Ranji Trophy, 2016-17: Teams, Squads and Fixtures

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The champion Mumbai team with the Ranji Trophy 2015-16 trophy. (Photo Source: Twitter)

The 83rd season of India’s most prestigious domestic tournament – Ranji Trophy will commence from the month of October with a couple of major changes that may affect the overall outcome of the season. 

A major change introduced in the format of the Ranji Trophy this season is that all the matches will be played at neutral venues. This move is to cut down the home advantage factor from the tournament.

The decision to conduct matches at neutral venues successfully, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has also increased the number of members in the grounds and pitches committee from the existing 10 to 27.

Defending champions Mumbai, who regained their dominance last season, would have a tough task this year. With no home advantage and a list of newly formed talented teams to deal with, they will have to be on the top of their game to defend their title.

Team combinations have also experienced few drastic changes. Many star players including Iqbal Abdullah, Mohammad Kaif, and Subramaniam Badrinath have moved to different teams to lower rung states which probably will be a huge boost for their team.

SQUADS FOR RANJI TROPHY, 2016-17

Delhi

Unmukt Chand (c), Vaibhav Rawal, Milind Kumar, Nitish Rana, Manan Sharma, Dhruv Shorey, Rishabh Pant, Mohit Sharma, Pulkit Narang, Varun Sood, Parvinder Awana, Navdeep Saini, Pradeep Sangwan, Pawan Suyal, Vikas Tokas

Tamil Nadu

Abhinav Mukund(c), Baba Aparajith, Baba Indrajith, Washington Sundar, N Jagadeesan, Dinesh Karthik, Jagatheesan Kousik, L Suryaprakash, Rahil Shah, Malolan Rangarajan, Kaushik Srinivas,Aswin Crist, M Mohammed, Krishnamoorthy Vignesh, T Natarajan, Kaushik Gandhi

Mumbai

Aditya Tare(c), Armaan Jaffer, Abhishek Nayar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shardul Thakur, Suryakumar Yadav, Nikhil Patil, Kaustubh Pawar, Jay Bista, Akhil Herwadkar, Sufiyan Shaikh, Balwinder Sandhu, Tushar Deshpande, Vishal Dabholkar, Vijay Gohil

Assam

Gokul Sharma(c), Arun Karthik, Abu Nechim, Amit Verma, Arup Das, Krishna Das, Pallavkumar Das, Rishav Kalapkanti Das, Dhiraj Goswami, Rahul Hazarika, Swarupam Purkayastha, Sibsankar Roy, Kunal Saikia, JS Mohammad, Tarjinder Singh

Baroda

Irfan Pathan (C), Deepak Hooda (vice-captain), Yusuf Pathan, Munaf Patel, Hardik Pandya, Kedar Devdhar, Aditya Wagmode, Swapnil Singh, Dhiren Mistry, Krunal Pandya, Pinal Shah (wk), Gagandeep Singh, Sagar Malglorkar, Vishnu Solanky, Viraj Bhosle (wk)

Andhra

Hanuma Vihari (c), Srikar Bharat, Murumulla Sriram, Ashwin Hebbar, Bandaru Ayyappa, Bhargav Bhatt, Karthik Raman, AG Pradeep, Prasanth Kumar, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Bukkapatnam Siddharth, Duvvarapu Siva Kumar, Koripalli Sreekanth, Cheepurapalli Stephen, Vamsi Krishna,Paidikalva Vijaykumar

Hyderabad

S Badrinath (c), Habeeb Ahmed, Vishal Sharma, Himalay Agarwal, Tanmay Agarwal, Balchander Anirudh, Akash Bhandari, Mehdi Hasan, Chama Milind, Mohammad Muddassir, Mohammed Siraj, Ravi Kiran, Akshath Reddy, Bavanaka Sandeep, Kolla Sumanth, Benjamin Thomas

Chhattisgarh

Mohammad Kaif (C), Pankaj Kumar Rao, Ashutosh Singh, Abhimanyu Chauhan, Sahil Gupta, Kant Singh, Amandeep Khare, Ajay Mandal, Manoj Singh, Vivek Naidu, Rishabh Tiwari, Sumit Ruikar, Shakeeb Ahmed, Shivendra Singh, Pratik Sinha, Abhishek Tamrakar

Squads yet to be announced:

