Cricket tournament
 The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners | |
| Dates | 7 December 2014 – 12 March 2015 |
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| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin then knockout |
| Champions | Karnataka (8th title) |
| Participants | 27 |
| Matches | 115 |
| Most runs | Robin Uthappa (912) (Karnataka) |
| Most wickets | Vinay Kumar (48) (Karnataka) |
| ← 2013–142015–16 → | |
The 2014–15 Ranji Trophy was the 81st edition of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It was contested by 27 teams divided into three groups of nine teams each. The top three teams from Groups A and B advanced to the quarter-finals with the top two teams from Group C. Karnataka retained the title won during the 2013–14 season. In the final, Karun Nair scored 328 runs, the highest total in the final of the Ranji Trophy.
Points system
The 27 teams are divided into three groups of nine teams each. The top three teams from Groups A and B advance to the quarterfinals along with the top two teams from Group C. The winner of this knock-out tournament wins the Ranji Trophy. These knock-out matches are decided on the first innings result if the final result is a draw.
Points in the group stage of the tournament are awarded as follows:
| Scenario | Points |
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| Outright win | 6 |
| Bonus point (for innings and 10 wicket wins) | 1 |
| 1st innings lead (in case of draw) | 3 |
| 1st innings deficit (in case of draw) | 1 |
| No result | 1 |
| Outright defeat | none |
Groups
The groups drawn are as follows:
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Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Points table
Source:
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Group A
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Group B
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Group C
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | D | NR | Pts | Q |
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| Assam | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 1.325 |
| Andhra | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1.454 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 1.677 |
| Jharkhand | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1.171 |
| Hyderabad | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 1.123 |
| Kerala | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0.908 |
| Tripura | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0.635 |
| Services | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0.779 |
| Goa | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.664 |
- Advanced to knockout stage and promoted to Group A and B respectively for 2015–16 Ranji Trophy.
Knockout stage
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| C1 | Assam | 185 & 338/4 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Karnataka (F) | 452 & 415/5d | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Karnataka | 202 & 286 | ||||||||||||
| A3 | Mumbai | 44 & 332 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Delhi | 166 & 236 | ||||||||||||
| A3 | Mumbai | 156 & 450 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Karnataka | 762 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Tamil Nadu | 134 & 411 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Tamil Nadu (F) | 403 & 266 | ||||||||||||
| B3 | Vidarbha | 259 & 142/8 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Tamil Nadu (F) | 549 & 119/0d | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Maharashtra | 454 | ||||||||||||
| C2 | Andhra | 138 & 101 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Maharashtra | 91 & 223 | ||||||||||||
(F) - Advanced to next round on First Innings Lead
Quarter-finals
| 16–20 February Scorecard |
| Karnataka | v | Assam |
| 452 (144.2 overs) Robin Uthappa 153 (227) Krishna Das 4/101 (37.2 overs) |
185 (75 overs) Gokul Sharma 58 (168) Sreenath Aravind 3/36 (17 overs) | |
| 415/5d (115 overs) Ravikumar Samarth 178 (298) Arup Das 2/63 (19 overs) |
338/4 (88 overs) Gokul Sharma 127* (191) Ravikumar Samarth 2/67 (15 overs) |
| Match drawn Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore Umpires: Nitin Menon and Pashchim Pathak Player of the match: Robin Uthappa (Karnataka) |
- Assam won the toss and elected to field
- Karnataka won on 1st innings
| 16–20 February Scorecard |
| Mumbai | v | Delhi |
| 156 (81 overs) Nikhil Patil 54* (116) Sumit Narwal 3/37 (19 overs) |
