2019–20 Ranji Trophy Group B
Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
2019–20 Ranji Trophy Group B The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners
Dates 9 December 2019 (2019-12-09 ) – 15 February 2020 (2020-02-15 ) Administrator(s) BCCI Cricket format First-class cricket Tournament format(s) Round-robin Host(s) India Participants 9
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 B.[ 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]
In the round seven match between Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh , Madhya Pradesh's Ravi Yadav became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in his first over on his debut in a first-class cricket match.[ 4]
Ahead of the final round of group stage matches, Saurashtra had qualified for the quarter-finals from Group B.[ 5] Karnataka also progressed from Group B, after they beat Baroda by eight wickets in their final match.[ 6]
Points table
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
Round 1
Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
Vaibhav Arora (Himachal Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
Round 2
Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
Mohit Jangra and Shubham Mavi (Uttar Pradesh) both made their first-class debuts.
Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
Himanshu Mantri (Madhya Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
Round 3
Karnataka won the toss and elected to bat.
Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
Chezhian Harinishanth (Tamil Nadu) made his first-class debut.
Railways won the toss and elected to field.
Deepak Shetty (Mumbai) made his first-class debut.
Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
Parth Bhut (Saurashtra) made his first-class debut.
Round 4
Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
Gautam Raghuwanshi (Madhya Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.
Rohan Kadam (Karnataka) made his first-class debut.
Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
No play was possible on day 1 due to rain.
Railways won the toss and elected to field.
Round 5
Railways won the toss and elected to field.
Saurabh Singh (Railways) made his first-class debut.
Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
Praveen Dubey (Karnataka) made his first-class debut.
Cheteshwar Pujara (Saurashtra) scored his 50th century in first-class cricket.[ 9]
Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
Aaqib Khan and Wajid Ali (Uttar Pradesh) both made their first-class debuts.
Round 6
Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
Railways won the toss and elected to bat.
Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
No play was possible on day 3.
Round 7
Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.
Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
No play was possible on days 2 and 3.
Round 8
Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.
Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 9
Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat.
Jaganath Sinivas (Tamil Nadu) made his first-class debut.
Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.
Parth Kohli (Baroda) made his first-class debut.
Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
Aakarshit Gomel (Mumbai) made his first-class debut.
References
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