2016–17 Ranji Trophy

2016–17 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners
Dates	6 October 2016 – 16 January 2017
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin then knockout
Host(s)	India
Participants	28

2016–17 Indian domestic cricket season

The 2016–17 Ranji Trophy is the 83rd season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. Unlike previous seasons, the 2016–17 tournament will be 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]

In September 2016, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the dates, groups and fixtures for the competition.^[7] The pink ball will be used in the tournament, to help the BCCI make a decision on playing a day/night Test match.^[8] Mumbai are the defending champions.^[9]

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.^[10]

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.^[11] The BCCI rescheduled the fixtures to take place after the conclusion of the group stages.^[11] 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.^[11] Both the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) and the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) opposed the rescheduling of the fixtures.^[12] The MCA joint-secretary Unmesh Khanvilkar said that it "gives unfair advantage to the participating teams with respect to their qualification the knockout phase".^[12] Kasi Viswanathan, secretary of the TNCA, said that "the matches should not be rescheduled and that points should be shared".^[12] The BCCI are reviewing the decision to reschedule the matches.^[13]

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	Chattisgarh	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 ^[14]
Sulakshan Kulkarni		Chhattisgarh	Coach ^[14]
Hrishikesh Kanitkar	Goa	Tamil Nadu	Coach ^[14]
Sunil Joshi	Jammu & Kashmir	Assam	Coach ^[14]
Shrikant Kalyani		Maharashtra	Coach ^[14]
Jacob Martin		Baroda	Coach ^[14]
Jai Prakash Yadav		Railways	Coach ^[14]
Sanath Kumar	Assam	Andhra	Coach ^[14]
Akshay Tandale		Maharashtra	Asst. Coach ^[14]
KP Bhaskar		Delhi	Coach ^[14]
Amit Bhandari		Delhi	Asst. Coach ^[14]

Teams

The teams were drawn in the following groups:^[7]

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group A

Main article: 2016–17 Ranji Trophy Group A

Group B

Main article: 2016–17 Ranji Trophy Group B

Group C

Main article: 2016–17 Ranji Trophy Group C

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

TBA

Quarter-finals

24–28 December 2016
Scorecard

TBD	v	TBD

1st Quarterfinal

24–28 December 2016
Scorecard

TBD	v	TBD

2nd Quarterfinal

24–28 December 2016
Scorecard

TBD	v	TBD

3rd Quarterfinal

24–28 December 2016
Scorecard

TBD	v	TBD

4th Quarterfinal

Semi-finals

3–7 January 2017
Scorecard

TBD	v	TBD

1st Semi-final

3–7 January 2017
Scorecard

TBD	v	TBD

2nd Semi-final

Final

12–16 January 2017
Scorecard

TBD	v	TBD

References

↑ "BCCI revamps Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy structure". ESPN Cricinfo. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
↑ "Ranji Trophy to be held at neutral venues, confirms BCCI". Times of India. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
↑ "BCCI announces new T20 domestic league, approves Ranji Trophy matches at neutral venues". Indian Express. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
↑ "Captains, coaches open to neutral Ranji venues". ESPN Cricinfo. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
↑ "Kaif to lead debutants Chattisgarh in 2016-17 season". ESPN Cricinfo. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
↑ "BCCI yet to unveil domestic schedule and details". ESPN Cricinfo. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
1 2 "Ranji Trophy to have its earliest final". ESPN Cricinfo. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
↑ "Pink ball to be used in Ranji Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
↑ "Iyer, Lad to miss opener; Unmukt to lead Delhi". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
↑ "The second-highest partnership in first-class cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
1 2 3 "Rescheduled matches to delay Ranji knockouts". ESPN Cricinfo. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
1 2 3 "TN, Mumbai fume over Ranji fixtures rescheduling". ESPN Cricinfo. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
↑ "BCCI to review Ranji matches rescheduling decision". ESPN Cricinfo. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Full list of transfers before the 2015-16 domestic season". ESPN Cricinfo. July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

Ranji Trophy

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Current teams	Andhra Pradesh Assam Baroda Bengal Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Hyderabad Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Mumbai Odisha Punjab Railways Rajasthan Saurashtra Services Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Vidarbha

Former teams	Army Bihar Eastern Punjab Northern India Northern Punjab Patiala Sindh Southern Punjab Travancore-Cochin

Records	List of Ranji Trophy records Triple centuries Hat-tricks

Domestic cricket in 2016–17

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Twenty20	Australia Bangladesh New Zealand Pakistan South Africa

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