Cricket tournament
 The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners | |
| Dates | 6 October 2017 (2017-10-06) – 28 November 2017 (2017-11-28) |
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| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
| Host(s) |  India |
| Participants | 7 |
| ← 2016–17 | |
| 2017–18 Indian domestic cricket season |
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| Women |
The 2017–18 Ranji Trophy was the 84th season of the Ranji Trophy, the first-class cricket tournament in India. It was contested by 28 teams divided into four groups, each containing seven teams. The top two teams from Group B progressed to the quarterfinals of the competition.
Defending champions Gujarat and Kerala progressed to the knockout stage of the competition after beating Jharkhand and Haryana respectively in the final round of group-stage fixtures. It was the first time that Kerala had progressed to the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy.
Teams
The following teams were placed in Group B, based on their average points in the previous three years:
Points table
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gujarat | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | +0.097 |
| Kerala | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | +0.636 |
| Saurashtra | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | +0.245 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | –0.077 |
| Haryana | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | –0.506 |
| Jharkhand | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | –0.049 |
| Rajasthan | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | –0.294 |
- Top two teams advanced to the knockout stage
Fixtures
Round 1
| 6–9 October 2017 Scorecard |
| Jharkhand | v | Kerala |
| 202 (73.2 overs) Ishan Kishan 45 (100) Jalaj Saxena 6/50 (30 overs) |
259 (90.3 overs) Jalaj Saxena 54* (148) Sunny Gupta 6/94 (35 overs) | |
| 89 (41.3 overs) Saurabh Tiwary 26* (44) Jalaj Saxena 5/27 (20.3 overs) |
34/1 (5 overs) Arun Karthik 27* (21) Samar Quadri 1/15 (2 overs) |
| Kerala won by 9 wickets Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Nikhil Patwardhan Player of the match: Jalaj Saxena (Kerala) |
- Jharkhand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ponnan Rahul (Kerala) and Nazim Siddiqui (Jharkhand) both made their first-class debuts.
| 6–9 October 2017 Scorecard |
| Rajasthan | v | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 330 (115.2 overs) Robin Bist 113 (233) Mohammed Mudhasir 5/81 (33.2 overs) |
436/8d (156.5 overs) Ahmed Bandy 102 (205) Tanveer Ul-Haq 3/43 (21 overs) | |
| 246/4 (68 overs) Rajesh Bishnoi 101* (138) Rohit Sharma 2/28 (10 overs) |
| Match drawn Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Vineet Kulkarni Player of the match: Mohammed Mudhasir (Jammu & Kashmir) |
- Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to field.
- Khaleel Ahmed and Tajinder Singh (Rajasthan) both made their first-class debuts.
| 6–9 October 2017 Scorecard |
| Saurashtra | v | Haryana |
| 278 (90.3 overs) Prerak Mankad 68 (115) Ashish Hooda 6/61 (24 overs) |
107 (42.3 overs) Rahul Tewatia 23 (29) Shaurya Sanandia 4/44 (13 overs) | |
| 140 (43 overs) (f/o) Chaitanya Bishnoi 56 (115) Jaydev Unadkat 3/55 (14 overs) |
| Saurashtra won by an innings and 31 runs Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak Umpires: Sivasubramaniyan Shankar and R. Sundar Player of the match: Prerak Mankad (Saurashtra) |
- Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
- Amit Rana (Haryana) made his first-class debut.
Round 2
| 14–17 October 2017 Scorecard |
| Kerala | v | Gujarat |
| 208 (66.5 overs) Sanju Samson 51 (83) Piyush Chawla 5/69 (19.5 overs) |
307 (106.3 overs) Chirag Gandhi 91 (145) Akshay Chandran 3/52 (24.3 overs) | |
| 203 (76.3 overs) Arun Karthik 69 (148) Siddharth Desai 6/80 (26.3 overs) |
108/6 (42.3 overs) Priyank Panchal 30 (77) Jalaj Saxena 2/16 (14 overs) |
| Gujarat won by 4 wickets GS Patel Stadium, Nadiad Umpires: Krishnamachari Bharatan and Subrat Das Player of the match: Siddharth Desai (Gujarat) |
- Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
- Siddharth Desai (Gujarat) and Sijomon Joseph (Kerala) both made their first-class debuts.
