2015–16 Ranji Trophy

{{Infobox cricket tournament

| name = 2015–16 Ranji Trophy

| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg

| imagesize = 285px

| fromdate = {{start date|2015|10|1|df=y}}

| todate = {{end date|2016|2|28|df=y}}

| caption = The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners

| administrator = BCCI

| cricket format = First-class cricket

| tournament format = Round-robin then knockout

| host = {{flag|India}}

| champions = Mumbai

| count = 41

| participants = 27

| matches = 115

| attendance =

| player of the series =

| most runs = Shreyas Iyer (1321) (Mumbai)

| most wickets = Shahbaz Nadeem (51) (Jharkhand)

| website =

| previous_year = 2014–15

| previous_tournament = 2014–15 Ranji Trophy

| next_year = 2016–17

| next_tournament = 2016–17 Ranji Trophy

}}

The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy was the 82nd season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It was contested by 27 teams divided into three groups of nine 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. The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy will be followed by the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Deodhar Trophy.{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/901027.html |title=BCCI splits Ranji Trophy stages in rejig |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=20 July 2015 |access-date=20 July 2015 }}

The final was contested by Saurashtra and Mumbai, a repeat of the 2012–13 final.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2015-16/content/story/973315.html |title=Mumbai enter final on lead in Cuttack run fest |access-date=17 February 2016|work=ESPNcricinfo}} Mumbai won the match by an innings and 21 runs to claim their 41st title.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2015-16/content/story/976735.html |title=Mumbai seal 41st Ranji title with innings win |access-date=26 February 2016|work=ESPNcricinfo}}

Personnel changes

= Players =

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
Player ! From ! To ! Role
Sarfaraz Khan \| Mumbai \| Uttar Pradesh \| Batsman{{cite news \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-domestic-2015-16/content/story/903069.html \|title=Full list of transfers before the 2015-16 domestic season \|publisher=ESPNcricinfo \|date=July 25, 2015 \|access-date=July 25, 2015 }}
Tashuk Ali \| Himachal Pradesh \| Mumbai \| All rounder
Pragyan Ojha \| Hyderabad \| Bengal \| Spinner
Wasim Jaffer \| Mumbai \| Vidarbha \| Opening Batsman
Sainty Pathak \| Delhi \| Haryana \| Opening Batsman{{cite news \|url=http://www.bcci.tv/news/2015/press-releases/10804/sehwag-joins-haryana-ranji-team \|title=Sehwag joins Haryana Ranji team \|publisher=bcci.tv \|date=22 August 2015 \|access-date=22 August 2015}}
Mithun Manhas \| Delhi \| J&K \| Batsman
RP Singh \| Uttar Pradesh \| Gujarat \| Seam Bowler[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/toi-cri/top-stories/From-Sehwag-to-Sarfaraz-plenty-of-movement-ahead-of-2015-16-Ranji-Trophy/articleshow/48980230.cms RP Singh from Uttar Pradesh to Gujarat]
Prasanth Parameswaran \| Tamil Nadu \| Goa \| Seam Bowler
Amit Verma \| Kerala \| Assam \| Batsman

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"

Player

! From

! To

! Role

Sarfaraz Khan

| Mumbai

| Uttar Pradesh

| Batsman{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-domestic-2015-16/content/story/903069.html |title=Full list of transfers before the 2015-16 domestic season |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=July 25, 2015 |access-date=July 25, 2015 }}

Tashuk Ali

| Himachal Pradesh

| Mumbai

| All rounder

Pragyan Ojha

| Hyderabad

| Bengal

| Spinner

Wasim Jaffer

| Mumbai

| Vidarbha

| Opening Batsman

Sainty Pathak

| Delhi

| Haryana

| Opening Batsman{{cite news |url=http://www.bcci.tv/news/2015/press-releases/10804/sehwag-joins-haryana-ranji-team |title=Sehwag joins Haryana Ranji team |publisher=bcci.tv |date=22 August 2015 |access-date=22 August 2015}}

