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Ranji Trophy, the premium Indian domestic tournament is set to return after a long wait. The 2022 edition will be played in a revised format featuring two legs (pre and post-IPL 2022). Earlier, due to rising Covid cases in the country, the domestic tournament along with others was postponed by the BCCI, but later considering the decline in cases the apex body in the country held a meeting with state units and came to the conclusion to hold the tournament in two phases due to strict schedule of players.
Considering a highly-anticipated tournament, SportsTiger will break down all its aspects and will mention every important detail you all need to know.
Ranji Trophy 2021-22: Format
A total of 64-matches are scheduled across 62 days, and 38 teams participating in the tournament have been divided into eight Elite Groups and One Plate Group. Evey Elite Group will consist of four teams, and six teams in Plate Group. Elite teams play against each other, whereas Plate teams play against three teams from the group.
Ranji Trophy 2021-22: Groups
Elite A: Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya; Venue: Rajkot
Elite B: Bengal, Baroda, Hyderabad, Chandigarh; Venue: Cuttack
Elite C: Karnataka, Railways, Jammu & Kasmir, Pondicherry; Venue: Chennai
Elite D: Saurashtra, Mumbai, Odisha, Goa; Venue: Ahmedabad
Elite E: Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Services, Uttarakhand; Venue: Trivandrum
Elite F: Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Tripura; Venue: Delhi
Elite G: Vidarbha, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Assam; Venue: Haryana
Elite H: Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Venue: Guwahati
Plate Group: Bihar, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim, Arunachal Prades; Venue: Kolkata
Ranji Trophy 2022: Venues
Ahmedabad
Narendra Modi Stadium, Narendra Modi Stadium-2, Gujarat College Ground
Kolkata
Eden Gardens, Bengal Cricket Academy (Kalyani), Videocon Academy Ground, Jadavpur University Campus 2nd ground
Rajkot
SCA Stadium, SCA Stadium Khanderi B Ground, Madhavrao Scindia Ground
Haryana
Ch. Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium (Rohtak), Gurugram Cricket Ground
Delhi
Arun Jaitely Stadium, Roshanara Club Ground
Guwahati
Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Judges Field, NFRSA Ground
Cuttack
Barabati, KIIT (Bhubaneshwar), Vikas Cricket Ground (Bhubaneshwar), DRIEMS Ground
Trivandrum
St Xaviers’ KCA Cricket Ground, Greenfield Stadium, KCA Stadium (Mangalapuram)
Chennai
MA Chidambaram Stadium, IIT Chemplast, IC-Gurunanak College Ground
Ranji Trophy 2022: Schedule
There will be three league matches per team. The pre-IPL phase begins on February 10, two days before the start of the IPL 2022 auction.
First leg (Pre- IPL 2022): February 10, 2022, to March 15, 2022 (34 days, 57 matches)
Second leg (Post- IPL 2022): May 30, 2022, to June 26, 2022 (28 days, 7 matches)
Quarter-final qualification:
One team from each Elite Group will qualify for the quarter-final, barring the lowest-ranked of the eight qualified teams, which will play a pre-quarterfinal with the top team from the Plate group. The draws for the quarter-final will be carried out after the pre-quarter-final match.
Ranji Trophy 2022 Squad: Check out the all team squad for the upcoming Ranji Trophy 2022 tournament
Uttar Pradesh Squad
Kuldeep Yadav (c), Karan Sharma, Madhav Kaushik, Almas Shaukat, Samarth Singh, Hardeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Priyam Garg, Akshdeep Nath, Sameer Choudhary, Kritagya Singh, Aryan Juyal, Dhruv Chandra Jurel, Shivam Mavi, Ankit Rajpoot, Yash Dayal, Kunal Yadav, Prince Yadav, Rishabh Bansal, Shanu Saini, Jasmer, Zeeshan Ansari, Shivam Sharma, Parth Mishra.
Mumbai Squad
Prithvi Shaw (c), Rahane, Jaiswal, A Gomel, Arman Jaffer, Sarfaraz, Sachin Yadav, Tare, Hardik Tamore, Dube, Aman Khan, Mulani, T Kotian, Prashant Solanki, Shashank Attarde, Kulkarni, M Awasthi, P Badiani, Siddharth Raut, Roystan Dias, Arjun Tendulkar
Tamil Nadu Squad
Vijay Shankar (c), M.S. Washington Sundar, B. Indrajith, B. Aparajith, N. Jagadeesan, M. Shahrukh Khan, B. Sai Sudharsan, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, L. Suryapprakash, M. Kaushik Gandhi, V. Ganga Sridhar Raju, Sandeep Warrier, M. Mohammed, R. Silambarasan, P. Saravana Kumar, A. Aswin Crist, L. Vignesh, R. Sai Kishore, M. Siddharth, R. Kavin.