- Siddharth Desai (Gujarat) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
| 14–17 October 2017 Scorecard |
| Rajasthan | v | Jharkhand |
| 423 (141.5 overs) Tajinder Singh 134 (282) Sunny Gupta 3/76 (27.5 overs) |
265 (97.3 overs) Saurabh Tiwary 83 (157) Pankaj Singh 4/48 (24 overs) | |
| 332/6 (103.5 overs) (f/o) Ishank Jaggi 103* (193) Pankaj Singh 3/53 (12 overs) |
| Match drawn Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Krishnaraj Srinath Player of the match: Amitkumar Gautam (Rajasthan) |
- Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.
- Tajinder Singh (Rajasthan) scored his maiden first-class century.
| 14–17 October 2017 Scorecard |
| Saurashtra | v | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 624/7d (135 overs) Ravindra Jadeja 201 (313) Waseem Raza 3/164 (35 overs) |
156 (60.5 overs) Shubham Khajuria 41 (137) Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 6/68 (21 overs) | |
| 256 (84.1 overs) (f/o) Ram Dayal 56 (73) Vandit Jivrajani 6/79 (24.1 overs) |
| Saurashtra won by an innings and 212 runs Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan and Tapan Sharma Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Saurashtra) |
- Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 3
| 24–27 October 2017 Scorecard |
| Kerala | v | Rajasthan |
| 335 (118.3 overs) Rohan Prem 79 (157) Mahipal Lomror 4/51 (22.3 overs) |
243 (82.3 overs) Dishant Yagnik 62 (134) Jalaj Saxena 8/85 (33.3 overs) | |
| 250/4d (50.4 overs) Jalaj Saxena 105* (157) Tajinder Singh 2/38 (6.4 overs) |
211 (83.4 overs) Robin Bist 70 (143) Sijomon Joseph 5/84 (30.4 overs) |
| Kerala won by 131 runs St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba Umpires: Rohan Pandit Player of the match: Jalaj Saxena (Kerala) |
- Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sijomon Joseph (Kerala) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
| 24–27 October 2017 Scorecard |
| Haryana | v | Jharkhand |
| 208 (75.4 overs) Chaitanya Bishnoi 61 (205) Sunny Gupta 4/67 (25 overs) |
425/9d (133.5 overs) Ishank Jaggi 135 (237) Chaitanya Bishnoi 2/43 (20.5 overs) | |
| 296 (113 overs) Rajat Paliwal 93 (237) Shahbaz Nadeem 6/93 (42 overs) |
81/0 (10.4 overs) Ishan Kishan 46* (45) |
| Jharkhand won by 10 wickets JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Sadashiv Iyer Player of the match: Ishank Jaggi (Jharkhand) |
- Haryana won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ajit Chahal (Haryana) made his first-class debut.
| 24–27 October 2017 Scorecard |
| Jammu & Kashmir | v | Gujarat |
| 261 (77.2 overs) Shubham Khajuria 54 (86) Piyush Chawla 5/92 (24 overs) |
455 (143 overs) Manpreet Juneja 131 (279) Manik Gupta 5/143 (29 overs) | |
| 130 (34.4 overs) Ram Dayal 29 (26) Hardik Patel 5/49 (14.4 overs) |
| Gujarat won by an innings and 64 runs Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Nitin Pandit Player of the match: Manprit Juneja (Gujarat) |
- Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 4
| 1–4 November 2017 Scorecard |
| Saurashtra | v | Jharkhand |
| 553/9d (161 overs) Cheteshwar Pujara 204 (355) Ashish Kumar 3/76 (33 overs) |
270 (82.1 overs) Ishank Jaggi 114 (171) Vandit Jivrajani 4/33 (14 overs) | |
| 59/4 (14 overs) Robin Uthappa 17 (18) Ashish Kumar 2/20 (6 overs) |
341 (83 overs) (f/o) Sumit Kumar 108 (147) Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 4/108 (21 overs) |
| Saurashtra won by 6 wickets Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Saiyed Khalid Player of the match: Cheteshwar Pujara (Saurashtra) |
- Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
- Cheteshwar Pujara (Saurashtra) scored his 12th double-century, the most by an Indian batsman in first-class cricket, breaking the record set by Vijay Merchant.
