2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group B

The 2021–22 Ranji Trophy was the 87th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India.[1][2] It was contested by 38 teams, divided into eight groups, with four teams in Group B.[3] All the Group B league matches took place in Cuttack.[4] The tournament was announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 3 July 2021.[5] Bengal won Group B to progress to the knockout stage of the tournament.[6]

2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group B
Dates17 February – 26 June 2022
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)Round-robin then knockout
Participants4
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Points table

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Pos Team Pld W L T D NR Pts Quot
1 Bengal 3 3 0 0 0 0 18 1.308
2 Hyderabad 3 2 1 0 0 0 12 1.196
3 Baroda 3 0 2 0 1 0 3 0.938
4 Chandigarh 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0.694
Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2022. Source: ESPN Cricinfo

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Fixtures

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Round 1

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17–20 February 2022
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181 (54.2 overs)
Mitesh Patel 66 (104)
Ishan Porel 4/40 (14 overs)
88 (34.3 overs)
Abishek Porel 21 (19)
Atit Sheth 5/44 (13.3 overs)
255 (85.1 overs)
Mitesh Patel 57 (100)
Akash Deep 3/69 (26.1 overs)
350/6 (91.3 overs)
Abhimanyu Easwaran 79 (116)
Abhimanyusingh Rajput 3/73 (17 overs)
Bengal won by 4 wickets
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: Arun Kumar Basa and Puttarangaiah Jayapal
Player of the match: Shahbaz Ahmed (Bengal)
  • Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
  • Abishek Porel (Bengal), Jyotsnil Singh and Pratyush Kumar (Baroda) all made their first-class debuts.

17–20 February 2022
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347 (108.4 overs)
Hanuma Vihari 59 (134)
Jagjit Singh 4/80 (29 overs)
216 (72 overs)
Manan Vohra 110 (167)
Rakshann Readdi 5/61 (17.3 overs)
269/8d (62 overs)
Hanuma Vihari 106 (149)
Gaurav Gambhir 4/61 (17 overs)
183 (50.5 overs)
Arslan Khan 68 (90)
Ravi Teja 6/41 (17 overs)
Hyderabad won by 217 runs
Vikas Cricket Ground, Cuttack
Umpires: Vinod Seshan and VM Dhokre
Player of the match: Ravi Teja (Hyderabad)

Round 2

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24–27 February 2022
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242 (70.2 overs)
Abhishek Porel 73 (62)
Tanay Thyagarajan 5/71 (18.2 overs)
205 (80 overs)
Ravi Teja 81* (196)
Mukesh Kumar 4/49 (24 overs)
201 (79 overs)
Shahbaz Ahmed 51 (87)
Tilak Varma 3/13 (3 overs)
166 (61.2 overs)
Tilak Varma 90 (152)
Akash Deep 4/41 (13.2 overs)
Bengal won by 72 runs
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: Arun Kumar Basa and Vineet Kulkarni
Player of the match: Shahbaz Ahmed (Bengal)
  • Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
  • B Punnaiah (Hyderabad) made his first-class debut.

24–27 February 2022
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168 (62.3 overs)
Manan Vohra 43 (45)
Abhimanyusingh Rajput 5/47 (12.3 overs)
517 (132.2 overs)
Vishnu Solanki 104 (165)
Jagjit Singh 5/118 (34.2 overs)
473/7 (136 overs)
Ankit Kaushik 105* (188)
Bhargav Bhatt 3/133 (49 overs)
Match drawn
Vikas Cricket Ground, Cuttack
Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer and Vinod Seshan
Player of the match: Abhimanyusingh Rajput (Baroda)
  • Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
  • Amrit Lubana and Harnoor Singh (Chandigarh) both made their first-class debuts.

Round 3

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3–6 March 2022
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437 (115.3 overs)
Abhimanyu Easwaran 114 (172)
Jagjit Singh 5/87 (31.3 overs)
206 (68.2 overs)
Ankit Kaushik 63 (113)
Nilkantha Das 3/47 (18 overs)
181/8d (56.1 overs)
Anustup Majumdar 43 (94)
Jaskaran Singh 2/32 (9 overs)
260 (96.2 overs)
Jaskaran Singh 80 (89)
Ishan Porel 3/37 (15.2)
Bengal won by 152 runs
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer and Vineet Kulkarni
Player of the match: Abhimanyu Easwaran (Bengal)
  • Chandigarh won the toss and elected to field.

3–6 March 2022
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197 (55.1 overs)
Jaweed Ali 65 (90)
Atit Sheth 5/53 (16.1 overs)
163 (47 overs)
Vishnu Solanki 32 (44)
Bhuvangagiri Punnaiah 4/35 (17 overs)
201 (72.2 overs)
Ravi Teja 56 (123)
Babashafi Pathan 4/35 (13 overs)
192 (53.4 overs)
Babashafi Pathan 36 (21)
Ravi Teja 4/70 (16 overs)
Hyderabad won by 43 runs
Vikas Cricket Ground, Cuttack
Umpires: VM Dhokre and Puttarangaiah Jayapal
Player of the match: Ravi Teja (Hyderabad)
  • Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
  • Alankrit Agarwal, Chandan Sahani and Surya Prasad (Hyderabad) all made their first-class debuts.

References

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  1. ^ "Ranji Trophy returns as BCCI announces full 2021-22 domestic season". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  2. ^ "BCCI announces India's domestic season for 2021-22". The Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  3. ^ "BCCI unveils two-phased plan for Ranji Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  4. ^ "65 matches, 9 venues, 2 phases: Ranji Trophy after 22 months". The Indian Express. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  5. ^ "BCCI announces India's domestic season for 2021-22". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Sarfaraz's century puts Mumbai in quarter-finals; Tamil Nadu knocked out". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2022.