Off-spinning allrounder Jalaj Saxena took his career-best 8/36 in Services's second innings to bowl Kerala to a 204-run win in the Ranji Trophy match at St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba in Thiruvananthapuram.The upcoming season of the Ranji Trophy will kickstart on December 13, 2022, and before that here is the schedule, fixtures, dates, timings, and venues for the tournament.
After a gap of two years, India’s premier domestic tournament will be played in full format.
This means a total of 135 matches will be played from December 13, 2022, before finally concluding on February 20, 2023.
A total of 32 teams will take part and they have been split into four groups.
Two teams from each group will proceed to the knockouts.
These will be followed by the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals.
The group matches will be four days long, while the knockouts will be played over five days.
Ranji Trophy 2022-23 Groups –
Elite A: Bengal, Baroda, Odisha, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Nagaland
Elite B: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Saurashtra, Hyderabad, Tamil Nadu, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Delhi
Elite C: Rajasthan, Puducherry, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Jharkhand, Goa, Services
Elite D: Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Chandigarh, Tripura, Gujarat, Vidarbha, Railways
Plate Group: Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Bihar
Ranji Trophy 2022-23 Match Schedule
December 13, 2022: Baroda v Odisha (Elite A), Bhubaneshwar
December 13, 2022: Bengal v Uttar Pradesh (Elite A), Kolkata
December 13, 2022: Haryana v Himachal Pradesh (Elite A), Rohtak
December 13, 2022: Nagaland v Uttarakhand (Elite A), Sovima
December 13, 2022: Andhra v Mumbai (Elite B), Vizianagaram
December 13, 2022: Assam v Saurashtra (Elite B), Guwahati
December 13, 2022: Delhi v Maharashtra (Elite B), Pune
December 13, 2022: Hyderabad v Tamil Nadu (Elite B), Hyderabad
December 13, 2022: Chhattisgarh v Puducherry (Elite C), Puducherry
December 13, 2022: Goa v Rajasthan (Elite C), Porvorim
December 13, 2022: Jharkhand v Kerala (Elite C), Ranchi
December 13, 2022: Karnataka v Services (Elite C), Bengaluru
December 13, 2022: Chandigarh v Punjab (Elite D), Mohali
December 13, 2022: Gujarat v Tripura (Elite D), Agartala
December 13, 2022: Jammu and Kashmir v Madhya Pradesh (Elite D), Jammu
December 13, 2022: Railways v Vidarbha (Elite D), Nagpur
December 13, 2022: Arunachal Pradesh v Bihar (Plate), Patna
December 13, 2022: Manipur v Sikkim (Plate), Rangpo
December 13, 2022: Meghalaya v Mizoram (Plate), Nadiad
December 20, 2022: Baroda v Haryana (Elite A), Vadodara
December 20, 2022: Bengal v Himachal Pradesh (Elite A), Kolkata
December 20, 2022: Nagaland v Uttar Pradesh (Elite A), Sovima
December 20, 2022: Odisha v Uttarakhand (Elite A), Dehradun
December 20, 2022: Andhra v Tamil Nadu (Elite B), Coimbatore
December 20, 2022: Assam v Delhi (Elite B), Guwahati
December 20, 2022: Hyderabad v Mumbai (Elite B), Mumbai
December 20, 2022: Maharashtra v Saurashtra (Elite B), Rajkot
December 20, 2022: Chhattisgarh v Services (Elite C), Delhi
