# 2018–19 Ranji Trophy Plate Group

The 2018–19 Ranji Trophy was the 85th season of the Ranji Trophy, the first-class cricket tournament that took place in India. It was contested by 37 teams, divided into four groups, with nine teams in the Plate Group. The group stage ran from 1 November 2018 to 10 January 2019. The top team from the Plate Group progressed to the quarter-finals of the competition. The teams in the Plate Group were allowed to have up to three professional players in their squads.
All of the matches in the first round of fixtures reached a result within three days, with Uttarakhand beating Bihar in two days. Nagaland beat Mizoram by an innings and 333 runs, the biggest winning margin for a team making its debut in the Ranji Trophy. Pondicherry made their debut in the second round of the tournament, against Meghalaya.
In fifth round match between Pondicherry and Arunachal Pradesh, Paras Dogra scored his eighth double century. He broke Ajay Sharma's record of the most double centuries by a batsman in the Ranji Trophy.
In the sixth round of fixtures, Milind Kumar of Sikkim became the first batsman to score 1,000 runs in this edition of the tournament. He did so in the match against Mizoram, in his ninth innings of the competition. In round seven of the tournament, Ashutosh Aman of Bihar became the first bowler to take 50 wickets in this years' Ranji Trophy tournament. He went on to finish the tournament with 68 wickets, breaking the previous record of 64 dismissals set by Bishan Singh Bedi in the 1974–75 tournament. Round eight saw Pankaj Singh of Pondicherry become the first seam bowler to take 400 wickets in the Ranji Trophy.
Uttarakhand won the Plate Group and advanced to the quarter-finals.

## Points table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | T | NR | Pts | Quot |
| Uttarakhand | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2.435 |
| Bihar | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 2.307 |
| Pondicherry | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 1.859 |
| Meghalaya | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1.349 |
| Sikkim | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.757 |
| Manipur | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.845 |
| Nagaland | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1.039 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.436 |
| Mizoram | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.385 |
* Top team advanced to the knockout stage and gets promoted to Elite Group C for the next season.

## Fixtures
### Round 1

* 1–4 November 2018 Scorecard
* Uttarakhand won by 10 wickets Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun Umpires: Pashchim Pathak and Puttarangaiah Jayapal Player of the match: Deepak Dhapola (Uttarakhand)
* Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.
* Dhanraj Sharma, Kartik Joshi, Shivam Khurana, Deepak Dhapola Sunny Rana, Karn Kaushal (Uttarakhand), Vikash Ranjan, Kumar Rajnish, Vivek Mohan, MD Rahmatullah, Ashutosh Aman, Anunay Singh and Himanshu Hari (Bihar) all made their first-class debuts.
* Deepak Dhapola (Uttarakhand) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
* 1–4 November 2018 Scorecard
* Nagaland won by an innings and 333 runs Nagaland Cricket Association Stadium, Dimapur Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Belur Ravi Player of the match: Abrar Kazi (Nagaland)
* Mizoram won the toss and elected to bat.
* Nitesh Lohchab, Sedezhalie Rupero, Rachit Bhatia, Mughavi Wotsa, Tahmeed Rahman, Imliwati Lemtur (Nagaland), Michael Lalremkima, Akhil Rajput, C Lalrinsanga, K Vanlalruata, Lalhmangaiha, Sinan Khadir, Saidingliana Sailo, Lalhruai Ralte, G Lalbiakvela and K Lalhmingmawia (Mizoram) all made their first-class debuts.
* Abrar Kazi (Nagaland) scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket.
* 1–4 November 2018 Scorecard
* Sikkim won by an innings and 27 runs Jadavpur University Campus 2nd Ground, Kolkata Umpires: Krishnaraj Srinath and Navdeep Singh Player of the match: Milind Kumar (Sikkim)
* Manipur won the toss and elected to field.
* Bishworjit Konthoujam, Bonny Chingangbam, Narisingh Yadav, Jayanta Sagatpam, Prafullomani Singh, Shelly Shaurya, Rex Rajkumar, Kangabam Singh, Lakhan Rawat, Sultan Karim (Manipur), Chitiz Tamang, Faizan Khan, Nilesh Lamichaney, Palzor Tamang, Ashish Thapa, Lee Yong Lepcha, Padam Limboo and Amos Rai (Sikkim) all made their first-class debuts.
* 1–4 November 2018 Scorecard
* Meghalaya won by 7 wickets Meghalaya Cricket Association Cricket Ground, Shillong Umpires: Sivasubramaniyan Shankar and Sai Darshan Kumar Player of the match: Jason Lamare (Meghalaya)
* Meghalaya won the toss and elected to field.
* Chengkam Sangma, Dippu Sangma, Aditya Singhania, Babloo Passah, Raj Biswa, Lakhan Singh, Abhay Negi (Meghalaya), Samarth Seth, Techi Doria, Neelam Obi, Kshitiz Sharma, Akhilesh Sahani, Kamsha Yangfo, Akash Singh, Licha Tehi, Subhash Sharma, Sandeep Kumar Thakur and Md Shoyeb (Arunachal Pradesh) all made their first-class debuts.

