2017–18 Ranji Trophy Group B

2017-18 Ranji Trophy Group B
The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners
Dates6 October 2017 (2017-10-06) – 28 November 2017 (2017-11-28)
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s) India
Participants7
2017–18 Indian domestic cricket season
Men
Women

The 2017–18 Ranji Trophy was the 84th season of the Ranji Trophy, the first-class cricket tournament in India. It was contested by 28 teams divided into four groups, each containing seven teams.[1] The top two teams from Group B progressed to the quarterfinals of the competition.[2]

Defending champions Gujarat and Kerala progressed to the knockout stage of the competition after beating Jharkhand and Haryana respectively in the final round of group-stage fixtures.[3][4] It was the first time that Kerala had progressed to the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy.[5][6]

Teams

The following teams were placed in Group B, based on their average points in the previous three years:[7]

Points table

Team[8] Pld W L D A Pts NRR
Gujarat 6 5 0 1 0 34 +0.097
Kerala 6 5 1 0 0 31 +0.636
Saurashtra 6 3 1 2 0 26 +0.245
Jammu & Kashmir 6 1 4 1 0 9 –0.077
Haryana 6 1 4 1 0 9 –0.506
Jharkhand 6 1 4 1 0 8 –0.049
Rajasthan 6 0 2 4 0 6 –0.294
  •   Top two teams advanced to the knockout stage

Fixtures

Round 1

6–9 October 2017
Scorecard
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202 (73.2 overs)
Ishan Kishan 45 (100)
Jalaj Saxena 6/50 (30 overs)
259 (90.3 overs)
Jalaj Saxena 54* (148)
Sunny Gupta 6/94 (35 overs)
89 (41.3 overs)
Saurabh Tiwary 26* (44)
Jalaj Saxena 5/27 (20.3 overs)
34/1 (5 overs)
Arun Karthik 27* (21)
Samar Quadri 1/15 (2 overs)
Kerala won by 9 wickets
Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Nikhil Patwardhan
Player of the match: Jalaj Saxena (Kerala)
  • Jharkhand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ponnan Rahul (Kerala) and Nazim Siddiqui (Jharkhand) both made their first-class debuts.
6–9 October 2017
Scorecard
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330 (115.2 overs)
Robin Bist 113 (233)
Mohammed Mudhasir 5/81 (33.2 overs)
436/8d (156.5 overs)
Ahmed Bandy 102 (205)
Tanveer Ul-Haq 3/43 (21 overs)
246/4 (68 overs)
Rajesh Bishnoi 101* (138)
Rohit Sharma 2/28 (10 overs)
Match drawn
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Vineet Kulkarni
Player of the match: Mohammed Mudhasir (Jammu & Kashmir)
6–9 October 2017
Scorecard
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278 (90.3 overs)
Prerak Mankad 68 (115)
Ashish Hooda 6/61 (24 overs)
107 (42.3 overs)
Rahul Tewatia 23 (29)
Shaurya Sanandia 4/44 (13 overs)
140 (43 overs) (f/o)
Chaitanya Bishnoi 56 (115)
Jaydev Unadkat 3/55 (14 overs)
Saurashtra won by an innings and 31 runs
Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak
Umpires: Sivasubramaniyan Shankar and R. Sundar
Player of the match: Prerak Mankad (Saurashtra)
  • Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Amit Rana (Haryana) made his first-class debut.

Round 2

14–17 October 2017
Scorecard
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208 (66.5 overs)
Sanju Samson 51 (83)
Piyush Chawla 5/69 (19.5 overs)
307 (106.3 overs)
Chirag Gandhi 91 (145)
Akshay Chandran 3/52 (24.3 overs)
203 (76.3 overs)
Arun Karthik 69 (148)
Siddharth Desai 6/80 (26.3 overs)
108/6 (42.3 overs)
Priyank Panchal 30 (77)
Jalaj Saxena 2/16 (14 overs)
Gujarat won by 4 wickets
GS Patel Stadium, Nadiad
Umpires: Krishnamachari Bharatan and Subrat Das
Player of the match: Siddharth Desai (Gujarat)
14–17 October 2017
Scorecard
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423 (141.5 overs)
Tajinder Singh 134 (282)
Sunny Gupta 3/76 (27.5 overs)
265 (97.3 overs)
Saurabh Tiwary 83 (157)
Pankaj Singh 4/48 (24 overs)
332/6 (103.5 overs) (f/o)
Ishank Jaggi 103* (193)
Pankaj Singh 3/53 (12 overs)
Match drawn
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Krishnaraj Srinath
Player of the match: Amitkumar Gautam (Rajasthan)
  • Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.
  • Tajinder Singh (Rajasthan) scored his maiden first-class century.[10]
14–17 October 2017
Scorecard
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624/7d (135 overs)
Ravindra Jadeja 201 (313)
Waseem Raza 3/164 (35 overs)
156 (60.5 overs)
Shubham Khajuria 41 (137)
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 6/68 (21 overs)
256 (84.1 overs) (f/o)
Ram Dayal 56 (73)
Vandit Jivrajani 6/79 (24.1 overs)
Saurashtra won by an innings and 212 runs
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan and Tapan Sharma
Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Saurashtra)
  • Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.

