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The
much-awaited 2022/23 edition of the Ranji Trophy will begin on Wednesday (December
13). Madhya Pradesh side, led by Aditya Shrivastava , secured a title victory in
the last season. They beat the seasoned campaigners, Mumbai by six wickets.
In this
season, the tournament is split into two categories: Elite and Plate,
which means there will be separate winners for each category. A total of 38
teams have been divided into five groups, with four teams each in four Plate
groups and six teams forming a single Plate group.
The top
four teams in the Elite Group will qualify for the semis, while the fifth and sixth-placed
teams will feature in a playoff. The two finalists from the Plate Group will
get promoted to the Elite Group from the 2023/24 season.
The league-stage
matches will be of four days, while knock-out matches will be played on the
course of five days.
Elite A:
Baroda, Bengal, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Uttar
Pradesh.
Elite B:
Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Saurashtra, Tamil Nadu, Hyderabad,
Delhi.
Elite C:
Kerala, Goa, Puducherry, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Services,
Karnataka.
Elite D:
Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Railways,
Gujarat, Vidarbha.
Plate
Group: Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Manipur, Mizoram.
Here's all
you need to know about the Ranji Trophy
When will
the Ranji Trophy take place?
The tournament
will consist of a total of 138 matches and will take place from December 13 to February
20.
Where will
the Ranji Trophy be played?
Venues for
Ranji Trophy 2022/23
Rangpo, Guwahati,
Nagaland, Cuttack, Kolkata, Vizianagaram, Patna, Rohtak, Bengaluru, Chandigarh,
Jammu, Agartala, Nagpur, Hyderabad, Pune, Nadiad, Puducherry, Goa, Ranchi, Indore,
Anand, Rajkot, Coimbatore, Shillong, Jamshedpur, Vadodara, Jaipur, Dehradun, Delhi,
Cuttack, Thumba, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Raipur, Kanpur, Valsad, Dehradun, Mumbai,
Nadaun, Chandigarh, Meerut, Chennai, Jodhpur
When will
the Ranji Trophy start?
All the
matches of the Ranji Trophy 2022/23 will start from 9:30 AM onwards.
Where one
can watch the live broadcast of the Ranji Trophy in India?
No TV broadcast
will be available for the Ranji Trophy 2022/23 group matches. The semi-finals
and finals will be LIVE on Star Sports Network.
Where one
can watch the live streaming of the Ranji trophy?
The
selected matches of India’s premier red-ball tournament will be streaming
on Disney+ Hotstar from December 13.
Where to
tune in for all the latest update regarding Ranji trophy?
SportsTiger
is one stop destination for all the latest update on the Ranji Trophy 2022. One
can click on www.sportstiger.com to get all the latest updates.
