The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy was the 82nd season 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 quarterfinals along with the top two teams from Group C. For this season the schedule splits into two stages, the first is a league stage and the second being a knock-out stage. The league stage starts on 1 October 2015 and ends on 4 December 2015 and the knock-out stage starts on 3 February 2016 and ends on 28 February 2016. The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy will be followed by the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Deodhar Trophy.
The final was contested by Saurashtra and Mumbai, a repeat of the 2012–13 final. Mumbai won the match by an innings and 21 runs to claim their 41st title.
Personnel changes
Players
Player From To Role Sarfaraz Khan Mumbai Uttar Pradesh Batsman Tashuk Ali Himachal Pradesh Mumbai All rounder Pragyan Ojha Hyderabad Bengal Spinner Wasim Jaffer Mumbai Vidarbha Opening Batsman Sainty Pathak Delhi Haryana Opening Batsman Mithun Manhas Delhi J&K Batsman RP Singh Uttar Pradesh Gujarat Seam BowlerRP Singh from Uttar Pradesh to Gujarat Prasanth Parameswaran Tamil Nadu Goa Seam Bowler Amit Verma Kerala Assam Batsman
Coaches Coach From To Role Chandrakant Pandit Mumbai Coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar Goa Coach Dheeraj Jadhav Goa Asst. Coach Sairaj Bahutule Bengal Coach Lakshmipathy Balaji Tamil Nadu Bowling Coach Rizwan Shamshad Uttar Pradesh Head coach Ajay Jadeja Delhi Head coach
Teams The groups drawn are as follows
Group A Assam Bengal Delhi Haryana Karnataka Maharashtra Odisha Rajasthan Vidarbha
Group B Andhra Pradesh Baroda Gujarat Madhya Pradesh Mumbai Punjab Railways Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh
Group C Goa Himachal Pradesh Hyderabad Jammu & Kashmir Jharkhand Kerala Saurashtra Services Tripura
Group A
Points table TeamVidarbha 8 4 2 2 0 1 1 29 0.047Bengal 8 2 0 6 0 0 5 28 0.110Assam 8 3 2 3 0 1 2 26 –0.304Delhi 8 3 1 4 0 1 1 25 0.215Karnataka 8 2 1 5 0 1 3 24 0.336Rajasthan 8 2 3 3 0 0 1 17 –0.313Maharashtra 8 1 2 5 0 0 3 17 0.301Odisha 8 1 3 4 0 0 1 12 0.016Haryana 8 0 4 4 0 0 1 6 –0.406
Group B
Points table Team Mumbai 8 4 0 4 0 1 3 35 0.851Punjab 8 3 2 3 0 1 2 26 0.045Madhya Pradesh 8 3 2 3 0 1 1 24 –0.059Gujarat 8 3 1 4 0 2 0 24 –0.092Uttar Pradesh 8 2 1 5 0 0 2 21 –0.117Tamil Nadu 8 2 2 4 0 0 1 18 –0.321Baroda 8 2 3 3 0 2 0 17 –0.045Railways 8 2 6 0 0 0 0 12 0.039Andhra Pradesh 8 0 4 4 0 0 3 10 –0.459
Group C
Points table TeamSaurashtra 8 5 1 2 0 1 0 36 –0.061Jharkhand 8 4 2 2 0 0 0 31 0.093Himachal Pradesh 8 3 1 4 0 1 0 30 1.201Services 8 3 1 4 0 0 1 27 0.473Kerala 8 2 2 4 0 0 2 25 0.589Goa 8 1 1 6 0 0 1 18 –0.206Jammu & Kashmir 8 0 3 5 0 0 0 9 0.870Hyderabad 8 0 2 6 0 0 0 8 –0.330Tripura 8 0 5 3 0 0 0 3 –0.760
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals 1st Quarter-final
2nd Quarter-final
3rd Quarter-final
4th Quarter-final
Semi-finals 1st Semi-final
2nd Semi-final
Final
Statistics Batting records Most runs Player name Style Team Run Shreyas Iyer Right-handed Middle-order Mumbai 1321 Akhil Herwadkar Left-handed Opening Mumbai 879 Arun Karthik Right-handed Middle-order Assam 802
High scores Player name Style Team Run Ground Natraj Behera Right-handed Opening Odisha 255* CH Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak Swapnil Asnodkar Right-handed Opening Goa 232 Gandhi Memorial Science College Ground, Jammu Paras Dogra Right-handed Middle-order Himachal Pradesh 227 Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala Tashuk Ali Right-handed Middle-order Mumbai 220* Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharmshala
Most hundreds Player name Style Team 100s Rajat Paliwal Right-handed Middle-order Services 4 Sudip Chatterjee Left-handed Middle-order Bengal 4 Shreyas Iyer Right-handed Middle-order Mumbai 4
Most fifties (and over) Player name Style Team 50+ Shreyas Iyer Right-handed Middle-order Mumbai 11 Harpreet Singh Bhatia Left-handed Middle-order Madhya Pradesh 8 Tashuk ali Right-handed Middle-order Mumbai 8
Most sixes in an innings Player name Style Team 50+ Ground Ishan Kishan Left-handed Opening Jharkhand 8 Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot Paras Dogra Right-handed Middle-order Himachal Pradesh 8 Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala
References
External links Series home at ESPNcricinfo Series home at Bcci.tv