Round 3

24–27 October 2017
Scorecard
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335 (118.3 overs)
Rohan Prem 79 (157)
Mahipal Lomror 4/51 (22.3 overs)
243 (82.3 overs)
Dishant Yagnik 62 (134)
Jalaj Saxena 8/85 (33.3 overs)
250/4d (50.4 overs)
Jalaj Saxena 105* (157)
Tajinder Singh 2/38 (6.4 overs)
211 (83.4 overs)
Robin Bist 70 (143)
Sijomon Joseph 5/84 (30.4 overs)
Kerala won by 131 runs
St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba
Umpires: Rohan Pandit
Player of the match: Jalaj Saxena (Kerala)
  • Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sijomon Joseph (Kerala) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[11]
24–27 October 2017
Scorecard
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208 (75.4 overs)
Chaitanya Bishnoi 61 (205)
Sunny Gupta 4/67 (25 overs)
425/9d (133.5 overs)
Ishank Jaggi 135 (237)
Chaitanya Bishnoi 2/43 (20.5 overs)
296 (113 overs)
Rajat Paliwal 93 (237)
Shahbaz Nadeem 6/93 (42 overs)
81/0 (10.4 overs)
Ishan Kishan 46* (45)
Jharkhand won by 10 wickets
JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Sadashiv Iyer
Player of the match: Ishank Jaggi (Jharkhand)
  • Haryana won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ajit Chahal (Haryana) made his first-class debut.
24–27 October 2017
Scorecard
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261 (77.2 overs)
Shubham Khajuria 54 (86)
Piyush Chawla 5/92 (24 overs)
455 (143 overs)
Manpreet Juneja 131 (279)
Manik Gupta 5/143 (29 overs)
130 (34.4 overs)
Ram Dayal 29 (26)
Hardik Patel 5/49 (14.4 overs)
Gujarat won by an innings and 64 runs
Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Nitin Pandit
Player of the match: Manprit Juneja (Gujarat)
  • Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to bat.

Round 4

1–4 November 2017
Scorecard
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553/9d (161 overs)
Cheteshwar Pujara 204 (355)
Ashish Kumar 3/76 (33 overs)
270 (82.1 overs)
Ishank Jaggi 114 (171)
Vandit Jivrajani 4/33 (14 overs)
59/4 (14 overs)
Robin Uthappa 17 (18)
Ashish Kumar 2/20 (6 overs)
341 (83 overs) (f/o)
Sumit Kumar 108 (147)
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 4/108 (21 overs)
Saurashtra won by 6 wickets
Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Saiyed Khalid
Player of the match: Cheteshwar Pujara (Saurashtra)
  • Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Cheteshwar Pujara (Saurashtra) scored his 12th double-century, the most by an Indian batsman in first-class cricket, breaking the record set by Vijay Merchant.[12][13]
1–4 November 2017
Scorecard
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236 (84.1 overs)
Bhargav Merai 52 (98)
Amit Mishra 4/63 (26.1 overs)
157 (64 overs)
Rohit Sharma 65* (129)
Piyush Chawla 4/48 (21 overs)
281/9d (76.5 overs)
Priyank Panchal 67 (108)
Ashish Hooda 4/79 (21.5 overs)
122 (44.3 overs)
Sanjay Pahal 41 (55)
Piyush Chawla 5/44 (14.3 overs)
Gujarat won by 238 runs
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Valsad
Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer and Krishnaraj Srinath
Player of the match: Siddharth Desai (Gujarat)
  • Gujarat won the toss and elected to bat.
1–4 November 2017
Scorecard
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219 (76 overs)
Sanju Samson 112 (187)
Parvez Rasool 6/70 (26 overs)
173 (62 overs)
Shubham Khajuria 41 (84)
KC Akshay 4/37 (14 overs)
191 (65.3 overs)
Rohan Prem 58 (149)
Parvez Rasool 5/70 (28 overs)
79 (41.5 overs)
Parvez Rasool 17 (29)
KC Akshay 5/21 (13.5 overs)
Kerala won by 158 runs
St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba
Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni and Nitin Pandit
Player of the match: Sanju Samson (Kerala)
  • Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
  • KC Akshay (Kerala) made his first-class debut.
  • Parvez Rasool (Jammu & Kashmir) took his tenth five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[14]
  • KC Akshay (Kerala) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[15]