Mithun Manhas

| Delhi

| J&K

| Batsman

RP Singh

| Uttar Pradesh

| Gujarat

| Seam Bowler[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/toi-cri/top-stories/From-Sehwag-to-Sarfaraz-plenty-of-movement-ahead-of-2015-16-Ranji-Trophy/articleshow/48980230.cms RP Singh from Uttar Pradesh to Gujarat]

Prasanth Parameswaran

| Tamil Nadu

| Goa

| Seam Bowler

Amit Verma

| Kerala

| Assam

| Batsman

= Coaches =

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
Coach ! From ! To ! Role
Chandrakant Pandit \| \| Mumbai \| Coach
Hrishikesh Kanitkar \| \| Goa \| Coach
Dheeraj Jadhav \| \| Goa \| Asst. Coach
Sairaj Bahutule \| \| Bengal \| Coach
Lakshmipathy Balaji \| \| Tamil Nadu \| Bowling Coach
Rizwan Shamshad \| \| Uttar Pradesh \| Head Coach
Ajay Jadeja \| \| Delhi \| Head Coach

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"

Coach

! From

! To

! Role

Chandrakant Pandit

| Mumbai

| Coach

Hrishikesh Kanitkar

| Goa

| Coach

Dheeraj Jadhav

| Goa

| Asst. Coach

Sairaj Bahutule

| Bengal

| Coach

| Bowling Coach

| Head Coach

| Delhi

| Head Coach

Teams

The groups drawn are as follows{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/901169.html |title=Duleep Trophy omitted from 2015-16 calendar |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=July 20, 2015 |access-date=July 20, 2015 }}

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group A

Points table

style="width:120px"\|Team ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|Pld\|Played}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|W\|Won}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|L\|Lost}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|D\|Draw}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|A\|Abandoned}} ! style="width:25px; color:blue"\|{{abbr\|WI\|Won by an innings or 10 wickets}} ! style="width:25px; color:blue"\|{{abbr\|FI\|First innings lead in draw}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|Pts\|Points}} ! style="width:50px"\|{{Abbr \| NRR \| Net run rate}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="background:#cfc;" \|style="text-align:left"\|Vidarbha \| 8	4	2	2	0	1	1	29	0.047
style="background:#cfc;" \|style="text-align:left"\|Bengal \| 8	2	0	6	0	0	5	28	0.110
style="background:#cfc;" \|style="text-align:left"\|Assam \| 8	3	2	3	0	1	2	26	–0.304
style="text-align:left;"\|Delhi \| 8	3	1	4	0	1	1	25	0.215
style="text-align:left"\|Karnataka \| 8	2	1	5	0	1	3	24	0.336
style="text-align:left"\|Rajasthan \| 8	2	3	3	0	0	1	17	–0.313
style="text-align:left"\|Maharashtra \| 8	1	2	5	0	0	3	17	0.301
style="text-align:left"\|Odisha \| 8	1	3	4	0	0	1	12	0.016
style="background:#fcc;" \|style="text-align:left"\|Haryana \| 8	0	4	4	0	0	1	6	–0.406

{{plainlist|

{{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top three teams advanced to knockout stage.
{{Color box|#fcc|border=darkgray}} Bottom placed team relegated to Group C for 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.

}}

Group B

Points table

style="width:120px"\|Team ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|Pld\|Played}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|W\|Won}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|L\|Lost}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|D\|Draw}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|A\|Abandoned}} ! style="width:25px; color:blue"\|{{abbr\|WI\|Won by an innings or 10 wickets}} ! style="width:25px; color:blue"\|{{abbr\|FI\|First innings lead in draw}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|Pts\|Points}} ! style="width:50px"\|{{Abbr \| NRR \| Net run rate}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="background:#cfc;" \|style="text-align:left"\|Mumbai \| 8	4	0	4	0	1	3	35	0.851
style="background:#cfc;" \|style="text-align:left"\|Punjab \| 8	3	2	3	0	1	2	26	0.045
style="background:#cfc;" \|style="text-align:left"\|Madhya Pradesh \| 8	3	2	3	0	1	1	24	–0.059
style="text-align:left;"\|Gujarat \| 8	3	1	4	0	2	0	24	–0.092
style="text-align:left"\|Uttar Pradesh \| 8	2	1	5	0	0	2	21	–0.117
style="text-align:left"\|Tamil Nadu \| 8	2	2	4	0	0	1	18	–0.321
style="text-align:left"\|Baroda \| 8	2	3	3	0	2	0	17	–0.045
style="text-align:left"\|Railways \| 8	2	6	0	0	0	0	12	0.039
style="background:#fcc;" \|style="text-align:left"\|Andhra Pradesh \| 8	0	4	4	0	0	3	10	–0.459

{{plainlist|

{{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top three teams advanced to knockout stage.
{{Color box|#fcc|border=darkgray}} Bottom placed team relegated to Group C for 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.