### Round 2

* 12–15 November 2018 Scorecard
* Match drawn Cricket Association Pondicherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Puttarangaiah Jayapal
* Pondicherry won the toss and elected to bat.
* Angadu Narayanan, Vikneshwaran Marimuthu, Damodaren Rohit, Akshay Jain, Vengadeshwaran, Pawan Kumar, Ranjit Baskaran (Pondicherry), Sylvester Mylliempdah and Amiangshu Sen (Meghalaya) all made their first-class debuts.
* Abhishek Nayar (Pondicherry) played in his 100th first-class match.
* Paras Dogra became the first batsman for Pondicherry to score a century in the Ranji Trophy.
* 12–15 November 2018 Scorecard
* Match drawn District Sports Association Ground, Jorhat Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Subrat Das Player of the match: Techi Doria (Arunachal Pradesh)
* Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* No play was possible on day 4 due to rain.
* Lalhruaizela (Mizoram), Techi Tahin and Hayat Ansari (Arunachal Pradesh) all made their first-class debuts.
* 12–15 November 2018 Scorecard
* Sikkim won by 9 wickets Nagaland Cricket Stadium, Dimapur Umpires: Sanjeev Dua and Kamlesh Sharma Player of the match: Milind Kumar (Sikkim)
* Sikkim won the toss and elected to field.
* Milind Kumar (Sikkim) scored his second-successive double century in first-class cricket.
* 12–15 November 2018 Scorecard
* Uttarakhand won by 8 wickets Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun Umpires: Sai Darshan Kumar and Yeshwant Barde Player of the match: Deepak Dhapola (Uttarakhand)
* Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.
* Vaibhav Bhatt, Mayank Mishra (Uttarakhand), Konjengbam Sashikant Singh and Kishan Thokchom (Manipur) all made their first-class debut.

### Round 3

* 20–23 November 2018 Scorecard
* Uttarakhand won by an innings and 178 runs KIIT Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Mukund Mandale and Sanjay Kumar Singh Player of the match: Saurabh Rawat (Uttarakhand)
* Sikkim won the toss and elected to field.
* Saurabh Rawat (Uttarakhand) scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket.
* 20–23 November 2018 Scorecard
* No result Cricket Association Pondicherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry Umpires: Sai Darshan Kumar and Rajesh Timaney
* Bihar won the toss and elected to field.
* No play was possible due to rain.
* Sashi Kumar, Prashanth Varma (Pondicherry), Harsh Singh, Indrajit Kumar, Vishal Das and Vivek Kumar (Bihar) all made their first-class debuts.
* 20–23 November 2018 Scorecard
* Meghalaya won by 6 wickets Meghalaya Cricket Association Cricket Ground, Shillong Umpires: Nand Kishore and Subrat Das Player of the match: Yogesh Nagar (Meghalaya)
* Nagaland won the toss and elected to field.
* Tarique Siddique (Meghalaya), Jalal Uddin and Paras Sehrawat (Nagaland) all made their first-class debuts.
* 20–23 November 2018 Scorecard
* Manipur won by 8 wickets District Sports Association Ground, Jorhat Umpires: Amit Bansal and Somnath Jha Player of the match: Yashpal Singh (Manipur)
* Manipur won the toss and elected to field.
* Lalnunkima Varte, S Zorinliana (Mizoram), Homendro Kabrambam, Kennedy and Nungleppam William Singh (Manipur) all made their first-class debuts.

### Round 4

* 28 November–1 December 2018 Scorecard
* Bihar won by 395 runs Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Kamlesh Sharma Player of the match: Ashutosh Aman (Bihar)
* Bihar won the toss and elected to bat.
* Utkarsh Bhaskar (Bihar), Bijay Subba, Bibek Diyali, Jahan Uddin and Pritam Nirala (Sikkim) all made their first-class debuts.
* 28 November–1 December 2018 Scorecard
* Meghalaya won by 9 wickets Jadavpur University Campus 2nd Ground, Kolkata Umpires: Puttarangaiah Jayapal and Subrat Das Player of the match: Gurinder Singh (Meghalaya)
* Meghalaya won the toss and elected to field.
* Bimol Singh, Syed Mujibur Rahaman and Santosh Singh (Manipur) all made their first-class debuts.
* 28 November–1 December 2018 Scorecard
* Uttarakhand won by an innings and 73 runs DN Singha Stadium, Goalpara Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Chirra Ravikanthreddy Player of the match: Kartik Joshi (Uttarakhand)
* Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.
* Myendung Singpho, Techi Neri (Arunachal Pradesh), Piyush Joshi and Girish Rauturi (Uttarakhand) all made their first-class debuts.
* Kartik Joshi (Uttarakhand) scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket.
* 28 November–1 December 2018 Scorecard
* Pondicherry won by an innings and 238 runs Cricket Association Pondicherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry Umpires: Sivasubramaniyan Shankar and Sai Darshan Kumar
* Mizoram won the toss and elected to bat.
* No play was possible on day 2 due to rain.
* Saju Chothan (Pondicherry) made his first-class debut.
* Pankaj Singh (Pondicherry) set a new record for the most five-wicket hauls against different teams in the Ranji Trophy with 17. Overall, it was his 27th five-wicket haul.

