# 2021–22 Ranji Trophy Plate Group

The 2021–22 Ranji Trophy was the 87th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It was contested by 38 teams, divided into eight elite groups, with six teams in Plate group . All the Plate Group league matches took place in Kolkata. The tournament was announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 3 July 2021.
In the opening round of fixtures, Sakibul Gani of Bihar became the first player to score a triple century on their first-class debut, scoring 341 runs. Nagaland won the Plate Group to progress to the knockout stage of the tournament.

## Points table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | D | NR | BP | Pts | Quot |
| 1 | Nagaland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 2.304 |
| 2 | Manipur | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1.062 |
| 3 | Sikkim | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.227 |
| 4 | Arunachal Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.571 |
| 5 | Bihar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 1.249 |
| 6 | Mizoram | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 0.466 |
Advances to Preliminary quarter-final

## Fixtures
### Round 1

* 17–20 February 2022 Scorecard
* Match drawn Jadavpur University Campus Ground, Kolkata Umpires: Mohit Krishnadas and Rajesh Kannan Player of the match: Sakibul Gani (Bihar)
* Bihar won the toss and elected to bat.
* Bipin Saurabh, Malay Raj, Sachin Kumar, Sakibul Gani (Bihar), Joseph Lalthankhuma, Remruatdika Ralte and Vikash Kumar (Mizoram) all made their first-class debuts.
* Sakibul Gani (Bihar) became the first player to score a triple century on their first-class debut.
* 17–20 February 2022 Scorecard
* Nagaland won by 6 wickets Videocon Academy Ground, Kolkata Umpires: Bharati Vij and Somnath Jha Player of the match: Chetan Bist (Nagaland)
* Sikkim won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ankur Malik, Anwesh Sharma, Codanda Ajit Karthik, Kranthi Kumar, Rajiv Malay (Sikkim), Khrievitso Kense and Yugandhar Singh (Nagaland) all made their first-class debuts.
* 17–20 February 2022 Scorecard
* Manipur won by an innings and 25 runs CC & FC Ground, Kolkata Umpires: Manish Jain and Parashar Joshi Player of the match: Al Bashid Muhammed (Manipur)
* Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Johnson Singh, Kishan Singha (Manipur), Manvan Patel, Nazeeb Saiyed and Suraj Tayam (Arunachal Pradesh) all made their first-class debuts.

### Round 2

* 24–27 February 2022 Scorecard
* Match drawn Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Rajesh Kannan and Akshay Marathe Player of the match: Kranthi Kumar (Sikkim)
* Sikkim won the toss and elected to field.
* Abhinav Kumar (Bihar) made his first-class debut.
* 24–27 February 2022 Scorecard
* Nagaland won by an innings and 83 runs Videocon Academy Ground, Kolkata Umpires: Ganesh Charhate and Mohit Krishnadas Player of the match: Shrikant Mundhe (Nagaland)
* Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Kumar Nyompu and Techi Kagung (Arunachal Pradesh) both made their first-class debuts.
* 24–27 February 2022 Scorecard
* Match drawn Jadavpur University Campus Ground, Kolkata Umpires: Somnath Jha and Bharati Vij Player of the match: Al Bashid Muhammed (Manipur)
* Mizoram won the toss and elected to field.
* B Lalnunfela (Mizoram) and Nitesh Sedai (Manipur) both made their first-class debuts.

### Round 3

* 3–6 March 2022 Scorecard
* Arunachal won by 15 runs Videocon Academy Ground, Kolkata Umpires: Manish Jain and Pranav Joshi Player of the match: Rajesh Bishnoi (Arunachal Pradesh)
* Bihar won the toss and elected to field.
* Amit Sotiya, Banshidar Kumar, Govind Choudhary, Saurav Kumar, Shivam Singh, Vikrant Singh (Bihar), Nabam Abo and Teshi Tiku (Arunachal Pradesh) all made their first-class debuts.
* 3–6 March 2022 Scorecard
* Nagaland won by 448 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Rajesh Kannan and Akshay Marathe Player of the match: Raja Swarnkar (Nagaland)
* Mizoram won the toss and elected to field.
* Raja Swarnkar (Nagaland) made his first-class debut.
* 3–6 March 2022 Scorecard
* Sikkim won by 190 runs Jadavpur University Campus Ground, Kolkata Umpires: Ganesh Charhate and Somnath Jha Player of the match: Liyan Khan (Sikkim)
* Manipur won the toss and elected to field.
* Tarun Sharma (Sikkim) made his first-class debut.