| 1–4 November 2017 Scorecard |
| Gujarat | v | Haryana |
| 236 (84.1 overs) Bhargav Merai 52 (98) Amit Mishra 4/63 (26.1 overs) |
157 (64 overs) Rohit Sharma 65* (129) Piyush Chawla 4/48 (21 overs) | |
| 281/9d (76.5 overs) Priyank Panchal 67 (108) Ashish Hooda 4/79 (21.5 overs) |
122 (44.3 overs) Sanjay Pahal 41 (55) Piyush Chawla 5/44 (14.3 overs) |
| Gujarat won by 238 runs Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Valsad Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer and Krishnaraj Srinath Player of the match: Siddharth Desai (Gujarat) |
- Gujarat won the toss and elected to bat.
| 1–4 November 2017 Scorecard |
| Kerala | v | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 219 (76 overs) Sanju Samson 112 (187) Parvez Rasool 6/70 (26 overs) |
173 (62 overs) Shubham Khajuria 41 (84) KC Akshay 4/37 (14 overs) | |
| 191 (65.3 overs) Rohan Prem 58 (149) Parvez Rasool 5/70 (28 overs) |
79 (41.5 overs) Parvez Rasool 17 (29) KC Akshay 5/21 (13.5 overs) |
| Kerala won by 158 runs St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni and Nitin Pandit Player of the match: Sanju Samson (Kerala) |
- Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
- KC Akshay (Kerala) made his first-class debut.
- Parvez Rasool (Jammu & Kashmir) took his tenth five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
- KC Akshay (Kerala) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
Round 5
| 9–12 November 2017 Scorecard |
| Saurashtra | v | Gujarat |
| 570 (161.4 overs) Cheteshwar Pujara 182 (313) Siddharth Desai 4/154 (36.4 overs) |
413 (145.1 overs) Priyank Panchal 145 (289) Jaydev Unadkat 4/83 (29 overs) | |
| 98/1 (30.1 overs) Robin Uthappa 64* (85) Siddharth Desai 1/40 (12 overs) |
| Match drawn Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot Umpires: Sudhir Asnani and R. Sundar Player of the match: Cheteshwar Pujara (Saurashtra) |
- Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
| 9–12 November 2017 Scorecard |
| Jammu & Kashmir | v | Jharkhand |
| 376 (100.3 overs) Puneet Bisht 115 (142) Varun Aaron 4/54 (22 overs) |
292/9d (108 overs) Nazim Siddiqui 70 (69) Aamir Aziz 4/86 (25 overs) | |
| 265/9d (63.5 overs) Parvez Rasool 70 (74) Utkarsh Singh 3/40 (10 overs) |
243 (49.4 overs) Ishan Kishan 52 (56) Aamir Aziz 5/63 (16 overs) |
| Jammu & Kashmir won by 106 runs Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Ulhas Gandhe Player of the match: Parvez Rasool (Jammu & Kashmir) |
- Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to bat.
- Utkarsh Singh (Jharkhand) and Aquib Nazir (Jammu & Kashmir) both made their first-class debuts.
