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 C. All the Group C league matches took place in Chennai. The tournament was announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 3 July 2021. Karnataka won Group C to progress to the knockout stage of the tournament.
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | D | NR | Pts | Quot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karnataka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1.681 |
| 2 | Railways | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1.324 |
| 3 | Jammu & Kashmir | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.782 |
| 4 | Pondicherry | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.548 |
Advances to Quarter-final
Fixtures
Round 1
| 17–20 February 2022 Scorecard |
| Karnataka | v | Railways |
| 481 (109.3 overs) Manish Pandey 156 (121) Yuvraj Singh 5/93 (27.3 overs) |
426 (128.3 overs) Arindam Ghosh 105 (197) Krishnappa Gowtham 4/127 (41 overs) | |
| 223/9d (63.2 overs) Ravikumar Samarth 83 (170) Amit Mishra 4/58 (21.2 overs) |
69/4 (33 overs) Mohammad Saif 27* (59) Vijaykumar Vyshak 2/16 (8 overs) |
| Match drawn Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin and Madanagopal Kuppuraj Player of the match: Manish Pandey (Karnataka) |
- Railways won the toss and elected to field.
- Vidyadhar Patil, Vijaykumar Vyshak (Karnataka) and Yuvraj Singh (Railways) all made their first-class debuts.
- Yuvraj Singh (Railways) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
| 17–20 February 2022 Scorecard |
| Pondicherry | v | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 343 (104.3 overs) Paras Dogra 108 (187) Parvez Rasool 4/56 (18.3 overs) |
426 (114.1 overs) Abdul Samad 103 (78) Sagar Trivedi 5/74 (22 overs) | |
| 124 (45.5 overs) Sagar Trivedi 37 (37) Parvez Rasool 5/29 (19.5 overs) |
45/2 (12.4 overs) Shubham Pundir 21* (34) Sagar Udeshi 2/18 (6.4 overs) |
| Jammu & Kashmir won by 8 wickets SSN College Ground, Chennai Umpires: Mohamad Rafi and Ulhas Gandhe Player of the match: Parvez Rasool (Jammu & Kashmir) |
- Jammu and Kashmir won the toss and chose to field.
- Jatin Wadhwan (Jammu and Kashmir), Kothandapani Aravind, Neyan Shyam Kangayan and Vijai Raja (Pondicherry) all made their first-class debuts.
Round 2
| 24–27 February 2022 Scorecard |
| Karnataka | v | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 302 (103.1 overs) Karun Nair 175 (311) Parvez Rasool 4/60 (30.1 overs) |
93 (29.5 overs) Qamran Iqbal 35 (45) Prasidh Krishna 6/35 (12 overs) | |
| 298/3d (71 overs) Krishnamurthy Siddharth 72 (72) Abid Mushtaq 3/65 (18 overs) |
390 (98.5 overs) Ian Dev Singh 110 (188) Prasidh Krishna 4/59 (20.5 overs) |
| Karnataka won by 117 runs Chemplast Cricket Ground, Chennai Umpires: Pashchim Pathak and Krishnamachari Srinivasan Player of the match: Karun Nair (Karnataka) |
- Karnataka won the toss and elected to bat.
| 24–27 February 2022 Scorecard |
| Pondicherry | v | Railways |
| 342 (107.1 overs) Paras Dogra 107 (170) Yuvraj Singh 3/67 (22 overs) |
525/9d (151.4 overs) Arindam Ghosh 100 (193) Sagar Udeshi 3/144 (49 overs) | |
| 208/3 (62 overs) Paras Dogra 64* (96) Yuvraj Singh 2/26 (12 overs) |
| Match drawn Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin and Madanagopal Kuppuraj Player of the match: Paras Dogra (Pondicherry) |
- Railways won the toss and elected to field.
- Akash Pandey, Rahul Sharma (Railways) and Sidak Singh (Pondicherry) all made their first-class debuts.
Round 3
| 3–6 March 2022 Scorecard |
| Jammu & Kashmir | v | Railways |
| 259 (87.1 overs) Qamran Iqbal 83 (98) Karn Sharma 6/76 (29 overs) |
426 (127.4 overs) Yuvraj Singh 103 (133) Abid Mushtaq 5/95 (31 overs) | |
| 203 (62 overs) Suryansh Raina 39 (84) Karn Sharma 5/64 (19 overs) |
39/1 (12.4 overs) Shivam Chaudhary 18* (20) Parvez Rasool 1/7 (6 overs) |
| Railways won by 9 wickets Chemplast Cricket Ground, Chennai Umpires: Pashchim Pathak and Krishnamachari Srinivasan Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh (Railways) |
- Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to bat.
- This was the 5000th Ranji Trophy Match.
| 3–6 March 2022 Scorecard |
| Karnataka | v | Pondicherry |
| 453/8d (132.2 overs) Devdutt Padikkal 178 (309) Ashith Rajiv 4/80 (27.2 overs) |
241 (77.4 overs) Damodaran Rohit 100* (133) Krishnappa Gowtham 5/86 (26.4 overs) | |
| 192(f/o) (61 overs) Pavan Deshpande 54* (119) Shreyas Gopal 5/82 (19 overs) |
| Karnataka won by an innings and 20 runs SSN College Ground, Chennai Umpires: Mohamad Rafi and Ulhas Gandhe Player of the match: Devdutt Padikkal (Karnataka) |
- Pondicherry won the toss and elected to field.
- Vidhwath Kaverappa (Karnataka) made his first-class debut.
References
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- "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.
- "Ranji Trophy: Debutant Yuvraj picks fifer, Railways stay in the game against Karnataka". SportStar. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- "Railways-J&K match becomes 5000th game of Ranji Trophy, landmark moment for tournament". India TV News. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
| Men's domestic cricket in 2021–22 | |
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| First-class | |
| List A | |
| Twenty20 | |