![]() The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners | |
Dates | 6 October 2016 β 14 January 2017 |
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Administrator(s) | BCCI |
Cricket format | First-class cricket |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin then knockout |
Host(s) | ![]() |
Champions | Gujarat (1st title) |
Participants | 28 |
Most runs | Priyank Panchal (1,310) (Gujarat) |
Most wickets | Shahbaz Nadeem (56) (Jharkhand) |
The 2016β17 Ranji Trophy was the 83rd season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. Unlike previous seasons, the 2016β17 tournament was played at neutral venues. [1] [2] [3] Captains and coaches were supportive of the change. [4] Chhattisgarh cricket team made their debut in the competition, becoming the 28th team to compete in this edition of the Ranji Trophy. [5] [6] Mumbai were the defending champions. [7] Gujarat beat Mumbai in the final by 5 wickets to win their first title. [8]
In September 2016, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the dates, groups and fixtures for the competition. [9] The pink ball was used in the tournament, to help the BCCI make a decision on playing a day/night Test match. [10]
In October 2016 during the Group B fixture between Maharashtra and Delhi, Swapnil Gugale and Ankit Bawne playing for Maharashtra, set a record partnership total in the Ranji Trophy, with 594 runs. It was also the second-highest partnership in the history of first-class cricket. [11]
Two group stage fixtures, the Group A match between Gujarat and Bengal and the Group C match between Hyderabad and Tripura, were abandoned because of smog pollution. [12] Initially, the BCCI rescheduled the fixtures to take place after the conclusion of the group stages. [12] As a result of the rescheduled matches, the dates of the matches in the knockout phase of the competition were moved back to accommodate the rearranged fixtures. [12] Both the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) and the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) opposed the rescheduling of the fixtures. [13] The MCA joint-secretary Unmesh Khanvilkar said that it "gives unfair advantage to the participating teams with respect to their qualification the knockout phase". [13] Kasi Viswanathan, secretary of the TNCA, said that "the matches should not be rescheduled and that points should be shared". [13] The BCCI reviewed the decision to reschedule the matches. [14] In December 2016, they revoked the changes and awarded each team one point from the abandoned matches. [15]
Mumbai, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu from Group A, Jharkhand, Karnataka and Odisha from Group B and Hyderabad and Haryana from Group C all qualified for the knockout stage of the tournament. [16] [17] [18] [19] The dates of the quarter-finals were brought forward by one day and the semi-finals by two days. [20] The Holkar Stadium in Indore hosted the final on 10 January 2017, two days earlier than originally planned. [20]
In the semi-finals Gujarat beat Jharkhand by 123 runs to reach only their second final in the history of the Ranji Trophy, having previously played in the 1950β51 final. [21] Mumbai beat Tamil Nadu by 6 wickets to progress to their 46th final in the Ranji Trophy. [22]
Player/Coach | From | To | Role |
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S Badrinath | Vidarbha | Hyderabad | Batsman |
Iqbal Abdulla | Mumbai | Kerala | All-rounder |
Ambati Rayudu | Baroda | Vidarbha | Batsman |
Mohammad Kaif | Andhra | Chhattisgarh | Batsman |
Bhavin Thakkar | Mumbai | Kerala | Bowler |
Hanuma Vihari | Hyderabad | Andhra | All-rounder |
Bhargav Bhatt | Gujarat | Andhra | All-rounder |
Dwaraka Ravi Teja | Hyderabad | Andhra | All-rounder |
Ashutosh Singh | Madhya Pradesh | Chhattisgarh | Batsman |
Pankaj Rao | Madhya Pradesh | Chhattisgarh | Batsman |
Sumit Ruikar | Vidarbha | Chhattisgarh | Batsman |
Manjeet Singh | Rajasthan | Railways | Batsman |
Nikhil Doru | Rajasthan | Railways | Batsman |
Jalaj Saxena | Madhya Pradesh | Kerala | All-rounder |
Mittal Ravaliya | Baroda | Chhattisgarh | Batsman |
Prasanth Parameswaran | Goa | Kerala | Bowler |
Anustup Majumdar | Railways | Bengal | Batsman |
Smit Patel | Gujarat | Tripura | Wicket-keeper |
Yashpal Singh | Services | Tripura | Batsman |
Coach | From | To | Role |
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Bharat Arun | Vidarbha | Hyderabad | Coach [23] |
Sulakshan Kulkarni | Chhattisgarh | Coach [23] | |
Hrishikesh Kanitkar | Goa | Tamil Nadu | Coach [23] |
Sunil Joshi | Jammu & Kashmir | Assam | Coach [23] |
Shrikant Kalyani | Maharashtra | Coach [23] | |
Jacob Martin | Baroda | Coach [23] | |
Jai Prakash Yadav | Railways | Coach [23] | |
Sanath Kumar | Assam | Andhra | Coach [23] |
Akshay Tandale | Maharashtra | Asst. Coach [23] | |
KP Bhaskar | Delhi | Coach [23] | |
Amit Bhandari | Delhi | Asst. Coach [23] |
The teams were drawn in the following groups: [9]
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Points table
Team [24] | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts | NRR |
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Mumbai | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30 | +0.027 |
Gujarat | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 26 | +0.368 |
Tamil Nadu | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 26 | +0.164 |
Punjab | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 21 | +0.109 |