| 9–12 November 2017 Scorecard |
| Haryana | v | Rajasthan |
| 233 (71 overs) Harshal Patel 83 (108) Aniket Choudhary 3/37 (16 overs) |
150 (52.4 overs) Tajinder Singh 38 (42) Ajit Chahal 3/42 (10.4 overs) | |
| 179/5d (55 overs) Shivam Chauhan 65 (104) Aniket Choudhary 2/30 (12 overs) |
59/7 (39 overs) Mahipal Lomror 20* (98) Ashish Hooda 3/8 (12 overs) |
| Match drawn Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Belur Ravi Player of the match: Harshal Patel (Haryana) |
- Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
Round 6
| 17–20 November 2017 Scorecard |
| Kerala | v | Saurashtra |
| 225 (78 overs) Sanju Samson 68 (104) Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 6/112 (33 overs) |
232 (78.5 overs) Robin Uthappa 86 (120) Sijomon Joseph 4/43 (19 overs) | |
| 411/6d (92 overs) Sanju Samson 175 (180) Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 4/153 (35 overs) |
95 (51.3 overs) Sheldon Jackson 24 (74) Jalaj Saxena 4/29 (14.3 overs) |
| Kerala won by 309 runs St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan and Virender Sharma Player of the match: Sanju Samson (Kerala) |
- Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
| 17–20 November 2017 Scorecard |
| Haryana | v | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 184 (65.4 overs) Amit Mishra 41 (79) Ram Dayal 5/57 (24.4 overs) |
176 (54.5 overs) Ahmed Bandy 67 (81) Ashish Hooda 3/38 (17 overs) | |
| 167 (86.3 overs) Rajat Paliwal 45 (144) Ram Dayal 6/44 (27.3 overs) |
157 (44.1 overs) Owais Shah 52* (85) Ajit Chahal 5/53 (19 overs) |
| Haryana won by 18 runs CH Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Krishnaraj Srinath Player of the match: Ajit Chahal (Haryana) |
- Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to field
| 17–20 November 2017 Scorecard |
| Rajasthan | v | Gujarat |
| 153 (50 overs) Tajinder Singh 45 (54) Chintan Gaja 8/40 (15 overs) |
601/4d (155 overs) Parthiv Patel 173 (172) Mahipal Lomror 1/95 (24 overs) | |
| 341 (107.3 overs) Robin Bist 81 (146) Siddharth Desai 5/129 (39 overs) |
| Gujarat won by an innings and 107 run Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer and R. Sundar Player of the match: Chintan Gaja (Gujarat) |
- Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
- Shubham Sharma (Rajasthan) made his first-class debut.
Round 7
| 25–28 November 2017 Scorecard |
| Haryana | v | Kerala |
| 208 (81.3 overs) Rajat Paliwal 46 (140) Sandeep Warrier 4/50 (18 overs) |
389 (129.3 overs) Rohan Prem 93 (314) Ajit Chahal 5/90 (25.3 overs) | |
| 173 (78.3 overs) Amit Mishra 40 (79) M. D. Nidheesh 3/27 (19.3 overs) |
| Kerala won by an innings and 8 runs Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak Umpires: Kamlesh Sharma and Nitin Pandit Player of the match: Jalaj Saxena (Kerala) |
- Haryana won the toss and elected to bat.
| 25–28 November 2017 Scorecard |
| Gujarat | v | Jharkhand |
| 411 (130.5 overs) Rujul Bhatt 145* (224) Ashish Kumar 4/118 (30.5 overs) |
242 (86.3 overs) Kumar Deobrat 80 (149) Kamlesh Thakor 3/43 (12 overs) | |
| 16/0 (1.4 overs) Priyank Panchal 12* (4) |
183 (62) (f/o) Kumar Deobrat 53 (97) Hardik Patel 4/9 (6 overs) |
| Gujarat won by 10 wickets JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Virender Sharma Player of the match: Rujul Bhatt (Gujarat) |
- Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.
- Kamlesh Thakor (Gujarat) made his first-class debut.
| 25–28 November 2017 Scorecard |
| Saurashtra | v | Rajasthan |
| 534 (143.4 overs) Avi Barot 130 (272) Deepak Chahar 3/110 (31 overs) |
275 (102.2 overs) Robin Bist 63 (148) Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 3/42 (18 overs) | |
| 394/7 (101.2 overs) (f/o) Chetan Bist 109 (182) Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 5/167 (38 overs) |
| Match drawn Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Jayaraman Madanagopal Player of the match: Dharmendrasinh Jadeja (Saurashtra) |
- Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
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