# 2015–16 Ranji Trophy Group B

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

| Andhra Pradesh | Baroda | Gujarat | Madhya Pradesh |
| Mohammad Kaif (c) Prasanth Kumar (vc) Murumulla Sriram Ashwin Hebbar Bandaru Ayyappa Srikar Bharat (wk) Ricky Bhui Kakani Harish A. G. Pradeep Jyothi Krishna K. V. Sasikanth Hanumappa Shivraj Duvvarapu Siva Kumar Cheepurapalli Stephen Bodavarapu Sudhakar Bodapati Sumanth Paidikalva Vijaykumar | Aditya Waghmode (c) Deepak Hooda (vc) Bhargav Bhatt Kedar Devdhar Gagandeep Singh Sagar Mangalorkar Hardik Pandya Bhargav Patel (wk) Monil Patel Babashafi Pathan Yusuf Pathan Pinal Shah (wk) Hitesh Solanki Swapnil Singh Murtuja Vahora | Parthiv Patel (c) Rohit Dahiya Priyank Kirit Panchal Mehul Patel Rujul Bhatt Jasprit Bumrah Samit Gohel Manpreet Juneja Rush Kalaria Bhargav Merai Hardik Patel Niraj Patel Smit Patel Ramesh Powar RP Singh Venugopal Rao | Devendra Bundela (c) Naman Ojha Ankit Sharma Avesh Khan Udit Birla Ankit Dane Puneet Datey Harpreet Singh Mihir Hirwani Mohnish Mishra Ishwar Pandey Rajat Patidar Rameez Khan Yogesh Rawat Jalaj Saxena Aditya Shrivastava |
| Mumbai | Punjab | Railways | Tamil Nadu | Uttar Pradesh |
| Aditya Tare (c/wk) Badre Alam Vishal Dabholkar Harmeet Singh Akhil Herwadkar Shreyas Iyer Dhawal Kulkarni Siddhesh Lad Tashuk Ali Abhishek Nayar Nikhil Patil Abhishek Raut Balwinder Sandhu Shardul Thakur Suryakumar Yadav| | Harbhajan Singh (c) Sarabjit Ladda Varun Khanna Deepak Bansal Barinder Sran Himanshu Chawla Gurkeerat Singh Jiwanjot Singh Siddarth Kaul Uday Kaul Gitansh Khera (wk) Mandeep Singh Maninder Singh Pargat Singh Mayank Sidhana Manan Vohra Yuvraj Singh | Mahesh Rawat (c) Rohan Bhosale Ranjeet Mali Anureet Singh Ashish Singh Prashant Awasthi V. Cheluvaraj Faiz Ahmed Arindam Ghosh Hitesh Kadam Anustup Majumdar Amit Mishra Arnab Nandi Karn Sharma Krishnakant Upadhyay Saurabh Wakaskar | Abhinav Mukund (capt) Baba Aparajith Bharath Shankar Baba Indrajith Vijay Shankar Ramaswamy Prasanna Dinesh Karthik Malolan Rangarajan Rahil Shah D. T. Chandrasekar Aswin Crist Lakshminarayanan Vignesh M Mohammed J Kousik | Praveen Kumar (c) Eklavya Dwivedi (vc) Akshdeep Nath Almas Shaukat Amit Mishra Himanshu Asnora Piyush Chawla Israr Khan Sarfaraz Khan Deepak Sharma Mohammad Saif Deependra Pandey Saurabh Kumar Umang Sharma Tanmay Srivastava |

## Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | A | WI | FI | Pts | NRR |
| Mumbai | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 35 | +0.851 |
| Punjab | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 | +0.045 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | -0.059 |
| Gujarat | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | -0.092 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | -0.117 |
| Tamil Nadu | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | -0.321 |
| Baroda | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | -0.045 |
| Railways | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.039 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | -0.459 |
* 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
* Tamil Nadu won by 7 runs MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Navdeep Singh (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Pinal Shah (Tamil Nadu)
* Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat.
* Hitesh Solanki (Baroda), DT Chandrasekar, J Kousik and Lakshminarayanan Vignesh (Tamil Nadu) all made their first-class debuts.
* 1–4 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Teerthanker Mahaveer University Ground, Moradabad Umpires: Chirra Ravikanthreddy (Ind) and R. Sundar (Ind) Player of the match: Mohammad Saif (Uttar Pradesh)
* Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Almas Shaukat (Uttar Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
* 1–4 October Scorecard
* Punjab won by an innings and 126 runs Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Krishnaraj Srinath (Ind) Player of the match: Barinder Sran (Punjab)
* Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ashish Singh and Hitesh Kadam (Railways) both made their first-class debuts.
* 1–4 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Bandaru Ayyappa (Andhra)
* Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.

