The 2022–23 Ranji Trophy was the 88th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India.[1] It was played from 13 December 2022 and was finished on 19 February 2023.[2] Madhya Pradesh were the defending champions, winning their first Ranji Trophy title previous season.[n 1][3][4]
 The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners | |
| Dates | 13 December 2022 – 20 February 2023 |
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| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin then knockout |
| Host(s) |  India |
| Champions | Saurashtra (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Bengal |
| Participants | 38 |
| Matches | 138 |
| Player of the series | Arpit Vasavada (Saurashtra) |
| Most runs | Mayank Agarwal (Karnataka) (990) |
| Most wickets | Jalaj Saxena (Kerala) (50) |
During this season, Sikkim hosted Ranji Trophy matches for the first time.[5] Narayanan Janani, Vrinda Rathi and Gayathri Venugopalan became the first female umpires to officiate in the Ranji Trophy.[6]
In the final, Saurashtra defeated Bengal by 9 wickets to win their second title.[7]
Format
editUnlike the last season, where all teams competed for the same trophy, this season BCCI enforced the Promotion and relegation format. This Ranji trophy had two winners to improve the standard and competitiveness of the tournament. The teams were divided into two categories named as Elite category having 32 teams split into four groups, with Plate category having 6 teams.[8] The Elite group teams played each other once, with the top two teams from each group qualified for the quarter-finals. In the Plate Group also teams played each other once, but the top four teams qualified for the plate group knockouts, with the bottom two teams playing for the fifth and sixth positions, and another playoff for the third and fourth positions took place.[9] The two Plate finalists will be promoted to the Elite group for the next season, 2023–24, while the bottom two teams of all the four Elite groups combined - factoring in both points and the quotient will be relegated to Plate group.[9]
The teams were placed in the following groups:[10]
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League stage
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Group Aedit
Updated to match(es) played on 27 January 2023. Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Advances to Quarter-final Relegated to Plate Group for next season
Group Bedit
Updated to match(es) played on 27 January 2023. Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Advances to Quarter-final Relegated to Plate Group for next season
Group Cedit
Updated to match(es) played on 27 January 2023. Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Advances to Quarter-final
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Group Dedit
Updated to match(es) played on 27 January 2023. Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Advances to Quarter-final
Plate Groupedit
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2023. Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Advances to Plate Semi-Final
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Plate Knockouts
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- Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ajoy Sarkar (Arunachal Pradesh) and Lalrinchhana (Mizoram) both made their first-class debuts.
Plate Semi-finals
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| P4 | Bihar | 428 & 164 | |||||||
| P1 | Meghalaya | 134 & 156 | |||||||
| P4 | Bihar | 546 & 335 | |||||||
| P3 | Manipur | 337 & 324 | |||||||
| P2 | Sikkim | 229 & 273 | |||||||
| P3 | Manipur | 166 & 340/8 | |||||||
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Bipin Saurabh 177 (183) Arbin Singh 3/101 (30 overs) |
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- Meghalaya won the toss and elected to field.
- Nawaz Khan (Bihar) and Rohit Shah (Meghalaya) both made their first-class debuts.
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- Manipur won the toss and elected to field.
Plate Final
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Knockout stage
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| A1 | Bengal | 328 & 69/1 | ||||||||||||
| C2 | Jharkhand | 173 & 221 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Bengal | 438 & 279 | ||||||||||||
| D1 | Madhya Pradesh | 170 & 241 | ||||||||||||
| D1 | Madhya Pradesh | 228 & 245/5 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Andhra | 379 & 93 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Bengal | 174 & 241 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Saurashtra | 404 & 14/1 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Saurashtra | 303 & 379 | ||||||||||||
| D2 | Punjab | 431 & 180 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Saurashtra | 527 & 117/6 | ||||||||||||
| C1 | Karnataka | 407 & 234 | ||||||||||||
| C1 | Karnataka | 606 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Uttarakhand | 116 & 209 | ||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
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Aryaman Sen 64 (132) Akash Ghatak 3/21 (7.5 overs) |
- Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
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- Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
- Pukhraj Mann (Punjab) made his first-class debut.
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- Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.
- M Venkatesh (Karnataka) made his first-class debut.
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- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
Semi-finals
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- Bengal won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
Final
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edit- On 2 January, Saurashtra bowler Jaydev Unadkat became the first player to take a hat-trick in the first over of a Ranji Trophy match.[11]
- On 12 January, Mumbai batter Prithvi Shaw made second highest score in an inning in Ranji history by a batter. He scored 379 runs.[12]
- On 19 January, Vidarbha defended a target of 73 runs against Gujarat, which is the lowest target defended in the Ranji Trophy.[13]
Notes
edit- ^ Madhya Pradesh previously competed in the Ranji Trophy as Holkar cricket team, winning the tournament four times between 1945–46 and 1952–53. This was their first win as Madhya Pradesh.
References
edit- ^ "BCCI announces India's domestic season for 2022-23". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Two Ranji Trophy winners, inaugural Under-16 tournament for girls in the BCCI's new domestic schedule". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "Dubey, Shubham, Patidar, bowlers fashion Madhya Pradesh's maiden Ranji Trophy title". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "Mumbai vs Madhya Pradesh highlights, Ranji Trophy Final 2022: Madhya Pradesh beat Mumbai by 6 wickets to win their maiden Ranji Trophy title". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "Sikkim win first Ranji Trophy match on home turf". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ "Women umpires Rathi, Janani and Gayathri make history in Ranji Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ Sportstar, Team (19 February 2023). "Bengal vs Saurashtra HIGHLIGHTS Ranji Trophy Final Day 4: SAU beats BEN by 9 wickets to lift title, Unadkat shines". Sportstar. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ "Two Ranji Trophy winners, inaugural Under-16 tournament for girls in BCCI's new domestic schedule". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ a b "FAQs: Everything you need to know about the Ranji Trophy 2022-23 season". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy 2022-23: Matches, schedule, squads and all you need to know". The Indian Express. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "Jaydev Unadkat rocks Delhi with first-over hat-trick". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ "'...Jay Shah sir': Prithvi Shaw's reply to BCCI secretary after smashing multiple records with towering 379 in Ranji match". Hindustan Times. 12 January 2023.
- ^ Sportstar, Team (19 January 2023). "Vidarbha defends lowest total in Ranji Trophy, bowls Gujarat out for 54". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.