2017–18_Ranji_Trophy_Group_C
2017–18 Ranji Trophy Group C
Cricket tournament
The 2017–18 Ranji Trophy was the 84th season of the Ranji Trophy, the first-class cricket tournament in India. It was contested by 28 teams divided into four groups, each containing seven teams.[1] The top two teams from Group C progressed to the quarterfinals of the competition.[2]
Quick Facts Dates, Administrator(s) ...
 The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners | |
| Dates | 6 October 2017 (2017-10-06) – 28 November 2017 (2017-11-28) |
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| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
| Host(s) |  India |
| Participants | 7 |
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Ahead of the fifth round of fixtures, Tamil Nadu's last two home games were moved from Chennai following heavy rain and were rescheduled to take place in Indore and Vadodara.[3] In November 2017, Mumbai's fifth-round fixture against Baroda was their 500th match in the Ranji Trophy.[4] Mumbai progressed to the knockout stage of the competition after beating Tripura by 10 wickets in round 7 of the tournament.[5] They were joined by Madhya Pradesh, who topped the group, after beating Odisha by 7 wickets in their final game.[6]
The following teams were placed in Group C, based on their average points in the previous three years:[7]
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| Team[8] | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts | NRR |
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| Madhya Pradesh | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | –0.116 |
| Mumbai | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | +0.228 |
| Andhra | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | +0.326 |
| Baroda | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16 | +0.508 |
| Tamil Nadu | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | –0.112 |
| Odisha | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | –0.648 |
| Tripura | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | –0.426 |
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- Top two teams advanced to the knockout stage
Round 1
6–9 October 2017 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Vikas Cricket Ground, Cuttack Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Tapan Sharma Player of the match: Udiyan Bose (Tripura) |
- Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on days 1 and 2 and only 2 overs were bowled on day 3.
6–9 October 2017 Scorecard |
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Madhya Pradesh won by 8 wickets Holkar Stadium, Indore Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Krishnamachari Srinivasan Player of the match: Shubham Sharma (Madhya Pradesh) |
- Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
- Waseem Ahmed (Madhya Pradesh) and Lukman Meriwala (Baroda) both made their first-class debuts.
6–9 October 2017 Scorecard |
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Match drawn MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Umesh Dubey Player of the match: Bodapati Sumanth (Andhra) |
- Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shoaib Md Khan and Prithvi Raj (Andhra) both made their first-class debuts.
Round 2
14–17 October 2017 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Emerald High School Ground, Indore Umpires: Sivasubramaniyan Shankar and R. Sundar Player of the match: Jay Bista (Mumbai) |
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Minad Manjrekar and Akash Parkar (Mumbai) both made their first-class debuts.
14–17 October 2017 Scorecard |
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Match drawn MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Vineet Kulkarni Player of the match: Washington Sundar (Tamil Nadu) |
- Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.
- Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore (Tamil Nadu) and Joydeep Bhattacharjee (Tripura) both made their first-class debuts.
- Washington Sundar (Tamil Nadu) scored his maiden first-class century.[9]
14–17 October 2017 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Reliance Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Kamlesh Sharma and Virender Sharma Player of the match: Hanuma Vihari (Andhra) |
- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
Round 3
24–27 October 2017 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Bandra Kurla Complex Ground, Mumbai Umpires: Martin Saggers and Virender Sharma Player of the match: Baba Indrajith (Tamil Nadu) |
- Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
24–27 October 2017 Scorecard |
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52/0 (14.2 overs) Harpreet Singh 25* (33) |
Madhya Pradesh won by 10 wickets Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala Umpires: Puttarangaiah Jayapal and Chirra Ravikanthreddy Player of the match: Harpreet Singh (Mumbai) |
- Tripura won the toss and elected to bat.
24–27 October 2017 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram Umpires: Sanjeev Dua and Nikhil Patwardhan Player of the match: Hanuma Vihari (Andhra) |
- Andhra won the toss and elected to bat.
- Subham Nayak (Odisha) made his first-class debut.
- Hanuma Vihari (Andhra) scored his maiden triple century and his second consecutive total of 150 runs or more in first-class cricket.[10]
Round 4
1–4 November 2017 Scorecard |
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Mumbai won by 120 runs KIIT Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Krishnamachari Srinivasan Player of the match: Prithvi Shaw (Mumbai) |
- Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
- Shantanu Mishra (Odisha) made his first-class debut.
- Prithvi Shaw (Mumbai) scored his second consecutive century, and his fourth in five first-class matches since his debut.[11]
1–4 November 2017 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Reliance Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Nand Kishore and Nikhil Patwardhan Player of the match: Atit Sheth (Baroda) |
- Tripura won the toss and elected to field.
- Mitesh Patel and Rudresh Vaghela (Baroda) both made their first-class debuts.
- Vishnu Solanki (Baroda) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[11]
1–4 November 2017 Scorecard |
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Andhra won by 8 wickets Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram Umpires: Navdeep Singh and Virender Sharma Player of the match: Bandaru Ayyappa (Andhra) |
- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
Round 5
9–12 November 2017 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Puttarangaiah Jayapal Player of the match: Swapnil Singh (Baroda) |
- Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
- This was Mumbai's 500th match in the Ranji Trophy.[4]
- Ahmadnoor Pathan and Kartik Kakade (Baroda) both made their first-class debuts.
9–12 November 2017 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala Umpires: Sanjeev Dua and Tapan Sharma Player of the match: Smit Patel (Tripura) |
- Tripura won the toss and elected to field.
9–12 November 2017 Scorecard |
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Match drawn DRIEMS Ground, Cuttack Umpires: Rohan Pandit and Nikhil Patwardhan Player of the match: Rajesh Dhuper (Odisha) |
- Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat.
- Velidi Lakshman (Tamil Nadu) made his first-class debut.
Round 6
17–20 November 2017 Scorecard |
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Match drawn CSR Sharma College Ground, Ongole Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Amiesh Saheba Player of the match: Prithvi Shaw (Mumbai) |
- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
- Karsh Kothari (Mumbai) made his first-class debut.
17–20 November 2017 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Reliance Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Nitin Pandit and Sivasubramaniyan Shankar Player of the match: Subhranshu Senapati (Odisha) |
- Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
- Ninad Rathva and Dhruv Patel (Baroda) both made their first-class debuts.
Round 7
25–28 November 2017 Scorecard |
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64/0 (6.2 overs) Prithvi Shaw 50* (26) |
Mumbai won by 10 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Nand Kishore Player of the match: Jay Bista (Mumbai) |
- Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.
25–28 November 2017 Scorecard |
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Baroda won by 102 runs MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Gerard Abood and Tapan Sharma Player of the match: Swapnil Singh (Baroda) |
- Baroda won the toss and elected to bat.
25–28 November 2017 Scorecard |
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Madhya Pradesh won by 7 wickets Holkar Stadium, Indore Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Sadashiv Iyer Player of the match: Puneet Datey (Madhya Pradesh) |
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Aryaman Birla (Madhya Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
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