2016–17 Ranji Trophy Group C
 The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners | |
| Dates | 6 October 2016 – 10 December 2016 |
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| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
| Host(s) |  India |
| Participants | 10 |
The 2016–17 Ranji Trophy is the 83rd season of the Ranji Trophy, the first-class cricket tournament in India. It is being contested by 28 teams divided into three groups. Groups A and B comprise nine teams and Group C comprises ten teams.[1] Hyderabad and Haryana qualified for the knockout stage of the tournament.[2][3]
Points table[edit]
| Team[4] | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts | NRR |
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| Hyderabad | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 31 | –0.117 |
| 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 | –0.330 |
| Services | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 16 | –0.177 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 15 | –0.383 |
| Chhattisgarh | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | –0.011 |
| Tripura | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | –0.196 |
- Top two teams advanced to knockout stage
Fixtures[edit]
Round 1[edit]
6–9 October
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- Haryana won the toss and elected to field.
- Ashok Sandhu (Haryana); Rahul Singh and Vikas Yadav (Services) all made their first-class debuts.
6–9 October
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- Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mayank Dagar (Himachal Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
6–9 October
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- Tripura won the toss and elected to bat.
- This was Chhattisgarh's debut first-class match.[5][6]
- Ashutosh Singh, Sahil Gupta, Kant Singh, Amandeep Khare, Ajay Mandal, Rishabh Tiwari, Shakeeb Ahmed and Prateek Sinha (Chhattisgarh); Rajat Dey and Gurinder Singh (Tripura) all made their first-class debuts.
- Ashutosh Singh (Chhattisgarh) scored a century on his first-class debut.[7]
Round 2[edit]
13–16 October
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- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
- Pankaj Rao (Chhattisgarh) made his first-class debut.
13–16 October
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- Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to bat.
- Felix Alemao (Goa) made his first-class debut.
13–16 October
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- Services won the toss and elected to field.
- Raj Bahadur (Services) made his first-class debut.
- This was Tripura's first victory in the Ranji Trophy since beating Himachal Pradesh in December of the 2012–13 tournament.[8]
Round 3[edit]
20–23 October
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- Haryana won the toss and elected to bat.
- Abhishek Tamrakar (Chhattisgarh) made his first-class debut.
20–23 October
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- Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Rana Dutta (Tripura) took a hat-trick. He became first bowler from Tripura to take a hat-trick.[9][10]
20–23 October
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- Services won the toss and elected to field.
- Sumiran Amonkar (Goa) and Sachidanand Pandey (Services) both made their first-class debuts.
- Sagun Kamat became the first batsman for Goa to score a triple century.[11]
Round 4[edit]
27–30 October
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- Services won the toss and elected to bat.
- Samiullah Beigh (Jammu & Kashmir) scored his maiden first-class century.[12]
27–30 October
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- Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
- Vishal Kushwah and Manoj Singh (Chhattisgarh) both made their first-class debuts.
27–30 October
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- Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
- Benjamin Thomas (Hyderabad) made his first-class debut.
- Himachal Pradesh made their lowest total in the Ranji Trophy.[13]
27–30 October
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- Haryana won the toss and elected to field.
- Karthik Raman (Andhra) and Virender Dahiya (Haryana) both made their first-class debuts.
Round 5[edit]
5–8 November
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5–8 November
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27/0 (6 overs)
Anshul Gupta 17* (17) |
- Services won the toss and elected to bat.
5–8 November
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- Goa won the toss and elected to field.
- Abhishek Singh (Chhattisgarh) made his first-class debut.
- In Chhattisgarh's second innings, seven batsmen were dismissed for a duck, the joint-most in one innings in a Ranji Trophy match.[19]
5–8 November
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- Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
- Vinod Kumar and Vishnu Vinod (Kerala) both made their first-class debuts.
Round 6[edit]
13–16 November
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- Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to field.
- Shivam Chauhan (Haryana) made his first-class debut.
13–16 November
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- Chhattisgarh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Avnish Dhaliwal and Anupam Toppo (Chhattisgarh) both made their first-class debuts.
13–16 November
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20/0 (4.5 overs)
Akshath Reddy 15* (15) |
- Services won the toss and elected to field.
- This fixture was originally scheduled to be held in Delhi, but was moved due to concerns about smog pollution.[20]
Round 7[edit]
Round 8[edit]
29 November–2 December
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- Tripura won the toss and elected to bat.
- Aniruddha Saha (Tripura) made his first-class debut.
29 November–2 December
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- Jammu and Kashmir won the toss and elected to field.
- Ahmed Bandy and Suhail Andleev (Jammu and Kashmir) both made their first-class debuts.
29 November–2 December
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- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
- Bukkapatnam Siddharth (Andhra) made his first-class debut.
29 November–2 December
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- Services won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shivendra Singh (Chhattisgarh) made his first-class debut.
29 November–2 December
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- Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Poonish Mehta, Guntashveer Singh (Haryana) and R. I. Thakur (Himachal Pradesh) all made their first-class debuts.
Round 9[edit]
7–10 December
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- Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
- Athif Bin Ashraf (Kerala) made his first-class debut.
7–10 December
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- Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
- Mudi Prajith (Andhra) made his first-class debut.
7–10 December
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- Goa won the toss and elected to bat.
- Srinivas Fadte (Goa) made his first-class debut.
7–10 December
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- Jammu and Kashmir won the toss and elected to field.
- Shahnawaz Hussain (Chhattisgarh) and Mohsin Mufti (Jammu and Kashmir) made their first-class debuts.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ranji Trophy to have its earliest final". ESPNcricinfo. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Hyderabad hold on to qualify". ESPNcricinfo. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ "Saini, Harshal help Haryana storm into quarter-finals". ESPNcricinfo. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 2016-17 Points table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Samson 129* steers Kerala out of trouble". ESPNcricinfo. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Chhattisgarh script historic win on debut". ESPNcricinfo. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Debutant Ashutosh's ton puts Chhattisgarh ahead". ESPNcricinfo. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ^ "Tripura break Ranji victory drought, Haryana brush past Hyderabad". ESPNcricinfo. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "Rana Dutta hat-trick headlines Tripura's dominance". ESPNcricinfo. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ "First Ranji trophy season with two triple-tons by captains". ESPNcricinfo. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- ^ "Kamat, Abdulla dominate on day of batting records". ESPNcricinfo. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ "Rohilla ton in vain as Haryana collapse to defeat". ESPNcricinfo. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ "Lowest Team Totals for Himachal Pradesh". CricketArchive. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ "Smog stops play". ESPNcricinfo. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ^ "Delhi smog forces cancellation of Ranji Trophy matches". ESPNcricinfo. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "Delhi Ranji Trophy matches shifted out of smog-hit Delhi". ESPNcricinfo. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ^ "Rescheduled matches to delay Ranji knockouts". ESPNcricinfo. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ "Odisha-Jharkhand Ranji game rescheduled". ESPNcricinfo. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Seven second-innings ducks for Chhattisgarh". ESPNcricinfo. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy matches shifted out of smog-hit Delhi". ESPNcricinfo. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.