# 2015–16 Ranji Trophy Group A

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 three teams advance to knockout stage and ninth place team will be relegated to Group C for 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.

## Squads

| Assam | Bengal | Delhi | Haryana | Karnataka |
| Gokul Sharma (c) Arun Karthik (vc) Abu Nechim Amit Verma Bikash Chetri Arup Das Krishna Das Pritam Das Pallavkumar Das Rishav Das Swarupam Purkayastha Sibsankar Roy Kunal Saikia (wk) Jamaluddin Syed Mohammad Tarjinder Singh | Laxmi Shukla (c) Sudip Chatterjee Writtick Chatterjee Ashok Dinda Abhimanyu Easwaran Aamir Gani Shreevats Goswami (wk) Mohammed Shami Pragyan Ojha Writam Porel Veer Pratap Singh Wriddhiman Saha (wk) Sourav Sarkar Pankaj Shaw Manoj Tiwary | Gautam Gambhir (c) Unmukt Chand (vc) Vaibhav Rawal Milind Kumar Kshitij Rana Yogesh Nagar Dhruv Shaurya Manan Sharma Pulkit Narang Mohit Ahlawat (wk) Parvinder Awana Sumit Narwal Pradeep Sangwan Pawan Suyal Sarang Rawat | Virender Sehwag (c) Chaitanya Bishnoi Sanjay Budhwar Yuzvendra Chahal Rahul Dagar Rahul Dalal Rahul Dewan Ashish Hooda Sanjay Pahal Harshal Patel Himanshu Rana Sachin Rana Nitin Saini (wk) Guntashveer Singh Priyank Tehlan Jayant Yadav | Vinay Kumar (c) Chidhambaram Gautam Mayank Agarwal Shishir Bhavane Shreyas Gopal Abhimanyu Mithun Karun Nair Manish Pandey Udit Patel Prasidh Krishna Abhishek Reddy Ravikumar Samarth HS Sharath Jagadeesha Suchith Robin Uthappa |
| Maharashtra | Odisha | Rajasthan | Vidarbha |
| Rohit Motwani (c) Ankit Bawne Chirag Khurana Sangram Atitkar Akshay Darekar Nikit Dhumal Samad Fallah Swapnil Gugale Kedar Jadhav Harshad Khadiwale Shrikant Mundhe Domnic Muthuswami Anupam Sanklecha Naushad Shaikh Rahul Tripathi Vijay Zol | Biplab Samantray (c) Govinda Podder (vc) Basant Mohanty Deepak Behera Jayanta Behera Amit Das Pratik Das Rajesh Dhuper (wk) Abhilash Mallick Natraj Behera Suryakant Pradhan Roshan Kumar Rao (wk) Girjia Rout Anurag Sarangi Alok Chandra Sahoo | Ashok Menaria (c) Vineet Saxena (vc) Pranay Sharma Kukna Ajay Singh Rajesh Bishnoi Deepak Chahar Aniket Choudhary Arjit Gupta Madhur Khatri Ankit Lamba Manjeet Singh Puneet Yadav Nathu Singh Suryaprakash Suwalka Dishant Yagnik (wk) | S Badrinath (c) Faiz Fazal (vc) Ravi Jangid Aditya Shanware Amol Ubarhande (wk) Swapnil Bandiwar Ganesh Satish Wasim Jaffer Aditya Sarwate Jitesh Sharma Shalabh Shrivastava Yadvendra Tembhare Ravikumar Thakur Shrikant Wagh Akshay Wakhare |

## Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | A | WI | FI | Pts | NRR |
| Vidarbha | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | +0.047 |
| Bengal | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 28 | +0.110 |
| Assam | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 | -0.304 |
| Delhi | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | +0.215 |
| Karnataka | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 24 | +0.336 |
| Rajasthan | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | -0.313 |
| Maharashtra | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | +0.301 |
| Odisha | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | +0.016 |
| Haryana | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -0.406 |
* Top three teams advance to knockout stage.
* Bottom place team will be relegated to Group C for 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.

