Cricket tournament
 The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners | |
| Dates | 1 October 2015 (2015-10-01) – 4 December 2015 (2015-12-04) |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
| Host(s) |  India |
| Participants | 9 |
| Matches | 36 |
| ← 2014–152016–17 → | |
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
| Andhra Pradesh | Baroda | Gujarat | Madhya Pradesh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mumbai | Punjab | Railways | Tamil Nadu | Uttar Pradesh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Points table
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | A | WI | FI | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mumbai | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 35 | +0.851 |
| Punjab | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 | +0.045 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | -0.059 |
| Gujarat | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | -0.092 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | -0.117 |
| Tamil Nadu | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | -0.321 |
| Baroda | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | -0.045 |
| Railways | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.039 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | -0.459 |
- 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 |
| Tamil Nadu (H) | v | Baroda |
| 125 (57.4 overs) Baba Aparajith 44 (90) Yusuf Pathan 4/29 (10.9 overs) |
159 (49.2 overs) Yusuf Pathan 41 (43) Rahil Shah 4/38 (19 overs) | |
| 155 (59.4 overs) Baba Aparajith 39 (74) Bhargav Bhatt 6/58 (23.4 overs) |
114 (35.4 overs) Deepak Hooda 32 (19) Rahil Shah 5/43 (15.4 overs) |
| Tamil Nadu won by 7 runs MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Navdeep Singh (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Pinal Shah (Tamil Nadu) |
- Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat.
- Hitesh Solanki (Baroda), DT Chandrasekar, J Kousik and Lakshminarayanan Vignesh (Tamil Nadu) all made their first-class debuts.
| 1–4 October Scorecard |
| Uttar Pradesh (H) | v | Madhya Pradesh |
| 686/7d Mohammad Saif 198 (287) Ishwar Pandey 3/75 (29.1 overs) |
528/7 Aditya Shrivastava 169 (401) Ankit Rajpoot 4/87 (25 overs) | |
| Match drawn Teerthanker Mahaveer University Ground, Moradabad Umpires: Chirra Ravikanthreddy (Ind) and R. Sundar (Ind) Player of the match: Mohammad Saif (Uttar Pradesh) |
- Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Almas Shaukat (Uttar Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
| 1–4 October Scorecard |
| Punjab (H) | v | Railways |
| 604/5d Gurkeerat Mann 201* (207) Arnab Nandi 1/86 (27 overs) |
196 Ashish Singh 90 (160) Barinder Singh Sran 6/61 (17 overs) | |
| 282 (f/o) Arindam Ghosh 98* (152) Varun Khanna 8/97 (28 overs) |
| Punjab won by an innings and 126 runs Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Krishnaraj Srinath (Ind) Player of the match: Barinder Sran (Punjab) |
- Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ashish Singh and Hitesh Kadam (Railways) both made their first-class debuts.
| 1–4 October Scorecard |
| Andhra Pradesh (H) | v | Mumbai |
| 244 (123. 2 overs) Ricky Bhui 103 (124) Balwinder Sandhu 5/53 (29 overs) |
237 (91.5 overs) Siddhesh Lad 86 (163) Bandaru Ayyappa 6/71 (24.5 overs) | |
| 176/3 (65 overs) Prasanth Kumar 59* (106) Vishal Dabholkar 2/26 (22 overs) |
| Match drawn Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Bandaru Ayyappa (Andhra) |
- Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.
Round 2
| 8–11 October Scorecard |
| Tamil Nadu | v | Madhya Pradesh (H) |
| 596/9d (202.2 overs) J Kousik 151 (272) Udit Birla 3/52 (24 overs) |
407 (141.3 overs) Jalaj Saxena 124 (250) Aswin Crist 4/88 (28 overs) | |
| Match drawn Emerald High School Ground, Indore Umpires: Navdeep Singh (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: J Kousik (Tamil Nadu) |
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
| 8–11 October Scorecard |
| Punjab | v | Mumbai (H) |
| 154 (57 overs) Manan Vohra 34 (65) Balwinder Sandhu 4/31 (16 overs) |
569/8d (124 overs) Shreyas Iyer 200 (176) Barinder Sran 3/87 (22 overs) | |
| 403 (127.2 overs) Mandeep Singh 116 (208) Akhil Herwadkar 6/52 (22.2 overs) |
| Mumbai won by an innings and 12 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Krishnaraj Srinath (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind) Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (Mumbai) |
- Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.