166 (54 overs) Virender Sehwag 49 (58) Shardul Thakur 5/54 (16 overs) | |
| 450 (143.1 overs) Akhil Herwadkar 161 (272) Manan Sharma 4/92 (30 overs) |
236 (87 overs) Rajat Bhatia 49 (122) Balwinder Sandhu 3/35 (17 overs) |
| Mumbai won by 204 runs DRIEMS Ground, Cuttack Umpires: Nand Kishore and Krishnaraj Srinath Player of the match: Shardul Thakur (Mumbai) |
- Delhi won the toss and elected to field
| 16–20 February Scorecard |
| Tamil Nadu | v | Vidarbha |
| 403 (169.5 overs) Vijay Shankar 111 (305) Rakesh Dhurv 3/106 (35.4 overs) |
259 (105.2 overs) Sachin Katariya 42 (152) Malolan Rangarajan 3/42 (24.2 overs) | |
| 266 (98.2 overs) Vijay Shankar 82 (146) Swapnil Bandiwar 3/42 (14 overs) |
142/8 (49 overs) Ganesh Satish 59* (131) Baba Aparajith 3/41 (19 overs) |
| Match drawn Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Rajesh Deshpande Player of the match: Vijay Shankar (Tamil Nadu) |
- Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field
- Tamil Nadu won on 1st innings
| 16–20 February Scorecard |
| Maharashtra | v | Andhra |
| 91 (41.5 overs) Rohit Motwani 23 (66) Siva Kumar 6/41 (16.5 overs) |
138 (63.3 overs) Murumulla Sriram 31 (83) Anupam Sanklecha 4/45 (18 overs) | |
| 223 (68.3 overs) Kedar Jadhav 81 (86) Siva Kumar 6/79 (21.3 overs) |
101 (46.3 overs) AG Pradeep 25 (80) Anupam Sanklecha 4/19 (11 overs) |
| Maharashtra won by 75 runs Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak Umpires: Krishnamachari Bharatan and Virender Sharma Player of the match: Kedar Jadhav (Maharashtra) |
- Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat
Semi-finals
| 25 February-1 March Scorecard |
| Karnataka | v | Mumbai |
| 202 (60.2 overs) Robin Uthappa 68 (100) Shardul Thakur 4/61 (18 overs) |
44 (15.3 overs) Shreyas Iyer 15 (15) Vinay Kumar 6/20 (8 overs) | |
| 286 (77.5 overs) Abhimanyu Mithun 89 (113) Shardul Thakur 4/69 (17.5 overs) |
332 (121.1 overs) Aditya Tare 98 (207) Abhimanyu Mithun 4/69 (34 overs) |
| Karnataka won by 112 runs M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni and Krishnamachari Srinivasan Player of the match: Vinay Kumar (Karnataka) |
- Karnataka won the toss and elected to bat
- This is 2nd Lowest total(44) for Mumbai
| 25 February-1 March Scorecard |
| Tamil Nadu | v | Maharashtra |
| 549 (226.4 overs) Dinesh Karthik 113 (304) Anupam Sanklecha 3/115 (45 overs) |
454 (142 overs) Swapnil Gugale 154 (282) Aswin Crist 4/89 (34 overs) | |
| 119/0 d (46.2 overs) Abhinav Mukund 66* (144) Shrikant Mundhe 0/7 (6 overs) |
| Match drawn Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Anil Chaudhary and Pashchim Pathak Player of the match: Vijay Shankar (Tamil Nadu) |
- Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat
- Tamil Nadu won on 1st innings
Final
| 8–12 March Scorecard |
| Tamil Nadu | v | Karnataka |
| 134 (62.4 overs) Abhinav Mukund 35 (137) Vinay Kumar 5/34 (15.4 overs) |
762 (231.2 overs) Karun Nair 328 (560) Lakshmipathy Balaji 3/95 (34 overs) | |
| 411 (107.5 ov) Dinesh Karthik 120 (112) Shreyas Gopal 4/126 (25 overs) |
| Karnataka won by an innings and 217 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Karun Nair (Karnataka) |
- Karnataka won the toss and elected to field
Statistics
Most runs
| Player | Team | Inns | Runs | Ave | HS | 100s | 50s |
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| Robin Uthappa | Karnataka | 19 | 912 | 50.66 | 156 | 2 | 5 |
| Dinesh Karthik | Tamil Nadu | 19 | 884 | 55.25 | 129 | 4 | 2 |
| Abhinav Mukund | Tamil Nadu | 20 | 858 | 45.15 | 140 | 2 | 4 |
| KL Rahul | Karnataka | 9 | 838 | 93.11 | 337 | 2 | 3 |
| Sheldon Jackson | Saurashtra | 14 | 819 | 68.25 | 181* | 3 | 3 |
Most wickets
| Player | Team | Inns | Wickets | Ave. | BBI | BBM | 5/i | 10/m |
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| Shardul Thakur | Mumbai | 18 | 48 | 20.81 | 6/20 | 9/90 | 3 | 0 |
| Vinay Kumar | Karnataka | 19 | 48 | 18.72 | 6/53 | 9/123 | 5 | 0 |
| Siva Kumar | Andhra | 15 | 44 | 14.25 | 7/30 | 12/120 | 4 | 2 |
| Sreenath Aravind | Karnataka | 19 | 42 | 17.42 | 4/9 | 8/61 | 0 | 0 |
| Rishi Dhawan | Himachal Pradesh | 13 | 40 | 24.75 | 7/93 | 11/185 | 4 | 1 |
References
- "The most exhilarating ODI of them all". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- "J&K to play Ranji matches away from home". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- "League Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- "Karnataka dismantle Mumbai for 44". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
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