# 2015–16 Ranji Trophy Group C

The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy is the 82nd season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It is being contested by 27 teams divided into three groups of nine teams each.
    Top two teams advance to knockout stage.

## Squads

| Goa | Himachal Pradesh | Hyderabad | Jammu & Kashmir | Jharkhand |
| Dheeraj Jadhav (c) Amit Yadav Swapnil Asnodkar Saurabh Bandekar Amogh Sunil Desai Shadab Jakati Sagun Kamat Snehal Kauthankar Rahul Keni (wk) Buddhadev Mangaldas Gauresh Gawas Darshan Misal Amulaya Pandrekar Prasanth Parameswaran Rituraj Singh | Ankush Bains Ankush Bedi Prashant Chopra Rishi Dhawan Paras Dogra Nikhil Gangta Pankaj Jaiswal Ankit Kalsi Ronit More Shresth Nirmohi Abhimanyu Rana Varun Sharma Akash Vasisht | Hanuma Vihari (c) Vishal Sharma Habeeb Ahmed (wk) Himalay Agarwal Tanmay Agarwal Balchander Anirudh Anwar Ahmed Ashish Reddy Akash Bhandari Mehdi Hasan Chama Milind Akshath Reddy Bavanaka Sandeep Tirumalasetti Suman Sudeep Tyagi | Mithun Manhas (c) Parvez Rasool (vc) Samad Bhat (wk) Ian Chauhan Shubham Khajuria Adil Reshi Umar Nazir Mir Ram Dayal Mohammed Mudhasir Bandeep Singh Paras Sharma Aamir Aziz Zahoor Sofi Rohit Sharma | Varun Aaron (c) Kumar Deobrat (vc) Shiv Gautam (wk) Ishan Kishan Ishank Jaggi Jaskaran Singh Kaushal Singh Shahbaz Nadeem Rameez Nemat Samar Quadri Rahul Shukla Saurabh Tiwary Vinayak Vikram Virat Singh Ajay Yadav |
| Kerala | Saurashtra | Services | Tripura |
| Sanju Samson (c) Nizar Niyas Ahmed Farzeen Akshay Chandran Fabid Ahmed Robert Fernandez Raiphi Gomez VA Jagadeesh Akshay Kodoth Karaparambil Monish M. D. Nidheesh Rohan Prem Sachin Baby Sandeep Warrier Nikhilesh Surendran | Arpit Vasavada Mohsin Ahmedbhai Dodia Abhishek Bhat Avi Barot Sheldon Jackson Dharmendrasinh Jadeja Ravindra Jadeja Chirag Jani Vandit Jivrajani Sagar Jogiyani Kamlesh Makvana Cheteshwar Pujara Deepak Punia Jaydev Shah Jaydev Unadkat | Azaruddin Bloch Soumik Chatterjee Anshul Gupta Aditya Dash Muzzaffaruddin Khalid Shadab Nazar Rajat Paliwal Diwesh Pathania Raushan Raj Shashank Sharma Yashpal Singh | Abhijit Dey (c) Kaushal Acharjee (vc) Swapan Das Arindam Das Udiyan Bose Subash Chakraborty Saurabh Das Manisankar Murasingh Parvinder Singh Rana Dutta Tushar Saha Abhijit Sarkar Nirupam Sen Nirupam Sen Chowdhary Rakesh Solanki Subhrajit Roy |

## Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | A | WI | FI | Pts | NRR |
| Saurashtra | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | -0.061 |
| Jharkhand | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0.093 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1.201 |
| Services | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0.473 |
| Kerala | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0.589 |
| Goa | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | -0.206 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.870 |
| Hyderabad | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.330 |
| Tripura | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -0.760 |
* Top two teams advance to knockout stage.

