2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group A
{{short description|Cricket tournament}}
{{use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group A
| fromdate = 17 February
| todate = 26 June 2022
| administrator = BCCI
| cricket format = First-class cricket
| tournament format = Round-robin then knockout
| host =
| champions =
| count =
| participants = 4
| matches =
| most runs =
| most wickets =
| website =
| previous_year = 2020–21
| previous_tournament = 2020–21 Ranji Trophy
| next_year =2022–23
| next_tournament =
}}
{{2021–22 Indian domestic cricket season}}
The 2021–22 Ranji Trophy was the 87th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ranji-trophy-returns-after-gap-year-due-to-covid-19-as-bcci-announces-2021-22-domestic-calendar-1268528 |title=Ranji Trophy returns as BCCI announces full 2021-22 domestic season |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=3 July 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2021/news/154550/bcci-announces-india-s-domestic-season-for-2021-22 |title=BCCI announces India's domestic season for 2021-22 |work=The Board of Control for Cricket in India |access-date=3 July 2021}} It was contested by 38 teams, divided into eight groups, with four teams in Group A.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ranji-trophy-to-be-held-in-two-phases-between-february-10-and-june-26-1299725 |title=BCCI unveils two-phased plan for Ranji Trophy |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=3 February 2022}} All the Group A league matches took place in Rajkot.{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/ranji-trophy-first-phase-from-feb-10-knockouts-from-may-30-matches-reduced-for-teams-7755175/ |title=65 matches, 9 venues, 2 phases: Ranji Trophy after 22 months |work=The Indian Express |access-date=3 February 2022}} The tournament was announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 3 July 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2021/news/154550/bcci-announces-india-s-domestic-season-for-2021-22|title=BCCI announces India's domestic season for 2021-22|work=Board of Control for Cricket in India|access-date=3 July 2021}} Madhya Pradesh won Group A to progress to the knockout stage of the tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ranji-trophy-2021-22-sarfaraz-khan-century-puts-mumbai-in-quarter-finals-tamil-nadu-knocked-out-1303996 |title=Sarfaraz's century puts Mumbai in quarter-finals; Tamil Nadu knocked out |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=13 March 2022}}
Points table
{{2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group A}}
Fixtures
=Round 1=
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 17–20 February 2022
| team1 = Meghalaya
| team2 = Kerala
| score-team1-inns1 = 148 (40.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Punit Bisht 93 (90)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Eden Apple Tom 4/41 (9 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 505/9d (140.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Ponnan Rahul 147 (239)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Aryan Bora 3/105 (32.4 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 191 (53.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Chirag Khurana 75 (70)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Basil Thampi 4/43 (16 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 =
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| result = Kerala won by an innings and 166 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280408.html Scorecard]
| venue = Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium C, Rajkot
| umpires = Krishnaraj Srinath and Pranav Joshi
| motm = Eden Apple Tom (Kerala)
| toss = Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Eden Apple Tom (Kerala), Kishan Lyngdoh and Larry Sangma (Meghalaya) all made their first-class debuts.
- Rohan Kunnummal (Kerala) and Vathsal Govind (Kerala) both scored their maiden centuries in first-class cricket.{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/domestic/ranji-trophy-2021-22-edhen-apple-tom-rohan-kunnummal-kerala-vs-meghalaya/article38427782.ece |title=Ranji Trophy: Edhen, Rohan help take Kerala take control |work=SportStar |access-date=17 February 2022 | first=P.K. |last=Ajith Kumar |date=17 February 2022 |publisher=The Hindu |place= Rajkot}}{{cite web|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2022/02/19/ranji-trophy-kerala-meghalaya-day-3.html|title=Ranji Trophy: Kerala close in on big win|date=19 February 2022|access-date=19 February 2022|work=OnManorama}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 17–20 February 2022
| team1 = Madhya Pradesh
| team2 = Gujarat
| score-team1-inns1 = 274 (96.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Shubham Sharma 92 (206)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Arzan Nagwaswalla 5/59 (22 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 331 (94.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Het Patel 72 (139)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Ishwar Pandey 5/72 (25 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 251 (78 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Shubham Sharma 103* (242)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Chintan Gaja 6/48 (18 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 88 (37.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Karan Patel 27 (55)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Kumar Kartikeya 5/34 (18.5 overs)
| result = Madhya Pradesh won by 106 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280409.html Scorecard]
| venue = Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
| umpires = Anil Dandekar and C. K. Nandan
| motm = Shubham Sharma (Madhya Pradesh)
| toss = Gujarat won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Het Patel (Gujarat) made his first-class debut.