December 20, 2022: Goa v Jharkhand (Elite C), Jamshedpur
December 20, 2022: Karnataka v Puducherry (Elite C), Bengaluru
December 20, 2022: Kerala v Rajasthan (Elite C), Jaipur
December 20, 2022: Chandigarh v Madhya Pradesh (Elite D), Indore
December 20, 2022: Gujarat v Jammu and Kashmir (Elite D), Ahmedabad
December 20, 2022: Punjab v Railways (Elite D), Delhi
December 20, 2022: Tripura v Vidarbha (Elite D), Nagpur
December 20, 2022: Arunachal Pradesh v Mizoram (Plate), Anand
December 20, 2022: Bihar v Manipur (Plate), Ahmedabad
December 20, 2022: Meghalaya v Sikkim (Plate), Shillong
December 27, 2022: Baroda v Uttar Pradesh (Elite A), Vadodara
December 27, 2022: Bengal v Nagaland (Elite A), Sovima
December 27, 2022: Haryana v Odisha (Elite A), Cuttack
December 27, 2022: Himachal Pradesh v Uttarakhand (Elite A), Dehradun
December 27, 2022: Andhra v Maharashtra (Elite B), Vizianagaram
December 27, 2022: Assam v Hyderabad (Elite B), Hyderabad
December 27, 2022: Delhi v Tamil Nadu (Elite B), Delhi
December 27, 2022: Mumbai v Saurashtra (Elite B), Mumbai
December 27, 2022: Chhattisgarh v Kerala (Elite C), Thumba
December 27, 2022: Goa v Karnataka (Elite C), Porvorim
December 27, 2022: Jharkhand v Services (Elite C), Jamshedpur
December 27, 2022: Puducherry v Rajasthan (Elite C), Puducherry
December 27, 2022: Chandigarh v Gujarat (Elite D), Ahmedabad
December 27, 2022: Jammu and Kashmir v Vidarbha (Elite D), Nagpur
December 27, 2022: Madhya Pradesh v Railways (Elite D), Delhi
December 27, 2022: Punjab v Tripura (Elite D), Agartala
December 27, 2022: Arunachal Pradesh v Manipur (Plate), Anand
December 27, 2022: Bihar v Meghalaya (Plate), Shillong
December 27, 2022: Mizoram v Sikkim (Plate), Rangpo
January 3, 2023: Baroda v Himachal Pradesh (Elite A), Vadodara
January 3, 2023: Bengal v Uttarakhand (Elite A), Dehradun
January 3, 2023: Haryana v Uttar Pradesh (Elite A), Kanpur
January 3, 2023: Nagaland v Odisha (Elite A), Cuttack
January 3, 2023: Andhra v Hyderabad (Elite B), Vizianagaram
January 3, 2023: Assam v Maharashtra (Elite B), Pune
January 3, 2023: Delhi v Saurashtra (Elite B), Rajkot
January 3, 2023: Mumbai v Tamil Nadu (Elite B), Mumbai
January 3, 2023: Chhattisgarh v Karnataka (Elite C), Raipur
January 3, 2023: Goa v Kerala (Elite C), Thumba
January 3, 2023: Jharkhand v Rajasthan (Elite C), Jaipur
January 3, 2023: Puducherry v Services (Elite C), Delhi
January 3, 2023: Chandigarh v Tripura (Elite D), Agartala
January 3, 2023: Gujarat v Punjab (Elite D), Valsad
January 3, 2023: Jammu and Kashmir v Railways (Elite D), Delhi
January 3, 2023: Madhya Pradesh v Vidarbha (Elite D), Indore
January 3, 2023: Arunachal Pradesh v Meghalaya (Plate), Anand
January 3, 2023: Bihar v Sikkim (Plate), Patna
January 3, 2023: Manipur v Mizoram (Plate), Ahmedabad
January 10, 2023: Baroda v Bengal (Elite A), Kolkata
January 10, 2023: Haryana v Nagaland (Elite A), Rohtak
January 10, 2023: Himachal Pradesh v Odisha (Elite A), Nadaun
January 10, 2023: Uttar Pradesh v Uttarakhand (Elite A), Kanpur
January 10, 2023: Andhra v Delhi (Elite B), Delhi
January 10, 2023: Assam v Mumbai (Elite B), Guwahati
January 10, 2023: Hyderabad v Saurashtra (Elite B), Hyderabad
