The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy was the 82nd season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It was contested by 27 teams divided into three groups of nine teams each. The top three teams from Groups A and B advanced to the quarterfinals along with the top two teams from Group C. For this season the schedule splits into two stages, the first is a league stage and the second being a knock-out stage. The league stage starts on 1 October 2015 and ends on 4 December 2015 and the knock-out stage starts on 3 February 2016 and ends on 28 February 2016. The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy will be followed by the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Deodhar Trophy.[1]
The final was contested by Saurashtra and Mumbai, a repeat of the 2012–13 final.[2] Mumbai won the match by an innings and 21 runs to claim their 41st title.[3]
The groups drawn are as follows[7]
Group A
Group B
Group C
Points table
{{Test match| date = 3–7 February | team1 = Madhya Pradesh | team2 = Bengal | score-team1-inns1 = 348 (114.5 overs) | runs-team1-inns1 = Aditya Shrivastava 65 (142) | wickets-team1-inns1 = Veer Pratap Singh 5/76 (23 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 121 (45.2 overs) | runs-team2-inns1 = [[Swagato(Raka)] 48 (100) | wickets-team2-inns1 = Ishwar Pandey 4/45 (16 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 560/9d (160.3 overs) | runs-team1-inns2 = Harpreet Singh 139 (206) | wickets-team1-inns2 = Ashok Dinda 2/92 (32.3 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 432 (91.4 overs) | runs-team2-inns2 = Manoj Tiwary 124 (160) | wickets-team2-inns2 = Ishwar Pandey(Bunty) 4/93 (22.4 overs)
| venue = Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | toss = Bengal won the toss and elected to field. | umpires = Anil Dandekar and Rajesh Deshpande | motm = Ishwar Pandey (Madhya Pradesh) | report = Scorecard | result = Madhya Pradesh won by 355 runs | notes = Chandrakant Sakure (Madhya Pradesh) made his first-class debut. }}
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