Round 5

9–12 November 2017
Scorecard
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570 (161.4 overs)
Cheteshwar Pujara 182 (313)
Siddharth Desai 4/154 (36.4 overs)
413 (145.1 overs)
Priyank Panchal 145 (289)
Jaydev Unadkat 4/83 (29 overs)
98/1 (30.1 overs)
Robin Uthappa 64* (85)
Siddharth Desai 1/40 (12 overs)
Match drawn
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Umpires: Sudhir Asnani and R. Sundar
Player of the match: Cheteshwar Pujara (Saurashtra)
  • Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
9–12 November 2017
Scorecard
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376 (100.3 overs)
Puneet Bisht 115 (142)
Varun Aaron 4/54 (22 overs)
292/9d (108 overs)
Nazim Siddiqui 70 (69)
Aamir Aziz 4/86 (25 overs)
265/9d (63.5 overs)
Parvez Rasool 70 (74)
Utkarsh Singh 3/40 (10 overs)
243 (49.4 overs)
Ishan Kishan 52 (56)
Aamir Aziz 5/63 (16 overs)
Jammu & Kashmir won by 106 runs
Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Ulhas Gandhe
Player of the match: Parvez Rasool (Jammu & Kashmir)
  • Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Utkarsh Singh (Jharkhand) and Aquib Nazir (Jammu & Kashmir) both made their first-class debuts.
9–12 November 2017
Scorecard
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233 (71 overs)
Harshal Patel 83 (108)
Aniket Choudhary 3/37 (16 overs)
150 (52.4 overs)
Tajinder Singh 38 (42)
Ajit Chahal 3/42 (10.4 overs)
179/5d (55 overs)
Shivam Chauhan 65 (104)
Aniket Choudhary 2/30 (12 overs)
59/7 (39 overs)
Mahipal Lomror 20* (98)
Ashish Hooda 3/8 (12 overs)
Match drawn
Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Belur Ravi
Player of the match: Harshal Patel (Haryana)
  • Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.

Round 6

17–20 November 2017
Scorecard
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225 (78 overs)
Sanju Samson 68 (104)
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 6/112 (33 overs)
232 (78.5 overs)
Robin Uthappa 86 (120)
Sijomon Joseph 4/43 (19 overs)
411/6d (92 overs)
Sanju Samson 175 (180)
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 4/153 (35 overs)
95 (51.3 overs)
Sheldon Jackson 24 (74)
Jalaj Saxena 4/29 (14.3 overs)
Kerala won by 309 runs
St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba
Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan and Virender Sharma
Player of the match: Sanju Samson (Kerala)
  • Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
17–20 November 2017
Scorecard
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184 (65.4 overs)
Amit Mishra 41 (79)
Ram Dayal 5/57 (24.4 overs)
176 (54.5 overs)
Ahmed Bandy 67 (81)
Ashish Hooda 3/38 (17 overs)
167 (86.3 overs)
Rajat Paliwal 45 (144)
Ram Dayal 6/44 (27.3 overs)
157 (44.1 overs)
Owais Shah 52* (85)
Ajit Chahal 5/53 (19 overs)
Haryana won by 18 runs
CH Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Krishnaraj Srinath
Player of the match: Ajit Chahal (Haryana)
  • Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to field
17–20 November 2017
Scorecard
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153 (50 overs)
Tajinder Singh 45 (54)
Chintan Gaja 8/40 (15 overs)
601/4d (155 overs)
Parthiv Patel 173 (172)
Mahipal Lomror 1/95 (24 overs)
341 (107.3 overs)
Robin Bist 81 (146)
Siddharth Desai 5/129 (39 overs)
Gujarat won by an innings and 107 run
Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat
Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer and R. Sundar
Player of the match: Chintan Gaja (Gujarat)
  • Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Shubham Sharma (Rajasthan) made his first-class debut.

Round 7

25–28 November 2017
Scorecard
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208 (81.3 overs)
Rajat Paliwal 46 (140)
Sandeep Warrier 4/50 (18 overs)
389 (129.3 overs)
Rohan Prem 93 (314)
Ajit Chahal 5/90 (25.3 overs)
173 (78.3 overs)
Amit Mishra 40 (79)
M. D. Nidheesh 3/27 (19.3 overs)
Kerala won by an innings and 8 runs
Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak
Umpires: Kamlesh Sharma and Nitin Pandit
Player of the match: Jalaj Saxena (Kerala)
  • Haryana won the toss and elected to bat.
25–28 November 2017
Scorecard
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411 (130.5 overs)
Rujul Bhatt 145* (224)
Ashish Kumar 4/118 (30.5 overs)
242 (86.3 overs)
Kumar Deobrat 80 (149)
Kamlesh Thakor 3/43 (12 overs)
16/0 (1.4 overs)
Priyank Panchal 12* (4)
183 (62) (f/o)
Kumar Deobrat 53 (97)
Hardik Patel 4/9 (6 overs)
Gujarat won by 10 wickets
JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Virender Sharma
Player of the match: Rujul Bhatt (Gujarat)
  • Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.
  • Kamlesh Thakor (Gujarat) made his first-class debut.
25–28 November 2017
Scorecard
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534 (143.4 overs)
Avi Barot 130 (272)
Deepak Chahar 3/110 (31 overs)
275 (102.2 overs)
Robin Bist 63 (148)
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 3/42 (18 overs)
394/7 (101.2 overs) (f/o)
Chetan Bist 109 (182)
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 5/167 (38 overs)
Match drawn
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Jayaraman Madanagopal
Player of the match: Dharmendrasinh Jadeja (Saurashtra)
  • Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.

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