Uttar Pradesh
Saurashtra
Karnataka
Gujarat
Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan
Haryana
Bengal
Jharkhand
Kerala
Punjab
Railways
Tripura
Vidarbha
Odisha
Services
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Goa
Maharashtra

Fixtures

DateMatch DetailsVenue
Oct 06 – Oct 09Mumbai vs Tamil Nadu, Group ACh Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak
 Baroda vs Gujarat, Group ASawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Punjab vs Railways, Group APalam A Stadium, Delhi
Madhya Pradesh vs Uttar Pradesh, Group ALohnu Cricket Ground, Bilaspur
Saurashtra vs Rajasthan, Group BMA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Odisha vs Vidarbha, Group BDr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
 Delhi vs Assam, Group BMoti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara
Jharkhand vs Maharashtra, Group BKarnail Singh Stadium, Delhi
Hyderabad vs Goa, Group CVidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Haryana vs Services, Group CBrabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Kerala vs Jammu and Kashmir, Group CBengal Cricket Academy Ground, West Bengal
 Himachal Pradesh vs Andhra, Group CKIIT Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Tripura vs Chhattisgarh, Group CJSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
Oct 13- Oct 16,Mumbai vs Baroda, Group APalam A Stadium, Delhi
Madhya Pradesh vs Punjab, Group ACh Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak
Uttar Pradesh vs Bengal, Group ASawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
 Railways vs Tamil Nadu, Group ALohnu Cricket Ground, Bilaspur
Odisha vs Saurashtra, Group BRajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Maharashtra vs Delhi, Group BWankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Jharkhand vs Karnataka, Group BGreater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida
Rajasthan vs Assam, Group BDr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
 Hyderabad vs Haryana, Group CJSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
Kerala vs Himachal Pradesh, Group CEden Gardens, Kolkata
Tripura vs Services, Group CBarsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
Goa vs Jammu and Kashmir, Group CLalabhai Contractor Stadium , Surat
Andhra vs Chhattisgarh, Group CBengal Cricket Academy Ground, West Bengal
Oct 20, Thu – Oct 23, SunMumbai vs Madhya Pradesh, Group AShaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur
Bengal vs Punjab, Group ALohnu Cricket Ground, Bilaspur
Railways vs Gujarat, Group ACh Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak
Uttar Pradesh vs Tamil Nadu, Group AHimachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
Maharashtra vs Saurashtra, Group BDr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram
 Delhi vs Karnataka, Group BEden Gardens, Kolkata
Vidarbha vs Assam, Group BBandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai
Jharkhand vs Rajasthan, Group BMoti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara
Hyderabad vs Kerala, Group CKIIT Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Haryana vs Chhattisgarh, Group CBarsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
 Himachal Pradesh vs Tripura, Group CBengal Cricket Academy Ground, West Bengal
Services vs Goa, Group CDRIEMS Ground, Cuttack
Jammu and Kashmir vs Andhra, Group CBrabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Oct 27, Thu – Oct 30, SunPunjab vs Baroda, Group AFeroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Tamil Nadu vs Madhya Pradesh, Group ADRIEMS Ground, Cuttack
 Railways vs Bengal, Group AHimachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
Uttar Pradesh vs Gujarat, Group APalam A Stadium, Delhi
Delhi vs Odisha, Group BPunjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
Rajasthan vs Maharashtra, Group BRajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Assam vs Karnataka, Group BBandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai
 Jharkhand vs Vidarbha, Group BKrishnagiri Stadium, Wayanad,Kerala
Hyderabad vs Himachal Pradesh, Group CBarsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
Haryana vs Andhra, Group CWankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Tripura vs Goa, Group CKIIT Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Jammu and Kashmir vs Services, Group CSawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
 Chhattisgarh vs Kerala, Group CJSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
Nov 05, Sat – Nov 08, TueMumbai vs Railways, Group ASrikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore
Tamil Nadu vs Baroda, Group AShaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur
Punjab vs Uttar Pradesh, Group ARajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Gujarat vs Bengal, Group AFeroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
 Assam vs Saurashtra, Group BEden Gardens, Kolkata
Rajasthan vs Odisha, Group BDhruve Pandove Stadium, Patiala
Delhi vs Jharkhand, Group BSt Xavier’s College Ground, Thiruvananthapuram