January 10, 2023: Maharashtra v Tamil Nadu (Elite B), Pune
January 10, 2023: Chhattisgarh v Jharkhand (Elite C), Raipur
January 10, 2023: Goa v Puducherry (Elite C), Porvorim
January 10, 2023: Karnataka v Rajasthan (Elite C), TBD
January 10, 2023: Kerala v Services (Elite C), Thumba
January 10, 2023: Chandigarh v Vidarbha (Elite D), Chandigarh
January 10, 2023: Gujarat v Madhya Pradesh (Elite D), Indore
January 10, 2023: Jammu and Kashmir v Punjab (Elite D), Mohali
January 10, 2023: Railways v Tripura (Elite D), Delhi
January 10, 2023: Arunachal Pradesh v Sikkim (Plate), Rangpo
January 10, 2023: Bihar v Mizoram (Plate), Nadiad
January 10, 2023: Manipur v Meghalaya (Plate), Shillong
January 17, 2023: Baroda v Uttarakhand (Elite A), Dehradun
January 17, 2023: Bengal v Haryana (Elite A), Rohtak
January 17, 2023: Himachal Pradesh v Nagaland (Elite A), Nadaun
January 17, 2023: Odisha v Uttar Pradesh (Elite A), Meerut
January 17, 2023: Andhra v Saurashtra (Elite B), Rajkot
January 17, 2023: Assam v Tamil Nadu (Elite B), Chennai
January 17, 2023: Delhi v Mumbai (Elite B), Delhi
January 17, 2023: Hyderabad v Maharashtra (Elite B), Pune
January 17, 2023: Chhattisgarh v Rajasthan (Elite C), Jodhpur
January 17, 2023: Goa v Services (Elite C), Delhi
January 17, 2023: Jharkhand v Puducherry (Elite C), Puducherry
January 17, 2023: Karnataka v Kerala (Elite C), Thumba
January 17, 2023: Chandigarh v Railways (Elite D), Chandigarh
January 17, 2023: Gujarat v Vidarbha (Elite D), Nagpur
January 17, 2023: Jammu and Kashmir v Tripura (Elite D), Jammu
January 17, 2023: Madhya Pradesh v Punjab (Elite D), Mohali
January 24, 2023: Baroda v Nagaland (Elite A), TBD
January 24, 2023: Bengal v Odisha (Elite A), TBD
January 24, 2023: Haryana v Uttarakhand (Elite A), TBD
January 24, 2023: Himachal Pradesh v Uttar Pradesh (Elite A), TBD
January 24, 2023: Andhra v Assam (Elite B), TBD
January 24, 2023: Delhi v Hyderabad (Elite B), TBD
January 24, 2023: Maharashtra v Mumbai (Elite B), TBD
January 24, 2023: Saurashtra v Tamil Nadu (Elite B), TBD
January 24, 2023: Chhattisgarh v Goa (Elite C), TBD
January 24, 2023: Jharkhand v Karnataka (Elite C), TBD
January 24, 2023: Kerala v Puducherry (Elite C), TBD
January 24, 2023: Rajasthan v Services (Elite C), TBD
January 24, 2023: Chandigarh v Jammu and Kashmir (Elite D), TBD
January 24, 2023: Gujarat v Railways (Elite D), TBD
January 24, 2023: Madhya Pradesh v Tripura (Elite D), TBD
January 24, 2023: Punjab v Vidarbha (Elite D), TBD
January 25, 2023: TBD v TBD (Plate Final), TBD
January 31, 2023: TBD v TBD (Quarter-final), TBD
January 31, 2023: TBD v TBD (Quarter-final), TBD
January 31, 2023: TBD v TBD (Quarter-final), TBD
January 31, 2023: TBD v TBD (Quarter-final), TBD
February 8, 2023: TBD v TBD (Semi-final), TBD
February 8, 2023: TBD v TBD (Semi-final), TBD
February 16, 2023: TBD v TBD (Final), TBD
Ranji Trophy 2022-23 Squads so far
Mumbai: Ajinkya Rahane (Capt.), Prithvi Shaw, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Armaan Jaffer, Sarfaraz Khan, Suved Parkar, Hardik Tamore (w.k.), Prasad Pawar (w.k.), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Awasthi, Siddharth Raut, Roystan Dias, Suryansh Shedge, Shashank Attarde, Musheer Khan.