| 8–11 October Scorecard |
| Gujarat | v | Andhra Pradesh (H) |
| 308 (100.3 overs) Parthiv Patel 122 (176) Duvvarapu Siva Kumar 3/44 (26 overs) |
421 (127.2 overs) Srikar Bharat 127 (201) Rush Kalaria 5/55 (26.4 overs) | |
| 254/4 (90 overs) Priyank Kirit Panchal 72 (173) Paidikalva Vijaykumar 1/22 (16 overs) |
| Match drawn Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (Ind) and Nitin Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Srikar Bharat (Andhra) |
- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
| 8–11 October Scorecard |
| Railways | v | Baroda (H) |
| 166 (48 overs) Karn Sharma 51 (84) Hardik Pandya 5/61 (15) |
500/8d (142 overs) Deepak Hooda 122 (179) Anureet Singh 5/111 (39) | |
| 221 (61.3 overs) Prashant Awasthi 67 (109) Hardik Pandya 3/30 (15 overs) |
| Baroda won by an innings and 113 runs Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Saiyed Khalid (Ind) Player of the match: Hardik Pandya (Baroda) |
- Railways won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 3
| 15–18 October Scorecard |
| Tamil Nadu | v | Mumbai (H) |
| 434 (144.4 overs) Dinesh Karthik 167 (262) Vishal Dabholkar 5/122 (41 overs) |
294 (93 overs) Siddhesh Lad 150 (184) M Mohammed 5/86 (25 overs) | |
| 95 (36 overs) Malolan Rangarajan 33 (43) Vishal Dabholkar 7/53 (18 overs) |
236/9 (60.4 overs) Shreyas Iyer 83 (71) Rahil Shah 4/78 (25 overs) |
| Mumbai won by 1 wicket Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy, Mumbai Umpires: Nitin Pandit (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Vishal Dabholkar (Mumbai) |
- Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.
| 15–18 October Scorecard |
| Gujarat | v | Punjab (H) |
| 467 (139.1 overs) Parthiv Patel 113 (190) Sarabjit Ladda 5/133 (41.1 overs) |
608 (159.3 overs) Yuvraj Singh 187 (233) Rujul Bhatt 8/151 (32.3 overs) | |
| 135/4 (43 overs) Bhargav Merai 56 (88) Sarabjit Ladda 2/60 (16 overs) |
| Match drawn Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Puttarangaiah Jayapal (Ind) and Nand Kishore Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh (Punjab) |
- Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
| 15–18 October Scorecard |
| Railways | v | Uttar Pradesh (H) |
| 375 (101.3 overs) Ashish Singh 101 (188) Kuldeep Yadav 3/64 (18 overs) |
264 (103.5 overs) Tanmay Srivastava 93 (267) Ranjeet Mali 5/88 (28.5 overs) | |
| 229/4d (70 overs) Faiz Ahmed 80 (123) Ankit Rajpoot 2/53 (18 overs) |
58 (42 overs) Himanshu Asnora 19 (72) Anureet Singh 5/15 (14 overs) |
| Railways won by 282 runs Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Ghaziabad Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Krishnaraj Srinath (Ind) Player of the match: Anureet Singh (Railways) |
- Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Faiz Ahmed (Railways) and Israr Azim (Uttar Pradesh) made their first-class debuts.
| 15–18 October Scorecard |
| Baroda | v | Andhra Pradesh (H) |
| 302 (107.2 overs) Kedar Devdhar 97 (168) Cheepurapalli Stephen 4/72 (24 overs) |
474/6d (195.4 overs) Srikar Bharat 144 (301) Ketan Panchal 2/23 (13 overs) | |
| 60/2 (17 overs) Kedar Devdhar 30* (57) Bandaru Ayyappa 2/18 (3 overs) |
| Match drawn Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram Umpires: Sudhir Asnani (Ind) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) Player of the match: Srikar Bharat (Andhra) |
- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
Round 4
| 22–25 October Scorecard |
| Madhya Pradesh | v | Punjab (H) |
| 370 (125.1 overs) Aditya Shrivastava 131 (315) Sarabjit Ladda 5/110 (39 overs) |
358 (113.5 overs) Uday Kaul 139 (266) Ankit Sharma 5/122 (38 overs) | |
| 314/6 (107 overs) Jalaj Saxena 95 (213) Sarabjit Ladda 3/52 (28 overs) |
| Match drawn Dhruve Pandove Stadium, Patiala Umpires: Rohan Pandit (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind) Player of the match: Jalaj Saxena (Madhya Pradesh) |
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Pargat Singh (Punjab) made his first-class debut.
