2021–22 Ranji Trophy Plate Group

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 elite groups, with six teams in Plate group .^[3] All the Plate Group league matches took place in Kolkata.^[4] The tournament was announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 3 July 2021.^[5]

2021–22 Ranji Trophy Plate Group

Dates	17 February – 26 June 2022
Administrator	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format	Round-robin then knockout
Participants	6
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

In the opening round of fixtures, Sakibul Gani of Bihar became the first player to score a triple century on their first-class debut, scoring 341 runs.^[6] Nagaland won the Plate Group to progress to the knockout stage of the tournament.^[7]

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	D	NR	BP	Pts	Quot
1	Nagaland	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	19	2.304
2	Manipur	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	10	1.062
3	Sikkim	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	9	1.227
4	Arunachal Pradesh	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	6	0.571
5	Bihar	3	0	1	0	2	0	-2	4	1.249
6	Mizoram	3	0	1	0	2	0	-4	2	0.466

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

  Advances to Preliminary quarter-final

Fixtures

Round 1

17–20 February 2022 Scorecard

Bihar	v	Mizoram
686/5d (159.4 overs) Sakibul Gani 341 (405) Iqbal Abdulla 2/136 (48 overs)		328 (122.3 overs) Taruwar Kohli 151 (289) Sachin Kumar 4/67 (30.3 overs)
		199/4 (60 overs) (f/o) Taruwar Kohli 101* (161) Abhijeet Saket 3/29 (9 overs)

Match drawn Jadavpur University Campus Ground, Kolkata Umpires: Mohit Krishnadas and Rajesh Kannan Player of the match: Sakibul Gani (Bihar)

• Bihar won the toss and elected to bat.
• Bipin Saurabh, Malay Raj, Sachin Kumar, Sakibul Gani (Bihar), Joseph Lalthankhuma, Remruatdika Ralte and Vikash Kumar (Mizoram) all made their first-class debuts.
• Sakibul Gani (Bihar) became the first player to score a triple century on their first-class debut.^[8]

---

17–20 February 2022 Scorecard

Sikkim	v	Nagaland
302 (92.1 overs) Anwesh Sharma 87 (195) Nagaho Chishi 5/51 (19.1 overs)		412 (114.3 overs) Chetan Bist 115 (172) Palzor Tamang 5/33 (16 overs)
283 (82 overs) Sumit Singh 85 (91) Shrikant Mundhe 3/46 (13 overs)		175/4 (40 overs) Shrikant Mundhe 59* (96) Lee Yong Lepcha 2/35 (5 overs)

Nagaland won by 6 wickets Videocon Academy Ground, Kolkata Umpires: Bharati Vij and Somnath Jha Player of the match: Chetan Bist (Nagaland)

• Sikkim won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ankur Malik, Anwesh Sharma, Codanda Ajit Karthik, Kranthi Kumar, Rajiv Malay (Sikkim), Khrievitso Kense and Yugandhar Singh (Nagaland) all made their first-class debuts.

---

17–20 February 2022 Scorecard

Arunachal Pradesh	v	Manipur
119 (57 overs) Neelam Obi 61 (152) Kishan Singha 4/11 (11 overs)		296 (96.1 overs) Al Bashid Muhammed 79 (159) Akhilesh Sahani 3/76 (21 overs)
152 (53.3 overs) Akhilesh Sahani 50 (58) Kangabam Singh 4/25 (15.3 overs)

Manipur won by an innings and 25 runs CC & FC Ground, Kolkata Umpires: Manish Jain and Parashar Joshi Player of the match: Al Bashid Muhammed (Manipur)

• Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Johnson Singh, Kishan Singha (Manipur), Manvan Patel, Nazeeb Saiyed and Suraj Tayam (Arunachal Pradesh) all made their first-class debuts.

Round 2

24–27 February 2022 Scorecard

Bihar	v	Sikkim
431/9d (115.1 overs) Sakibul Gani 98 (135) Palzor Tamang 3/93 (23 overs)		673/8d (168 overs) Kranthi Kumar 287 (390) Abhijeet Saket 3/114 (23 overs)
263/3 (48.1 overs) Yashasvi Rishav 112* (134) Codanda Ajit Karthik 2/75 (12 overs)

Match drawn Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Rajesh Kannan and Akshay Marathe Player of the match: Kranthi Kumar (Sikkim)

• Sikkim won the toss and elected to field.
• Abhinav Kumar (Bihar) made his first-class debut.

