2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group E

2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group E
Dates17 February – 26 June 2022
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)Round-robin then knockout
Participants4
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2021–22 Indian domestic cricket season
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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.[1][2] It was contested by 38 teams, divided into eight groups, with four teams in Group E.[3] All the Group E league matches took place in Trivandrum.[4] The tournament was announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 3 July 2021.[5] Uttarakhand won Group R to progress to the knockout stage of the tournament.[6]

Points table

Pos Team
 Pld W L T D NR Pts Quot
1 Uttarakhand 3 2 1 0 0 0 12 1.398
2 Andhra Pradesh 3 1 1 0 1 0 9 1.183
3 Services 3 1 1 0 1 0 8 0.872
4 Rajasthan 3 1 2 0 0 0 6 0.723
Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2022. Source: ESPN Cricinfo

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Fixtures

Round 1

17–20 February 2022
Scorecard
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275 (59.2 overs)
Rajesh Bishnoi 54 (42)
CV Stephen 5/51 (13 overs)
224 (86.2 overs)
Uppara Girinath 71 (217)
Aniket Choudhary 4/40 (18.2 overs)
316 (92.2 overs)
Ashok Menaria 79 (112)
KV Sasikanth 3/75 (23 overs)
209 (53.3 overs)
Pinninti Tapaswi 44 (62)
Shubham Sharma 4/32 (12 overs)
Rajasthan won by 158 runs
St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba
Umpires: Abhijit Bengeri and GS Ananth Ramakrishnan
Player of the match: Ashok Menaria (Rajasthan)
  • Rajasthan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Anirudh Singh, Manav Suthar (Rajasthan), Pinninti Tapaswi, Tripurana Vijay and Yara Sandeep (Andhra Pradesh) all made their first-class debuts.
17–20 February 2022
Scorecard
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176 (78.4 overs)
Devender Lochab 76 (185)
Deepak Dhapola 4/24 (19 overs)
248 (79.2 overs)
Kamal Singh 82 (150)
Arjun Sharma 3/31 (10.2 overs)
204 (83.5 overs)
Hardik Sethi 56 (134)
Dikshanshu Negi 3/22 (11 overs)
136/1 (28.3 overs)
Jay Bista 87* (87)
Arjun Sharma 1/31 (5 overs)
Uttarakhand won by 9 wickets
Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
Umpires: Belur Ravi and KR Vasuki
Player of the match: Dikshanshu Negi (Uttarakhand)
  • Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.
  • Nitin Yadav (Services) made his first-class debut.

Round 2

24–27 February 2022
Scorecard
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389 (137.1 overs)
Ricky Bhui 149 (267)
Pulkit Narang 6/56 (25.1 overs)
343 (118.4 overs)
Rajat Paliwal 96 (184)
Siraparapu Ashish 4/91 (29.4 overs)
220/4 (68 overs)
Chengalpet Gnaneshwar 125 (195)
Pulkit Narang 2/55 (19 overs)
Match drawn
St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba
Umpires: Dharmesh Bhardwaj and Akshay Totre
Player of the match: Ricky Bhui (Andhra Pradesh)
  • Andhra Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Shaik Rasheed (Andhra Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
24–27 February 2022
Scorecard
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337 (130.3 overs)
Swapnil Singh 97 (301)
Aniket Choudhary 3/44 (24.5 overs)
129 (51.2 overs)
Manender Singh 52 (113)
Mayank Mishra 7/44 (23.2 overs)
246/7d (53 overs)
Jay Bista 88 (85)
Tanveer Ul-Haq 2/9 (5 overs)
155 (68.4 overs)
Ashok Menaria 45 (89)
Mayank Mishra 4/26 (19 overs)
Uttarakhand won by 299 runs
Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
Umpires: GS Ananth Ramakrishnan and KR Vasuki
Player of the match: Mayank Mishra (Uttarakhand)

Round 3

3–6 March 2022
Scorecard
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194 (61.1 overs)
Kunal Chandela 52 (98)
Bandary Ayyappa 4/37 (23 overs)
226 (85 overs)
Shaik Rasheed 56 (163)
Deepak Dhapola 4/80 (27 overs)
101 (51.4 overs)
Kunal Chandela 36 (104)
Cheepurapalli Stephen 5/27 (19 overs)
70/2 (18.1 overs)
CR Gnaneshwar 42* (58)
Swapnil Singh 1/7 (2.1 overs)
Andhra Pradesh won by 8 wickets
St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba
Umpires: Belur Ravi and Akshay Totre
Player of the match: Cheepurapalli Stephen (Andhra Pradesh)
  • Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Deepesh Nainwal (Uttarakhand) made his first-class debut.
3–6 March 2022
Scorecard
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92 (45.2 overs)
Ashok Menaria 31 (88)
Diwesh Pathania 3/24 (10 overs)
301 (113.2 overs)
Rajat Paliwal 91 (167)
Manav Suthar 4/82 (34 overs)
210 (94.5 overs)
Amitkumar Gautam 68 (176)
Rahul Singh 3/57 (25.5 overs)
2/0 (1 over)
Shivam Tiwari 2* (6)
Services won by 10 wickets
Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
Umpires: Abhijit Bengeri and Dharmesh Bhardwaj
Player of the match: Rajat Paliwal (Services)
  • Services won the toss and elected to field.
  • Samarpit Joshi (Rajasthan) and Shivam Tiwari (Services) both made their first-class debuts.

References

  1. ^ "Ranji Trophy returns as BCCI announces full 2021-22 domestic season". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  2. ^ "BCCI announces India's domestic season for 2021-22". The Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  3. ^ "BCCI unveils two-phased plan for Ranji Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  4. ^ "65 matches, 9 venues, 2 phases: Ranji Trophy after 22 months". The Indian Express. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  5. ^ "BCCI announces India's domestic season for 2021-22". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Sarfaraz's century puts Mumbai in quarter-finals; Tamil Nadu knocked out". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2022.