# 2017–18 Ranji Trophy Group C

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 C progressed to the quarterfinals of the competition.
Ahead of the fifth round of fixtures, Tamil Nadu's last two home games were moved from Chennai following heavy rain and were rescheduled to take place in Indore and Vadodara. In November 2017, Mumbai's fifth-round fixture against Baroda was their 500th match in the Ranji Trophy. Mumbai progressed to the knockout stage of the competition after beating Tripura by 10 wickets in round 7 of the tournament. They were joined by Madhya Pradesh, who topped the group, after beating Odisha by 7 wickets in their final game.

## Teams

The following teams were placed in Group C, based on their average points in the previous three years:
* Andhra Pradesh
* Baroda
* Madhya Pradesh
* Mumbai
* Odisha
* Tamil Nadu
* Tripura

## Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts | NRR |
| Madhya Pradesh | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | –0.116 |
| Mumbai | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | +0.228 |
| Andhra | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | +0.326 |
| Baroda | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16 | +0.508 |
| Tamil Nadu | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | –0.112 |
| Odisha | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | –0.648 |
| Tripura | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | –0.426 |
* Top two teams advanced to the knockout stage

## Fixtures
### Round 1

* 6–9 October 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Vikas Cricket Ground, Cuttack Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Tapan Sharma Player of the match: Udiyan Bose (Tripura)
* Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
* No play was possible on days 1 and 2 and only 2 overs were bowled on day 3.
* 6–9 October 2017 Scorecard
* Madhya Pradesh won by 8 wickets Holkar Stadium, Indore Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Krishnamachari Srinivasan Player of the match: Shubham Sharma (Madhya Pradesh)
* Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
* Waseem Ahmed (Madhya Pradesh) and Lukman Meriwala (Baroda) both made their first-class debuts.
* 6–9 October 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Umesh Dubey Player of the match: Bodapati Sumanth (Andhra)
* Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat.
* Shoaib Md Khan and Prithvi Raj (Andhra) both made their first-class debuts.

### Round 2

* 14–17 October 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Emerald High School Ground, Indore Umpires: Sivasubramaniyan Shankar and R. Sundar Player of the match: Jay Bista (Mumbai)
* Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Minad Manjrekar and Akash Parkar (Mumbai) both made their first-class debuts.
* 14–17 October 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Vineet Kulkarni Player of the match: Washington Sundar (Tamil Nadu)
* Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.
* Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore (Tamil Nadu) and Joydeep Bhattacharjee (Tripura) both made their first-class debuts.
* Washington Sundar (Tamil Nadu) scored his maiden first-class century.
* 14–17 October 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Reliance Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Kamlesh Sharma and Virender Sharma Player of the match: Hanuma Vihari (Andhra)
* Andhra won the toss and elected to field.

### Round 3

* 24–27 October 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Bandra Kurla Complex Ground, Mumbai Umpires: Martin Saggers and Virender Sharma Player of the match: Baba Indrajith (Tamil Nadu)
* Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
* 24–27 October 2017 Scorecard
* Madhya Pradesh won by 10 wickets Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala Umpires: Puttarangaiah Jayapal and Chirra Ravikanthreddy Player of the match: Harpreet Singh (Mumbai)
* Tripura won the toss and elected to bat.
* 24–27 October 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram Umpires: Sanjeev Dua and Nikhil Patwardhan Player of the match: Hanuma Vihari (Andhra)
* Andhra won the toss and elected to bat.
* Subham Nayak (Odisha) made his first-class debut.
* Hanuma Vihari (Andhra) scored his maiden triple century and his second consecutive total of 150 runs or more in first-class cricket.

### Round 4

* 1–4 November 2017 Scorecard
* Mumbai won by 120 runs KIIT Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Krishnamachari Srinivasan Player of the match: Prithvi Shaw (Mumbai)
* Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
* Shantanu Mishra (Odisha) made his first-class debut.
* Prithvi Shaw (Mumbai) scored his second consecutive century, and his fourth in five first-class matches since his debut.
* 1–4 November 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Reliance Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Nand Kishore and Nikhil Patwardhan Player of the match: Atit Sheth (Baroda)
* Tripura won the toss and elected to field.
* Mitesh Patel and Rudresh Vaghela (Baroda) both made their first-class debuts.
* Vishnu Solanki (Baroda) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.
* 1–4 November 2017 Scorecard
* Andhra won by 8 wickets Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram Umpires: Navdeep Singh and Virender Sharma Player of the match: Bandaru Ayyappa (Andhra)
* Andhra won the toss and elected to field.

### Round 5

* 9–12 November 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Puttarangaiah Jayapal Player of the match: Swapnil Singh (Baroda)
* Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
* This was Mumbai's 500th match in the Ranji Trophy.
* Ahmadnoor Pathan and Kartik Kakade (Baroda) both made their first-class debuts.
* 9–12 November 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala Umpires: Sanjeev Dua and Tapan Sharma Player of the match: Smit Patel (Tripura)
* Tripura won the toss and elected to field.
* 9–12 November 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn DRIEMS Ground, Cuttack Umpires: Rohan Pandit and Nikhil Patwardhan Player of the match: Rajesh Dhuper (Odisha)
* Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat.
* Velidi Lakshman (Tamil Nadu) made his first-class debut.

### Round 6

* 17–20 November 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn CSR Sharma College Ground, Ongole Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Amiesh Saheba Player of the match: Prithvi Shaw (Mumbai)
* Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
* Karsh Kothari (Mumbai) made his first-class debut.
* 17–20 November 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Holkar Stadium, Indore Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Rohan Pandit
* Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.
* 17–20 November 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Reliance Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Nitin Pandit and Sivasubramaniyan Shankar Player of the match: Subhranshu Senapati (Odisha)
* Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
* Ninad Rathva and Dhruv Patel (Baroda) both made their first-class debuts.

### Round 7

* 25–28 November 2017 Scorecard
* Mumbai won by 10 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Nand Kishore Player of the match: Jay Bista (Mumbai)
* Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.
* 25–28 November 2017 Scorecard
* Baroda won by 102 runs MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Gerard Abood and Tapan Sharma Player of the match: Swapnil Singh (Baroda)
* Baroda won the toss and elected to bat.
* 25–28 November 2017 Scorecard
* Madhya Pradesh won by 7 wickets Holkar Stadium, Indore Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Sadashiv Iyer Player of the match: Puneet Datey (Madhya Pradesh)
* Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Aryaman Birla (Madhya Pradesh) made his first-class debut.