| 22–25 October Scorecard |
| Mumbai | v | Baroda (H) |
| 447 (127.1 overs) Shreyas Iyer 173 (183) Ajitesh Argal 4/67 (25 overs) |
397 (158.5 overs) Kedar Devdhar 95 (145) Dhawal Kulkarni 5/82 (37 overs) | |
| 202/5 (61.3 overs) Suryakumar Yadav 100* (145) Swapnil Singh 3/70 (22 overs) |
| Match drawn Reliance Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Navdeep Singh (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (Mumbai) |
- Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
- Monil Patel (Baroda) made his first-class debut.
| 22–25 October Scorecard |
| Gujarat | v | Railways (H) |
| 387 (127.4 overs) Priyank Kirit Panchal 141 (233) Anureet Singh 4/91 (40.4 overs) |
234 (83.5 overs) Saurabh Wakaskar 93 (160) Jasprit Bumrah 4/47 (20 overs) | |
| 117 f/o (39.4 overs) Arindam Ghosh 25* (86) Mehul Patel 3/25 (10 overs) |
| Gujarat won by an innings and 36 runs Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Belur Ravi (Ind) and Chirra Ravikanthreddy (Ind) Player of the match: Priyank Kirit Panchal (Gujarat) |
- Railways won the toss and elected to field.
| 22–25 October Scorecard |
| Uttar Pradesh | v | Andhra Pradesh (H) |
| 170 (61.5 overs) Praveen Kumar 47 (65) Duvvarapu Siva Kumar 3/29 (18 overs) |
297 (95.3 overs) Prasanth Kumar 67 (150) Praveen Kumar 4/86 (33 overs) | |
| 309 (88.5 overs) Eklavya Dwivedi 72 (135) Paidikalva Vijaykumar 4/68 (22 overs) |
126 (47.3 overs) Paidikalva Vijaykumar 28 (45) Ankit Rajpoot 5/35 (16 overs) |
| Uttar Pradesh won by 56 runs CSR Sharma College Ground, Ongole Umpires: Subrat Das (Ind) and Umesh Dubey (Ind) Player of the match: Praveen Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) |
- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
- K. V. Sasikanth (Andhra) made his first-class debut.
Round 5
| 30 October–2 November Scorecard |
| Tamil Nadu | v | Railways (H) |
| 328 (111.2 overs) Baba Indrajith 151 (233) Anureet Singh 5/104 (43.2 overs) |
164 (65.5 overs) V. Cheluvaraj 66 (165) Aswin Crist 6/60 (17 overs) | |
| 77/2 (23.2 overs) Dinesh Karthik 43 (40) Anureet Singh 2/43 (12 overs) |
240 (88.2 overs) (f/o) V. Cheluvaraj 88 (218) Rahil Shah 4/38 (19 overs) |
| Tamil Nadu won by 8 wickets Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Rajesh Deshpande (Ind) Player of the match: Baba Indrajith (Tamil Nadu) |
- Railways won the toss and elected to field.
- Bhima Rao (Railways) made his first-class debut.
| 30 October–2 November Scorecard |
| Madhya Pradesh | v | Baroda (H) |
| 269 (111.2 overs) Rajat Patidar 60 (154) Swapnil Singh 4/61 (23.2 overs) |
296 (113.2 overs) Aditya Waghmode 68 (237) Mihir Hirwani 5/60 (20.2 overs) | |
| 288/6d (68 overs) Rajat Patidar 101 (127) Swapnil Singh 4/94 (22 overs) |
174 (48.4 overs) Yusuf Pathan 86 (98) Puneet Datey 4/20 (10 overs) |
| Madhya Pradesh won by 87 runs Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Puttarangaiah Jayapal (Ind) and Krishnaraj Srinath (Ind) Player of the match: Mihir Hirwani (Madhya Pradesh) |
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rishi Arothe, Atit Sheth (Baroda) and Ankit Dane, Rajat Patidar (Madhya Pradesh) all made their first-class debuts.
| 30 October–2 November Scorecard |
| Andhra Pradesh | v | Punjab (H) |
| 80 (45 overs) Prasanth Kumar 33 (100) Gurkeerat Singh 4/14 (11 overs) |
147 (55 overs) Jiwanjot Singh 59 (101) Prasanth Kumar 4/14 (7 overs) | |
| 133 (41.4 overs) Srikar Bharat 39 (45) Gurkeerat Singh 5/38 (11.4 overs) |
67/3 (19.3 overs) Mandeep Singh 22* (33) Hanumappa Shivraj 1/10 (5 overs) |
| Punjab won by 7 wickets Dhruve Pandove Stadium, Patiala Umpires: Krishnamachari Bharatan (Ind) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) Player of the match: Gurkeerat Singh (Punjab) |
- Andhra won the toss and elected to bat.
