2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group F

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

2021–22 Ranji Trophy Group F

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	Punjab	3	2	0	0	1	0	16	1.466
2	Haryana	3	1	1	0	1	0	9	1.102
3	Himachal Pradesh	3	1	1	0	1	0	8	1.006
4	Tripura	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	0.581

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

  Advances to Quarter-final

Fixtures

Round 1

17–20 February 2022 Scorecard

Himachal Pradesh	v	Punjab
354 (96 overs) Ankit Kalsi 88 (131) Baltej Singh 5/61 (22 overs)		526 (113 overs) Prabhsimran Singh 123 (138) Arpit Guleria 4/111 (25 overs)
402/8 (115.4 overs) Akash Vasisht 140 (196) Mayank Markande 3/103 (27.4 overs)

Match drawn Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Satrajit Lahiri and Sundaram Ravi Player of the match: Akash Vasisht (Himachal Pradesh)

• Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
• Prabhsimran Singh (Punjab) made his first-class debut.
• Prabhsimran Singh (Punjab) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.^[7]

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17–20 February 2022 Scorecard

Haryana	v	Tripura
556 (155.3 overs) Yashu Sharma 129 (247) Sankar Paul 5/141 (31.3 overs)		436 (159 overs) Bishal Ghosh 159 (401) Jayant Yadav 6/111 (55 overs)
81/1 (20 overs) Shubham Rohilla 50* (60) Rahil Shah 1/29 (9 overs)

Match drawn Palam A Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Mukund Mandale and Navdeep Singh Player of the match: Nishant Sindhu (Haryana)

• Tripura won the toss and elected to field.
• Anshul Kamboj, Kapil Hooda, Nishant Sindhu, Yuvraj Singh (Haryana) and Sankar Paul (Tripura) all made their first-class debuts.

Round 2

24–27 February 2022 Scorecard

Himachal Pradesh	v	Tripura
365 (108.4 overs) Ankit Kalsi 147 (271) Rahil Shah 3/50 (22 overs)		202 (68.5 overs) KB Pawan 34 (113) Mayank Dagar 5/55 (21.2 overs)
		133 (45.4 overs) (f/o) Rajat Dey 49 (101) Mayank Dagar 4/30 (13.4 overs)

Himachal Pradesh won by an innings and 30 runs Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Prabhakar Rao and Navdeep Singh Player of the match: Ankit Kalsi (Himachal Pradesh)

• Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Amit Ali (Tripura) made his first-class debut.

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24–27 February 2022 Scorecard

Punjab	v	Haryana
444 (111 overs) Mandeep Singh 159* (289) Aman Kumar 4/88 (21 overs)		282 (88.5 overs) Himanshu Rana 149 (244) Baltej Singh 4/57 (22.5 overs)
45/0 (8.5 overs) Prabhsimran Singh 25* (29)		203 (59.5 overs) (f/o) Nishant Sindhu 57 (106) Abhishek Sharma 3/15 (4.5 overs)

Punjab won by 10 wickets Palam A Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Saurabh Dhote and Satrajit Lahiri Player of the match: Mandeep Singh (Punjab)

• Haryana won the toss and elected to field.
• Mayank Shandilya and Nitesh Hooda (Haryana) both made their first-class debuts.

Round 3

3–6 March 2022 Scorecard

Tripura	v	Punjab
127 (54.4 overs) KB Pawan 59 (128) Baltej Singh 5/33 (13.4 overs)		120 (37.4 overs) Anmol Malhotra 30 (59) Manisankar Murasingh 6/48 (15 overs)
232 (65.5 overs) Manisankar Murasingh 85 (91) Arshdeep Singh 5/33 (20 overs)		240/4 (66 overs) Mandeep Singh 97* (160) Manisankar Murasingh 1/43 (19 overs)

Punjab won by 6 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Saurabh Dhote and Sundaram Ravi Player of the match: Mandeep Singh (Punjab)

• Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

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3–6 March 2022 Scorecard

Haryana	v	Himachal Pradesh
302 (106.5 overs) Himanshu Rana 129 (207) Sidharth Sharma 4/57 (24 overs)		184 (45.5 overs) Amit Kumar 56 (72) Amit Rana 5/58 (16 overs)
320/9d (76.1 overs) Yashu Sharma 55 (50) Akash Vasisht 4/58 (17.1 overs)		157 (40.4 overs) Ankit Kalsi 59 (74) Amit Rana 4/34 (16 overs)

Haryana won by 281 runs Palam A Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Mukund Mandale and Prabhakar Rao Player of the match: Himanshu Rana (Haryana)

• Haryana won the toss and elected to bat.
• Shubham Arora and Vinay Galetiya (Himachal Pradesh) both made their first-class debuts.

References

1. "Ranji Trophy returns as BCCI announces full 2021-22 domestic season". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
2. "BCCI announces India's domestic season for 2021-22". The Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
3. "BCCI unveils two-phased plan for Ranji Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
4. "65 matches, 9 venues, 2 phases: Ranji Trophy after 22 months". The Indian Express. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
5. "BCCI announces India's domestic season for 2021-22". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
6. "Sarfaraz's century puts Mumbai in quarter-finals; Tamil Nadu knocked out". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
7. "Ranji Trophy: Bihar's Sakibul Gani enters record books after hitting triple ton on debut". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2022.