### Round 5

* 6–9 December 2018 Scorecard
* Manipur won by 7 wickets Nagaland Cricket Association Stadium, Dimapur Umpires: Amit Bansal and Rajesh Timaney Player of the match: Mayank Raghav (Manipur)
* Manipur won the toss and elected to field.
* Mayank Raghav and Samson Singh (Manipur) both made their first-class debuts.
* Mayank Raghav (Manipur) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket and went on to convert it into his maiden double century.
* Tahmeed Rahman (Nagaland) took a hat-trick.
* 6–9 December 2018 Scorecard
* Uttarakhand won by 8 wickets Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun Umpires: Akshay Totre and Madanagopal Kuppuraj Player of the match: Deepak Dhapola (Uttarakhand)
* Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.
* Swarajeet Das and Wanlambok Nongkhlaw (Meghalaya) both made their first-class debuts.
* Deepak Dhapola (Uttarakhand) took a hat-trick.
* 6–9 December 2018 Scorecard
* Pondicherry won by an innings and 159 runs KIIT Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Mukund Mandale and Sanjay Kumar Singh Player of the match: Paras Dogra (Pondicherry)
* Sikkim won the toss and elected to field.
* Dinesh Rai, Karma Bhutia, Mandup Bhutia (Sikkim) and Abhijeet Saranath (Pondicherry) all made their first-class debuts.
* Paras Dogra (Pondicherry) scored his eighth double century, the most by a batsman in the Ranji Trophy.
* 6–9 December 2018 Scorecard
* Bihar won by an innings and 317 runs Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna Umpires: Rajeev Godara and Somnath Jha Player of the match: Indrajit Kumar (Bihar)
* Bihar won the toss and elected to field.
* Rehan Khan (Bihar), Indiya Toku and Prateek Kataria (Arunachal Pradesh) all made their first-class debuts.

### Round 6

* 14–17 December 2018 Scorecard
* Sikkim won by 105 runs District Sports Association Ground, Jorhat Umpires: Ranjeev Sharma and Saiyed Khalid Player of the match: Taruwar Kohli (Mizoram)
* Mizoram won the toss and elected to field.
* Bobby Zothansanga and Hmar Zothanchhunga (Mizoram) both made their first-class debuts.
* Milind Kumar (Sikkim) scored his 1,000th run in this years' Ranji Trophy.
* 14–17 December 2018 Scorecard
* Pondicherry won by 334 runs DN Singha Stadium, Goalpara Umpires: Chirra Ravikanthreddy and Sadashiv Iyer Player of the match: Fabid Ahmed (Pondicherry)
* Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Tana Davit, Deendyal Upadhyay, Nipun Malhotra, Song Tacho (Arunachal Pradesh) and Santhosh Kumaran (Pondicherry) all made their first-class debuts.
* 14–17 December 2018 Scorecard
* Bihar won by an innings and 71 runs Meghalaya Cricket Association Cricket Ground, Shillong Umpires: Seetharam Ratnakar and Anil Chaudhary Player of the match: Ashutosh Aman (Bihar)
* Meghalaya won the toss and elected to bat.
* 14–17 December 2018 Scorecard
* Match drawn Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Dehradun Umpires: Ravi Shankar and Anand Ovalekar Player of the match: Abrar Kazi (Nagaland)
* Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.