## Fixtures
### Round 1

* 1–4 October Scorecard
* Match drawn VCA Stadium, Nagpur Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind) Player of the match: Akshay Wakhare (Vidarbha)
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat
* Rajesh Dhuper (Odisha), Aditya Shanware and Jitesh Sharma (Vidarbha) made their first-class debuts.
* Points: Vidarbha 3, Odisha 1
* 1–4 October Scorecard
* Match drawn MCA Cricket Stadium, Pune Umpires: Sudhir Asnani (Ind) and Puttarangaiah Jayapal (Ind) Player of the match: Ankit Bawne (Maharashtra)
* Haryana won the toss and elected to bat
* Chaitanya Bishnoi, Rahul Dagar and Sanjay Pahal (Haryana) made their first-class debuts.
* Points: Maharashtra 3, Haryana 1
* 1–4 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Nand Kishore (Ind) and Pashchim Pathak (Ind) Player of the match: Deepak Chahar (Rajasthan)
* Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field
* Mohit Ahlawat (Delhi) and Nathu Singh (Rajasthan) made their first-class debuts.
* Points: Rajasthan 3, Delhi 1
* 1–4 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati Umpires: Rajesh Deshpande (Ind) and Nitin Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Jagadeesha Suchith (Assam)
* Karnataka won the toss and elected to bat
* Points: Assam 3, Karnataka 1

### Round 2

* 8–11 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Umpires: Puttarangaiah Jayapal (Ind) and Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) Player of the match: Shrikant Mundhe (Maharashtra)
* Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
* 8–11 October Scorecard
* Assam won by an innings and 152 runs Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati Umpires: Belur Ravi (Ind) and Ravi Subramanian (Ind) Player of the match: Krishna Das (Assam)
* Assam won the toss and elected to field.
* Kukna Ajay Singh (Rajasthan) made his first-class debut.
* 8–11 October Scorecard
* Match drawn M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Pashchim Pathak (Ind) Player of the match: Manoj Tiwary (Bengal)
* Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.
* Naved Ahmed (Bengal) made his first-class debut.
* 8–11 October Scorecard
* Delhi won by 10 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: KN Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Nand Kishore (Ind) Player of the match: Manan Sharma (Delhi)
* Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
* Nitish Rana and Sarang Rawat (both Delhi) made their first-class debuts.

### Round 3

* 15–18 October Scorecard
* Odisha won by 8 wickets Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Basant Mohanty (Odisha)
* Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
* 15–18 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Rajesh Deshpande (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Manoj Tiwary (Bengal)
* Rajasthan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Aamir Gani and Pankaj Shaw (both Bengal) made their first-class debuts.
* 15–18 October Scorecard
* Delhi won by 4 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Ravi Subramaniam Iyer (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind) Player of the match: Unmukt Chand (Delhi)
* Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
* 15–18 October Scorecard
* Match drawn M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Pashchim Pathak (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Manish Pandey (Karnataka)
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.

### Round 4

* 22–25 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Sivasubramaniyan Shankar (Ind) Player of the match: Rahul Tripathi (Maharashtra)
* Maharashtra won the toss and elected to field.
* 22–25 October Scorecard
* Vidarbha won by 3 wickets Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Ravi Subramanian (Ind) Player of the match: Wasim Jaffer (Vidarbha)
* Assam won the toss and elected to bat.
* Aditya Sarwate (Vidarbha) made his first-class debut.
* 22–25 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Umpires: C. K. Nandan (Ind) and Krishnaraj Srinath (Ind) Player of the match: Sudip Chatterjee (Bengal)
* Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
* Rishabh Pant (Delhi) made his first-class debut.
* 22–25 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar Stadium, Mysore Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Pashchim Pathak (Ind) Player of the match: Jayant Yadav (Haryana)
* Haryana won the toss and elected to bat.
* David Mathias (Karnataka) made his first-class debut.

### Round 5

* 30 October–2 November Scorecard
* Match drawn KIIT Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (Ind) and C. K. Nandan (Ind) Player of the match: Pradeep Sangwan (Delhi)
* Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
* Suboth Bhati, Pulkit Narang and Dhruv Shorey (Delhi) all made their first-class debuts.
* 30 October–2 November Scorecard
* Vidarbha won by 82 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and R. Sundar (Ind) Player of the match: Faiz Fazal (Vidarbha)
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat.
* 30 October–2 November Scorecard
* Karnataka won by 92 runs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Rohan Pandit (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Robin Uthappa (Karnataka)
* Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
* 30 October–2 November Scorecard
* Match drawn Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) Player of the match: Pankaj Shaw (Bengal)
* Haryana won the toss and elected to field.
* Pramod Chandila, Mukesh Kumar (Bengal) and Rohit Sharma (Haryana) all made their first-class debuts.

