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2015–16 Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners
Dates	1 October 2015 (2015-10-01) – 28 February 2016 (2016-02-28)
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin then knockout
Host(s)	India
Champions	Mumbai (41st title)
Participants	27
Matches	115
Most runs	Shreyas Iyer (1321) (Mumbai)
Most wickets	Shahbaz Nadeem (51) (Jharkhand)
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The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy was the 82nd season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It was contested by 27 teams divided into three groups of nine teams each. The top three teams from Groups A and B advanced to the quarterfinals along with the top two teams from Group C. For this season the schedule splits into two stages, the first is a league stage and the second being a knock-out stage. The league stage starts on 1 October 2015 and ends on 4 December 2015 and the knock-out stage starts on 3 February 2016 and ends on 28 February 2016. The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy will be followed by the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Deodhar Trophy.

The final was contested by Saurashtra and Mumbai, a repeat of the 2012–13 final. Mumbai won the match by an innings and 21 runs to claim their 41st title.

Personnel changes

Players

Coaches

Teams

The groups drawn are as follows

Group A

Points table

•   Top three teams advanced to knockout stage.
•   Bottom placed team relegated to Group C for 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.

Group B

Points table

•   Top three teams advanced to knockout stage.
•   Bottom placed team relegated to Group C for 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.

Group C

Points table

•   Top two teams advanced to knockout stage and promoted to Group A and Group B respectively for 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

1st Quarter-final

• Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.

2nd Quarter-final

• Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

3rd Quarter-final

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| score-team2-inns1 = 121 (45.2 overs) | runs-team2-inns1 = 48 (100) | wickets-team2-inns1 = Ishwar Pandey 4/45 (16 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 560/9d (160.3 overs) | runs-team1-inns2 = Harpreet Singh 139 (206) | wickets-team1-inns2 = Ashok Dinda 2/92 (32.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 432 (91.4 overs) | runs-team2-inns2 = Manoj Tiwary 124 (160) | wickets-team2-inns2 = Ishwar Pandey(Bunty) 4/93 (22.4 overs)

| venue = Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | toss = Bengal won the toss and elected to field. | umpires = Anil Dandekar and Rajesh Deshpande | motm = Ishwar Pandey (Madhya Pradesh) | report = Scorecard | result = Madhya Pradesh won by 355 runs | notes = Chandrakant Sakure (Madhya Pradesh) made his first-class debut. }}

4th Quarter-final

• Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sufiyan Shaikh (Mumbai) made his first-class debut.

Semi-finals

1st Semi-final

• Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.

2nd Semi-final

• Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
• Jagdeep Baweja (Madhya Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
• Mumbai progressed to the final due to the first innings lead.
• Shreyas Iyer (Mumbai) became the fifth player to score 1,200 runs in a single Ranji Trophy competition.

Final

• Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.
• Prerak Mankad (Saurashtra) made his first-class debut.

Statistics

Batting records

Most runs

High scores

Most hundreds

Most fifties (and over)

Most sixes in an innings

References

1. "BCCI splits Ranji Trophy stages in rejig". ESPNcricinfo. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
2. ^ "Mumbai enter final on lead in Cuttack run fest". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
3. "Mumbai seal 41st Ranji title with innings win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
4. ^ "Full list of transfers before the 2015-16 domestic season". ESPNcricinfo. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
5. "Sehwag joins Haryana Ranji team". bcci.tv. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
6. RP Singh from Uttar Pradesh to Gujarat
7. "Duleep Trophy omitted from 2015-16 calendar". ESPNcricinfo. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
8. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 2015-16 Points table". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
9. "Suryakumar, Tare tons set MP 571 target". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo
• Series home at Bcci.tv Archived 2 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine

• 2015 in Indian cricket
• 2016 in Indian cricket
• Domestic cricket competitions in 2015–16
• Ranji Trophy seasons