Vidarbha vs Karnataka, Group BMoti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara
Hyderabad vs Tripura, Group CKarnail Singh Stadium, Delhi
 Andhra vs Services, Group CHolkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
Himachal Pradesh vs Jammu and Kashmir, Group CJSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
Goa vs Chhattisgarh, Group CBarabati Stadium, Cuttack
Kerala vs Haryana, Group CSawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Nov 13, Sun – Nov 16, WedUttar Pradesh vs Mumbai, Group AKSCA Stadium, Belagavi
 Railways vs Baroda, Group AVidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Gujarat vs Madhya Pradesh, Group AMaharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Bengal vs Tamil Nadu, Group ASaurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Saurashtra vs Jharkhand, Group BMaharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala
Odisha vs Assam, Group BKarnail Singh Stadium, Delhi
 Maharashtra vs Vidarbha, Group BEden Gardens, Kolkata
Karnataka vs Rajasthan, Group BDr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram
Hyderabad vs Services, Group CFeroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Kerala vs Goa, Group CBrabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Jammu and Kashmir vs Haryana, Group CBarabati Stadium, Cuttack
 Andhra vs Tripura, Group CSardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium, Valsad
Chhattisgarh vs Himachal Pradesh, Group CGreen Park, Kanpur
Nov 21, Mon – Nov 24, ThuGujarat vs Mumbai, Group AKSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli
Baroda vs Bengal, Group ACh Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak
Tamil Nadu vs Punjab, Group AVidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Madhya Pradesh vs Railways, Group AFeroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Vidarbha vs Saurashtra, Group BKarnail Singh Stadium, Delhi
Odisha vs Karnataka, Group BPalam A Stadium, Delhi
Rajasthan vs Delhi, Group BKrishnagiri Stadium, Wayanad,Kerala
Maharashtra vs Assam, Group BMA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Hyderabad vs Chhattisgarh, Group CSardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium, Valsad
Kerala vs Andhra, Group CBarsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
Haryana vs Goa, Group CGreen Park, Kanpur
Tripura vs Jammu and Kashmir, Group CWankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Services vs Himachal Pradesh, Group CLalabhai Contractor Stadium , Surat
Nov 29, Tue – Dec 02, FriBengal vs Mumbai, Group AVidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Baroda vs Madhya Pradesh, Group AHimachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
Gujarat vs Punjab, Group ASrikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore
Uttar Pradesh vs Railways, Group ASaurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Saurashtra vs Karnataka, Group BDhruve Pandove Stadium, Patiala
Odisha vs Maharashtra, Group BNehru Stadium, Kochi
Vidarbha vs Delhi, Group BMA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Assam vs Jharkhand, Group BDr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram
Hyderabad vs Jammu and Kashmir, Group CMoti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara
Kerala vs Tripura, Group CBarabati Stadium, Cuttack
Andhra vs Goa, Group CJSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
Chhattisgarh vs Services, Group CBandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai
Himachal Pradesh vs Haryana, Group CSardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium, Valsad
Dec 07, Wed – Dec 10, SatPunjab vs Mumbai, Group ASaurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Baroda vs Uttar Pradesh, Group AMaharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Madhya Pradesh vs Bengal, Group APalam A Stadium, Delhi
Tamil Nadu vs Gujarat, Group AKSCA Stadium, Belagavi
Saurashtra vs Delhi, Group BBrabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Odisha vs Jharkhand, Group BMA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Maharashtra vs Karnataka, Group BPunjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
Vidarbha vs Rajasthan, Group BWankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Hyderabad vs Andhra, Group CGreen Park, Kanpur
Himachal Pradesh vs Goa, Group CBandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai
Chhattisgarh vs Jammu and Kashmir, Group CCaptain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior
Tripura vs Haryana, Group CEden Gardens, Kolkata
Kerala vs Services, Group CKarnail Singh Stadium, Delhi
Dec 17, Sat – Dec 21, WedTBC vs TBC, 1st Quarter-finalTBC, TBC
TBC vs TBC, 2nd Quarter-finalTBC, TBC
TBC vs TBC, 3rd Quarter-finalTBC, TBC
TBC vs TBC, 4th Quarter-finalTBC, TBC
Dec 27, Tue – Dec 31, SatTBC vs TBC, 1st Semi-finalTBC, TBC
TBC vs TBC, 2nd Semi-finalTBC, TBC
Jan 07, Sat – Jan 11, WedTBC vs TBC, FinalTBC, TBC

All the matches begin at 9.30 AM LOCAL

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