2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group A

Cricket tournament

2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group A
Dates	17 February – 26 June 2022
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin then knockout
Participants	4
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2021–22 Indian domestic cricket season
Men
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (A, B, C, D, E, Plate) Ranji Trophy (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, Plate) Vijay Hazare Trophy (A, B, C, D, E, Plate)
Women
Women's Senior One Day Trophy Senior Women's Challenger Trophy Women's Senior T20 Trophy
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The 2021–22 Ranji Trophy was the 87th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It was contested by 38 teams, divided into eight groups, with four teams in Group A. All the Group A league matches took place in Rajkot. The tournament was announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 3 July 2021. Madhya Pradesh won Group A to progress to the knockout stage of the tournament.

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	Pts	Quot
1	Madhya Pradesh	3	2	0	1	14	2.147
2	Kerala	3	2	0	1	14	1.648
3	Gujarat	3	1	2	0	7	1.105
4	Meghalaya	3	0	3	0	0	0.234

Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2022. Source: ESPN Cricinfo

Advances to Quarter-final
Relegated to Plate Group next season

Fixtures

Round 1

17–20 February 2022
Scorecard

Meghalaya	v	Kerala
148 (40.5 overs) Punit Bisht 93 (90) Eden Apple Tom 4/41 (9 overs)		505/9d (140.4 overs) Ponnan Rahul 147 (239) Aryan Bora 3/105 (32.4 overs)
191 (53.5 overs) Chirag Khurana 75 (70) Basil Thampi 4/43 (16 overs)

Kerala won by an innings and 166 runs
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium C, Rajkot
Umpires: Krishnaraj Srinath and Pranav Joshi
Player of the match: Eden Apple Tom (Kerala)

Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
Eden Apple Tom (Kerala), Kishan Lyngdoh and Larry Sangma (Meghalaya) all made their first-class debuts.
Rohan Kunnummal (Kerala) and Vathsal Govind (Kerala) both scored their maiden centuries in first-class cricket.

17–20 February 2022
Scorecard

Madhya Pradesh	v	Gujarat
274 (96.3 overs) Shubham Sharma 92 (206) Arzan Nagwaswalla 5/59 (22 overs)		331 (94.2 overs) Het Patel 72 (139) Ishwar Pandey 5/72 (25 overs)
251 (78 overs) Shubham Sharma 103* (242) Chintan Gaja 6/48 (18 overs)		88 (37.5 overs) Karan Patel 27 (55) Kumar Kartikeya 5/34 (18.5 overs)

Madhya Pradesh won by 106 runs
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Umpires: Anil Dandekar and C. K. Nandan
Player of the match: Shubham Sharma (Madhya Pradesh)

Gujarat won the toss and elected to field.
Het Patel (Gujarat) made his first-class debut.

Round 2

24–27 February 2022
Scorecard

Gujarat	v	Kerala
388 (96.1 overs) Het Patel 185 (245) MD Nidheesh 5/54 (22 overs)		439 (107.3 overs) Rohan Kunnummal 129 (171) Siddharth Desai 5/132 (39 overs)
264 (85.5 overs) Karan Patel 81 (150) Jalaj Saxena 4/57 (18 overs)		214/2 (35.4 Overs) Rohan Kunnummal 106* (87) Chintan Gaja 1/42 (6 overs)

Kerala won by 8 wickets
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium C, Rajkot
Umpires: Pranav Joshi and Nitin Pandit
Player of the match: Rohan Kunnummal (Kerala)

Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
Saurav Chauhan and Umang Kumar (Gujarat) both made their first-class debuts.
Het Patel (Gujarat) and Karan Patel (Gujarat) both scored their maiden first-class centuries.

24–27 February 2022
Scorecard

Meghalaya	v	Madhya Pradesh
61 (35.4 overs) Wanlambok Nongkhlaw 19 (40) Gaurav Yadav 5/11 (10 overs)		499/6d (132.3 overs) Shubham Sharma 111 (169) Akash Choudhary 2/77 (21 overs)
137 (56.2 overs) Punit Bisht 38 (64) Anubhav Agarwal 5/38 (12 overs)

Madhya Pradesh won by an innings and 301 runs
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Krishnaraj Srinath
Player of the match: Gaurav Yadav (Madhya Pradesh)

Meghalaya won the toss and elected to bat.
Akshat Raghuwanshi, Anubhav Agarwal (Madhya Pradesh) and Kilco Marak (Meghalaya) all made their first-class debuts.

Round 3

3–6 March 2022
Scorecard

Madhya Pradesh	v	Kerala
585/9d (204.3 overs) Yash Dubey 289 (591) Jalaj Saxena 6/116 (51.3 overs)		432/9 (153 overs) Ponnan Rahul 136 (368) Anubhav Agarwal 3/58 (24 overs)

Match drawn
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium C, Rajkot
Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Nitin Pandit
Player of the match: Yash Dubey (Madhya Pradesh)

Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.

3–6 March 2022
Scorecard

Gujarat	v	Meghalaya
555/8d (141.4 overs) Bhargav Merai 223 (340) Chirag Khurana 5/151 (43 overs)		166 (51.1 overs) Punit Bisht 59 (91) Chintan Gaja 5/34 (12 overs)
		250 (73.5 overs) (f/o) Dwaraka Ravi Teja 133 (183) Arzan Nagwaswalla 4/70 (19.5 overs)

Gujarat won by an innings and 139 runs
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Rohan Pandit
Player of the match: Bhargav Merai (Gujarat)

Gujarat won the toss and elected to bat.
Bamanbha Shangpliang (Meghalaya), Manan Hingrajia, Parth Vaghani and Priyesh Patel (Gujarat) all made their first-class debuts.

References

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"BCCI unveils two-phased plan for Ranji Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
"65 matches, 9 venues, 2 phases: Ranji Trophy after 22 months". The Indian Express. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
"BCCI announces India's domestic season for 2021-22". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
"Sarfaraz's century puts Mumbai in quarter-finals; Tamil Nadu knocked out". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
Ajith Kumar, P.K. (17 February 2022). "Ranji Trophy: Edhen, Rohan help take Kerala take control". SportStar. Rajkot: The Hindu. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
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