}}
=Round 2=
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 24–27 February 2022
| team1 = Gujarat
| team2 = Kerala
| score-team1-inns1 = 388 (96.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Het Patel 185 (245)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = MD Nidheesh 5/54 (22 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 439 (107.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Rohan Kunnummal 129 (171)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Siddharth Desai 5/132 (39 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 264 (85.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Karan Patel 81 (150)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Jalaj Saxena 4/57 (18 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 214/2 (35.4 Overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Rohan Kunnummal 106* (87)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Chintan Gaja 1/42 (6 overs)
| result = Kerala won by 8 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280427.html Scorecard]
| venue = Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium C, Rajkot
| umpires = Pranav Joshi and Nitin Pandit
| motm = Rohan Kunnummal (Kerala)
| toss = Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Saurav Chauhan and Umang Kumar (Gujarat) both made their first-class debuts.
- Het Patel (Gujarat) and Karan Patel (Gujarat) both scored their maiden first-class centuries.{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/het-and-karans-maiden-tons-frustrate-kerala/article65081213.ece|title=Het and Karan's maiden tons frustrate Kerala|work=The Hindu|access-date=27 February 2022|first=Ajith Kumar|last=P K|place=Rajkot|date=25 February 2022}}
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 24–27 February 2022
| team1 = Meghalaya
| team2 = Madhya Pradesh
| score-team1-inns1 = 61 (35.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Wanlambok Nongkhlaw 19 (40)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Gaurav Yadav 5/11 (10 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 499/6d (132.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Shubham Sharma 111 (169)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Akash Choudhary 2/77 (21 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 137 (56.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Punit Bisht 38 (64)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Anubhav Agarwal 5/38 (12 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
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| result = Madhya Pradesh won by an innings and 301 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280428.html Scorecard]
| venue = Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
| umpires = Saiyed Khalid and Krishnaraj Srinath
| motm = Gaurav Yadav (Madhya Pradesh)
| toss = Meghalaya won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Akshat Raghuwanshi, Anubhav Agarwal (Madhya Pradesh) and Kilco Marak (Meghalaya) all made their first-class debuts.
}}
=Round 3=
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 3–6 March 2022
| team1 = Madhya Pradesh
| team2 = Kerala
| score-team1-inns1 = 585/9d (204.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Yash Dubey 289 (591)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Jalaj Saxena 6/116 (51.3 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 432/9 (153 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Ponnan Rahul 136 (368)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Anubhav Agarwal 3/58 (24 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 =
| runs-team1-inns2 =
| wickets-team1-inns2 =
| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
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| result = Match drawn
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280446.html Scorecard]
| venue = Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium C, Rajkot
| umpires = Saiyed Khalid and Nitin Pandit
| motm = Yash Dubey (Madhya Pradesh)
| toss = Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 3–6 March 2022
| team1 = Gujarat
| team2 = Meghalaya
| score-team1-inns1 = 555/8d (141.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Bhargav Merai 223 (340)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Chirag Khurana 5/151 (43 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 166 (51.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Punit Bisht 59 (91)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Chintan Gaja 5/34 (12 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 =
| runs-team1-inns2 =
| wickets-team1-inns2 =
| score-team2-inns2 = 250 (73.5 overs) (f/o)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Dwaraka Ravi Teja 133 (183)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Arzan Nagwaswalla 4/70 (19.5 overs)
| result = Gujarat won by an innings and 139 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280447.html Scorecard]
| venue = Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
| umpires = Anil Dandekar and Rohan Pandit
| motm = Bhargav Merai (Gujarat)
| toss = Gujarat won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Bamanbha Shangpliang (Meghalaya), Manan Hingrajia, Parth Vaghani and Priyesh Patel (Gujarat) all made their first-class debuts.
}}
References
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{{Ranji Trophy}}
{{Domestic cricket in 2021–22}}
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