The Ranji Trophy 2021-22 knockouts will be played across five different grounds in Bengaluru, with the quarter-finals set to begin on June 6.
The 87th edition of the Ranji Trophy – India’s premier first-class competition – is approaching its business end, with the quarterfinals set to be played from June 6 to June 10.
Seven of the eight teams in the quarterfinals – Madhya Pradesh, Bengal, Karnataka, Mumbai, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh – secured their qualification by topping their respective Elite Groups. Jharkhand made the eight spot after securing a win over Nagaland, the Plate Group toppers, in the pre-quarter final clash in Kolkata (on virtue of their first innings lead after a drawn result).
The first leg of the competition was played from February 17 to March 16, before the Indian Premier League 2022 was staged. For the first time ever, the Ranji Trophy matches will be played in June.
Saurashtra are the defending champions, having lifted the title in 2019-20. The 2020-21 edition was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Ranji Trophy 2022 playoffs:
Q1: Bengal vs Jharkhand – Just Cricket Academy, Bengaluru – June 6-10, 9:30 AM local
Q2: Mumbai vs Uttarakhand – KSCA Cricket (2) Ground, Alur – June 6-10, 9:30 AM local
Q3: Karnataka vs Uttar Pradesh – KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur – June 6-10, 9:30 AM local
Q4: Punjab vs Madhya Pradesh – KSCA Cricket (3) Ground, Alur – June 6-10, 9:30 AM local
SF 1: Winner (Q1) vs Winner (Q4) – KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur – June 14-18, 9:30 AM local
SF 2: Winner (Q2) vs Winner (Q3) – Just Cricket Academy, Bengaluru – June 14-18, 9:30 AM local
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, June 22-26, 9:30 AM local
The third Quarter-final, the first semi-final and the final will be televised on the Star Sports Network, on channels Star Sports 2 and Star Sports 2 HD.
All the matches, including the ones mentioned above, will be live streamed on Disney + Hotstar.
Abhimanyu Easwaran (c), Manoj Tiwary, Anustup Majumdar, Sudip Chatterjee, Shahbaz Ahmed, Abhishek Kumar Raman, Writtick Chatterjee, Sayan Shekhar Mandal, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Ishan Porel, Koushik Ghosh, Ritwik Roy Chowdhury, Pradipta Pramanik, Karan Lal, Nilkantha Das, Sudip Kr. Gharami, Abhishek Porel, Mohd. Kaif, Ankit Mishra, Shakir Habib Gandhi
(Note: Mohammed Shami’s availability is subject to a clearance from the BCCI. Wriddhiman Saha has opted out of the tournament and has been replaced by Shakir Habib Gandhi)
Cycle of events 🔁
👉 Saha told he isn’t needed for Tests
👉 Saha withdraws from Ranji
👉 CAB accuses Saha of giving excuses
👉 CAB President assures they’ll talk it out post IPL
👉 Saha named in Bengal team for Ranji knockouts
👉 Saha asks NOC to leave Bengal#CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/wz6x60fNvm— CricXtasy (@CricXtasy) May 27, 2022
Prithvi Shaw (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Bhupen Lalwani, Arman Jaffer , Sarfaraz Khan, Suved Parkar, Aakarshit Gomel, Aditya Tare, Hardik Tamore, Aman Khan, Sairaj Patil, Shams Mulani, Dhrumil Matkar, Tanush Kotian, Shashank Attarde, Dhaval Kulkarni ,Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Awasthi , Roystan Dias, Siddharth Raut and Musheer Khan.
Manish Pandey (C), Samarth R (VC), Mayank Agarwal, Devdutt Padikkal, Karun Nair, Siddharth KV, Nischal D, Sharath Srinivas (WK), Sharath B R (WK), Shreyas Gopal, Gowtham K, Shubhang Hegde, Suchith J, Cariappa KC, Ronit More, Koushik V, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Venkatesh M, Vidwath Kaverappa, Kishan S Bedare.
Punjab Squad: TBA
Jharkhand Squad: TBA
Uttarakhand Squad: TBA
Madhya Pradesh Squad: TBA
Uttar Pradesh Squad: TBA
