The 2012–13 Ranji Trophy was the 79th season of the Ranji Trophy. It was contested by 27 teams divided into three groups of nine teams each. The top three teams from Groups A and B proceeded to the quarterfinals along with the top two teams from Group C. Mumbai won this year's trophy for the 40th time by beating Saurashtra in the final at the Wankhede.
The season had a different grouping system compared to that of the previous seasons, which had Elite and Plate divisions. The new system also increased the number of matches of the tournament. The points awarded to outright wins were increased from five to six in order to encourage results. The knock-out matches will be played across five days instead of four. All these changes were recommended by the BCCI's Technical Committee in June 2012.
Points system 27 teams were divided into three groups of nine teams each. The top three teams from Groups A and B proceed to the quarterfinals along with the top two teams from Group C. The winner of this knock-out tournament wins the Ranji Trophy. These knock-out matches are decided on the first innings result if the final result is a draw.
Points in the group stage of the tournament are awarded as follows: Scenario Points Outright win 6 Bonus point (for innings and 10 wicket wins) 1 1st innings lead (in case of draw) 3 1st innings deficit (in case of draw) 1 No result 1 Outright defeat 0
Groups
Group A Bengal Gujarat Hyderabad Madhya Pradesh Mumbai Punjab Railways Rajasthan Saurashtra
Group B Baroda Delhi Haryana Karnataka Maharashtra Odisha Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh Vidarbha
Group C Andhra Assam Goa Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Kerala Services Tripura
League table
Group A Teams Matches Won Lost Draw/NR Points Quotient Punjab 8 4 2 2 32 1.276 Saurashtra 8 2 1 5 23 1.198 Mumbai 8 1 0 7 23 1.423 Gujarat 8 2 0 6 22 0.922 Railways 8 2 0 6 21 0.962 Madhya Pradesh 8 2 2 4 20 1.035 Bengal 8 1 4 3 13 0.805 Rajasthan 8 0 3 5 11 0.741 Hyderabad 8 0 2 6 10 0.800
Group B Teams Matches Won Lost Draw/NR Points Quotient Uttar Pradesh 8 4 0 4 33 1.365 Baroda 8 2 1 5 22 1.019 Karnataka 8 2 1 5 21 1.081 Delhi 8 2 4 2 20 1.251 Vidarbha 8 2 0 6 20 0.840 Orissa 8 2 4 2 16 0.825 Tamil Nadu 8 1 1 6 14 0.947 Haryana 8 1 3 4 14 0.790 Maharashtra 8 0 3 5 11 0.930
Group C Teams Matches Won Lost Draw/NR Points Quotient Services 8 2 1 5 26 1.198 Jharkhand 8 3 2 3 24 1.068 Andhra 8 1 0 7 24 1.089 Assam 8 2 2 4 21 0.893 Kerala 8 2 1 5 19 1.082 Goa 8 0 0 8 16 1.119 Jammu and Kashmir 8 2 3 3 15 0.772 Himachal Pradesh 8 0 1 7 15 1.284 Tripura 8 1 3 4 10 0.691
Knockouts
Knockout tree
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Statistics
Most runs Player Team Matches Inns Runs Ave HS 100s 50s Jiwanjot Singh Punjab 10 17 995 66.33 213 5 2 Muralidharen Gautam Karnataka 9 14 943 117.87 264* 3 2 Abhishek Nayar Mumbai 10 16 940 104.44 132 3 8 Parthiv Patel Gujarat 8 13 895 68.84 162 3 6 VA Jagadeesh Kerala 8 14 871 72.58 199* 4 1
Most wickets Player Team Matches Innings Wickets Ave. BBI BBM 5/i 10/m Ishwar Pandey Madhya Pradesh 8 15 48 21.06 6/54 10/145 5 1 Siddarth Kaul Punjab 9 17 44 23.79 6/63 8/81 2 0 Suraj Yadav Services 10 15 43 21.90 7/71 9/106 2 0 Shahbaz Nadeem Jharkhand 9 15 42 24.26 6/54 9/104 2 0 Sandeep Sharma Punjab 9 16 41 19.41 7/25 10/82 3 1
See also 2013 Irani Cup
References
External links Ranji Trophy