 The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners | |
| Dates | 6 October 2016 – 14 January 2017 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin then knockout |
| Host(s) |  India |
| Champions | Gujarat (1st title) |
| Participants | 28 |
| Most runs | Priyank Panchal (1,310) (Gujarat) |
| Most wickets | Shahbaz Nadeem (56) (Jharkhand) |
The 2016–17 Ranji Trophy was the 83rd season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. Unlike previous seasons, the 2016–17 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 1950–51 final.[21] Mumbai beat Tamil Nadu by 6 wickets to progress to their 46th final in the Ranji Trophy.[22]
Personnel changes
Players
| 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 |
Coaches
| 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] | |
Teams
The teams were drawn in the following groups:[9]
Group A
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 | –0.235 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 20 | +0.024 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | –0.124 |
| Baroda | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | –0.003 |
| Railways | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | –0.368 |
- Top three teams advanced to knockout stage.
Group B
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 | –0.059 |
| Vidarbha | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 20 | –0.025 |
| Saurashtra | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | +0.101 |
| Rajasthan | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | –0.637 |
| Assam | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | –0.620 |
- Top three teams advanced to knockout stage.
Group C
Points table
| Team[24] | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Knockout stage
| 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 | ||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
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- Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.
- Dinesh Karthik (Tamil Nadu) played in his 100th Ranji Trophy match.[25]
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- Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
- Samit Gohel (Gujarat) scored his first triple century in first-class cricket and the 40th triple century in the Ranji Trophy. His 359 not out is the highest score for carrying the bat in first-class cricket.[26]
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- Haryana won the toss and elected to bat.
Semi-finals
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- Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat.
- Prithvi Shaw (Mumbai) and Ganga Sridhar Raju (Tamil Nadu) both made their first-class debuts.
- Prithvi Shaw became the first player for Mumbai to score a century on debut in the Ranji Trophy since Amol Muzumdar did so in the 1993–94 tournament.[22]
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- Gujarat won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
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- Gujarat won the toss and elected to field.
- This was the highest successful run-chase in the final of the Ranji Trophy.[27]
References
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- ↑ "Ranji Trophy to be held at neutral venues, confirms BCCI". Times of India. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
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- ↑ "Kaif to lead debutants Chhattisgarh in 2016-17 season". ESPNcricinfo. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ↑ "BCCI yet to unveil domestic schedule and details". ESPNcricinfo. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
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- ↑ "Saini, Harshal help Haryana storm into quarter-finals". ESPNcricinfo. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
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