# 2017–18 Ranji Trophy Group D

The 2017–18 Ranji Trophy was the 84th season of the Ranji Trophy, the first-class cricket tournament in India. It was contested by 28 teams divided into four groups, each containing seven teams. The top two teams from Group D progressed to the quarterfinals of the competition. Vidarbha progressed to the knockout stage of the competition after beating Goa by an innings and 37 runs in round 6 of the tournament. They were joined by Bengal, after they drew against Goa in their final group-stage match.

## Teams

The following teams were placed in Group D, based on their average points in the previous three years:
* Bengal
* Chhattisgarh
* Goa
* Himachal Pradesh
* Punjab
* Services
* Vidarbha

## Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts | NRR |
| Vidarbha | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | +0.358 |
| Bengal | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23 | +0.367 |
| Punjab | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 | +0.609 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14 | +0.300 |
| Chhattisgarh | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | –0.514 |
| Services | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | –0.273 |
| Goa | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | –0.700 |
* Top two teams advanced to the knockout stage

## Fixtures
### Round 1

* 6–9 October 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala Umpires: Belur Ravi and Chirra Ravikanthreddy Player of the match: Prashant Chopra (Himachal Pradesh)
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Priyanshu Khanduri (Himachal Pradesh), Abhishek Sharma, Abhishek Gupta and Anmolpreet Singh (Punjab) all made their first-class debuts.
* Prashant Chopra made 271 not out on the opening day, the second-most runs scored in one day in the Ranji Trophy and the joint-highest score made by a batsman for Himachal Pradesh.
* Chopra went on to make 338, the tenth-highest total by a batsman in the Ranji Trophy and the first triple-century by a batsman for Himachal Pradesh.
* Abhishek Gupta (Punjab) scored his maiden first-class century.
* 6–9 October 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim Umpires: Subrat Das and Sanjay Hazare Player of the match: Sumit Ruikar (Chhattisgarh)
* Chhattisgarh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Manoj Singh (Chhattisgarh) scored his maiden first-class century.
* 6–9 October 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Palam A Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Nitin Pandit and Pashchim Pathak Player of the match: Navneet Singh (Services)
* Services won the toss and elected to field.
* Navneet Singh, Arun Bamal (Services), Boddupalli Amit and Kanishk Seth (Bengal) all made their first-class debuts.

### Round 2

* 14–17 October 2017 Scorecard
* Vidarbha won by an innings and 117 runs Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Nand Kishore Player of the match: Ganesh Satish (Vidarbha)
* Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
* Raghu Sharma (Punjab) and Siddhesh Neral (Vidarbha) both made their first-class debuts.
* Akshay Karnewar (Vidarbha) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
* 14–17 October 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala Umpires: Sudhir Asnani and Abhijit Deshmukh Player of the match: Pankaj Jaswal (Himachal Pradesh)
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Ankit Kaushik (Himachal Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
* Pankaj Jaswal (Himachal Pradesh) made the second-fastest fifty in the history of the Ranji Trophy, doing so in 16 balls.
* 14–17 October 2017 Scorecard
* Bengal won by an innings and 160 runs Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Navdeep Singh Player of the match: Ashoke Dinda (Bengal)
* Chhattisgarh won the toss and elected to field.
* Shubham Singh (Chhattisgarh) made his first-class debut.
* Manoj Tiwary (Bengal) played in his 100th first-class match.

### Round 3

* 24–27 October 2017 Scorecard
* Punjab won by an innings and 133 runs Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Tapan Sharma Player of the match: Jiwanjot Singh (Punjab)
* Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
* 24–27 October 2017 Scorecard
* Himachal Pradesh won by 97 runs Palam A Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Sivasubramaniyan Shankar and Krishnaraj Srinath Player of the match: Gurvinder Singh (Himachal Pradesh)
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Nitin Tanwar (Services) made his first-class debut.
* 24–27 October 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Vineet Kulkarni Player of the match: Amandeep Khare (Chhattisgarh)
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.

### Round 4

* 1–4 November 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Sivasubramaniyan Shankar and Tapan Sharma Player of the match: Abhishek Raman (Bengal)
* Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Sidharth Sharma (Himachal Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
* Abhishek Raman (Bengal) scored his maiden first-class century.
* 1–4 November 2017 Scorecard
* Vidarbha won by 192 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Jayaraman Madanagopal Player of the match: Akshay Wakhare (Vidarbha)
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat.
* 1–4 November 2017 Scorecard
* Punjab won by an innings and 118 runs Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur Umpires: Puttarangaiah Jayapal and Belur Ravi Player of the match: Anmolpreet Singh (Punjab)
* Chhattisgarh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Siddharth Chandrakar and Shourabh Kharwar (Chhattisgarh) both made their first-class debuts.
* Anmolpreet Singh (Punjab) scored his maiden first-class double century.

### Round 5

* 9–12 November 2017 Scorecard
* Vidarbha won by 10 wickets Bengal Cricket Academy Ground, Kalyani Umpires: Nand Kishore and Martin Saggers Player of the match: Sanjay Raghunath (Vidarbha)
* Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
* Ishan Porel (Bengal) made his first-class debut.
* Faiz Fazal and Sanjay Raghunath made the highest opening partnership for Vidarbha in the Ranji Trophy (259).
* 9–12 November 2017 Scorecard
* Chhattisgarh won by an innings and 114 runs Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Krishnamachari Srinivasan Player of the match: Rishabh Tiwari (Chhattisgarh)
* Chhattisgarh won the toss and elected to field.
* Shahnawaz Hussain (Chhattisgarh) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
* 9–12 November 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Palam A Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Umesh Dubey Player of the match: Vikas Yadav (Services)
* Goa won the toss and elected to field.
* Vikash Mohan (Services) and Heramb Parab (Goa) both made their first-class debuts.

### Round 6

* 17–20 November 2017 Scorecard
* Services won by an innings and 9 runs Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur Umpires: Belur Ravi and Krishnamachari Srinivasan Player of the match: Diwesh Pathania (Services)
* Services won the toss and elected to field.
* 17–20 November 2017 Scorecard
* Vidarbha won by an innings and 37 runs Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni and Pashchim Pathak Player of the match: Akshay Wakhare (Vidarbha)
* Goa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Akshay Wadkar (Vidarbha) made his first-class debut.
* 17–20 November 2017 Scorecard
* Bengal won by an innings and 19 runs Gandhi Sports Complex Ground, Amritsar Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Stephen Harris Player of the match: Abhishek Raman (Bengal)
* Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
* Shubman Gill (Punjab) and Pradipta Pramanik (Bengal) both made their first-class debuts.

### Round 7

* 25–28 November 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Umpires: Umesh Dubey and Belur Ravi Player of the match: Faiz Fazal (Himachal Pradesh)
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
* Shubham Kapse (Vidarbha) made his first-class debut.
* 25–28 November 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Sanjeev Dua and Nikhil Patwardhan
* Goa won the toss and elected to field.
* Lakshay Garg (Goa) made his first-class debut.
* 25–28 November 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Gandhi Sports Complex Ground, Amritsar Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni and Krishnaraj Srinath Player of the match: Anmolpreet Singh (Punjab)
* Services won the toss and elected to field.
* Shubman Gill (Punjab) scored his maiden first-class century.