### Round 2

* 8–11 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Emerald High School Ground, Indore Umpires: Navdeep Singh (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: J Kousik (Tamil Nadu)
* Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* 8–11 October Scorecard
* Mumbai won by an innings and 12 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Krishnaraj Srinath (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind) Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (Mumbai)
* Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.
* 8–11 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (Ind) and Nitin Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Srikar Bharat (Andhra)
* Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
* 8–11 October Scorecard
* Baroda won by an innings and 113 runs Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Saiyed Khalid (Ind) Player of the match: Hardik Pandya (Baroda)
* Railways won the toss and elected to bat.

### Round 3

* 15–18 October Scorecard
* Mumbai won by 1 wicket Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy, Mumbai Umpires: Nitin Pandit (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Vishal Dabholkar (Mumbai)
* Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.
* 15–18 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Puttarangaiah Jayapal (Ind) and Nand Kishore Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh (Punjab)
* Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* 15–18 October Scorecard
* Railways won by 282 runs Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Ghaziabad Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Krishnaraj Srinath (Ind) Player of the match: Anureet Singh (Railways)
* Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Faiz Ahmed (Railways) and Israr Azim (Uttar Pradesh) made their first-class debuts.
* 15–18 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram Umpires: Sudhir Asnani (Ind) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) Player of the match: Srikar Bharat (Andhra)
* Andhra won the toss and elected to field.

### Round 4

* 22–25 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Dhruve Pandove Stadium, Patiala Umpires: Rohan Pandit (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind) Player of the match: Jalaj Saxena (Madhya Pradesh)
* Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Pargat Singh (Punjab) made his first-class debut.
* 22–25 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Reliance Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Navdeep Singh (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (Mumbai)
* Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
* Monil Patel (Baroda) made his first-class debut.
* 22–25 October Scorecard
* Gujarat won by an innings and 36 runs Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Belur Ravi (Ind) and Chirra Ravikanthreddy (Ind) Player of the match: Priyank Kirit Panchal (Gujarat)
* Railways won the toss and elected to field.
* 22–25 October Scorecard
* Uttar Pradesh won by 56 runs CSR Sharma College Ground, Ongole Umpires: Subrat Das (Ind) and Umesh Dubey (Ind) Player of the match: Praveen Kumar (Uttar Pradesh)
* Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
* K. V. Sasikanth (Andhra) made his first-class debut.

### Round 5

* 30 October–2 November Scorecard
* Tamil Nadu won by 8 wickets Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Rajesh Deshpande (Ind) Player of the match: Baba Indrajith (Tamil Nadu)
* Railways won the toss and elected to field.
* Bhima Rao (Railways) made his first-class debut.
* 30 October–2 November Scorecard
* Madhya Pradesh won by 87 runs Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Puttarangaiah Jayapal (Ind) and Krishnaraj Srinath (Ind) Player of the match: Mihir Hirwani (Madhya Pradesh)
* Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rishi Arothe, Atit Sheth (Baroda) and Ankit Dane, Rajat Patidar (Madhya Pradesh) all made their first-class debuts.
* 30 October–2 November Scorecard
* Punjab won by 7 wickets Dhruve Pandove Stadium, Patiala Umpires: Krishnamachari Bharatan (Ind) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) Player of the match: Gurkeerat Singh (Punjab)
* Andhra won the toss and elected to bat.
* Hanumappa Shivraj (Andhra) made his first-class debuts.
* 30 October–2 November Scorecard
* Uttar Pradesh won by 155 runs Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Valsad Umpires: Sivasubramaniyan Shankar (Ind) and Shavir Tarapore (Ind) Player of the match: Saurabh Kumar (Uttar Pradesh)
* Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.

