The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy is the 82nd season which is being contested by 27 teams divided into 3 groups of 9 teams each
The top three teams from Groups A and B advanced to the quarterfinals along with the top two teams from Group C
For this season the schedule splits into two stages, the first is a league stage and the second being a knock-out stage.
The league stage starts on 1 October 2015 and ends on 4 December 2015 and the knock-out stage starts on 3 February 2016 and ends on 28 February 2016.
Defending Champion
Karnataka defeated Tamil Nadu by an Innings and 217 Runs @ Wankhede Stadium,Mumbai
Scorecard
Tamil Nadu 134 and 411
Karnataka 762
MOM - Karun Nair(Karnataka)for his 328 Runs
Teams Reaching QF's in the 2015-16 Season
- QF 1 Vidarbha Vs Saurashtra
- QF 2 Assam Vs Punjab
- QF 3 Madhya Pradesh Vs Bengal
- QF 4 Mumbai Vs Jharkhand
Teams Reaching SF's in the 2015-16 Season
- SF 1 Assam Vs Saurashtra
- SF 2 Mumbai Vs Madhya Pradesh
- Mumbai Vs Saurashtra
Mumbai will play against Saurashtra in the finals at Pune's MCA Stadium from February 24 to 28,2016
If history is a yardstick, the Ranji Trophy final is nothing but a David versus Goliath battle.
On the basis of form, however, Mumbai’s summit clash against Saurashtra, to be played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association’s stadium from Wednesday February 24,2016, is a clash of equals
Mumbai are bidding to win their 41st Ranji Trophy title. They last won it in 2013, defeating Saurashtra.
Squads
Mumbai
Aditya Tare (captain), Abhishek Nayar,
Akhil Herwadkar Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Siddhesh Lad, Nikhil
Patil, Dhawal Kulkarni, Vishal Dabholkar, Iqbal Abdullah, Shardul
Thakur, Balwinder Singh Sandhu, Badre Alam, Bhavin Thakkar, Sufiyan
Shaikh.
Saurashtra
Jaydev Shah (captain), Sheldon Jackson, Avi Barot, Cheteshwar Pujara, Chirag Jani, Jaydev Unadkat, Preark Mankad, Kamlesh Makwana, Dharmendra Jadeja, Vandit Jivrajani, Arpit Vasavada, Deepak Punia, Hardik Rathod, Mohsin Dodia, Sagar Jogiyani
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