### Round 7

* 20–23 December 2018 Scorecard
* Meghalaya won by an innings and 324 runs Meghalaya Cricket Association Cricket Ground, Shillong Umpires: Amit Bansal and GS Ananth Ramakrishnan Player of the match: Gurinder Singh (Meghalaya)
* Meghalaya won the toss and elected to field.
* Laxman Chettri, Bijon Dey (Meghalaya), Khawlhring Lalremruata and Lalrempuia (Mizoram) all made their first-class debuts.
* 22–25 December 2018 Scorecard
* Bihar won by 273 runs Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna Umpires: Sai Darshan Kumar and Subrat Das Player of the match: Ashutosh Aman (Bihar)
* Nagaland won the toss and elected to field.
* Mangal Mahrour (Bihar), Inakato Zhimomi and Arun Chauhan (Nagaland) all made their first-class debuts.
* Ashutosh Aman (Bihar) became the first bowler to take 50 wickets in this years' Ranji Trophy tournament.
* 22–25 December 2018 Scorecard
* Manipur won by 112 runs Videocon Academy Ground, Kolkata Umpires: Abhijit Bengeri and Rajesh Timaney Player of the match: Kishan Thokchom (Manipur)
* Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Hrithik Kanojia, Bobin Singh (Manipur), Utsav Pankaj Madan and Ketan Garg (Arunachal Pradesh) all made their first-class debuts.
* 22–25 December 2018 Scorecard
* Match drawn Cricket Association Pondicherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Madanagopal Kuppuraj
* Pondicherry won the toss and elected to bat.
* No play was possible on days 1 and 2 due to rain.
* Only 8.2 overs were bowled on day 3, after the umpires declared that the pitch was unfit.
* On day 4, the match was restarted, with another toss taking place. However, only 15 overs of play was possible, before the match was called off.
* Madhavan Manohar, Saiju Titus and Karthik Sukumaran (Pondicherry) all made their first-class debuts.

### Round 8

* 30 December 2018 – 2 January 2019 Scorecard
* Bihar won by an innings and 216 runs District Sports Association Ground, Jorhat Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan and Belur Ravi Player of the match: Ashutosh Aman (Bihar)
* Mizoram won the toss and elected to field.
* Darremsanga (Mizoram), Anshuman Gautam and Abhijeet Saket (Bihar) all made their first-class debuts.
* 30 December 2018 – 2 January 2019 Scorecard
* Nagaland won by an innings and 120 runs Nagaland Cricket Stadium, Dimapur Umpires: Sanjay Kumar Singh and Somnath Jha Player of the match: Rongsen Jonathan (Nagaland)
* Nagaland won the toss and elected to field.
* Toni Chishi (Nagaland) and Robin Toko (Arunachal Pradesh) both made their first-class debuts.
* 30 December 2018 – 2 January 2019 Scorecard
* Pondicherry won by 10 wickets Rural Development Trust Stadium, Anantapur Umpires: Mukund Mandale and Pashchim Pathak Player of the match: Pankaj Singh (Pondicherry)
* Pondicherry won the toss and elected to field.
* Akshaykumar Singh, Ahmed Shah and Maheshkumar Singh (Manipur) all made their first-class debuts.
* Pankaj Singh (Pondicherry) became the first seam bowler to take 400 wickets in the Ranji Trophy.
* 30 December 2018 – 2 January 2019 Scorecard
* Match drawn KIIT Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Akshay Totre and Rajeev Godara Player of the match: Puneet Bisht (Meghalaya)
* Meghalaya won the toss and elected to field.
* Tshering Bhutia and Rinzing Bhutia (Sikkim) both made their first-class debuts.
* Puneet Bisht (Meghalaya) scored his maiden triple century in first-class cricket.
* Meghalaya made the joint-fifth highest total in the Ranji Trophy.

### Round 9

* 7–10 January 2019 Scorecard
* Match drawn Nagaland Cricket Stadium, Sovima Umpires: Sanjay Kumar Singh and Subrat Das Player of the match: Hokaito Zhimomi (Nagaland)
* Nagaland won the toss and elected to bat.
* 7–10 January 2019 Scorecard
* Sikkim won by 10 wickets DN Singha Stadium, Goalpara Umpires: Mukund Mandale and Rajesh Timaney Player of the match: Ishwar Chaudhary (Sikkim)
* Sikkim won the toss and elected to field.
* Amit Kumar (Arunachal Pradesh) and Tashi Bhalla (Sikkim) both made their first-class debuts.
* 7–10 January 2019 Scorecard
* Uttarakhand won by an innings and 56 runs Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun Umpires: Abhijit Bengeri and Somnath Jha Player of the match: Taruwar Kohli (Uttarakhand)
* Mizoram won the toss and elected to field.
* Andrew Vanlalhruaia and Abhay Joshi (Mizoram) both made their first-class debuts.
* 7–10 January 2019 Scorecard
* Bihar won by 3 wickets Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna Umpires: Akshay Totre and Amit Bansal Player of the match: Ashutosh Aman (Bihar)
* Bihar won the toss and elected to field.
* Kumar Aditya, Kundan Gupta (Bihar), Rajesh Singh, Heman Luwang and Akoijam Tenyson Singh (Manipur) all made their first-class debuts.
* Ashutosh Aman (Bihar) took a hat-trick.