### Round 6

* 7–10 November Scorecard
* Match drawn MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Pashchim Pathak (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: A. G. Pradeep (Andhra)
* Andhra won the toss and elected to bat.
* No play was possible on day 2 and 3 because of rain.
* Jyothi Krishna and Koripalli Sreekanth (Andhra) both made their first-class debuts.
* 7–10 November Scorecard
* Madhya Pradesh won by 9 wickets Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior Umpires: Rajesh Deshpande (Ind) and Saiyed Khalid (Ind) Player of the match: Jalaj Saxena (Madhya Pradesh)
* Railways won the toss and elected to bat.
* Jalaj Saxena's match figures of 16 for 154 are the second-best in the history of the Ranji Trophy.
* 7–10 November Scorecard
* Match drawn Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Nand Kishore (Ind) Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (Mumbai)
* Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* 7–10 November Scorecard
* Gujarat won by an innings and 46 runs Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Valsad Umpires: Chirra Ravikanthreddy (Ind) and R. Sundar (Ind) Player of the match: Axar Patel (Gujarat)
* Gujarat won the toss and elected to bat.

### Round 7

* 15–18 November Scorecard
* Match drawn Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Umpires: Umesh Dubey (Ind) and Amiesh Saheba (Ind) Player of the match: Suresh Raina (Uttar Pradesh)
* Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.
* 15–18 November Scorecard
* Gujarat won by 153 runs Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat Umpires: Chirra Ravikanthreddy (Ind) and S. Shankar (Ind) Player of the match: R. P. Singh (Gujarat)
* Gujarat won the toss and elected to bat.
* 15–18 November Scorecard
* Baroda won by an innings and 116 runs Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Krishnamachari Bharatan (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Kedar Devdhar (Baroda)
* Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* Deepak Bansal (Punjab) made his first-class debut.
* 15–18 November Scorecard
* Mumbai won by 6 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Shavir Tarapore (Ind) Player of the match: Akhil Herwadkar (Mumbai)
* Railways won the toss and elected to bat.
* Jay Bista (Mumbai), Sagar Mishra, Akshat Pandey and Vivek Singh (Railways) all made their first-class debuts.

### Round 8

* 23–26 November Scorecard
* Match drawn Indian Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
* Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.
* No play on days 1, 2 and 3 due to rain and a wet outfield.
* 23–26 November Scorecard
* Mumbai won by 3 wickets Holkar Stadium, Indore Umpires: Krishnaraj Srinath (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind) Player of the match: Jay Bista (Mumbai)
* Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ankush Jaiswal (Mumbai) made his first-class debut.
* Mumbai made their highest successful run-chase away from home in the Ranji Trophy and qualified for the quarter-finals as a result.
* 23–26 November Scorecard
* Match drawn Green Park, Kanpur Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Bongani Jele (SA) Player of the match: Mayank Sidhana (Punjab)
* Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* 23–26 November Scorecard
* Railways won by 148 runs Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Subrat Das (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Ashish Yadav (Railways)
* Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
* Sneha Kishore (Andhra) made his first-class debut.

### Round 9

* 1–4 December Scorecard
* Punjab won by 243 runs NPR College Ground, Dindigul Umpires: Pashchim Pathak (Ind) and John Ward (Aus) Player of the match: Harbhajan Singh (Punjab)
* Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
* In the 48th over of the match, umpire John Ward was hit on the head following a shot played by Barinder Sran (Punjab). He was replaced by Mohammad Raffik for the rest of the match.
* 1–4 December Scorecard
* Madhya Pradesh won by an innings and 9 runs Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Ankit Sharma (Madhya Pradesh)
* Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* 1–4 December Scorecard
* Match drawn Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (Ind) and Bongani Jele (SA) Player of the match: Akhil Herwadkar (Mumbai)
* Gujarat won the toss and elected to field.
* Alshaaz Pathan (Gujarat) made his first-class debut.
* 1–4 December Scorecard
* Match drawn Greater Noida Cricket Stadium, Greater Noida Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) Player of the match: Umang Sharma (Uttar Pradesh)
* Baroda won the toss and elected to bat.