2017-18 Ranji Trophy Group C
The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners
Dates6 October 2017 (2017-10-06) – 28 November 2017 (2017-11-28)
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s) India
Participants7

The 2017–18 Ranji Trophy was the 84th season of the Ranji Trophy, the first-class cricket tournament in India. It was contested by 28 teams divided into four groups, each containing seven teams.[1] The top two teams from Group C progressed to the quarterfinals of the competition.[2]

Ahead of the fifth round of fixtures, Tamil Nadu's last two home games were moved from Chennai following heavy rain and were rescheduled to take place in Indore and Vadodara.[3] In November 2017, Mumbai's fifth-round fixture against Baroda was their 500th match in the Ranji Trophy.[4] Mumbai progressed to the knockout stage of the competition after beating Tripura by 10 wickets in round 7 of the tournament.[5] They were joined by Madhya Pradesh, who topped the group, after beating Odisha by 7 wickets in their final game.[6]

Teams

The following teams were placed in Group C, based on their average points in the previous three years:[7]

Points table

Team[8] Pld W L D A Pts NRR
Madhya Pradesh 6312021–0.116
Mumbai 6204021+0.228
Andhra 6105019+0.326
Baroda 6114016+0.508
Tamil Nadu 6015011–0.112
Odisha 602406–0.648
Tripura 602404–0.426
  •   Top two teams advanced to the knockout stage

Fixtures

Round 1

6–9 October 2017
Scorecard
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194/8d (68 overs)
Udiyan Bose 104 (151)
Dhiraj Singh 5/55 (18 overs)
18/1 (5 overs)
Govinda Poddar 8* (13)
Manisankar Murasingh 1/4 (2 overs)
Match drawn
Vikas Cricket Ground, Cuttack
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Tapan Sharma
Player of the match: Udiyan Bose (Tripura)
  • Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
  • No play was possible on days 1 and 2 and only 2 overs were bowled on day 3.

6–9 October 2017
Scorecard
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551/8d (164 overs)
Shubham Sharma 196 (394)
Swapnil Singh 3/136 (39 overs)
302 (79 overs)
Yusuf Pathan 111 (125)
Ishwar Pandey 2/44 (19 overs)
73/2 (16 overs)
Harpreet Singh 44* (48)
Atit Sheth 2/19 (5 overs)
318 (76.3 over) (f/o)
Yusuf Pathan 136* (154)
Ishwar Pandey 5/40 (18 overs)
Madhya Pradesh won by 8 wickets
Holkar Stadium, Indore
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
Player of the match: Shubham Sharma (Madhya Pradesh)
  • Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
  • Waseem Ahmed (Madhya Pradesh) and Lukman Meriwala (Baroda) both made their first-class debuts.

6–9 October 2017
Scorecard
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176 (85 overs)
Baba Aparajith 51 (137)
Bhargav Bhatt 4/52 (30 overs)
309 (123.4 overs)
Bodapati Sumanth 109 (280)
Ravichandran Ashwin 4/71 (33.4 overs)
350/6d (105 overs)
Baba Aparajith 108* (212)
Prithvi Raj 3/61 (20 overs)
198/7 (41.4 overs)
Srikar Bharat 64 (86)
Krishnamoorthy Vignesh 3/34 (7.4 overs)
Match drawn
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Umesh Dubey
Player of the match: Bodapati Sumanth (Andhra)

Round 2

14–17 October 2017
Scorecard
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409 (144.3 overs)
Naman Ojha 180 (410)
Akash Parkar 4/70 (26 overs)
440 (141.4 overs)
Jay Bista 135 (140)
Shubham Sharma 2/8 (6.4 overs)
145/6 (59 overs)
Ankit Sharma 52* (88)
Vijay Gohil 2/30 (17 overs)
Match drawn
Emerald High School Ground, Indore
Umpires: Sivasubramaniyan Shankar and R. Sundar
Player of the match: Jay Bista (Mumbai)

14–17 October 2017
Scorecard
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258 (96.1 overs)
Smit Patel 99 (177)
Krishnamoorthy Vignesh 4/41 (23 overs)
357/4d (88 overs)
Washington Sundar 159 (231)
Abhijit Sarkar 2/43 (10 overs)
91/3 (34 overs)
Smit Patel 35* (84)
Rahil Shah 2/30 (12 overs)
Match drawn
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Vineet Kulkarni
Player of the match: Washington Sundar (Tamil Nadu)

14–17 October 2017
Scorecard
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373 (128 overs)
Kedar Devdhar 93 (192)
Bandaru Ayyappa 4/69 (32 overs)
554 (148.5 overs)
Hanuma Vihari 150 (284)
Atit Sheth 5/91 (29 overs)
195/6 (71.4 overs)
Vishnu Solanki 68 (129)
Ashwin Hebbar 2/16 (10 overs)
Match drawn
Reliance Stadium, Vadodara
Umpires: Kamlesh Sharma and Virender Sharma
Player of the match: Hanuma Vihari (Andhra)
  • Andhra won the toss and elected to field.

