# 2014–15 Ranji Trophy

The 2014–15 Ranji Trophy was the 81st edition of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It was contested by 27 teams divided into three groups of nine teams each. The top three teams from Groups A and B advanced to the quarter-finals with the top two teams from Group C. Karnataka retained the title won during the 2013–14 season. In the final, Karun Nair scored 328 runs, the highest total in the final of the Ranji Trophy.

## Points system

The 27 teams are divided into three groups of nine teams each. The top three teams from Groups A and B advance to the quarterfinals along with the top two teams from Group C. The winner of this knock-out tournament wins the Ranji Trophy. These knock-out matches are decided on the first innings result if the final result is a draw.
Points in the group stage of the tournament are awarded as follows:
| Scenario | Points |
| Outright win | 6 |
| Bonus point (for innings and 10 wicket wins) | 1 |
| 1st innings lead (in case of draw) | 3 |
| 1st innings deficit (in case of draw) | 1 |
| No result | 1 |
| Outright defeat | none |

## Groups

The groups drawn are as follows:

## Points table

Source:
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | D | NR | Pts | Q |
| Karnataka | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1.633 |
| Tamil Nadu | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1.244 |
| Mumbai | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.937 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 1.143 |
| Baroda | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1.078 |
| Railways | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0.922 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0.760 |
| Bengal | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0.921 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0.601 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | D | NR | Pts | Q |
| Delhi | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 1.471 |
| Maharashtra | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 1.269 |
| Vidarbha | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 1.675 |
| Gujarat | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0.965 |
| Odisha | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0.965 |
| Punjab | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0.947 |
| Rajasthan | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0.821 |
| Haryana | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0.875 |
| Saurashtra | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0.688 |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | D | NR | Pts | Q |
| Assam | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 1.325 |
| Andhra | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1.454 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 1.677 |
| Jharkhand | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1.171 |
| Hyderabad | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 1.123 |
| Kerala | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0.908 |
| Tripura | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0.635 |
| Services | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0.779 |
| Goa | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.664 |
* Advanced to knockout stage and promoted to Group A and B respectively for 2015–16 Ranji Trophy.

## Knockout stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| C1 | Assam | 185 & 338/4 | | | | | | |
| A1 | Karnataka (F) | 452 & 415/5d | | | | | | |
| A1 | Karnataka (F) | 452 & 415/5d | A1 | Karnataka | 202 & 286 | | | |
| | | | A3 | Mumbai | 44 & 332 | | | |
| B1 | Delhi | 166 & 236 | A3 | Mumbai | 44 & 332 | | | |
| A3 | Mumbai | 156 & 450 | | | | | | |
| A3 | Mumbai | 156 & 450 | | | | A1 | Karnataka | 762 |
| | | | | | | A2 | Tamil Nadu | 134 & 411 |
| A2 | Tamil Nadu (F) | 403 & 266 | | | | | | | A2 | Tamil Nadu | 134 & 411 |
| B3 | Vidarbha | 259 & 142/8 | | | | | | |
| B3 | Vidarbha | 259 & 142/8 | A2 | Tamil Nadu (F) | 549 & 119/0d | | | |
| | | | B2 | Maharashtra | 454 | | | |
| C2 | Andhra | 138 & 101 | B2 | Maharashtra | 454 | | | |
| B2 | Maharashtra | 91 & 223 | | | | | | |
(F) - Advanced to next round on First Innings Lead

### Quarter-finals

* 16–20 February Scorecard
* Match drawn Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore Umpires: Nitin Menon and Pashchim Pathak Player of the match: Robin Uthappa (Karnataka)
* Assam won the toss and elected to field
* Karnataka won on 1st innings
* 16–20 February Scorecard
* Mumbai won by 204 runs DRIEMS Ground, Cuttack Umpires: Nand Kishore and Krishnaraj Srinath Player of the match: Shardul Thakur (Mumbai)
* Delhi won the toss and elected to field
* 16–20 February Scorecard
* Match drawn Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Rajesh Deshpande Player of the match: Vijay Shankar (Tamil Nadu)
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field
* Tamil Nadu won on 1st innings
* 16–20 February Scorecard
* Maharashtra won by 75 runs Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak Umpires: Krishnamachari Bharatan and Virender Sharma Player of the match: Kedar Jadhav (Maharashtra)
* Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat

### Semi-finals

* 25 February-1 March Scorecard
* Karnataka won by 112 runs M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni and Krishnamachari Srinivasan Player of the match: Vinay Kumar (Karnataka)
* Karnataka won the toss and elected to bat
* This is 2nd Lowest total(44) for Mumbai
* 25 February-1 March Scorecard
* Match drawn Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Anil Chaudhary and Pashchim Pathak Player of the match: Vijay Shankar (Tamil Nadu)
* Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat
* Tamil Nadu won on 1st innings

### Final

* 8–12 March Scorecard
* Karnataka won by an innings and 217 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Karun Nair (Karnataka)
* Karnataka won the toss and elected to field

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Player | Team | Inns | Runs | Ave | HS | 100s | 50s |
| Robin Uthappa | Karnataka | 19 | 912 | 50.66 | 156 | 2 | 5 |
| Dinesh Karthik | Tamil Nadu | 19 | 884 | 55.25 | 129 | 4 | 2 |
| Abhinav Mukund | Tamil Nadu | 20 | 858 | 45.15 | 140 | 2 | 4 |
| KL Rahul | Karnataka | 9 | 838 | 93.11 | 337 | 2 | 3 |
| Sheldon Jackson | Saurashtra | 14 | 819 | 68.25 | 181* | 3 | 3 |

### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Inns | Wickets | Ave. | BBI | BBM | 5/i | 10/m |
| Shardul Thakur | Mumbai | 18 | 48 | 20.81 | 6/20 | 9/90 | 3 | 0 |
| Vinay Kumar | Karnataka | 19 | 48 | 18.72 | 6/53 | 9/123 | 5 | 0 |
| Siva Kumar | Andhra | 15 | 44 | 14.25 | 7/30 | 12/120 | 4 | 2 |
| Sreenath Aravind | Karnataka | 19 | 42 | 17.42 | 4/9 | 8/61 | 0 | 0 |
| Rishi Dhawan | Himachal Pradesh | 13 | 40 | 24.75 | 7/93 | 11/185 | 4 | 1 |