Ranji Trophy 2016/17

[Bleed-Blue]

The 83rd edition of the Ranji Trophy will begin on October 6, with Chhattisgarh being the only new entrant in the 28-team event. They will be the tenth team in Group C, and will make their first-class debut against Tripura in Ranchi.

Unlike in 2015-16, the limited-overs competitions - Vijay Hazare Trophy (50-overs) and the newly proposed inter-zonal T20 tournament for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy - will be played after the completion of the Ranji Trophy. The first-class tournament final will be played between January 7 and 11.

India's domestic calendar that began with the Duleep Trophy on August 23 will culminate with the Deodhar Trophy, the 50-over competition that will be played in the same format as the Challenger Trophy, on March 29.

It is understood the delay in the announcement of domestic fixtures was due to the non-availability of MV Sridhar, BCCI' s general manager of cricket operations, who was overseeing preparations for the two Twenty20 internationals against West Indies in Florida.

The tournament will be played at neutral venues following a recommendation from the BCCI's technical committee headed by Sourav Ganguly. The move received a favourable response from captains and coaches at the board's annual conclave in Dharamsala in June. A majority felt such a decision was inevitable considering the quality of pitches during a few games in the previous seasons, and the failure of match officials to impose a penalty for this.

Defending champions Mumbai are in Group A, which also has last season's semi-finalists Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Railways. Last season's runners-up Saurashtra have been promoted to Group B and are placed alongside Assam, eight-time champions Karnataka and Delhi, who have won seven titles. Haryana and Andhra, the two relegated sides, will form the nucleus of Group C, along with Himachal Pradesh and Kerala.

The matches will be played across 40 venues, with Raipur and Belgaum being the two new additions. Bangalore is the only Test center that has not been allotted a game as the drainage facilities at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium are being upgraded.

 

Ranji Trophy 2016-17 groups

Group A

Mumbai, Baroda, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Bengal, Gujarat,Tamil Nadu, Railways, Uttar Pradesh

Group B

Saurashtra, Odisha, Delhi, Maharashtra,Karnataka, Vidarbha, Rajasthan,Assam, Jharkhand

Group C

Hyderabad, Haryana,Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, Services, Goa, J&K, Andhra, Chhattisgarh

Source;http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-domestic-2016-17/content/story/1053377.html

Edited September 2, 2016 by Bleed-Blue

[diga]

Pre-season transfers/news/coach appointments

 

http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-domestic-2016-17/content/story/1053423.html

Edited September 3, 2016 by diga

[express bowling]

Pawan Suyal should have taken a  transfer to another state.....maybe even Kuldeep Yadav and Aniket Chaudhury.

 

 

[tweaker]

Pawan Suyal could have gone to Himachal Pradesh as he is originally from there.

[beetle]

4 hours ago, tweaker said:

Pawan Suyal could have gone to Himachal Pradesh as he is originally from there.

From Uttarakhand.

But yes...he should change his state.

[sscomp32]

I dont know much about it but have read in lot of places that this is not final and BCCI has to wait for supreme court ruling . 

Anybody has complete details?

[Mosher]

Pink ball to be used in Ranji for a few matches.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-domestic-2016-17/content/story/1056151.html

[Texan]

To make Ranji more competitive, BCCI should ensure that all international players are available to play the knockout matches. Also, they should consider playing the Duleep Trophy outside India so that domestic players get a feel for international conditions. 

[express bowling]

6 hours ago, Texan said:

To make Ranji more competitive, BCCI should ensure that all international players are available to play the knockout matches. 

Already, many international players are overworked with matches played in off-seasons these days.  Playing league level Ranji matches , if they are free, would  be very tiring.

 

Only those who play one format or maybe 2....like a Pujara...can play.

 

Besides, the Ranji season is clashing with the test season this time.

[Bleed-Blue]

Why has this been unsticked?

[Ankit_sharma03]

On 9/25/2016 at 11:10 AM, express bowling said:

Already, many international players are overworked with matches played in off-seasons these days.  Playing league level Ranji matches , if they are free, would  be very tiring.

