# 2022–23 Ranji Trophy Group A

The 2022–23 Ranji Trophy is the 88th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It is contested by 38 teams, divided into four elite groups and a plate group, with eight teams in Group A. The tournament was announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 8 August 2022.

## Points table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | D | NR | Pts | Quot |
| 1 | Bengal | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 1.573 |
| 2 | Uttarakhand | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1.365 |
| 3 | Himachal Pradesh | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1.459 |
| 4 | Baroda | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1.324 |
| 5 | Odisha | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0.846 |
| 6 | Uttar Pradesh | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0.980 |
| 7 | Haryana | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0.855 |
| 8 | Nagaland | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.297 |
Advances to Quarter-final  Relegated to Plate Group for next season

## Fixtures
### Round 1

* 13–16 December 2022 Scorecard
* Uttarakhand won by 174 runs Nagaland Cricket Association Stadium, Sovima Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Sundaram Ravi Player of the match: Swapnil Singh (Uttarakhand)
* Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to bat.
* Akhil Rawat (Uttarakhand), Akash Singh, Hem Chetri, Joshua Ozukum and Mungkham Phom (Nagaland) all made their first-class debuts.
* 13–16 December 2022 Scorecard
* Match Drawn Vikas Cricket Ground, Cuttack Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Mohamad Rafi Player of the match: Shashwat Rawat (Baroda)
* Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
* Kartik Biswal (Odisha), Akshay More, Priyanshu Moliya and Shashwat Rawat (Baroda) all made their first-class debuts.
* 13–16 December 2022 Scorecard
* Bengal won by 6 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Navdeep Singh Player of the match: Ishan Porel (Bengal)
* Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
* Aanjaneya Suryavanshi and Aaradhya Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) both made their first-class debuts.
* 13–16 December 2022 Scorecard
* Himachal Pradesh won by an innings and 88 runs Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan and Sanjay Kumar Singh Player of the match: Raghav Dhawan (Himachal Pradesh)
* Haryana won the toss and elected to bat.
* Nitesh Satyawan (Haryana) made his first-class debut.

### Round 2

* 20–22 December 2022 Scorecard
* Uttar Pradesh won by an innings and 230 runs Nagaland Cricket Association Stadium, Sovima Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Mohamad Rafi Player of the match: Dhruv Jurel (Uttar Pradesh)
* Nagaland won the toss and elected to field.
* Kartikeya Jaiswal (Uttar Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
* 20–23 December 2022 Scorecard
* Match drawn Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Vinod Seshan Player of the match: Anustup Majumdar (Bengal)
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Ravikant Singh (Bengal) made his first-class debut.
* Substitute: Ekant Sen for Amit Kumar (Himachal Pradesh).
* 20–23 December 2022 Scorecard
* Uttarakhand won by an innings and 99 runs Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Dehradun Umpires: Belur Ravi and Sundaram Ravi Player of the match: Jiwanjot Singh (Uttarakhand)
* Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.
* Saurabh Kanojia (Odisha) made his first-class debut.
* 20–23 December 2022 Scorecard
* Match drawn Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation Ground, Vadodara Umpires: Pashchim Pathak and Kamlesh Sharma Player of the match: Jyotsnil Singh (Baroda)
* Haryana won the toss and elected to field.

### Round 3

* 27–29 December 2022 Scorecard
* Bengal won by an innings and 161 runs Nagaland Cricket Association Stadium, Sovima Umpires: Krishnamachari Bharatan and Ganesh Charhate Player of the match: Pradipta Pramanik (Bengal)
* Nagaland won the toss and elected to bat.
* Karan Lal (Bengal) made his first-class debut.
* 27–30 December 2022 Scorecard
* Match drawn DRIEMS Ground, Cuttack Umpires: Rohan Pandit and GS Ananth Ramakrishnan Player of the match: Suryakant Pradhan (Odisha)
* Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
* Tarani Sa, Swastik Samal and Prayash Singh (Odisha) all made their first-class debuts.
* 27–30 December 2022 Scorecard
* Uttarakhand won by 5 wickets Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Dehradun Umpires: VM Dhokre and Nitin Menon Player of the match: Deepak Dhapola (Uttarakhand)
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Aryan Sharma (Uttarakhand) made his first-class debut.
* 27–30 December 2022 Scorecard
* Baroda won by 4 wickets Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Piyush Khakhar and Ranjeev Sharma Player of the match: Ninad Rathva (Baroda)
* Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Mahesh Pithiya (Baroda) made his first-class debut.
* Umpire Replacement: Piyush Khakhar for KN Ananthapadmanabhan.