Madhya Pradesh squad for first two matches: Aditya Shrivastav (c), Rajat Patidar (vc), Yash Dubey, Himanshu Mantri, Harsh Gawali, Aman Solanki, Shubham Sharma, Kumar Kartikeya, Saransh Jain, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Gaurav Yadav, Yuvraj Nema, Anubhav Agarwal
Bengal squad for first two matches: Abhimanyu Easwaran (c), Manoj Tiwary, Anustup Majumdar, Abhishek Das, Suvankar Bal, Sudip Gharami, Shahbaz Ahmad, Writtick Chatterjee, Abishek Porel, Sayan Mondal, Pradipta Pramanik, Ishan Porel, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Geet Puri, Durgesh Dubey, Sumanta Gupta, Ankit Mishra
Delhi squad for first two matches: Yash Dhull (captain), Himmat Singh (vice captain), Dhruv Shorey, Anuj Rawat (W.K), Vaibhav Rawal, Lalit Yadav, Nitish Rana, Ayush Badoni, Hrithik Shokeen, Shivank Vashisth, Vikas Mishra, Jonty Sidhu, Ishant Sharma, Mayank Yadav, Harshit Rana, Simarjeet Singh Lakshay Thareja (wk), Pranshu Vijayran.
Tamil Nadu (first three matches): B Indrajith (captain),R Sai Kishore (vice-captain), B Aparajith,B Sai Sudharsan, N Jagadeesan (wk). Pradosh Ranjan Paul, N S Chaturved, Affan Khader, Vijay Shankar, R Kavin (wk),Ajith Ram, Sandeep Warrier,Aswin Crist,L Vignesh, Trilok Nag.
Kerala squad for first two matches: Sanju Samson (c), Sijomon J (vc), Rohan Kunnummal, Krishna Prasad, Vathsal Govind, Rohan Prem, Sachin Baby, Shoun Roger, Akshay Chandran, Jalaj Saxena, Basil Thampi, Nidheesh M D, Fanoos F, Basil N P, Vaisakh Chandran, Sachin S, Rahul P*
Vidarbha squad: Faiz Fazal (c), Akshay Wadkar (vc), R Sanjay, Atharv Taide, Ganesh Satish, Mohit Kale, Apoorv Wankhede, Siddhesh Wath, Aditya Sarwate, Harsh Dubey, Akshay Wakhare, Yash Thakur, Aditya Thakre, Rajneesh Gurbani, Lalit Yadav
Uttar Pradesh squad: Karan Sharma (C), Madhav Kaushik, Aanjaneya Suryavanshi, Rinku Singh, Sameer Choudhary, Priyam Garg, Akshdeep Nath, Shivam Sharma, Shiva Singh, Prince Yadav, Ankit Rajpoot, Shivam Mavi, Aaquib Khan, Aaradhya Yadav, Kunal Yadav
Odisha squad: Subhranshu Senapati (c), Shantanu Mishra, Anurag Sarangi, Govind Poddar, Biplab Samantray, Abhishek Raut, Rakesh Patnaik, Debabrata Pradhan, Suryakant Pradhan, Basant Mohanty, Subham Nayak, Rajesh Dhupar, Sujit Lenka, Swastik Samal, Tarini Sa, Kartik Biswal, Sourav Kanojia
Assam squad: Kunal Saikia (captain, wk), Subham Mondal, Rishav Das, Riyan Parag, Sibsankar Roy, Swarupam Purkayastha, Gokul Sharma, Avinav Choudhury, Sidharth Sarmah, Abhishek Thakuri (wk), Akash Sengupta, Sunil Lachit, Mrinmoy Dutta, Mukhtar Hussain and Rahul Hazarika.
Meghalaya squad: Punit Bisht (C), Kishan Lyngdoh, Bamanbha Shangpliang, Sylvester Mylliempdah, Dippu Ch Sangma (VC), Lerry Sangma, Tarique Anwar Siddique, Raj Biswa, Abhishek Kumar, Akash Kumar Choudhary, Arbin Singh, Md Nafees Siddique, Lakhan Singh, Swarajeet Das, Rajesh Bishnoi
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