}}

Group C

Points table

style="width:120px"\|Team{{cite web \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/901105.html?view=pointstable \|title=Ranji Trophy, 2015-16 Points table \|publisher=ESPN \|work=ESPNcricinfo \|access-date=3 October 2015 }} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|Pld\|Played}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|W\|Won}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|L\|Lost}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|D\|Draw}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|A\|Abandoned}} ! style="width:25px; color:blue"\|{{abbr\|WI\|Won by an innings or 10 wickets}} ! style="width:25px; color:blue"\|{{abbr\|FI\|First innings lead in draw}} ! style="width:25px"\|{{abbr\|Pts\|Points}} ! style="width:50px"\|{{Abbr \| NRR \| Net run rate}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="background:#cfc;" \|style="text-align:left"\|Saurashtra \| 8	5	1	2	0	1	0	36	–0.061
style="background:#cfc;" \|style="text-align:left"\|Jharkhand \| 8	4	2	2	0	0	0	31	0.093
style="text-align:left"\|Himachal Pradesh \| 8	3	1	4	0	1	0	30	1.201
style="text-align:left"\|Services \| 8	3	1	4	0	0	1	27	0.473
style="text-align:left"\|Kerala \| 8	2	2	4	0	0	2	25	0.589
style="text-align:left"\|Goa \| 8	1	1	6	0	0	1	18	–0.206
style="text-align:left"\|Jammu & Kashmir \| 8	0	3	5	0	0	0	9	0.870
style="text-align:left;"\|Hyderabad \| 8	0	2	6	0	0	0	8	–0.330
style="text-align:left"\|Tripura \| 8	0	5	3	0	0	0	3	–0.760

{{plainlist|

{{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top two teams advanced to knockout stage and promoted to Group A and Group B respectively for 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.

}}

Knockout stage

{{8TeamBracket

| seed-width = 25px

| team-width = 125px

| score-width = 80px

| RD3 = Final

| RD1-seed1 = A1

| RD1-team1 = Vidarbha

| RD1-score1 = 151 & 139

| RD1-seed2 = C1

| RD1-team2 = Saurashtra

| RD1-score2 = 375

| RD1-seed3 = A3

| RD1-team3 =Assam

| RD1-score3 = 323 & 101

| RD1-seed4 = B2

| RD1-team4 = Punjab

| RD1-score4 = 137 & 236

| RD1-seed5 = A2

| RD1-team5 = Bengal

| RD1-score5 = 121 & 432

| RD1-seed6 = B3

| RD1-team6 = Madhya Pradesh

| RD1-score6 = 348 & 560/9d

| RD1-seed7 = C2

| RD1-team7 = Jharkhand

| RD1-score7 = 172 & 94

| RD1-seed8 = B1

| RD1-team8 = Mumbai

| RD1-score8 = 416 & 245

| RD2-seed1 = C1

| RD2-team1 = Saurashtra

| RD2-score1 = 353 & 24/0

| RD2-seed2 = A3

| RD2-team2 = Assam

| RD2-score2 = 234 & 139

| RD2-seed3 = B3

| RD2-team3 =Madhya Pradesh

| RD2-score3 = 227 & 361/5

| RD2-seed4 = B1

| RD2-team4 = Mumbai

| RD2-score4 = 371 & 426

| RD3-seed1 = C1

| RD3-team1 = Saurashtra

| RD3-score1 = 235 & 115

| RD3-seed2 = B1

| RD3-team2 = Mumbai

| RD3-score2 = 371

}}

=Quarter-finals=

;1st Quarter-final

{{Test match| date = {{anchor|match109}} 3–7 February

| team1 = Vidarbha

| team2 = Saurashtra

| score-team1-inns1 = 151 (50.4 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Wasim Jaffer 41 (86)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Jaydev Unadkat 5/70 (18.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 375 (112.4 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Sagar Jogiyani 130 (261)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Umesh Yadav 5/81 (23 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 139 (68.1 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Wasim Jaffer 48 (78)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Jaydev Unadkat 4/35 (16.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =

| runs-team2-inns2 =

| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam

| toss = Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.

