2019–20 Ranji Trophy Group A
Tournament logo The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners | |
Dates | 9 December 2019 (2019年12月9日) – 15 February 2020 (2020年2月15日) |
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Administrator(s) | BCCI |
Cricket format | First-class cricket |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
Host(s) | India |
Participants | 9 |
← 2018–19 |
2019–20 Indian domestic cricket season |
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The 2019–20 Ranji Trophy was the 86th season of the Ranji Trophy, the first-class cricket tournament that took place in India.[1] It was contested by 38 teams, divided into four groups, with nine teams in Group A.[2] The group stage ran from 9 December 2019 to 15 February 2020.[2] The top five teams across Group A and Group B progressed to the quarter-finals of the competition.[3]
Ahead of the final round of group stage matches, Gujarat and Andhra had qualified for the quarter-finals from Group A.[4] Bengal were the third and final team from Group A to progress, after beating Punjab by 48 runs in their final match.[5] Kerala and Hyderabad finished in the last two places across groups A and B and were relegated for the next season.[6] [7]
Points table
[edit ]Pos | Pld | W | L | D | T | NR | Pts | Quot | |
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1 | Gujarat | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1.235 |
2 | Bengal | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1.470 |
5 | Andhra | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1.175 |
6 | Punjab | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1.280 |
7 | Vidarbha | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1.159 |
8 | Delhi | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1.007 |
12 | Rajasthan | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.842 |
17 | Kerala | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.772 |
18 | Hyderabad | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.509 |
- Top five teams across Groups A and B advance to the knockout stage.
- Bottom two teams across Groups A and B relegated to the Elite Group C for the next season.
Fixtures
[edit ]Round 1
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St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba
Umpires: Sai Darshan Kumar and Chirra Ravikanthreddy
Player of the match: Sachin Baby (Kerala)
- Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
- KM Asif (Kerala) and Tejas Baroka (Delhi) both made their first-class debuts.
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Shubman Gill 36* (28)
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Pranav Joshi
Player of the match: Mandeep Singh (Punjab)
- Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
- Ashwani Kumar, Sharad Lumba and Anmol Malhotra (Punjab) all made their first-class debuts.
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Dr. Gokaraju Liala Gangaaraju ACA Cricket Ground, Vijayawada
Umpires: Rohan Pandit and Puttarangaiah Jayapal
Player of the match: Ganesh Satish (Vidarbha)
- Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
- Wasim Jaffer (Vidarbha) became the first cricketer to play in 150 matches in the Ranji Trophy.[8] [9]
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Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Pashchim Pathak
- Gujarat won the toss and elected to field.
- Shashidhar Reddy (Hyderabad) made his first-class debut.
Round 2
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Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Umpires: Mukund Mandale and Jayaraman Madanagopal
Player of the match: Mohit Kale (Vidarbha)
- Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rajat Choudhary (Rajasthan) made his first-class debut.
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St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba
Umpires: Akshay Totre and Pashchim Pathak
Player of the match: Abhishek Raman (Bengal)
- Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sudhesan Midhun (Kerala) made his first-class debut.
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Dhruve Pandove Stadium, Patiala
Umpires: Sai Darshan Kumar and Chirra Ravikanthreddy
Player of the match: Mandeep Singh (Punjab)
- Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
- Akul Pandove, Karan Kaila (Punjab) and Yudhvir Singh (Hyderabad) all made their first-class debuts.
Round 3
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Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat
Umpires: Sai Darshan Kumar and Chirra Ravikanthreddy
Player of the match: Chintan Gaja (Gujarat)
- Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
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Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Anil Chaudhary
Player of the match: Ganesh Satish (Vidarbha)
- Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 2.
- Arshdeep Singh (Punjab) made his first-class debut.
Scorecard
Abhishek Raman 27* (63)
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Rohan Pandit
Player of the match: Abhishek Raman (Bengal)
- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
- Akash Deep (Bengal) made his first-class debut.
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Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: Pashchim Pathak and Sadashiv Iyer
Player of the match: Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi)
- Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
- Chaitanya Reddy (Hyderabad) made his first-class debut.
Round 4
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Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Sai Darshan Kumar
Player of the match: KV Sasikanth (Andhra)
- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
- Yash Kothari (Rajasthan) made his first-class debut.
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Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma and VM Dhokre
Player of the match: Akash Deep (Bengal)
- Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 1.
- Ritwik Roy Chowdhury (Bengal) and Tejas Patel (Gujarat) both made their first-class debuts.
Scorecard
Jamalpur Mallikarjun 38 (70)
Sandeep Warrier 1/26 (10 overs)
Basil Thampi 1/26 (10 overs)
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Rohan Pandit
Player of the match: Kolla Sumanth (Hyderabad)
- Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jamalpur Mallikarjun and Jaweed Ali (Hyderabad) both made their first-class debuts.
