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2016–17 Ranji Trophy
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The 2016–17 Ranji Trophy was the 83rd season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. Unlike previous seasons, the 2016–17 tournament was played at neutral venues.[1][2][3] Captains and coaches were supportive of the change.[4] Chhattisgarh cricket team made their debut in the competition, becoming the 28th team to compete in this edition of the Ranji Trophy.[5][6] Mumbai were the defending champions.[7] Gujarat beat Mumbai in the final by 5 wickets to win their first title.[8]
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In September 2016, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the dates, groups and fixtures for the competition.[9] The pink ball was used in the tournament, to help the BCCI make a decision on playing a day/night Test match.[10]
In October 2016 during the Group B fixture between Maharashtra and Delhi, Swapnil Gugale and Ankit Bawne playing for Maharashtra, set a record partnership total in the Ranji Trophy, with 594 runs. It was also the second-highest partnership in the history of first-class cricket.[11]
Two group stage fixtures, the Group A match between Gujarat and Bengal and the Group C match between Hyderabad and Tripura, were abandoned because of smog pollution.[12] Initially, the BCCI rescheduled the fixtures to take place after the conclusion of the group stages.[12] As a result of the rescheduled matches, the dates of the matches in the knockout phase of the competition were moved back to accommodate the rearranged fixtures.[12] Both the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) and the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) opposed the rescheduling of the fixtures.[13] The MCA joint-secretary Unmesh Khanvilkar said that it "gives unfair advantage to the participating teams with respect to their qualification the knockout phase".[13] Kasi Viswanathan, secretary of the TNCA, said that "the matches should not be rescheduled and that points should be shared".[13] The BCCI reviewed the decision to reschedule the matches.[14] In December 2016, they revoked the changes and awarded each team one point from the abandoned matches.[15]
Mumbai, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu from Group A, Jharkhand, Karnataka and Odisha from Group B and Hyderabad and Haryana from Group C all qualified for the knockout stage of the tournament.[16][17][18][19] The dates of the quarter-finals were brought forward by one day and the semi-finals by two days.[20] The Holkar Stadium in Indore hosted the final on 10 January 2017, two days earlier than originally planned.[20]
In the semi-finals Gujarat beat Jharkhand by 123 runs to reach only their second final in the history of the Ranji Trophy, having previously played in the 1950–51 final.[21] Mumbai beat Tamil Nadu by 6 wickets to progress to their 46th final in the Ranji Trophy.[22]
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The teams were drawn in the following groups:[9]
Group A
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- Top three teams advanced to knockout stage.
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Group B
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- Top three teams advanced to knockout stage.
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Group C
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- Top two teams advanced to knockout stage
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Knockout stage
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Mumbai | 294 & 217 | ||||||||||||
| C1 | Hyderabad | 280 & 201 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Mumbai | 411 & 251/4 | ||||||||||||
| A3 | Tamil Nadu | 305 & 356/6d | ||||||||||||
| A3 | Tamil Nadu | 152 & 87/3 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Karnataka | 88 & 150 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Mumbai | 228 & 411 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Gujarat | 328 & 313/5 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Gujarat | 263 & 641 | ||||||||||||
| B3 | Odisha | 199 & 81/1 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Gujarat | 390 & 252 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Jharkhand | 408 & 111 | ||||||||||||
| C2 | Haryana | 258 & 262 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Jharkhand | 345 & 178/5 | ||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
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- Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.
- Dinesh Karthik (Tamil Nadu) played in his 100th Ranji Trophy match.[25]
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- Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
- Samit Gohel (Gujarat) scored his first triple century in first-class cricket and the 40th triple century in the Ranji Trophy. His 359 not out is the highest score for carrying the bat in first-class cricket.[26]
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- Haryana won the toss and elected to bat.
Semi-finals
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- Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat.
- Prithvi Shaw (Mumbai) and Ganga Sridhar Raju (Tamil Nadu) both made their first-class debuts.
- Prithvi Shaw became the first player for Mumbai to score a century on debut in the Ranji Trophy since Amol Muzumdar did so in the 1993–94 tournament.[22]
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- Gujarat won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
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- Gujarat won the toss and elected to field.
- This was the highest successful run-chase in the final of the Ranji Trophy.[27]
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