Bengal | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 21 | β0.235 |
Madhya Pradesh | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 20 | +0.024 |
Uttar Pradesh | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | β0.124 |
Baroda | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | β0.003 |
Railways | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | β0.368 |
Points table
Team [24] | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts | NRR |
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Jharkhand | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 39 | +0.399 |
Karnataka | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 37 | +0.273 |
Odisha | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 22 | +0.054 |
Delhi | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 21 | +0.579 |
Maharashtra | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21 | β0.059 |
Vidarbha | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 20 | β0.025 |
Saurashtra | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | +0.101 |
Rajasthan | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | β0.637 |
Assam | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | β0.620 |
Points table
Team [24] | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts | NRR |
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Hyderabad | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 31 | β0.117 |
Haryana | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 31 | +0.218 |
Andhra | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 28 | +0.119 |
Himachal Pradesh | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 26 | +0.664 |
Kerala | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 25 | +0.206 |
Goa | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 18 | β0.330 |
Services | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 16 | β0.177 |
Jammu and Kashmir | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 15 | β0.383 |
Chhattisgarh | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | β0.011 |
Tripura | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | β0.196 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
A1 | Mumbai | 294 & 217 | ||||||||||||
C1 | Hyderabad | 280 & 201 | ||||||||||||
A1 | Mumbai | 411 & 251/4 | ||||||||||||
A3 | Tamil Nadu | 305 & 356/6d | ||||||||||||
A3 | Tamil Nadu | 152 & 87/3 | ||||||||||||
B2 | Karnataka | 88 & 150 | ||||||||||||
A1 | Mumbai | 228 & 411 | ||||||||||||
A2 | Gujarat | 328 & 313/5 | ||||||||||||
A2 | Gujarat | 263 & 641 | ||||||||||||
B3 | Odisha | 199 & 81/1 | ||||||||||||
A2 | Gujarat | 390 & 252 | ||||||||||||
B1 | Jharkhand | 408 & 111 | ||||||||||||
C2 | Haryana | 258 & 262 | ||||||||||||
B1 | Jharkhand | 345 & 178/5 |
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![]() The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners | |
Dates | 6 October 2016 β 14 January 2017 |
---|---|
Administrator(s) | BCCI |
Cricket format | First-class cricket |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin then knockout |
Host(s) | ![]() |
Champions | Gujarat (1st title) |
Participants | 28 |
Most runs | Priyank Panchal (1,310) (Gujarat) |
Most wickets | Shahbaz Nadeem (56) (Jharkhand) |
The 2016β17 Ranji Trophy was the 83rd season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. Unlike previous seasons, the 2016β17 tournament was played at neutral venues. [1] [2] [3] Captains and coaches were supportive of the change. [4] Chhattisgarh cricket team made their debut in the competition, becoming the 28th team to compete in this edition of the Ranji Trophy. [5] [6] Mumbai were the defending champions. [7] Gujarat beat Mumbai in the final by 5 wickets to win their first title. [8]
In September 2016, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the dates, groups and fixtures for the competition. [9] The pink ball was used in the tournament, to help the BCCI make a decision on playing a day/night Test match. [10]
In October 2016 during the Group B fixture between Maharashtra and Delhi, Swapnil Gugale and Ankit Bawne playing for Maharashtra, set a record partnership total in the Ranji Trophy, with 594 runs. It was also the second-highest partnership in the history of first-class cricket. [11]
Two group stage fixtures, the Group A match between Gujarat and Bengal and the Group C match between Hyderabad and Tripura, were abandoned because of smog pollution. [12] Initially, the BCCI rescheduled the fixtures to take place after the conclusion of the group stages. [12] As a result of the rescheduled matches, the dates of the matches in the knockout phase of the competition were moved back to accommodate the rearranged fixtures. [12] Both the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) and the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) opposed the rescheduling of the fixtures. [13] The MCA joint-secretary Unmesh Khanvilkar said that it "gives unfair advantage to the participating teams with respect to their qualification the knockout phase". [13] Kasi Viswanathan, secretary of the TNCA, said that "the matches should not be rescheduled and that points should be shared". [13] The BCCI reviewed the decision to reschedule the matches. [14] In December 2016, they revoked the changes and awarded each team one point from the abandoned matches. [15]