- Hanumappa Shivraj (Andhra) made his first-class debuts.
| 30 October–2 November Scorecard |
| Uttar Pradesh | v | Gujarat (H) |
| 273 (90.5 overs) Himanshu Asnora 57* (138) Rush Kalaria 3/51 (22) |
100 (31.4 overs) Parthiv Patel 39 (59) Praveen Kumar 5/16 (10 overs) | |
| 257 (75.2 overs) Umang Sharma 66 (109) Axar Patel 5/90 (28 overs) |
275 (59.4 overs) Manpreet Juneja 91 (101) Saurabh Kumar 5/106 (21.4 overs) |
| Uttar Pradesh won by 155 runs Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Valsad Umpires: Sivasubramaniyan Shankar (Ind) and Shavir Tarapore (Ind) Player of the match: Saurabh Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) |
- Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 6
| 7–10 November Scorecard |
| Andhra Pradesh | v | Tamil Nadu (H) |
| 203 (77.2 overs) A. G. Pradeep 78 (159) D. T. Chandrasekar 4/41 (21.2 overs) |
164/7 (37 overs) Baba Indrajith 43 (51) Bodavarapu Sudhakar 2/44 (10 overs) | |
| Match drawn MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Pashchim Pathak (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: A. G. Pradeep (Andhra) |
- Andhra won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible on day 2 and 3 because of rain.
- Jyothi Krishna and Koripalli Sreekanth (Andhra) both made their first-class debuts.
| 7–10 November Scorecard |
| Railways | v | Madhya Pradesh (H) |
| 256 (82.4 overs) Saurabh Wakaskar 73 (124) Jalaj Saxena 8/96 (34.4 overs) |
276 (90.2 overs) Rajat Patidar 113 (131) Karn Sharma 5/102 (29 overs) | |
| 131 (51.1 overs) Saurabh Wakaskar 26 (68) Jalaj Saxena 8/58 (26) |
112/1 (19.1 overs) Jalaj Saxena 47* (57) Bhima Rao 1/20 (4 overs) |
| Madhya Pradesh won by 9 wickets Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior Umpires: Rajesh Deshpande (Ind) and Saiyed Khalid (Ind) Player of the match: Jalaj Saxena (Madhya Pradesh) |
- Railways won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jalaj Saxena's match figures of 16 for 154 are the second-best in the history of the Ranji Trophy.
| 7–10 November Scorecard |
| Mumbai (H) | v | Uttar Pradesh |
| 610/9d (153 overs) Shreyas Iyer 137 (110) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/99 (23 overs) |
440 (151 overs) Himanshu Asnora 92 (262) Abhishek Nayar 4/63 (29 overs) | |
| 140/1 (45 overs) (f/o) Himanshu Asnora 68* (136) Vishal Dabholkar 1/30 (10 overs) |
| Match drawn Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Nand Kishore (Ind) Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (Mumbai) |
- Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
| 7–10 November Scorecard |
| Gujarat (H) | v | Baroda |
| 505 (148.2 overs) Priyank Kirit Panchal 128 (242) Irfan Pathan 6/47 (25.2 overs) |
252 (82.3 overs) Irfan Pathan 58 (84) Axar Patel 3/81 (25.3 overs) | |
| 207 (73.4 overs) (f/o) Hardik Pandya 43 (51) Rujul Bhatt 4/48 (14 overs) |
| Gujarat won by an innings and 46 runs Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Valsad Umpires: Chirra Ravikanthreddy (Ind) and R. Sundar (Ind) Player of the match: Axar Patel (Gujarat) |
- Gujarat won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 7
| 15–18 November Scorecard |
| Uttar Pradesh (H) | v | Tamil Nadu |
| 348 (107.1 overs) Almas Shaukat 88 (203) Malolan Rangarajan 3/51 (23.1 overs) |
231 (88 overs) Vijay Shankar 92 (188) Praveen Kumar 4/65 (27 overs) | |
| 273/5d (62 overs) Suresh Raina 145* (138) Baba Aparajith 2/73 (13 overs) |
212/4 (84 overs) Abhinav Mukund 71 (155) Saurabh Kumar 2/30 (19 overs) |
| Match drawn Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Umpires: Umesh Dubey (Ind) and Amiesh Saheba (Ind) Player of the match: Suresh Raina (Uttar Pradesh) |
- Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.
