Cricket format First-class cricket Champions Mumbai (41st title) Champion Mumbai cricket team | Host(s) India Participants 27 Matches played 115 | |
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Dates 1 October 2015 (2015-10-01) – 28 February 2016 (2016-02-28) Tournament format(s) Round-robin then knockout Administrator Board of Control for Cricket in India Similar 2016–17 Ranji Trophy, 1994–95 Ranji Trophy, 2015 Indian Premier L, 2016 Indian Premier L, 2014 Indian Premier L | ||
The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy was the 82nd 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. For this season the schedule splits into two stages, the first is a league stage and the second being a knock-out stage. The league stage starts on 1 October 2015 and ends on 4 December 2015 and the knock-out stage starts on 3 February 2016 and ends on 28 February 2016. The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy will be followed by the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Deodhar Trophy.
Contents
The final was contested by Saurashtra and Mumbai, a repeat of the 2012–13 final. Mumbai won the match by an innings and 21 runs to claim their 41st title.
Teams
The groups drawn are as follows
Zone-wise
Zone-wise participation:
Group A
Points table
Group B
Points table
Group C
Points table