### Round 4

* 3–6 January 2023 Scorecard
* Match drawn DRIEMS Ground, Cuttack Umpires: Piyush Khakhar and Ravi Shankar Player of the match: Shantanu Mishra (Odisha)
* Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
* 3–6 January 2023 Scorecard
* Match drawn Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Dehradun Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Sabyasachi Sarkar Player of the match: Abhimanyu Easwaran (Bengal)
* Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.
* Geet Puri (Bengal) made his first-class debut.
* 3–6 January 2023 Scorecard
* Match drawn BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Puttarangaiah Jayapal and Prabhakar Rao Player of the match: Ankit Kumar (Haryana)
* Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* No play was held on Day 1 due to rain.
* Bhuwan Rohilla (Haryana) made his first-class debut.
* 3–6 January 2023 Scorecard
* Match drawn Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: NR Seetharam Prabhu and Krishnamachari Srinivasan Player of the match: Ankit Kalsi (Himachal Pradesh)
* Baroda won the toss and elected to bat.

### Round 5

* 10–13 January 2023 Scorecard
* Bengal won by 7 wickets Bengal Cricket Academy Ground, Kalyani Umpires: Abhijit Bengeri and Saurabh Dhote Player of the match: Anustup Majumdar (Bengal)
* Baroda won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sahejadkhan Pathan (Baroda) made his first-class debut.
* Pratyush Kumar (Baroda) carried his bat.
* 10–12 January 2023 Scorecard
* Haryana won by an innings and 69 runs Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak Umpires: Mihir Parmar and Chettithody Shamshuddin Player of the match: Amit Rana (Haryana)
* Haryana won the toss and elected to field.
* Khriesavituo Solo (Nagaland) made his first-class debut.
* 10–13 January 2023 Scorecard
* Himachal Pradesh won by 3 wickets Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium, Nadaun Umpires: Anurag Rathour and Krishnamachari Srinivasan Player of the match: Ankit Kalsi (Himachal Pradesh)
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Sunil Roul (Odisha) made his first-class debut.
* 10–13 January 2023 Scorecard
* Match drawn BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Nand Kishore and Keshav K. Kolle Player of the match: Agrim Tiwari (Uttarakhand)
* Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match was effected due to rain.
* Sameer Choudhary, Shiva Singh and Bihari Rai (Uttar Pradesh) all made their first-class debuts.

### Round 6

* 17–20 January 2023 Scorecard
* Match drawn Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Dehradun Umpires: Krishnamachari Srinivasan and Akshay Totre Player of the match: Agrim Tiwari (Uttarakhand)
* Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.
* 17–20 January 2023 Scorecard
* Match drawn Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium, Nadaun Umpires: Nagaraj Ramesh and Rajesh Timaney Player of the match: Ankit Kalsi (Himachal Pradesh)
* Nagaland won the toss and elected to field.
* 17–20 January 2023 Scorecard
* Match drawn Victoria Park Stadium, Meerut Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Bhavesh Patel Player of the match: Kunal Yadav (Uttar Pradesh)
* Odisha won the toss and elected to bat.
* Kunal Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
* 17–20 January 2023 Scorecard
* Bengal won by an innings and 50 runs Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak Umpires: Nitin Pandit and Vinod Seshan Player of the match: Akash Deep (Bengal)
* Haryana won the toss and elected to field.
* Suvankar Bal (Bengal) made his first-class debut.

### Round 7

* 24–27 January 2023 Scorecard
* Odisha won by 7 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Manish Jain and Chettithody Shamshuddin Player of the match: Sunil Roul (Odisha)
* Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
* Rakesh Pattnaik (Odisha) and Akash Ghatak (Bengal) both made their first-class debuts.
* 24–27 January 2023 Scorecard
* Match drawn Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak Umpires: Krishnendu Pal and Nikhil Patwardhan Player of the match: Avneesh Sudha (Uttarakhand)
* Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.
* Jaideep Bhambhu (Haryana) and Nikhil Kohli (Uttarakhand) both made their first-class debuts.
* 24–27 January 2023 Scorecard
* Match drawn Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium, Nadaun Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Chirra Ravikanthreddy
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* No play was held on Day 2 and Day 3 due to rain.
* 24–26 January 2023 Scorecard
* Baroda won by an innings and 343 runs Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Rajeev Godara and M. Madhu Player of the match: Ninad Rathva (Baroda)
* Baroda won the toss and elected to bat.