Round 3

24–27 October 2017
Scorecard
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374 (103.1 overs)
Prithvi Shaw 123 (155)
Vijay Shankar 4/52 (14 overs)
450 (142 overs)
Baba Indrajith 152 (247)
Vijay Gohil 4/129 (43 overs)
371/5d (95 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 138 (124)
Rahil Shah 2/86 (21 overs)
Match drawn
Bandra Kurla Complex Ground, Mumbai
Umpires: Martin Saggers and Virender Sharma
Player of the match: Baba Indrajith (Tamil Nadu)
  • Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.

24–27 October 2017
Scorecard
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205 (64.2 overs)
Bishal Ghosh 65 (166)
Ishwar Pandey 3/40 (15 overs)
260 (80.1 overs)
Harpreet Singh 70 (123)
Gurinder Singh 4/94 (26.1 overs)
103 (44 overs)
Rajesh Banik 29 (55)
Mihir Hirwani 5/22 (14 overs)
52/0 (14.2 overs)
Harpreet Singh 25* (33)
Madhya Pradesh won by 10 wickets
Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala
Umpires: Puttarangaiah Jayapal and Chirra Ravikanthreddy
Player of the match: Harpreet Singh (Mumbai)
  • Tripura won the toss and elected to bat.

24–27 October 2017
Scorecard
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584/5d (166 overs)
Hanuma Vihari 302* (456)
Suryakant Pradhan 2/106 (31 overs)
391 (139.3 overs)
Govinda Poddar 111 (182)
Bhargav Bhatt 4/77 (53 overs)
152/7 (55 overs) (f/o)
Biplab Samantray 62* (112)
Bhargav Bhatt 4/40 (25 overs)
Match drawn
Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram
Umpires: Sanjeev Dua and Nikhil Patwardhan
Player of the match: Hanuma Vihari (Andhra)
  • Andhra won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Subham Nayak (Odisha) made his first-class debut.
  • Hanuma Vihari (Andhra) scored his maiden triple century and his second consecutive total of 150 runs or more in first-class cricket.[10]

Round 4

1–4 November 2017
Scorecard
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289 (99.5 overs)
Prithvi Shaw 105 (153)
Basant Mohanty 4/51 (27.5 overs)
145 (50.5 overs)
Biplab Samantray 72* (129)
Vijay Gohil 3/26 (10 overs)
268/9d (71 overs)
Siddhesh Lad 117 (153)
Suryakant Pradhan 3/106 (19 overs)
292 (85.1 overs)
Govinda Poddar 87 (123)
Akash Parkar 3/40 (14 overs)
Mumbai won by 120 runs
KIIT Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
Player of the match: Prithvi Shaw (Mumbai)
  • Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
  • Shantanu Mishra (Odisha) made his first-class debut.
  • Prithvi Shaw (Mumbai) scored his second consecutive century, and his fourth in five first-class matches since his debut.[11]

1–4 November 2017
Scorecard
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521 (152.5 overs)
Vishnu Solanki 116 (216)
Ajoy Sarkar 3/88 (26.2 overs)
436 (156.3 overs)
Smit Patel 158 (235)
Rudresh Vaghela 2/62 (15.3 overs)
85/6 (35 overs)
Vishnu Solanki 24 (42)
Abhijit Sarkar 5/18 (11 overs)
Match drawn
Reliance Stadium, Vadodara
Umpires: Nand Kishore and Nikhil Patwardhan
Player of the match: Atit Sheth (Baroda)

1–4 November 2017
Scorecard
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321 (122.5 overs)
Harpreet Singh 88 (153)
Prithvi Raj 4/56 (19 overs)
376 (115.2 overs)
Hanuma Vihari 77 (132)
Mihir Hirwani 2/56 (18 overs)
119 (51.1 overs)
Devendra Bundela 38 (104)
Bandaru Ayyappa 5/34 (17 overs)
65/2 (13.1 overs)
Hanuma Vihari 28* (27)
Puneet Datey 1/21 (6.1 overs)
Andhra won by 8 wickets
Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram
Umpires: Navdeep Singh and Virender Sharma
Player of the match: Bandaru Ayyappa (Andhra)
  • Andhra won the toss and elected to field.

Round 5

9–12 November 2017
Scorecard
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171 (56.2 overs)
Aditya Tare 50 (82)
Atit Sheth 5/50 (19 overs)
575/9d (180 overs)
Swapnil Singh 164 (309)
Shardul Thakur 3/95 (37 overs)
260/7 (120.4 overs)
Prithvi Shaw 56 (70)
Kartik Kakade 2/50 (24 overs)
Match drawn
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Puttarangaiah Jayapal
Player of the match: Swapnil Singh (Baroda)
  • Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
  • This was Mumbai's 500th match in the Ranji Trophy.[4]
  • Ahmadnoor Pathan and Kartik Kakade (Baroda) both made their first-class debuts.

