2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group A

The 2021–22 Ranji Trophy was the 87th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India.^[1][2] It was contested by 38 teams, divided into eight groups, with four teams in Group A.^[3] All the Group A league matches took place in Rajkot.^[4] The tournament was announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 3 July 2021.^[5] Madhya Pradesh won Group A to progress to the knockout stage of the tournament.^[6]

2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group A

Dates	17 February – 26 June 2022
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin then knockout
Participants	4
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Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	D	NR	Pts	Quot
1	Madhya Pradesh	3	2	0	0	1	0	14	2.147
2	Kerala	3	2	0	0	1	0	14	1.648
3	Gujarat	3	1	2	0	0	0	7	1.105
4	Meghalaya	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.234

Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2022. Source: ESPN Cricinfo

  Advances to Quarter-final
  Relegated to Plate Group next season

Fixtures

Round 1

17–20 February 2022 Scorecard

Meghalaya	v	Kerala
148 (40.5 overs) Punit Bisht 93 (90) Eden Apple Tom 4/41 (9 overs)		505/9d (140.4 overs) Ponnan Rahul 147 (239) Aryan Bora 3/105 (32.4 overs)
191 (53.5 overs) Chirag Khurana 75 (70) Basil Thampi 4/43 (16 overs)

Kerala won by an innings and 166 runs Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium C, Rajkot Umpires: Krishnaraj Srinath and Pranav Joshi Player of the match: Eden Apple Tom (Kerala)

• Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
• 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.^[7][8]

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17–20 February 2022 Scorecard

Madhya Pradesh	v	Gujarat
274 (96.3 overs) Shubham Sharma 92 (206) Arzan Nagwaswalla 5/59 (22 overs)		331 (94.2 overs) Het Patel 72 (139) Ishwar Pandey 5/72 (25 overs)
251 (78 overs) Shubham Sharma 103* (242) Chintan Gaja 6/48 (18 overs)		88 (37.5 overs) Karan Patel 27 (55) Kumar Kartikeya 5/34 (18.5 overs)

Madhya Pradesh won by 106 runs Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot Umpires: Anil Dandekar and C. K. Nandan Player of the match: Shubham Sharma (Madhya Pradesh)

• Gujarat won the toss and elected to field.
• Het Patel (Gujarat) made his first-class debut.

Round 2

24–27 February 2022 Scorecard

Gujarat	v	Kerala
388 (96.1 overs) Het Patel 185 (245) MD Nidheesh 5/54 (22 overs)		439 (107.3 overs) Rohan Kunnummal 129 (171) Siddharth Desai 5/132 (39 overs)
264 (85.5 overs) Karan Patel 81 (150) Jalaj Saxena 4/57 (18 overs)		214/2 (35.4 Overs) Rohan Kunnummal 106* (87) Chintan Gaja 1/42 (6 overs)

Kerala won by 8 wickets Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium C, Rajkot Umpires: Pranav Joshi and Nitin Pandit Player of the match: Rohan Kunnummal (Kerala)

• Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
• 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.^[9]

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24–27 February 2022 Scorecard

Meghalaya	v	Madhya Pradesh
61 (35.4 overs) Wanlambok Nongkhlaw 19 (40) Gaurav Yadav 5/11 (10 overs)		499/6d (132.3 overs) Shubham Sharma 111 (169) Akash Choudhary 2/77 (21 overs)
137 (56.2 overs) Punit Bisht 38 (64) Anubhav Agarwal 5/38 (12 overs)

Madhya Pradesh won by an innings and 301 runs Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Krishnaraj Srinath Player of the match: Gaurav Yadav (Madhya Pradesh)

• Meghalaya won the toss and elected to bat.
• Akshat Raghuwanshi, Anubhav Agarwal (Madhya Pradesh) and Kilco Marak (Meghalaya) all made their first-class debuts.

Round 3

3–6 March 2022 Scorecard

Madhya Pradesh	v	Kerala
585/9d (204.3 overs) Yash Dubey 289 (591) Jalaj Saxena 6/116 (51.3 overs)		432/9 (153 overs) Ponnan Rahul 136 (368) Anubhav Agarwal 3/58 (24 overs)

Match drawn Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium C, Rajkot Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Nitin Pandit Player of the match: Yash Dubey (Madhya Pradesh)

• Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.

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3–6 March 2022 Scorecard

Gujarat	v	Meghalaya
555/8d (141.4 overs) Bhargav Merai 223 (340) Chirag Khurana 5/151 (43 overs)		166 (51.1 overs) Punit Bisht 59 (91) Chintan Gaja 5/34 (12 overs)
		250 (73.5 overs) (f/o) Dwaraka Ravi Teja 133 (183) Arzan Nagwaswalla 4/70 (19.5 overs)

Gujarat won by an innings and 139 runs Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Rohan Pandit Player of the match: Bhargav Merai (Gujarat)

• Gujarat won the toss and elected to bat.
• Bamanbha Shangpliang (Meghalaya), Manan Hingrajia, Parth Vaghani and Priyesh Patel (Gujarat) all made their first-class debuts.