| 15–18 November Scorecard |
| Gujarat (H) | v | Madhya Pradesh |
| 311 (106.1 overs) Manpreet Juneja 61 (101) Jalaj Saxena 3/56 (29.1 overs) |
200 (80.2 overs) Naman Ojha 56 (110) Jasprit Bumrah 3/46 (25 overs) | |
| 202/9d (74.3 overs) Manpreet Juneja 41 (107) Jalaj Saxena 6/60 (30.3 overs) |
160 (49.5 overs) Ankit Sharma 55 (85) R. P. Singh 5/33 (12 overs) |
| Gujarat won by 153 runs Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat Umpires: Chirra Ravikanthreddy (Ind) and S. Shankar (Ind) Player of the match: R. P. Singh (Gujarat) |
- Gujarat won the toss and elected to bat.
| 15–18 November Scorecard |
| Baroda (H) | v | Punjab |
| 475 (130.5 overs) Kedar Devdhar 186 (249) Deepak Bansal 3/57 (25 overs) |
212 (65.5 overs) Uday Kaul 58 (147) Hardik Pandya 3/50 (14 overs) | |
| 147 (38.4 overs) f/o Siddarth Kaul 40* (42) Irfan Pathan 3/19 (6.4 overs) |
| Baroda won by an innings and 116 runs Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Krishnamachari Bharatan (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Kedar Devdhar (Baroda) |
- Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
- Deepak Bansal (Punjab) made his first-class debut.
| 15–18 November Scorecard |
| Railways | v | Mumbai (H) |
| 217 (84.4 overs) Arindam Ghosh 67 (183) Shardul Thakur 4/38 (19 overs) |
331 (95.4 overs) Akhil Herwadkar 145 (220) Karn Sharma 7/91 (31.4 overs) | |
| 408/4d (104 overs) Saurabh Wakaskar 185 (294) Vishal Dabholkar 3/115 (23 overs) |
295/4 (64 overs) Shreyas Iyer 91 (112) Sagar Mishra 53 (12 overs) |
| Mumbai won by 6 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Shavir Tarapore (Ind) Player of the match: Akhil Herwadkar (Mumbai) |
- Railways won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jay Bista (Mumbai), Sagar Mishra, Akshat Pandey and Vivek Singh (Railways) all made their first-class debuts.
Round 8
| 23–26 November Scorecard |
| Gujarat | v | Tamil Nadu (H) |
| 195/2d (63 overs) Priyank Kirit Panchal 90 (181) Malolan Rangarajan 1/39 (17 overs) |
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| Match drawn Indian Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) |
- Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.
- No play on days 1, 2 and 3 due to rain and a wet outfield.
| 23–26 November Scorecard |
| Madhya Pradesh (H) | v | Mumbai |
| 240 (75.1 overs) Harpreet Singh 59 (155) Ankush Jaiswal 4/63 (19 overs) |
162 (38.1 overs) Jay Bista 27 (48) Jalaj Saxena 5/66 (19.1 overs) | |
| 201 (71.2 overs) Jalaj Saxena 79 (152) Shardul Thakur 3/33 (14 overs) |
283/7 (77.3 overs) Jay Bista 74 (105) Jalaj Saxena 4/89 (27 overs) |
| Mumbai won by 3 wickets Holkar Stadium, Indore Umpires: Krishnaraj Srinath (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind) Player of the match: Jay Bista (Mumbai) |
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ankush Jaiswal (Mumbai) made his first-class debut.