9–12 November 2017
Scorecard
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402 (144 overs)
Prasanth Kumar 133 (322)
Abhijit Sarkar 5/68 (25 overs)
315 (99.4 overs)
Manisankar Murasingh 81 (89)
Bhargav Bhatt 4/93 (28 overs)
234/4d (46 overs)
K. S. Bharat 50 (79)
Rana Dutta 3/43 (13 overs)
272/5 (56 overs)
Smit Patel 107* (99)
Bhargav Bhatt 2/83 (16 overs)
Match drawn
Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala
Umpires: Sanjeev Dua and Tapan Sharma
Player of the match: Smit Patel (Tripura)
  • Tripura won the toss and elected to field.

9–12 November 2017
Scorecard
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530/8d (165 overs)
Murali Vijay 140 (273)
Suryakant Pradhan 3/75 (25 overs)
533/9 (187.1 overs)
Rajesh Dhuper 97 (225)
Washington Sundar 4/95 (35.1 overs)
Match drawn
DRIEMS Ground, Cuttack
Umpires: Rohan Pandit and Nikhil Patwardhan
Player of the match: Rajesh Dhuper (Odisha)
  • Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Velidi Lakshman (Tamil Nadu) made his first-class debut.

Round 6

17–20 November 2017
Scorecard
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332 (132 overs)
Prithvi Shaw 114 (173)
Bandaru Ayyappa 4/110 (40 overs)
215 (77 overs)
Hanuma Vihari 70 (154)
Shardul Thakur 5/55 (23 overs)
279/6d (57 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 89 (114)
Paidikalva Vijaykumar 2/63 (19 overs)
219/5 (81 overs)
Srikar Bharat 68 (162)
Karsh Kothari 3/55 (32 overs)
Match drawn
CSR Sharma College Ground, Ongole
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Amiesh Saheba
Player of the match: Prithvi Shaw (Mumbai)
  • Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
  • Karsh Kothari (Mumbai) made his first-class debut.

17–20 November 2017
Scorecard
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264 (90.1 overs)
Ankit Sharma 77 (174)
Krishnamoorthy Vignesh 4/32 (24 overs)
326 (105.4 overs)
Yo Mahesh 103* (214)
Puneet Datey 3/55 (24 overs)
351/4d (102.5 overs)
Harpreet Singh 100* (139)
Krishnamoorthy Vignesh 3/42 (17 overs)
79/1 (25 overs)
Abhinav Mukund 32* (46)
Ishwar Pandey 1/15 (6 overs)
  • Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.

17–20 November 2017
Scorecard
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503 (137.4 overs)
Ninad Rathva 115 (102)
Basant Mohanty 5/85 (32 overs)
445 (166 overs)
Subhranshu Senapati 173 (395)
Swapnil Singh 5/50 (31 overs)
259/1 (43.5 overs)
Aditya Waghmode 101* (114)
Dhiraj Singh 1/85 (15 overs)
Match drawn
Reliance Stadium, Vadodara
Umpires: Nitin Pandit and Sivasubramaniyan Shankar
Player of the match: Subhranshu Senapati (Odisha)
  • Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ninad Rathva and Dhruv Patel (Baroda) both made their first-class debuts.

Round 7

25–28 November 2017
Scorecard
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195 (60.4 overs)
Manisankar Murasingh 43 (62)
Akash Parkar 5/32 (16 overs)
421/8d (111 overs)
Jay Bista 123 (136)
Manisankar Murasingh 5/71 (29 overs)
288 (78 overs)
Yashpal Singh 82 (117)
Dhawal Kulkarni 4/69 (17 overs)
64/0 (6.2 overs)
Prithvi Shaw 50* (26)
Mumbai won by 10 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Nand Kishore
Player of the match: Jay Bista (Mumbai)
  • Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.

25–28 November 2017
Scorecard
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309 (98.1 overs)
Swapnil Singh 144 (266)
Krishnamoorthy Vignesh 3/52 (21 overs)
274 (95.3 overs)
Baba Aparajith 59 (142)
Lukman Meriwala 3/37 (18 overs)
197 (57.5 overs)
Swapnil Singh 49 (91)
M. Mohammed 3/22 (7 overs)
130 (65.1 overs)
Baba Aparajith 60 (175)
Swapnil Singh 4/21 (19.1 overs)
Baroda won by 102 runs
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Gerard Abood and Tapan Sharma
Player of the match: Swapnil Singh (Baroda)
  • Baroda won the toss and elected to bat.

25–28 November 2017
Scorecard
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147 (52.2 overs)
Shantanu Mishra 60 (100)
Chandrakant Sakure 4/42 (14.3 overs)
388 (115 overs)
Rajat Patidar 123 (199)
Govinda Poddar 7/102 (27 overs)
350 (138.2 overs)
Subhranshu Senapati 125 (259)
Mihir Hirwani 5/97 (37 overs)
111/3 (37 overs)
Devendra Bundela 50* (109)
Deepak Behera 2/31 (11 overs)
Madhya Pradesh won by 7 wickets
Holkar Stadium, Indore
Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Sadashiv Iyer
Player of the match: Puneet Datey (Madhya Pradesh)
  • Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
  • Aryaman Birla (Madhya Pradesh) made his first-class debut.

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