs) Vishnu Solanki 32 (44) Bhuvangagiri Punnaiah 4/35 (17 overs) | |
| 201 (72.2 overs) Ravi Teja 56 (123) Babashafi Pathan 4/35 (13 overs) |
192 (53.4 overs) Babashafi Pathan 36 (21) Ravi Teja 4/70 (16 overs) |
| Hyderabad won by 43 runs Vikas Cricket Ground, Cuttack Umpires: VM Dhokre and Puttarangaiah Jayapal Player of the match: Ravi Teja (Hyderabad) |
- Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
- Alankrit Agarwal, Chandan Sahani and Surya Prasad (Hyderabad) all made their first-class debuts.
References
- "Ranji Trophy returns as BCCI announces full 2021-22 domestic season". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- "BCCI announces India's domestic season for 2021-22". The Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- "BCCI unveils two-phased plan for Ranji Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- "65 matches, 9 venues, 2 phases: Ranji Trophy after 22 months". The Indian Express. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- "BCCI announces India's domestic season for 2021-22". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- "Sarfaraz's century puts Mumbai in quarter-finals; Tamil Nadu knocked out". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
| Men's domestic cricket in 2021–22 | |
|---|---|
| First-class | |
| List A | |
| Twenty20 | |