- Mumbai made their highest successful run-chase away from home in the Ranji Trophy and qualified for the quarter-finals as a result.
| 23–26 November Scorecard |
| Punjab | v | Uttar Pradesh (H) |
| 272 (90.3 overs) Mayank Sidhana 85 (141) Praveen Kumar 4/81 (30.3 overs) |
226 (77.4 overs) Umang Sharma 49 (114) Siddarth Kaul 4/82 (21.4 overs) | |
| 295/7d (80 overs) Uday Kaul 109* (199) Ankit Rajpoot 3/67 (20 overs) |
204/6 (72 overs) Akshdeep Nath 76 (210) Harbhajan Singh 2/57 (21 overs) |
| Match drawn Green Park, Kanpur Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Bongani Jele (SA) Player of the match: Mayank Sidhana (Punjab) |
- Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
| 23–26 November Scorecard |
| Railways (H) | v | Andhra Pradesh |
| 182 (64.4 overs) Saurabh Wakaskar 43 (69) Sneha Kishore 5/76 (24) |
114 (50 overs) Prasanth Kumar 49 (100) Karn Sharma 5/30 (14 overs) | |
| 204 (69.2 overs) Ashish Yadav 62 (94) Bodavarapu Sudhakar 5/49 (12.2 overs) |
124 (64.2 overs) Srikar Bharat 32 (76) Anureet Singh 4/32 (17 overs) |
| Railways won by 148 runs Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Subrat Das (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Ashish Yadav (Railways) |
- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
- Sneha Kishore (Andhra) made his first-class debut.
Round 9
| 1–4 December Scorecard |
| Punjab | v | Tamil Nadu (H) |
| 206 (57 overs) Yuvraj Singh 49 (63) D. T. Chandrasekar 3/43 (13 overs) |
68 (23.4 overs) Jagatheesan Kousik 30 (36) Rajwinder Singh 6/29 (11.4 overs) | |
| 174 (42.5 overs) Gitansh Khera 43* (40) Malolan Rangarajan 4/53 (17 overs) |
69 (22 overs) Baba Aparajith 32* (56) Harbhajan Singh 7/37 (11 overs) |
| Punjab won by 243 runs NPR College Ground, Dindigul Umpires: Pashchim Pathak (Ind) and John Ward (Aus) Player of the match: Harbhajan Singh (Punjab) |
- Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
- In the 48th over of the match, umpire John Ward was hit on the head following a shot played by Barinder Sran (Punjab). He was replaced by Mohammad Raffik for the rest of the match.
| 1–4 December Scorecard |
| Madhya Pradesh (H) | v | Andhra Pradesh |
| 279 (92.5 overs) Rameez Khan 89 (158) Bandaru Ayyappa 5/66 (26 overs) |
56 (38.2 overs) Ashwin Hebbar 13 (27) Ankit Sharma 6/17 (18 overs) | |
| 214 (78.3 overs) f/o A. G. Pradeep 62 (129) Ankit Sharma 7/91 (30 overs) |
| Madhya Pradesh won by an innings and 9 runs Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Ankit Sharma (Madhya Pradesh) |
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
| 1–4 December Scorecard |
| Mumbai (H) | v | Gujarat |
| 531 (141.2 overs) Akhil Herwadkar 192 (326) Axar Patel 3/99 (30.2 overs) |
421 (139.4 overs) Bhargav Merai 166 (331) Shardul Thakur 6/107 (37 overs) | |
| 227/6 (65.1 overs) Nikhil Patil 44* (91) Rujul Bhatt 4/76 (25 overs) |
| Match drawn Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (Ind) and Bongani Jele (SA) Player of the match: Akhil Herwadkar (Mumbai) |
- Gujarat won the toss and elected to field.
- Alshaaz Pathan (Gujarat) made his first-class debut.
| 1–4 December Scorecard |
| Baroda | v | Uttar Pradesh (H) |
| 321 (113.5 overs) Ambati Rayudu 70 (190) Piyush Chawla 3/41 (14 overs) |
524 (152.1 overs) Umang Sharma 215 (423) Munaf Patel 2/42 (18 overs) | |
| 258/3 (68.4 overs) Aditya Waghmode 100* (219) Saurabh Kumar 1/56 (19 overs) |
| Match drawn Greater Noida Cricket Stadium, Greater Noida Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) Player of the match: Umang Sharma (Uttar Pradesh) |
- Baroda won the toss and elected to bat.
References
- "L Balaji to be Tamil Nadu bowling coach and player". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- "Ranji Trophy, 2015-16 Points table". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- "Jalaj Saxena takes 16 as MP crush Railways". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- "Abdulla, Thakur help Mumbai seal quarterfinal berth". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- "Umpire Ward stable after blow to head". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
External links
- Series home at ESPNcricinfo
- Series home at Bcci.tv Archived 2 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine