2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group E

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 E.^[3] All the Group E league matches took place in Trivandrum.^[4] The tournament was announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 3 July 2021.^[5] Uttarakhand won Group R to progress to the knockout stage of the tournament.^[6]

2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group E

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	Uttarakhand	3	2	1	0	0	0	12	1.398
2	Andhra Pradesh	3	1	1	0	1	0	9	1.183
3	Services	3	1	1	0	1	0	8	0.872
4	Rajasthan	3	1	2	0	0	0	6	0.723

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

  Advances to Quarter-final

Fixtures

Round 1

17–20 February 2022 Scorecard

Rajasthan	v	Andhra Pradesh
275 (59.2 overs) Rajesh Bishnoi 54 (42) CV Stephen 5/51 (13 overs)		224 (86.2 overs) Uppara Girinath 71 (217) Aniket Choudhary 4/40 (18.2 overs)
316 (92.2 overs) Ashok Menaria 79 (112) KV Sasikanth 3/75 (23 overs)		209 (53.3 overs) Pinninti Tapaswi 44 (62) Shubham Sharma 4/32 (12 overs)

Rajasthan won by 158 runs St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba Umpires: Abhijit Bengeri and GS Ananth Ramakrishnan Player of the match: Ashok Menaria (Rajasthan)

• Rajasthan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Anirudh Singh, Manav Suthar (Rajasthan), Pinninti Tapaswi, Tripurana Vijay and Yara Sandeep (Andhra Pradesh) all made their first-class debuts.

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17–20 February 2022 Scorecard

Services	v	Uttarakhand
176 (78.4 overs) Devender Lochab 76 (185) Deepak Dhapola 4/24 (19 overs)		248 (79.2 overs) Kamal Singh 82 (150) Arjun Sharma 3/31 (10.2 overs)
204 (83.5 overs) Hardik Sethi 56 (134) Dikshanshu Negi 3/22 (11 overs)		136/1 (28.3 overs) Jay Bista 87* (87) Arjun Sharma 1/31 (5 overs)

Uttarakhand won by 9 wickets Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Belur Ravi and KR Vasuki Player of the match: Dikshanshu Negi (Uttarakhand)

• Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.
• Nitin Yadav (Services) made his first-class debut.

Round 2

24–27 February 2022 Scorecard

Andhra Pradesh	v	Services
389 (137.1 overs) Ricky Bhui 149 (267) Pulkit Narang 6/56 (25.1 overs)		343 (118.4 overs) Rajat Paliwal 96 (184) Siraparapu Ashish 4/91 (29.4 overs)
220/4 (68 overs) Chengalpet Gnaneshwar 125 (195) Pulkit Narang 2/55 (19 overs)

Match drawn St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba Umpires: Dharmesh Bhardwaj and Akshay Totre Player of the match: Ricky Bhui (Andhra Pradesh)

• Andhra Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Shaik Rasheed (Andhra Pradesh) made his first-class debut.

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24–27 February 2022 Scorecard

Uttarakhand	v	Rajasthan
337 (130.3 overs) Swapnil Singh 97 (301) Aniket Choudhary 3/44 (24.5 overs)		129 (51.2 overs) Manender Singh 52 (113) Mayank Mishra 7/44 (23.2 overs)
246/7d (53 overs) Jay Bista 88 (85) Tanveer Ul-Haq 2/9 (5 overs)		155 (68.4 overs) Ashok Menaria 45 (89) Mayank Mishra 4/26 (19 overs)

Uttarakhand won by 299 runs Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: GS Ananth Ramakrishnan and KR Vasuki Player of the match: Mayank Mishra (Uttarakhand)

• Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
• Kamlesh Nagarkoti (Rajasthan) and Tanush Gusain (Uttarakhand) both made their first-class debuts.

Round 3

3–6 March 2022 Scorecard

Uttarakhand	v	Andhra Pradesh
194 (61.1 overs) Kunal Chandela 52 (98) Bandary Ayyappa 4/37 (23 overs)		226 (85 overs) Shaik Rasheed 56 (163) Deepak Dhapola 4/80 (27 overs)
101 (51.4 overs) Kunal Chandela 36 (104) Cheepurapalli Stephen 5/27 (19 overs)		70/2 (18.1 overs) CR Gnaneshwar 42* (58) Swapnil Singh 1/7 (2.1 overs)

Andhra Pradesh won by 8 wickets St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba Umpires: Belur Ravi and Akshay Totre Player of the match: Cheepurapalli Stephen (Andhra Pradesh)

• Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Deepesh Nainwal (Uttarakhand) made his first-class debut.

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3–6 March 2022 Scorecard

Rajasthan	v	Services
92 (45.2 overs) Ashok Menaria 31 (88) Diwesh Pathania 3/24 (10 overs)		301 (113.2 overs) Rajat Paliwal 91 (167) Manav Suthar 4/82 (34 overs)
210 (94.5 overs) Amitkumar Gautam 68 (176) Rahul Singh 3/57 (25.5 overs)		2/0 (1 over) Shivam Tiwari 2* (6)

Services won by 10 wickets Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Abhijit Bengeri and Dharmesh Bhardwaj Player of the match: Rajat Paliwal (Services)

• Services won the toss and elected to field.
• Samarpit Joshi (Rajasthan) and Shivam Tiwari (Services) both made their first-class debuts.