Mumbai, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu from Group A, Jharkhand, Karnataka and Odisha from Group B and Hyderabad and Haryana from Group C all qualified for the knockout stage of the tournament. [16] [17] [18] [19] The dates of the quarter-finals were brought forward by one day and the semi-finals by two days. [20] The Holkar Stadium in Indore hosted the final on 10 January 2017, two days earlier than originally planned. [20]
In the semi-finals Gujarat beat Jharkhand by 123 runs to reach only their second final in the history of the Ranji Trophy, having previously played in the 1950β51 final. [21] Mumbai beat Tamil Nadu by 6 wickets to progress to their 46th final in the Ranji Trophy. [22]
Player/Coach | From | To | Role |
---|---|---|---|
S Badrinath | Vidarbha | Hyderabad | Batsman |
Iqbal Abdulla | Mumbai | Kerala | All-rounder |
Ambati Rayudu | Baroda | Vidarbha | Batsman |
Mohammad Kaif | Andhra | Chhattisgarh | Batsman |
Bhavin Thakkar | Mumbai | Kerala | Bowler |
Hanuma Vihari | Hyderabad | Andhra | All-rounder |
Bhargav Bhatt | Gujarat | Andhra | All-rounder |
Dwaraka Ravi Teja | Hyderabad | Andhra | All-rounder |
Ashutosh Singh | Madhya Pradesh | Chhattisgarh | Batsman |
Pankaj Rao | Madhya Pradesh | Chhattisgarh | Batsman |
Sumit Ruikar | Vidarbha | Chhattisgarh | Batsman |
Manjeet Singh | Rajasthan | Railways | Batsman |
Nikhil Doru | Rajasthan | Railways | Batsman |
Jalaj Saxena | Madhya Pradesh | Kerala | All-rounder |
Mittal Ravaliya | Baroda | Chhattisgarh | Batsman |
Prasanth Parameswaran | Goa | Kerala | Bowler |
Anustup Majumdar | Railways | Bengal | Batsman |
Smit Patel | Gujarat | Tripura | Wicket-keeper |
Yashpal Singh | Services | Tripura | Batsman |
Coach | From | To | Role |
---|---|---|---|
Bharat Arun | Vidarbha | Hyderabad | Coach [23] |
Sulakshan Kulkarni | Chhattisgarh | Coach [23] | |
Hrishikesh Kanitkar | Goa | Tamil Nadu | Coach [23] |
Sunil Joshi | Jammu & Kashmir | Assam | Coach [23] |
Shrikant Kalyani | Maharashtra | Coach [23] | |
Jacob Martin | Baroda | Coach [23] | |
Jai Prakash Yadav | Railways | Coach [23] | |
Sanath Kumar | Assam | Andhra | Coach [23] |
Akshay Tandale | Maharashtra | Asst. Coach [23] | |
KP Bhaskar | Delhi | Coach [23] | |
Amit Bhandari | Delhi | Asst. Coach [23] |
The teams were drawn in the following groups: [9]
Group A
|
Group B
|
Group C
|
Points table
Team [24] | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts | NRR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mumbai | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30 | +0.027 |
Gujarat | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 26 | +0.368 |
Tamil Nadu | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 26 | +0.164 |
Punjab | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 21 | +0.109 |
Bengal | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 21 | β0.235 |
Madhya Pradesh | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 20 | +0.024 |
Uttar Pradesh | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | β0.124 |
Baroda | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | β0.003 |
Railways | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | β0.368 |
Points table
Team [24] | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts | NRR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jharkhand | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 39 | +0.399 |
Karnataka | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 37 | +0.273 |
Odisha | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 22 | +0.054 |
Delhi | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 21 | +0.579 |
Maharashtra | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21 | β0.059 |
Vidarbha | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 20 | β0.025 |
Saurashtra | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | +0.101 |
Rajasthan | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | β0.637 |
Assam | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | β0.620 |
Points table
Team [24] | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts | NRR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hyderabad | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 31 | β0.117 |
Haryana | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 31 | +0.218 |
Andhra | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 28 | +0.119 |
Himachal Pradesh | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 26 | +0.664 |
Kerala | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 25 | +0.206 |
Goa | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 18 | β0.330 |
Services | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 16 | β0.177 |
Jammu and Kashmir | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 15 | β0.383 |
Chhattisgarh | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | β0.011 |
Tripura | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | β0.196 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
A1 | Mumbai | 294 & 217 | ||||||||||||
C1 | Hyderabad | 280 & 201 | ||||||||||||
A1 | Mumbai | 411 & 251/4 | ||||||||||||
A3 | Tamil Nadu | 305 & 356/6d | ||||||||||||
A3 | Tamil Nadu | 152 & 87/3 | ||||||||||||
B2 | Karnataka | 88 & 150 | ||||||||||||
A1 | Mumbai | 228 & 411 | ||||||||||||
A2 | Gujarat | 328 & 313/5 | ||||||||||||
A2 | Gujarat | 263 & 641 | ||||||||||||
B3 | Odisha | 199 & 81/1 | ||||||||||||
A2 | Gujarat | 390 & 252 | ||||||||||||
B1 | Jharkhand | 408 & 111 | ||||||||||||
C2 | Haryana | 258 & 262 | ||||||||||||
B1 | Jharkhand | 345 & 178/5 |
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