- Kolla Sumanth (Hyderabad) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[10]
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Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: Pashchim Pathak and Mohamad Rafi
Player of the match: Dhruv Shorey (Delhi)
- Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 5
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CSR Sharma College Ground, Ongole
Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Yeshwant Barde
Player of the match: Paidikalva Vijaykumar (Andhra)
- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
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St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba
Umpires: Sai Darshan Kumar and Rohan Pandit
Player of the match: Salman Nizar (Kerala)
- Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rohan Marwaha (Punjab) made his first-class debut.
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- Gujarat won the toss and elected to bat.
- Aditya Garhwal (Rajasthan) made his first-class debut.
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Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Vineet Kulkarni
- Bengal won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 6
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Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Rohan Pandit
Player of the match: Manoj Tiwary (Bengal)
- Bengal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kazi Saifi (Bengal) made his first-class debut.
- Manoj Tiwary (Bengal) scored his maiden triple century in first-class cricket.[11]
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Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: Pashchim Pathak and C. K. Nandan
Player of the match: Nitish Rana (Delhi)
- Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
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Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium, Valsad
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Yeshwant Barde
Player of the match: Arzan Nagwaswalla (Gujarat)
- Gujarat won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kshitij Patel and Yash Gardharia (Gujarat) both made their first-class debuts.
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St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba
Umpires: Nitin Pandit and Sundaram Ravi
Player of the match: Shubham Sharma (Rajasthan)
- Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rohan Kunnummal (Kerala) and Chandrapal Singh (Rajasthan) both made their first-class debuts.
Round 7
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Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin and Rohan Pandit
Player of the match: Anustup Majumdar (Bengal)
- Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
- Nilkantha Das (Bengal) made his first-class debut.
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Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat
Umpires: Krishnamachari Srinivasan and C. K. Nandan
Player of the match: Parthiv Patel (Gujarat)
- Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat.
- Aniruddha Choudhari (Vidarbha) made his first-class debut.
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Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer and Virender Sharma
Player of the match: Manender Singh (Rajasthan)
- Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
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CSR Sharma College Ground, Ongole
Umpires: Sai Darshan Kumar and Pashchim Pathak
Player of the match: Mohammad Rafi (Andhra)
- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
- Mohammad Rafi, Uppara Girinath, Nitish Kumar Reddy (Andhra) and Nedumankuzhy Basil (Kerala) all made their first-class debuts.
Round 8
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Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Chirra Ravikanthreddy
Player of the match: Manprit Juneja (Gujarat)
- Gujarat won the toss and elected to field.
- Siddhant Sharma (Delhi) made his first-class debut.
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Dhruve Pandove Stadium, Patiala
Umpires: Sai Darshan Kumar and Yeshwant Barde
Player of the match: Anmol Malhotra (Punjab)
- Andhra won the toss and elected to bat.
- Krishan Alang (Punjab), Dasari Swaroop Kumar and Siraparapu Ashish (Andhra) all made their first-class debuts.
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Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Rohan Pandit and Somnath Jha
Player of the match: Shahbaz Ahmed (Bengal)
- Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
- Arafat Khan (Rajasthan) made his first-class debut.
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Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Umpires: Vinod Seshan and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
Player of the match: MD Nidheesh (Kerala)
- Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 3.
Round 9
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GS Patel Stadium, Nadiad
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Yeshwant Barde
Player of the match: Axar Patel (Gujarat)
- Andhra won the toss and elected to bat.
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Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Pashchim Pathak
Player of the match: Faiz Fazal (Vidarbha)
- Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
- Prateek Reddy and Gangam Anikethreddy (Hyderabad) both made their first-class debuts.
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Dhruve Pandove Stadium, Patiala
Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan and Rohan Pandit
Player of the match: Manoj Tiwary (Bengal)
- Bengal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ramandeep Singh (Punjab) and Ramesh Prasad (Bengal) both made their first-class debuts.
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- Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
- Ramnivas Golada (Rajasthan) made his first-class debut.
References
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- ^ "Mushtaq Ali Trophy to be held ahead of IPL auction as BCCI announces domestic schedule". Times of India. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy quarter-final scenarios: 14 teams still in contention for five slots". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
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- ^ "Hyderabad relegated to Group C in Ranji Trophy". Telangana Today. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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- ^ "Wasim Jaffer makes record 150th Ranji appearance". Times of India. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
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- ^ "Ranji Trophy: Manoj Tiwary hits maiden triple hundred in first-class cricket". India Today. Retrieved 20 January 2020.