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2019–20 Ranji Trophy Plate Group

The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners
Dates	9 December 2019 (2019-12-09) – 15 February 2020 (2020-02-15)
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Host(s)	India
Participants	10
← 2018–19

The 2019–20 Ranji Trophy was the 86th season of the Ranji Trophy, the first-class cricket tournament that took place in India. It was contested by 38 teams, divided into four groups, with ten teams in the Plate Group. The group stage ran from 9 December 2019 to 15 February 2020. The top team in the Plate Group progressed to the quarter-finals of the competition.

In January 2020, in the round six fixture between Meghalaya and Manipur, Manipur were bowled out for only 27 runs in their first innings. On 12 February 2020, the fixture between Chandigarh and Manipur was the 60,000th first-class cricket match to be played.

In the final round of matches, Goa qualified from the Plate Group, after beating Mizoram inside two days.

Points table

•   Top team advances to the knockout stage and gets promoted to Elite Group C for the next season.

Fixtures

Round 1

• Pondicherry won the toss and elected to field.
• Nishant Kumar, Shivam Kumar, Sabir Khan (Bihar), Ashith Rajiv and A Aravinddaraj (Pondicherry) all made their first-class debuts.
• Vinay Kumar (Pondicherry) took his 400th wicket in the Ranji Trophy.

• Chandigarh won the toss and elected to field.
• Arslan Khan, Shivam Bhambri, Raman Bishnoi (Chandigarh), Kengo Bam, Yab Niya and Karkir Taye (Arunachal Pradesh) all made their first-class debuts.
• Arslan Khan scored the first century by a batsman for Chandigarh in first-class cricket, and went on to score his maiden double century in first-class cricket.

• Goa won the toss and elected to field.
• Aditya Kaushik (Goa) and Bhushan Subba (Sikkim) both made their first-class debuts.

• Manipur won the toss and elected to field.
• Langlonyamba Keishangbam, Al Bashid Muhammed, Ajay Lamabam (Manipur) and Parvez Ahmed (Mizoram) all made their first-class debuts.

• Nagaland won the toss and elected to field.
• Aosashi Longchar, Bohoto Yeptho, Nagaho Chishi (Nagaland), Wallam Kynshi, Sanjay Yadav and Akash Choudhary (Meghalaya) all made their first-class debuts.
• Sanjay Yadav (Meghalaya) took the third-best figures in Indian domestic first-class cricket.

Round 2

• Pondicherry won the toss and elected to field.
• Sagar Trivedi (Pondicherry) made his first-class debut.

• Goa won the toss and elected to field.

• Manipur won the toss and elected to bat.
• Thomas Moirangthem (Manipur) made his first-class debut.

• Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Taruwar Kohli (Mizoram) scored his second triple century in the Ranji Trophy.

• Bihar won the toss and elected to field.
• Anirudh Kanwar (Chandigarh) and Shashi Shekhar (Bihar) both made their first-class debuts.
• Ankit Kaushik (Chandigarh) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.

Round 3

• Pondicherry won the toss and elected to field.
• Sumit Lama (Mizoram) made his first-class debut.

• Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
• Gelson Singh (Manipur) made his first-class debut.

• Nagaland won the toss and elected to field.
• Tejosel Yiethun and Vino Zhimomi (Nagaland) both made their first-class debuts.

• Goa won the toss and elected to field.

• Chandigarh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Tengchan Sangma (Meghalaya) made his first-class debut.

Round 4

• Nagaland won the toss and elected to field.
• No play was possible on day 1 due to a wet outfield.
• Temjentoshi Jamir (Nagaland) made his first-class debut.

• Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
• No play was possible on days 1 and 2 due to a wet outfield.
• Nabam Tempol (Arunachal Pradesh) made his first-class debut.

• Bihar won the toss and elected to field.
• Lakhan Raja, Shabbir Khan (Bihar) and Lalruatdika (Mizoram) all made their first-class debuts.

• Goa won the toss and elected to field.
• Vaibhav Govekar (Goa) and Karam Dharmendra (Manipur) both made their first-class debuts.

• Pondicherry won the toss and elected to field.
• No play was possible on day 1 due to a wet outfield.

Round 5

• Manipur won the toss and elected to field.
• Atulya Priyankar (Bihar) made his first-class debut.

• Nagaland won the toss and elected to bat.
• Shashwat Kohli (Arunachal Pradesh) made his first-class debut.

• Chandigarh won the toss and elected to field.
• Jagjit Singh (Chandigarh), Puran Giri and Ruben Lepcha (Sikkim) all made their first-class debuts.

• Pondicherry won the toss and elected to field.

• Mizoram won the toss and elected to field.

Round 6

• Sikkim won the toss and elected to field.
• Nitesh Gupta (Sikkim) made his first-class debut.

• Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
• Takam Tallum (Arunachal Pradesh) made his first-class debut.

• Chandigarh won the toss and elected to field.
• Jaskaranvir Singh (Chandigarh) made his first-class debut.

• Manipur won the toss and elected to field.
• Purajit Mandal (Meghalaya), Rajkumar Jotish and Ajit Singh (Manipur) all made their first-class debuts.

• Nagaland won the toss and elected to bat.
• Chopise Hopongkyu (Nagaland) made his first-class debut.

Round 7

• Manipur won the toss and elected to field.

• Meghalaya won the toss and elected to field.
• Basukinath Mishra, Yashasvi Rishav, Sarfaraz Ashraf, Amod Yadav (Bihar) and Pringsang Sangma (Meghalaya) all made their first-class debuts.

• Pondicherry won the toss and elected to field.
• No play was possible on days 2 and 3.

• Nagaland won the toss and elected to bat.
• No play was possible on day 3.
• Lalfakzuala Renthlei (Mizoram) and Oren Ngullie (Nagaland) both made their first-class debuts.

• Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.

Round 8

• Mizoram won the toss and elected to bat.
• Kunal Mahajan (Chandigarh), Uday Kumar Abhay and Henry Lalsangzuala (Mizoram) all made their first-class debuts.

• Manipur won the toss and elected to field.
• Gemson Singh, Somorjit Salam, Basir Rahman, Shamir Khan (Manipur), Alagh Prathiban and Parandaman Thamaraikannan (Pondicherry) all made their first-class debuts.

• Meghalaya won the toss and elected to bat.
• Shaisngi Lyngdoh (Meghalaya) made his first-class debut.

• Goa won the toss and elected to bat.

• Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rakesh Kumar (Arunachal Pradesh) and Nikhil Anand (Bihar) both made their first-class debuts.

Round 9

• Mizoram won the toss and elected to field.
• Smit Patel (Goa) scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket.

• Nagaland won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ramachandran Ragupathy, Santha Moorthy (Pondicherry) and Walling Imomenba (Nagaland) all made their first-class debuts.
• Santha Moorthy (Pondicherry) became the oldest bowler to take a five-wicket haul on first-class debut, aged 40 years and 155 days.

• Manipur won the toss and elected to field.
• Bishworjit Konthoujam, Sunil Salam, Sheiteendra Singh and Sunil Singh (Manipur) all made their first-class debuts.
• This was the 60,000th first-class cricket match to be played.

• Meghalaya won the toss and elected to bat.
• Nafees Siddique and Aryan Bora (Meghalaya) both made their first-class debuts.

• Sikkim won the toss and elected to field.

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