## Fixtures
### Round 1

* 1–4 October Scorecard
* Services won by 9 wickets Palam A Stadium, Palam, New Delhi Umpires: Krishnamachari Bharatan (Ind) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) Player of the match: Diwesh Pathania (Services)
* Services won the toss and elected to field.
* Diwesh Pathania, Poonam Poonia, Raushan Raj, Ravi Chauhan and Sufiyan Alam (all Services) all made their first-class debuts.
* 1–4 October Scorecard
* Saurashtra won by an innings and 118 runs Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot Umpires: Sanjeev Dua and Sivasubramaniyan Shankar Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Saurashtra)
* Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
* 1–4 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim Umpires: Rohan Pandit and Kamlesh Sharma Player of the match: Sagun Kamat (Goa)
* Goa won the toss and elected to field.
* 1–4 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, Srinagar Umpires: Subrat Das and Abhijit Deshmukh Player of the match: Sachin Baby (Kerala)
* Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to bat.
* Samad Bhat (Jammu & Kashmir) and Ahmed Farzeen (Kerala) both made their first-class debuts.

### Round 2

* 8–11 October Scorecard
* Saurashtra won by 8 wickets Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot Umpires: S Ramamurthy (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Saurashtra)
* Jharkhand won the toss and elected to bat.
* Vinayak Vikram (Jharkhand) made his first-class debut.
* 8–11 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Rajesh Deshpande (Ind) and Sanjeev Dua (Ind) Player of the match: Rohan Prem (Kerala)
* Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
* Fabid Ahmed (Kerala) made his first-class debut.
* 8–11 October Scorecard
* Himachal Pradesh won by 10 wickets Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala Umpires: Krishnamachari Bharatan (Ind) and Shavir Tarapore (Ind) Player of the match: Nikhil Gangta (Himachal Pradesh)
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* 8–11 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim Umpires: Umesh Dubey (Ind) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) Player of the match: Poonam Poonia (Services)
* Goa won the toss and elected to field.

### Round 3

* 15–18 October Scorecard
* Jharkhand won by 133 runs Perintalmanna Cricket Stadium, Malappuram Umpires: Sanjeev Dua (Ind) and Sanjay Hazare (Ind) Player of the match: Shahbaz Nadeem (Jharkhand)
* Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
* 15–18 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala Umpires: Umesh Dubey (Ind) and Amiesh Saheba (Ind) Player of the match: Robin Bist (Himachal Pradesh)
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Shresth Nirmohi (Himachal Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
* 15–18 October Scorecard
* Goa won by 9 wickets Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim Umpires: Krishnamachari Bharatan (Ind) and Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) Player of the match: Shadab Jakati (Goa)
* Tripura won the toss and elected to bat.
* 15–18 October Scorecard
* Services won by 9 wickets Gandhi Memorial Science College Ground, Jammu Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Belur Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Rajat Paliwal (Services)
* Services won the toss and elected to field.
* Rohit Sharma (Jammu & Kashmir) made his first-class debut.

### Round 4

* 22–25 October Scorecard
* Saurashtra won by 35 runs Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot Umpires: Krishnamachari Bharatan (Ind) and Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Saurashtra)
* Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
* 22–25 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Palam A Ground, Delhi Umpires: Sanjay Hazare (Ind) and Kamlesh Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Rohan Prem (Kerala)
* Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
* Vikas Hathwala (Services) made his first-class debut.
* 22–25 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala Umpires: Rajesh Deshpande (Ind) and Nitin Pandit (Ind)
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* 22–25 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Polytechnic Institute Ground, Agartala Umpires: P Jayapal (Ind) and Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) Player of the match: Parvez Rasool (Jammu & Kashmir)
* Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to bat.
* Deepak Manhas (Jammu & Kashmir) made his first-class debut.

### Round 5

* 30 October–2 November Scorecard
* Match drawn Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Navdeep Singh Player of the match: Swapnil Asnodkar (Goa)
* Goa won the toss and elected to bat.
* No play was possible on day 1.
* 30 October–2 November Scorecard
* Saurashtra won by 4 wickets Palam A Ground, Delhi Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Nitin Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Rajat Paliwal (Services)
* Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
* Mohsin Ahmedbhai Dodia (Saurashtra) made his first-class debut.
* 30 October–2 November Scorecard
* Match drawn Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Amiesh Saheba (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Mithun Manhas (Jammu & Kashmir)
* Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
* 30 October–2 November Scorecard
* Himachal Pradesh won by an innings and 6 runs Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala Umpires: Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind) and Ravi Subramanian (Ind) Player of the match: Paras Dogra (Himachal Pradesh)
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Tapash Mandal (Tripura) made his first-class debut.