### Round 6

* 7–10 November Scorecard
* Karnataka won by an innings and 64 runs Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar Stadium, Mysore Umpires: Nitin Pandit (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Robin Uthappa (Karnataka)
* Odisha won the toss and elected to bat.
* Amit Das and Ranjit Singh (both Odisha) made their first-class debuts.
* 7–10 November Scorecard
* Delhi won by 9 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Dhruv Shorey (Delhi)
* Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
* 7–10 November Scorecard
* Assam won by 6 wickets Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind) Player of the match: Krishna Das (Assam)
* Haryana won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rahul Hazarika (Assam) made his first-class debut.
* 7–10 November Scorecard
* Bengal won by 105 runs Jadavpur University Campus 2nd Ground, Jadavpur Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) Player of the match: Pragyan Ojha (Bengal)
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
* Sayan Ghosh (Bengal) made his first-class debut.

### Round 7

* 15–18 November Scorecard
* Match drawn Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Natraj Behera (Odisha)
* Odisha won the toss and elected to bat.
* 15–18 November Scorecard
* Match drawn Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune Umpires: Sanjeev Dua (Ind) and Kamlesh Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Sudip Chatterjee (Bengal)
* Maharashtra won the toss and elected to field.
* 15–18 November Scorecard
* Vidarbha won by 8 wickets Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Umpires: Rajesh Deshpande (Ind) and Nand Kishore (Ind)
* Rajasthan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sidhant Dobal (Rajasthan) made his first-class debut.
* Umesh Yadav (Vidarbha) took a hat-trick in the first innings.
* 15–18 November Scorecard
* Assam won by 5 wickets Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Cricket Stadium, Guwahati Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Arun Karthik (Assam)
* Assam won the toss and elected to field.

### Round 8

* 23–26 November Scorecard
* Bengal won by 133 runs Bengal Cricket Academy Ground, Kalyani Umpires: Krishnamachari Bharatan (Ind) and R. Sundar (Ind) Player of the match: Abhimanyu Easwaran (Bengal)
* Bengal won the toss and elected to bat.
* Anurag Tiwari (Bengal) made his first-class debut.
* Odisha's second innings score of 37 all out is their second lowest score in the Ranji Trophy. Following the match, the club lodged a complaint stating that the pitch was "underprepared".
* 23–26 November Scorecard
* Match drawn Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune Umpires: Puttarangaiah Jayapal (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Arun Karthik (Assam)
* Maharashtra won the toss and elected to field.
* No play on day 1.
* 23–26 November Scorecard
* Rajasthan won by 9 wickets Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak Umpires: C. K. Nandan (Ind) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Pankaj Singh and Puneet Yadav (both Rajasthan)
* Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
* Mohit Hooda, Shamsher Yadav (Haryana) and Manender Singh (Rajasthan) all made their first-class debuts.
* 23–26 November Scorecard
* Match drawn KSCA Rajnagar Stadium, Hubli Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and John Ward (Aus) Player of the match: Mayank Agarwal (Karnataka)
* Delhi won the toss and elected to field.

### Round 9

* 1–4 December Scorecard
* Rajasthan won by 2 wickets Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nand Kishore (Ind) Player of the match: Aniket Choudhary (Rajasthan)
* Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
* 1–4 December Scorecard
* Maharashtra won by 53 runs Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune Umpires: Subrat Das (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Nikit Dhumal (Maharashtra)
* Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.
* 1–4 December Scorecard
* Match drawn Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Cricket Stadium, Guwahati Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Anil Dandekar (Ind) Player of the match: Shreevats Goswami (Bengal)
* Assam won the toss and elected to field.
* Wasiqur Rahman (Assam) made his first-class debut.
* 1–4 December Scorecard
* Vidarbha won by an innings and 31 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Umpires: Belur Ravi (Ind) and R. Sundar (Ind) Player of the match: Ravi Jangid (Vidarbha)
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat.