2015–16 Ranji Trophy Group A
The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy is the 82nd season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It is being contested by 27 teams divided into three groups of nine teams each.
- Top three teams advance to knockout stage and ninth place team will be relegated to Group C for 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.
 
![]() The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners  | |
| Dates | 1 October 2015 – 4 December 2015 | 
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | BCCI | 
| Cricket format | First-class cricket | 
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin | 
| Host(s) | |
| Participants | 9 | 
| Matches | 36 | 
Squads
    
| Assam | Bengal | Delhi[1] | Haryana | Karnataka | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
  | 
| Maharashtra | Odisha | Rajasthan | Vidarbha[2] | 
|---|---|---|---|
Points table
    
| Team[3] | Pld | W | L | D | A | WI | FI | Pts | NRR | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vidarbha | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | +0.047 | 
| Bengal | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 28 | +0.110 | 
| Assam | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 | -0.304 | 
| Delhi | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | +0.215 | 
| Karnataka | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 24 | +0.336 | 
| Rajasthan | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | -0.313 | 
| Maharashtra | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | +0.301 | 
| Odisha | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | +0.016 | 
| Haryana | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -0.406 | 
- Top three teams advance to knockout stage.
 - Bottom place team will be relegated to Group C for 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.
 
Fixtures
    
    Round 1
    
 1–4 October    Scorecard  | 
Vidarbha (H)  | 
v  | 
|
- Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat
 - Rajesh Dhuper (Odisha), Aditya Shanware and Jitesh Sharma (Vidarbha) made their first-class debuts.
 - Points: Vidarbha 3, Odisha 1
 
 1–4 October    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
(H) Maharashtra  | |
- Haryana won the toss and elected to bat
 - Chaitanya Bishnoi, Rahul Dagar and Sanjay Pahal (Haryana) made their first-class debuts.
 - Points: Maharashtra 3, Haryana 1
 
 1–4 October    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
(H) Rajasthan  | |
- Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field
 - Mohit Ahlawat (Delhi) and Nathu Singh (Rajasthan) made their first-class debuts.
 - Points: Rajasthan 3, Delhi 1
 
Round 2
    
 8–11 October    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Assam (H)  | |
- Assam won the toss and elected to field.
 - Kukna Ajay Singh (Rajasthan) made his first-class debut.
 
 8–11 October    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Karnataka (H)  | |
- Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.
 - Naved Ahmed (Bengal) made his first-class debut.
 
 8–11 October    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Delhi (H)  | |
96/0 (14.1 overs) Unmukt Chand 51* (41)  | 
- Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
 - Nitish Rana and Sarang Rawat (both Delhi) made their first-class debuts.
 
Round 3
    
 15–18 October    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Bengal (H)  | |
- Rajasthan won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Aamir Gani and Pankaj Shaw (both Bengal) made their first-class debuts.
 
 15–18 October    Scorecard  | 
Karnataka (H)  | 
v  | 
|
17/0 (11 overs) Aditya Shanware 7* (31)  | 
- Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
 
Round 4
    
 22–25 October    Scorecard  | 
Rajasthan (H)  | 
v  | 
|
17/0 (5.3 overs) Swapnil Gugale 14* (20)  | 
- Maharashtra won the toss and elected to field.
 
 22–25 October    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Vidarbha (H)  | |
- Assam won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Aditya Sarwate (Vidarbha) made his first-class debut.
 
 22–25 October    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Delhi (H)  | |
- Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
 - Rishabh Pant (Delhi) made his first-class debut.
 
 22–25 October    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Karnataka (H)  | |
- Haryana won the toss and elected to bat.
 - David Mathias (Karnataka) made his first-class debut.
 
Round 5
    
 30 October–2 November    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Odisha (H)  | |
- Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
 - Suboth Bhati, Pulkit Narang and Dhruv Shorey (Delhi) all made their first-class debuts.
 
 30 October–2 November    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Haryana (H)  | |
- Haryana won the toss and elected to field.
 - Pramod Chandila, Mukesh Kumar (Bengal) and Rohit Sharma (Haryana) all made their first-class debuts.
 
Round 6
    
7–10 November    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Karnataka (H)  | |
- Odisha won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Amit Das and Ranjit Singh (both Odisha) made their first-class debuts.
 
 7–10 November    Scorecard  | 
Haryana (H)  | 
v  | 
|
- Haryana won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Rahul Hazarika (Assam) made his first-class debut.
 
 7–10 November    Scorecard  | 
Bengal (H)  | 
v  | 
|
- Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
 - Sayan Ghosh (Bengal) made his first-class debut.
 
Round 7
    
 15–18 November    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Maharashtra (H)  | |
100/1 (33 overs) Abhimanyu Easwaran 53* (103)  | 
- Maharashtra won the toss and elected to field.
 
 15–18 November    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Vidarbha (H)  | |
- Rajasthan won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Sidhant Dobal (Rajasthan) made his first-class debut.
 - Umesh Yadav (Vidarbha) took a hat-trick in the first innings.[4]
 
Round 8
    
 23–26 November    Scorecard  | 
Bengal (H)  | 
v  | 
|
- Bengal won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Anurag Tiwari (Bengal) made his first-class debut.
 - Odisha's second innings score of 37 all out is their second lowest score in the Ranji Trophy. Following the match, the club lodged a complaint stating that the pitch was "underprepared".[5]
 
 23–26 November    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Maharashtra (H)  | |
- Maharashtra won the toss and elected to field.
 - No play on day 1.
 
 23–26 November    Scorecard  | 
Haryana (H)  | 
v  | 
|
- Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
 - Mohit Hooda, Shamsher Yadav (Haryana) and Manender Singh (Rajasthan) all made their first-class debuts.
 
Round 9
    
 1–4 December    Scorecard  | 
v  | 
Assam (H)  | |
- Assam won the toss and elected to field.
 - Wasiqur Rahman (Assam) made his first-class debut.
 
References
    
- Ishant left out of Delhi Ranji squad
 - Vidarbha cricket team
 - "Ranji Trophy, 2015-16 Points table". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
 - "Umesh hat-trick, Assam rout Delhi for 149". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
 - "Odisha complain against 'underprepared' pitch". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
 
External links
    
- Series home at ESPNCricinfo
 - Series home at Bcci.tv Archived 2 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine
 
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