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The knockout stage of 2021/22 Ranji Trophy is all set to start on 6 June. All the knockout games along with the semi-finals and final will be played across various venues in Karnataka. M Chinnaswamy Stadium will host the final on 22 June while the two semifinals will start on 14 June at the KSCA Cricket Ground and Just Cricket Academy.
Which are the teams in the Ranji Trophy 2021-22 knockout?
Madhya Pradesh, Bengal, Karnataka, Mumbai, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand are the 8 teams who will play to lift the trophy.
Where will the Ranji Trophy 2021-22 knockout matches take place?
M Chinnaswamy Stadium (Final), Just Cricket Academy Ground (Bengaluru), KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur, KSCA Cricket (2) Ground, Alur, KSCA Cricket (3) Ground, Alur will host all the games of the Ranji Trophy 2021-22 knockout stage.
What are the fixtures of the Ranji Trophy 2021-22 knockout stage?
All games will start at 9:30 a.m.
Quarter-finals (June 6-10)
QF1: Bengal vs Jharkhand at Just Cricket Academy, Bengaluru
QF2: Mumbai vs Uttarakhand at KSCA Cricket (2) Ground, Alur
QF3: Karnataka vs Uttar Pradesh at KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur
QF4: Punjab vs Madhya Pradesh at KSCA Cricket (3) Ground, Alur
Semi-finals (June 14-18)
SF1: QF1 Winner vs QF4 Winner at KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur
SF2: QF2 Winner vs QF3 Winner at Just Cricket Academy Ground, Bengaluru
Final (June 22-26)
SF Winner 1 vs SF Winner 2 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Where can one watch the Ranji Trophy 2021-22 knockout matches?
The Star Sports Network will broadcast the live telecast of the Ranji Trophy 2021-22 knockout stage. Disney + Hotstar will live stream the matches on its app and website.
Squads:
Bengal:
Abhimanyu Easwaran (Captain), Manoj Tiwary, Mohammad Shami, Anustup Majumdar, Sudip Chatterjee, Shahbaz Ahmed, Abhishek Kumar Raman, Writtick Chatterjee, Sayan Shekhar Mandal, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Ishan Porel, Koushik Ghosh, Ritwik Roy Chowdhury, Pradipta Pramanik, Karan Lal, Nilkantha Das, Sudip Kr. Gharami, Abhishek Porel, Mohd. Kaif, Ankit Mishra
Mumbai:
Prithvi Shaw (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Bhupen Lalwani, Arman Jaffer, Sarfaraz Khan, Suved Parkar, Aakarshit Gomel, Aditya Tare, Hardik Tamore, Aman Khan, Sairaj Patil, Shams Mulani, Dhrumil Matkar, Tanush Kotian, Shashank Attarde, Dhaval Kulkarni, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Awasthi, Roystan Dias, Siddharth Raut and Musheer Khan.
Karnataka:
Manish Pandey (C), Samarth R (VC), Mayank Agarwal, Devdutt Padikkal, Karun Nair, Siddharth KV, Nischal D, Sharath Srinivas (WK), Sharath B R (WK), Shreyas Gopal, Gowtham K, Shubhang Hegde, Suchith J, Cariappa KC, Ronit More, Koushik V, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Venkatesh M, Vidwath Kaverappa, Kishan S Bedare.
Punjab, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh are yet to announce their squads.