2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group C
{{short description|Cricket tournament}}
{{use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group C
| 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 C.{{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 C league matches took place in Chennai.{{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}} Karnataka won Group C 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 C}}
Fixtures
=Round 1=
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 17–20 February 2022
| team1 = Karnataka
| team2 = Railways
| score-team1-inns1 = 481 (109.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Manish Pandey 156 (121)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Yuvraj Singh 5/93 (27.3 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 426 (128.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Arindam Ghosh 105 (197)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Krishnappa Gowtham 4/127 (41 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 223/9d (63.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Ravikumar Samarth 83 (170)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Amit Mishra 4/58 (21.2 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 69/4 (33 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Mohammad Saif 27* (59)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Vijaykumar Vyshak 2/16 (8 overs)
| result = Match drawn
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280412.html Scorecard]
| venue = Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai
| umpires = Chettithody Shamshuddin and Madanagopal Kuppuraj
| motm = Manish Pandey (Karnataka)
| toss = Railways won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Vidyadhar Patil, Vijaykumar Vyshak (Karnataka) and Yuvraj Singh (Railways) all made their first-class debuts.
- Yuvraj Singh (Railways) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/domestic/ranji-trophy-news-karnataka-vs-railways-yuvraj-debut-five-wicket-haul/article38429190.ece/amp/ |title=Ranji Trophy: Debutant Yuvraj picks fifer, Railways stay in the game against Karnataka |work=SportStar |access-date=18 February 2022}}
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 17–20 February 2022
| team1 = Pondicherry
| team2 = Jammu & Kashmir
| score-team1-inns1 = 343 (104.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Paras Dogra 108 (187)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Parvez Rasool 4/56 (18.3 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 426 (114.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Abdul Samad 103 (78)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Sagar Trivedi 5/74 (22 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 124 (45.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Sagar Trivedi 37 (37)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Parvez Rasool 5/29 (19.5 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 45/2 (12.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Shubham Pundir 21* (34)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Sagar Udeshi 2/18 (6.4 overs)
| result = Jammu & Kashmir won by 8 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280413.html Scorecard]
| venue = SSN College Ground, Chennai
| umpires = Mohamad Rafi and Ulhas Gandhe
| motm = Parvez Rasool (Jammu & Kashmir)
| toss = Jammu and Kashmir won the toss and chose to field.
| rain =
| notes = Jatin Wadhwan (Jammu and Kashmir), Kothandapani Aravind, Neyan Shyam Kangayan and Vijai Raja (Pondicherry) all made their first-class debuts.
}}
=Round 2=
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 24–27 February 2022
| team1 = Karnataka
| team2 = Jammu & Kashmir
| score-team1-inns1 = 302 (103.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Karun Nair 175 (311)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Parvez Rasool 4/60 (30.1 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 93 (29.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Qamran Iqbal 35 (45)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Prasidh Krishna 6/35 (12 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 298/3d (71 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Krishnamurthy Siddharth 72 (72)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Abid Mushtaq 3/65 (18 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 390 (98.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Ian Dev Singh 110 (188)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Prasidh Krishna 4/59 (20.5 overs)
| result = Karnataka won by 117 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280431.html Scorecard]
| venue = Chemplast Cricket Ground, Chennai
| umpires = Pashchim Pathak and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
| motm = Karun Nair (Karnataka)
| toss = Karnataka won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 24–27 February 2022
| team1 = Pondicherry
| team2 = Railways
| score-team1-inns1 = 342 (107.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Paras Dogra 107 (170)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Yuvraj Singh 3/67 (22 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 525/9d (151.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Arindam Ghosh 100 (193)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Sagar Udeshi 3/144 (49 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 208/3 (62 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Paras Dogra 64* (96)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Yuvraj Singh 2/26 (12 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =
| result = Match drawn
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280432.html Scorecard]
| venue = Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai
| umpires = Chettithody Shamshuddin and Madanagopal Kuppuraj
| motm = Paras Dogra (Pondicherry)
| toss = Railways won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Akash Pandey, Rahul Sharma (Railways) and Sidak Singh (Pondicherry) all made their first-class debuts.
}}
=Round 3=
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 3–6 March 2022
| team1 = Jammu & Kashmir
| team2 = Railways
| score-team1-inns1 = 259 (87.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Qamran Iqbal 83 (98)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Karn Sharma 6/76 (29 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 426 (127.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Yuvraj Singh 103 (133)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Abid Mushtaq 5/95 (31 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 203 (62 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Suryansh Raina 39 (84)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Karn Sharma 5/64 (19 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 39/1 (12.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Shivam Chaudhary 18* (20)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Parvez Rasool 1/7 (6 overs)
| result = Railways won by 9 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280450.html Scorecard]
| venue = Chemplast Cricket Ground, Chennai
| umpires = Pashchim Pathak and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
| motm = Yuvraj Singh (Railways)
| toss = Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = This was the 5000th Ranji Trophy Match.{{cite web|title=Railways-J&K match becomes 5000th game of Ranji Trophy, landmark moment for tournament |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/sports/cricket/railways-j-k-match-becomes-5000th-game-of-ranji-trophy-landmark-moment-for-tournament-2022-03-03-762449 |work=India TV News |access-date=4 March 2022}}
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 3–6 March 2022
| team1 = Karnataka
| team2 = Pondicherry
| score-team1-inns1 = 453/8d (132.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Devdutt Padikkal 178 (309)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Ashith Rajiv 4/80 (27.2 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 241 (77.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Damodaran Rohit 100* (133)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Krishnappa Gowtham 5/86 (26.4 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 =
| runs-team1-inns2 =
| wickets-team1-inns2 =
| score-team2-inns2 = 192(f/o) (61 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Pavan Deshpande 54* (119)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Shreyas Gopal 5/82 (19 overs)
| result = Karnataka won by an innings and 20 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280451.html Scorecard]
| venue = SSN College Ground, Chennai
| umpires = Mohamad Rafi and Ulhas Gandhe
| motm = Devdutt Padikkal (Karnataka)
| toss = Pondicherry won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Vidhwath Kaverappa (Karnataka) made his first-class debut.
}}
References
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{{Ranji Trophy}}
{{Domestic cricket in 2021–22}}
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