### Round 6

* 7–10 November Scorecard
* Match drawn Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur Umpires: Belur Ravi (Ind) and Krishnaraj Srinath (Ind) Player of the match: Kaushal Singh (Jharkhand)
* Jharkhand won the toss and elected to bat.
* 7–10 November Scorecard
* Match drawn Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot Umpires: Sudhir Asnani (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Avi Barot (Saurashtra)
* Goa won the toss and elected to bat.
* 7–10 November Scorecard
* Match drawn Perintalmanna Cricket Stadium, Malappuram Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Rohan Prem (Kerala)
* Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
* Subash Chakraborty (Tripura) made his first-class debut.
* 7–10 November Scorecard
* Match drawn Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala Umpires: Amiesh Saheba (Ind) and Ravi Subramanian (Ind)
* Services won the toss and elected to field.
* Kamal Passi (Services) made his first-class debut.
* Paras Dogra (Himachal Pradesh) equalled the record for the most double centuries (seven) in the Ranji Trophy.

### Round 7

* 15–18 November Scorecard
* Jharkhand won by an innings and 67 runs Polytechnic Institute Ground, Agartala Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) Player of the match: Rahul Shukla (Jharkhand)
* Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.
* 15–18 November Scorecard
* Match drawn Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and P. Jayapal (Ind) Player of the match: Prashant Chopra (Himachal Pradesh)
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* 15–18 November Scorecard
* Match drawn Palam A Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Subrat Das (Ind) and Abhijit Deshmukh (Ind) Player of the match: Soumik Chatterjee (Services)
* Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
* Mohammed Siraj (Hyderabad) and Amit Pachhara (Services) both made their first-class debuts.
* 15–18 November Scorecard
* Kerala won by an innings and 83 runs Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Pashchim Pathak (Ind) Player of the match: Fabid Ahmed (Kerala)
* Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
* Mohammed Azharuddeen (Kerala) made his first-class debut.

### Round 8

* 23–26 November Scorecard
* Jharkhand won by an innings and 71 runs JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Shavir Tarapore (Ind) Player of the match: Shiv Gautam (Jharkhand)
* Jharkhand won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sonu Singh (Jharkhand) made his first-class debut.
* 23–26 November Scorecard
* Kerala won by 45 runs Perintalmanna Cricket Stadium, Malappuram Umpires: Sudhir Asnani (Ind) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) Player of the match: Karaparambil Monish (Kerala)
* Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
* Vandit Jivrajani and Samarth Vyas (Saurashtra) both made their first-class debuts.
* 23–26 November Scorecard
* Match drawn Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Sanjay Hazare (Ind) Player of the match: Hanuma Vihari (Hyderabad)
* Tripura won the toss and elected to field.
* 23–26 November Scorecard
* Match drawn Gandhi Memorial Science College Ground, Jammu Umpires: Umesh Dubey and Chirra Ravikanthreddy Player of the match: Swapnil Asnodkar (Goa)
* Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to field.
* Abhinav Puri, Pranav Gupta and Aamir Sofi (Jammu & Kashmir) all made their first-class debuts.

### Round 9

* 1–4 December Scorecard
* Jharkhand won by 10 wickets Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Umesh Dubey (Ind) and Nitin Pandit (Ind)
* Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.
* 1–4 December Scorecard
* Saurashtra won by an innings and 63 runs Gandhi Memorial Science College Ground, Jammu Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Chirra Ravikanthreddy (Ind) Player of the match: Kamlesh Makvana (Saurashtra)
* Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
* Umar Nissar (Jammu & Kashmir) made his first-class debut.
* 1–4 December Scorecard
* Himachal Pradesh won by 6 wickets Perintalmanna Cricket Stadium, Malappuram Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) Player of the match: Prashant Chopra (Himachal Pradesh)
* Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
* 1–4 December Scorecard
* Services won by an innings and 62 runs Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala Umpires: Krishnamachari Bharatan (Ind) and Shavir Tarapore (Ind) Player of the match: Rajat Paliwal (Services)
* Tripura won the toss and elected to field.