| umpires = Saiyed Khalid and Chirra Ravikanthreddy

| motm = Jaydev Unadkat (Saurashtra)

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901903.html Scorecard]

| result = Saurashtra won by an innings and 85 runs

}}

;2nd Quarter-final

{{Test match| date = {{anchor|match110}} 3–7 February

| team1 = Assam

| team2 = Punjab

| score-team1-inns1 = 323 (108 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Jamaluddin Syed Mohammad 121 (223)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Siddarth Kaul 4/99 (31 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 137 (47.2 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Mayank Sidhana 80* (131)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Arup Das 3/41 (15.2 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 101 (35.5 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Arup Das 31 (18)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Barinder Sran 5/43 (15 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 236 (63.2 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Gurkeerat Singh 64 (55)

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Arup Das 8/83 (21.2 overs)

| venue = Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Valsad

| toss = Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

| umpires = Nitin Menon and Nitin Pandit

| motm = Arup Das (Assam)

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901905.html Scorecard]

| result = Assam won by 51 runs

}}

;3rd Quarter-final

{{Test match| date = {{anchor|match111}} 3–7 February

| team1 = Madhya Pradesh

| team2 = Bengal

| score-team1-inns1 = 348 (114.5 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Aditya Shrivastava 65 (142)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Veer Pratap Singh 5/76 (23 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 121 (45.2 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Swagato(Raka)] 48 (100)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Ishwar Pandey 4/45 (16 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 560/9d (160.3 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Harpreet Singh 139 (206)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Ashok Dinda 2/92 (32.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 432 (91.4 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Manoj Tiwary 124 (160)

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Ishwar Pandey(Bunty) 4/93 (22.4 overs)

| venue = Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

| toss = Bengal won the toss and elected to field.

| umpires = Anil Dandekar and Rajesh Deshpande

| motm = Ishwar Pandey (Madhya Pradesh)

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901907.html Scorecard]

| result = Madhya Pradesh won by 355 runs

| notes = Chandrakant Sakure (Madhya Pradesh) made his first-class debut.

}}

;4th Quarter-final

{{Test match| date = {{anchor|match112}} 3–7 February

| team1 = Mumbai

| team2 = Jharkhand

| score-team1-inns1 = 416 (114.4 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Akhil Herwadkar 107 (217)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Shahbaz Nadeem 5/140 (39 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 172 (71.5 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Kaushal Singh 43 (92)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Akhil Herwadkar 3/26 (11 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 245 (63.1 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Shreyas Iyer 81 (106)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Samar Quadri 5/62 (18.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 94 (42.4 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Shiv Gautam 27 (120)

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Jay Bista 5/16 (6.4 overs)

| venue = Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar Ground, Mysore

| toss = Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.

| umpires = Abhijit Deshmukh and Navdeep Singh

| motm = Akhil Herwadkar (Mumbai)

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901909.html Scorecard]

| result = Mumbai won by 395 runs

| notes = Sufiyan Shaikh (Mumbai) made his first-class debut.

}}

=Semi-finals=

;1st Semi-final

{{Test match| date = {{anchor|match113}} 13–17 February

| team1 = Assam

| team2 =Saurashtra

| score-team1-inns1 = 234 (87 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Amit Verma 98 (241)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Jaydev Unadkat 6/77 (26 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 353 (113.5 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Cheteshwar Pujara 126 (243)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Krishna Das 3/80 (37 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 139 (39.1 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Syed Mohammad 39 (69)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Jaydev Unadkat 5/45 (13 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 24/0 (3.1 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Sagar Jogiyani 23* (10)

| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara

| toss = Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.

| umpires = Nand Kishore and Krishnamachari Srinivasan

| motm = Jaydev Unadkat (Saurashtra)

