2014–15 Ranji Trophy


The 2014–15 Ranji Trophy was the 81st season 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 quarterfinals along 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:
ScenarioPoints
Outright win6
Bonus point 1
1st innings lead 3
1st innings deficit 1
No result1
Outright defeat0

Groups

The groups drawn are as follows:
Group A
Group B
Group C
Source:
Group A
TeamsMatchesWonLostDraw/NRPointsQuotient
Karnataka8404331.633
Tamil Nadu8413291.244
Mumbai8224200.937
Madhya Pradesh8116191.143
Baroda8125181.078
Railways8026160.922
Uttar Pradesh8233150.760
Bengal8017130.921
Jammu and Kashmir8134120.601

Group B
TeamsMatchesWonLostDraw/NRPointsQuotient
Delhi8512371.471
Maharashtra8323261.269
Vidarbha8215241.675
Gujarat8224240.965
Odisha8332200.965
Punjab8233190.947
Rajasthan8233180.821
Haryana8242170.875
Saurashtra8134100.688

Group C
TeamsMatchesWonLostDraw/NRPointsQuotient
Assam8512381.325
Andhra8413291.454
Himachal Pradesh8206281.677
Jharkhand8215211.171
Hyderabad8116201.123
Kerala8116200.908
Tripura803590.635
Services804480.779
Goa803550.664

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Most runs

Most wickets