---

24–27 February 2022 Scorecard

Arunachal Pradesh	v	Nagaland
216 (59 overs) Akhilesh Sahani 67 (73) Rongsen Jonathan 4/69 (19 overs)		536/7d (128 overs) Shrikant Mundhe 207 (302) Yab Niya 3/127 (28 overs)
237 (92.1 overs) Kamsha Yangfo 74 (187) Rongsen Jonathan 5/52 (25.1 overs)

Nagaland won by an innings and 83 runs Videocon Academy Ground, Kolkata Umpires: Ganesh Charhate and Mohit Krishnadas Player of the match: Shrikant Mundhe (Nagaland)

• Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Kumar Nyompu and Techi Kagung (Arunachal Pradesh) both made their first-class debuts.

---

24–27 February 2022 Scorecard

Manipur	v	Mizoram
197 (66.3 overs) Nitesh Sedai 95 (139) Taruwar Kohli 4/43 (15 overs)		127 (49.5 overs) Iqbal Abdulla 41 (71) Kangabam Singh 3/24 (17 overs)
425/9d (121.4 overs) Al Bashid Muhammed 150 (307) Taruwar Kohli 4/65 (21 overs)		302/8 (104.5 overs) Uday Kaul 88* (215) Bishworjit Konthoujam 4/46 (21 overs)

Match drawn Jadavpur University Campus Ground, Kolkata Umpires: Somnath Jha and Bharati Vij Player of the match: Al Bashid Muhammed (Manipur)

• Mizoram won the toss and elected to field.
• B Lalnunfela (Mizoram) and Nitesh Sedai (Manipur) both made their first-class debuts.

Round 3

3–6 March 2022 Scorecard

Arunachal Pradesh	v	Bihar
196 (62.2 overs) Akhilesh Sahani 62 (76) Ashutosh Aman 4/51 (23.2 overs)		109 (36.3 overs) Sakibul Gani 38 (66) Nabam Abo 6/32 (10.3 overs)
253 (91.1 overs) Rajesh Bishnoi 106 (200) Ashutosh Aman 5/56 (33 overs)		325 (92.5 overs) Ashutosh Aman 75 (144) Rajesh Bishnoi 5/103 (38 overs)

Arunachal won by 15 runs Videocon Academy Ground, Kolkata Umpires: Manish Jain and Pranav Joshi Player of the match: Rajesh Bishnoi (Arunachal Pradesh)

• Bihar won the toss and elected to field.
• Amit Sotiya, Banshidar Kumar, Govind Choudhary, Saurav Kumar, Shivam Singh, Vikrant Singh (Bihar), Nabam Abo and Teshi Tiku (Arunachal Pradesh) all made their first-class debuts.

---

3–6 March 2022 Scorecard

Nagaland	v	Mizoram
509 (137.3 overs) Shrikant Mundhe 123 (226) Iqbal Abdulla 3/107 (43 overs)		95 (33.1 overs) Sumit Lama 33 (48) Raja Swarnkar 5/17 (8 overs)
295/5d (71 overs) Rongsen Jonathan 113 (150) Sumit Lama 2/69 (16 overs)		261 (93.4 overs) Taruwar Kohli 151* (251) Imliwati Lemtur 4/49 (24 overs)

Nagaland won by 448 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Rajesh Kannan and Akshay Marathe Player of the match: Raja Swarnkar (Nagaland)

• Mizoram won the toss and elected to field.
• Raja Swarnkar (Nagaland) made his first-class debut.

---

3–6 March 2022 Scorecard

Sikkim	v	Manipur
462 (113.3 overs) Liyan Khan 179 (237) Bishworjit Konthoujam 4/96 (20.3 overs)		324 (93 overs) Kangabam Singh 79 (134) Tarun Sharma 4/58 (17 overs)
228/3 (60 overs) Codanda Ajit Karthik 104 (110) Rex Rajkumar 2/51 (15 overs)		176 (72.3 overs) L Kishan Singha 30 (80) Sumit Singh 3/15 (15 overs)

Sikkim won by 190 runs Jadavpur University Campus Ground, Kolkata Umpires: Ganesh Charhate and Somnath Jha Player of the match: Liyan Khan (Sikkim)

• Manipur won the toss and elected to field.
• Tarun Sharma (Sikkim) made his first-class debut.