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901911.html Scorecard]

| result = Saurashtra won by 10 wickets

}}

;2nd Semi-final

{{Test match| date = {{anchor|match113}} 13–17 February

| team1 = Mumbai

| team2 = Madhya Pradesh

| score-team1-inns1 = 371 (102.5 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Shreyas Iyer 90 (104)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Chandrakant Sakure 5/137 (29.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 227 (92.1 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Naman Ojha 79 (189)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Balwinder Sandhu 5/43 (21.1 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 426 (125.1 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Suryakumar Yadav 115 (199)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Harpreet Singh 3/55 (17 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 361/5 (109 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Naman Ojha 113 (185)

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Bhavin Thakkar 1/3 (2 overs)

| venue = DRIEMS Ground, Cuttack

| toss = Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.

| umpires = K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Virender Sharma

| rain =

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901913.html Scorecard]

| result = Match drawn (Mumbai won on 1st innings)

| notes = Jagdeep Baweja (Madhya Pradesh) made his first-class debut.

Mumbai progressed to the final due to the first innings lead.
Shreyas Iyer (Mumbai) became the fifth player to score 1,200 runs in a single Ranji Trophy competition.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2015-16/content/story/973189.html |title=Suryakumar, Tare tons set MP 571 target |access-date=17 February 2016|work=ESPNcricinfo}}

}}

=Final=

{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match115}} 24–28 February

| team1 = Saurashtra

| team2 = Mumbai

| score-team1-inns1 = 235 (93.2 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Arpit Vasavada 77 (214)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Dhawal Kulkarni 5/42 (23 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 371 (82.2 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Shreyas Iyer 117 (142)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Jaydev Unadkat 4/118 (25.2 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 115 (48.2 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Cheteshwar Pujara 27 (98)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Shardul Thakur 5/26 (13.2 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =

| runs-team2-inns2 =

| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = MCA Stadium, Pune

| toss = Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.

| umpires = C. K. Nandan and Chettithody Shamshuddin

| motm = Shreyas Iyer (Mumbai)

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901915.html Scorecard]

| result = Mumbai won by an innings and 21 runs

| notes = Prerak Mankad (Saurashtra) made his first-class debut.

}}

Statistics

=Batting records=

==Most runs==

Player Name	Style	Team	Run
class="wikitable sortable"
Shreyas Iyer	Right-handed Middle-order	Mumbai	1321
Akhil Herwadkar	Left-handed Opening	Mumbai	879
Arun Karthik	Right-handed Middle-order	Assam	802

==High scores==

Player Name	Style	Team	Run	Ground
class="wikitable sortable"
Natraj Behera	Right-handed Opening	Odisha	255*	CH Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak
Swapnil Asnodkar	Right-handed Opening	Goa	232	Gandhi Memorial Science College Ground, Jammu
Paras Dogra	Right-handed Middle-order	Himachal Pradesh	227	Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala
Tashuk Ali	Right-handed Middle-order	Mumbai	220*	Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharmshala

==Most hundreds==

Player Name	Style	Team	100s
class="wikitable sortable"
Rajat Paliwal	Right-handed Middle-order	Services	4
Sudip Chatterjee	Left-handed Middle-order	Bengal	4
Shreyas Iyer	Right-handed Middle-order	Mumbai	4

==Most fifties (and over)==

Player Name	Style	Team	50+
class="wikitable sortable"
Shreyas Iyer	Right-handed Middle-order	Mumbai	11
Harpreet Singh Bhatia	Left-handed Middle-order	Madhya Pradesh	8
Tashuk ali	Right-handed Middle-order	Mumbai	8

==Most sixes in an innings==

Player Name	Style	Team	50+	Ground
class="wikitable sortable"
Ishan Kishan	Left-handed Opening	Jharkhand	8	Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot
Paras Dogra	Right-handed Middle-order	Himachal Pradesh	8	Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala

References

External links

[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/901105.html Series home at ESPNcricinfo]
[http://www.bcci.tv/ranji-trophy-2015-16/overview Series home at Bcci.tv] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002224527/http://www.bcci.tv/ranji-trophy-2015-16/overview |date=2 October 2015 }}

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