Mizoram Squad
Taruwar Kohli (c), Bobby Zothansanga, Lalhmangaiha, K Vanlalruata, Abhay, Joseph Lalthankhuma, Lalhruaizela, Rosiamliana Ralte, Michael Lalremkima, Parvez Ahmed, B.Lalnunfela, Reuben Lalhruaizela, Remruatdika Ralte, Sumit Lama, Andrew Vanlalhruaia, Lalnunkima Varte, Vikash Kumar, Lalhlimpuia, Uday Kaul, Iqbal Abdullah.
Stand by: Moses Ramhlunmawia, Lalfakzuala Renthlei, K.Lalremruata, Saidingliana Sailo, G. Lalbiakvela, Lalrempuia, Lalhruaimawia Ralte
Vidarbha Squad
Faiz Fazal (c), Akshay Wadkar, Ganesh Bhosle, Ganesh Satish, Praful Hinge, Mohit Kale, Akshay Karnewar, Lalit Yadav, Siddhesh Neral, Yash Rathod, Sanjay Raghunath, Aditya Sarwate, Atharva Taide, Aditya Thakare, Akshay Wakhare, Apoorv Wankhade, Siddhesh Wath, Yash Thakur
Sikkim Squad
Akash Luitel, Ankur Malik, Nitesh Gupta, Codanda Ajit Karthik, Kranthi Kumar, Nilesh Lamichaney, Lee Yong Lepcha, Liyan Khan, Rajiv Malay, Md Saptulla, Nasun Tamang, Rahul Tamang, Pankaj Kumar Rawat, Anwesh Sharma, Sumit Singh, Chitiz Tamang, Palzor Tamang, Ashish Thapa
Andhra Squad
Srikar Bharat (c), S Ashish, Ashwin Hebbar, Bandaru Ayyappa, Ricky Bhui, Uppara Girinath, Girinath Reddy, CR Gnaneshwar, Karan Shinde, Maheep Kumar, Manish Golamaru, Mohammad Rafi, Naren Reddy, Prithvi Raj, Yara Sandeep, KV Sasikanth, Cheepurapalli Stephen, Pinninti Tapaswi, Thanneru Vamsi Krishna, Ahitesh Varma, Tripurana Vijay
Bengal Squad
Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Abishek Porel, Akash Deep, Writtick Chatterjee, Sudip Chatterjee, Nilkantha Das, Abhishek Das, Sudip Kumar Gharami, Habib Gandhi, Karan Lal, Anustup Majumdar, Sayan Mondal, Mukesh Kumar, Ishan Porel, Pradipta Pramanik, Geet Puri, Abhishek Raman, Ritwik Roy Chowdhury, Kazi Saifi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Manoj Tiwary
Gujarat Squad
Bhargav Merai (C), Het Patel (VC), Rujul Bhatt, Saurav Chauhan, Piyush Chawla, Siddharth Desai, Chintan Gaja, Manan Hingrajia, Manprit Juneja, Roosh Kalaria, Umang Kumar, Jayveer Parmar, Kathan Patel, Tejas Patel, Karan Patel, Priyesh Patel, Abhinav Tandel, Parth Vaghani
Karnataka Squad
Manish Pandey (c), Samarth, Mayank, Karun Nair, Padikkal, Siddharth KV, Nischal, Aneeshwar Gautam, Shubhang, Gowtham, Gopal, Suchith, Cariappa, Sharath Srinivas, Sharath BR, Prasidh Krishna, Ronit More, Venkatesh M, Vyshak and Vidyadhar Patil
Kerala Squad:
Sachin Baby (c), Vishnu Vinod (wk), Anand Krishnan, Rohan Kunnumel Vatsal Govind, Rahul P, Salman Nizar, Sanju Samson, Jalaj Saxena, Sijo Mon Joseph Akshay K C, Mithun, Basil NP, Nideesh M D, Manu Krishnan, Basil Thampi Fanoos F, Sreeshanth S, Akshay Chandran, Varun Nayanar K), Anand Jospeh Vinoop Manoharan, Arun M, Vaishak Chandran
