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 E. All the Group E league matches took place in Trivandrum. The tournament was announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 3 July 2021. Uttarakhand won Group R to progress to the knockout stage of the tournament.
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | D | NR | Pts | Quot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uttarakhand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.398 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1.183 |
| 3 | Services | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.872 |
| 4 | Rajasthan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.723 |
Advances to Quarter-final
Fixtures
Round 1
| 17–20 February 2022 Scorecard |
| Rajasthan | v | Andhra Pradesh |
| 275 (59.2 overs) Rajesh Bishnoi 54 (42) CV Stephen 5/51 (13 overs) |
224 (86.2 overs) Uppara Girinath 71 (217) Aniket Choudhary 4/40 (18.2 overs) | |
| 316 (92.2 overs) Ashok Menaria 79 (112) KV Sasikanth 3/75 (23 overs) |
209 (53.3 overs) Pinninti Tapaswi 44 (62) Shubham Sharma 4/32 (12 overs) |
| Rajasthan won by 158 runs St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba Umpires: Abhijit Bengeri and GS Ananth Ramakrishnan Player of the match: Ashok Menaria (Rajasthan) |
- Rajasthan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Anirudh Singh, Manav Suthar (Rajasthan), Pinninti Tapaswi, Tripurana Vijay and Yara Sandeep (Andhra Pradesh) all made their first-class debuts.
| 17–20 February 2022 Scorecard |
| Services | v | Uttarakhand |
| 176 (78.4 overs) Devender Lochab 76 (185) Deepak Dhapola 4/24 (19 overs) |
248 (79.2 overs) Kamal Singh 82 (150) Arjun Sharma 3/31 (10.2 overs) | |
| 204 (83.5 overs) Hardik Sethi 56 (134) Dikshanshu Negi 3/22 (11 overs) |
136/1 (28.3 overs) Jay Bista 87* (87) Arjun Sharma 1/31 (5 overs) |
| Uttarakhand won by 9 wickets Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Belur Ravi and KR Vasuki Player of the match: Dikshanshu Negi (Uttarakhand) |
- Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.
- Nitin Yadav (Services) made his first-class debut.
Round 2
| 24–27 February 2022 Scorecard |
| Andhra Pradesh | v | Services |
| 389 (137.1 overs) Ricky Bhui 149 (267) Pulkit Narang 6/56 (25.1 overs) |
343 (118.4 overs) Rajat Paliwal 96 (184) Siraparapu Ashish 4/91 (29.4 overs) | |
| 220/4 (68 overs) Chengalpet Gnaneshwar 125 (195) Pulkit Narang 2/55 (19 overs) |
| Match drawn St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba Umpires: Dharmesh Bhardwaj and Akshay Totre Player of the match: Ricky Bhui (Andhra Pradesh) |
- Andhra Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shaik Rasheed (Andhra Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
| 24–27 February 2022 Scorecard |
| Uttarakhand | v | Rajasthan |
| 337 (130.3 overs) Swapnil Singh 97 (301) Aniket Choudhary 3/44 (24.5 overs) |
129 (51.2 overs) Manender Singh 52 (113) Mayank Mishra 7/44 (23.2 overs) | |
| 246/7d (53 overs) Jay Bista 88 (85) Tanveer Ul-Haq 2/9 (5 overs) |
155 (68.4 overs) Ashok Menaria 45 (89) Mayank Mishra 4/26 (19 overs) |
| Uttarakhand won by 299 runs Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: GS Ananth Ramakrishnan and KR Vasuki Player of the match: Mayank Mishra (Uttarakhand) |
- Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
- Kamlesh Nagarkoti (Rajasthan) and Tanush Gusain (Uttarakhand) both made their first-class debuts.
Round 3
| 3–6 March 2022 Scorecard |
| Uttarakhand | v | Andhra Pradesh |
| 194 (61.1 overs) Kunal Chandela 52 (98) Bandary Ayyappa 4/37 (23 overs) |
226 (85 overs) Shaik Rasheed 56 (163) Deepak Dhapola 4/80 (27 overs) | |
| 101 (51.4 overs) Kunal Chandela 36 (104) Cheepurapalli Stephen 5/27 (19 overs) |
70/2 (18.1 overs) CR Gnaneshwar 42* (58) Swapnil Singh 1/7 (2.1 overs) |
| Andhra Pradesh won by 8 wickets St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba Umpires: Belur Ravi and Akshay Totre Player of the match: Cheepurapalli Stephen (Andhra Pradesh) |
- Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Deepesh Nainwal (Uttarakhand) made his first-class debut.
| 3–6 March 2022 Scorecard |
| Rajasthan | v | Services |
| 92 (45.2 overs) Ashok Menaria 31 (88) Diwesh Pathania 3/24 (10 overs) |
301 (113.2 overs) Rajat Paliwal 91 (167) Manav Suthar 4/82 (34 overs) | |
| 210 (94.5 overs) Amitkumar Gautam 68 (176) Rahul Singh 3/57 (25.5 overs) |
2/0 (1 over) Shivam Tiwari 2* (6) |
| Services won by 10 wickets Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Abhijit Bengeri and Dharmesh Bhardwaj Player of the match: Rajat Paliwal (Services) |
- Services won the toss and elected to field.
- Samarpit Joshi (Rajasthan) and Shivam Tiwari (Services) both made their first-class debuts.
References
- "Ranji Trophy returns as BCCI announces full 2021-22 domestic season". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- "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.
| Men's domestic cricket in 2021–22 | |
|---|---|
| First-class | |
| List A | |
| Twenty20 | |