The 2014–15 Ranji Trophy was the 81st edition of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It was contested by 27 teams divided into three groups of nine teams each. The top three teams from Groups A and B advanced to the quarter-finals with the top two teams from Group C. Karnataka retained the title won during the 2013–14 season. In the final, Karun Nair scored 328 runs, the highest total in the final of the Ranji Trophy.
Points system The 27 teams are divided into three groups of nine teams each. The top three teams from Groups A and B advance 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 none
Groups The groups drawn are as follows:
Group A Karnataka Bengal Mumbai Railways Uttar Pradesh Baroda Tamil Nadu Jammu and Kashmir Madhya Pradesh
Group B Maharashtra Punjab Gujarat Saurashtra Rajasthan Delhi Vidarbha Haryana Odisha
Group C Goa Himachal Pradesh Kerala Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh Assam Tripura Jharkhand Services
Points table
Source:
Group A Team Karnataka 8 4 0 0 4 0 33 1.633 Tamil Nadu 8 4 1 0 3 0 29 1.244 Mumbai 8 2 2 0 4 0 20 0.937 Madhya Pradesh 8 1 1 0 6 0 19 1.143 Baroda 8 1 2 0 5 0 18 1.078 Railways 8 0 2 0 6 0 16 0.922 Uttar Pradesh 8 2 3 0 3 0 15 0.760 Bengal 8 0 1 0 7 0 13 0.921 Jammu and Kashmir 8 1 0 3 4 0 12 0.601
Group B Team Delhi 8 5 1 0 2 0 37 1.471 Maharashtra 8 3 2 0 3 0 26 1.269 Vidarbha 8 2 1 0 5 0 24 1.675 Gujarat 8 2 2 0 4 0 24 0.965 Odisha 8 3 3 0 2 0 20 0.965 Punjab 8 2 3 0 3 0 19 0.947 Rajasthan 8 2 3 0 3 0 18 0.821 Haryana 8 2 4 0 2 0 17 0.875 Saurashtra 8 1 3 0 4 0 10 0.688
Group C Team Assam 8 5 1 0 2 0 38 1.325 Andhra 8 4 1 0 3 0 29 1.454 Himachal Pradesh 8 2 0 0 6 0 28 1.677 Jharkhand 8 2 1 0 5 0 21 1.171 Hyderabad 8 1 1 0 6 0 20 1.123 Kerala 8 1 1 0 6 0 20 0.908 Tripura 8 0 3 0 5 0 9 0.635 Services 8 0 4 0 4 0 8 0.779 Goa 8 0 3 0 5 0 5 0.664
Knockout stage
(F) - Advanced to next round on First Innings Lead
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Most runs Player Team Inns Runs Ave HS 100s 50s Robin Uthappa Karnataka 19 912 50.66 156 2 5 Dinesh Karthik Tamil Nadu 19 884 55.25 129 4 2 Abhinav Mukund Tamil Nadu 20 858 45.15 140 2 4 KL Rahul Karnataka 9 838 93.11 337 2 3 Sheldon Jackson Saurashtra 14 819 68.25 181* 3 3
Most wickets Player Team Inns Wickets Ave. BBI BBM 5/i 10/m Shardul Thakur Mumbai 18 48 20.81 6/20 9/90 3 0 Vinay Kumar Karnataka 19 48 18.72 6/53 9/123 5 0 Siva Kumar Andhra 15 44 14.25 7/30 12/120 4 2 Sreenath Aravind Karnataka 19 42 17.42 4/9 8/61 0 0 Rishi Dhawan Himachal Pradesh 13 40 24.75 7/93 11/185 4 1
References
External links 2014–15 Ranji Trophy on ESPNcricinfo