 

Only those who play one format or maybe 2....like a Pujara...can play.

 

Besides, the Ranji season is clashing with the test season this time.

Pujara Vijay could play in btw Odi and i dnt expect umesh, aaron, ishant to play a lot of games this home season for national team so they can play ranji as well. Soon dhawan will be playing ranji to. 

 

Interntaional stars like gambhir, pathan bros, bhajji, yuvi all have to step up their game but what i see is bhajji not playing 1st ranji game . Just dont understand if he is that serious for a comeback why does he miss out a lot of games every ranji season. 

[Mosher]

7 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Pujara Vijay could play in btw Odi and i dnt expect umesh, aaron, ishant to play a lot of games this home season for national team so they can play ranji as well. Soon dhawan will be playing ranji to. 

 

Interntaional stars like gambhir, pathan bros, bhajji, yuvi all have to step up their game but what i see is bhajji not playing 1st ranji game . Just dont understand if he is that serious for a comeback why does he miss out a lot of games every ranji season. 

Don't think Aaron will get into the test squad unless there are injuries to our frontline pacers and he has been announced captain of Jharkand team this season too, so he will play almost all Ranji games. Umesh and Ishant may play a few games but the team management will rotate the pacers and will look to manage their workload as its a long home season.

[msplash9]

On 25/09/2016 at 11:10 AM, express bowling said:

Already, many international players are overworked with matches played in off-seasons these days.  Playing league level Ranji matches , if they are free, would  be very tiring.

 

Only those who play one format or maybe 2....like a Pujara...can play.

 

Besides, the Ranji season is clashing with the test season this time.

Any good new players to watch out for ?

[express bowling]

13 hours ago, msplash9 said:

Any good new players to watch out for ?

Pacers -  Nathu Singh, Shardul Thakur,  Ankit Rajpoot, Pradeep Sangwan, Aniket Chaudhury, Avesh Khan 

 

Batsmen -  Avinabh Mukund, Sanju Samson, Manish Pandey, Manish Agarwal,   Rishabh Pant, Sarfraz  Khan,  Nitish Rana. Akhil Hedwarkar, Shreyas Iyer, Sheldon Jackson, Armaan Jaffer, Jai Bishta

 

Spinners - Kuldeep Yadav, Shreyas Gopal, Karn Sharma, Samar Quadri 

 

All-rounders - Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Hooda...even Gopal is an all-rounder

 

 

Edited October 5, 2016 by express bowling

[Mosher]

Chhattisgarh will be playing for the first time.

 

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2016-17/content/story/1060216.html

[msplash9]

9 hours ago, express bowling said:

Pacers -  Nathu Singh, Shardul Thakur,  Ankit Rajpoot, Pradeep Sangwan, Aniket Chaudhury, Avesh Khan 

 

Batsmen -  Avinabh Mukund, Sanju Samson, Manish Pandey, Manish Agarwal,   Rishabh Pant, Sarfraz  Khan,  Nitish Rana. Akhil Hedwarkar, Shreyas Iyer, Sheldon Jackson

 

Spinners - Kuldeep Yadav, Shreyas Gopal, Karn Sharma, Samar Quadri 

 

All-rounders - Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Hooda...even Gopal is an all-rounder

 

 

Any debutants to watch out for other than Avesh Khan?

Arman Jaffer and Mahipal Lomror are also selected for their respective teams . Hope they do well 

[Bleed-Blue]

Rajpoot amongst the wickets early

 

Also Aaron

 

Edited October 6, 2016 by Bleed-Blue

[msplash9]

8 minutes ago, Bleed-Blue said:

Rajpoot amongst the wickets early

 

Nathu too

Lomror , Jaffer , Washington Sundar are playing . Avesh Khan misses out

[Mosher]

29 minutes ago, Bleed-Blue said:

Rajpoot amongst the wickets early

 

Also Aaron

 

Any live telecast?

[Bleed-Blue]

Just now, Mosher said:

Any live telecast?

Sorry bro, Im not sure.