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{{Short description|Cricket tournament}}
{{use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament 
| name = 2015-16 Ranji Trophy Group C
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg 
| imagesize = 285px
| fromdate = {{start date|2015|10|1|df=y}}
| todate = {{end date|2015|12|4|df=y}}
| caption = The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners
| administrator = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]
| cricket format = [[First-class cricket]]
| tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| host = {{flag|India}}
| champions = 
| count = 
| participants = 9
| matches = 36
| attendance = 
| player of the series = 
| most runs = 
| most wickets = 
| website = 
| previous_year = 2014–15
| previous_tournament = 2014–15 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 2016–17
| next_tournament = 2016–17 Ranji Trophy
}}
{{2015–16 Indian domestic cricket season}}

The [[2015–16 Ranji Trophy]] is the 82nd season of the [[Ranji Trophy]], the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It is being contested by 27 teams divided into three groups of nine teams each.<br />
:Top two teams advance to [[2015–16 Ranji Trophy#Knockout stage|knockout stage]].

==Squads==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width: 100pt;"| [[Goa cricket team|Goa]]
!style="width: 100pt;"| [[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]]
!style="width: 100pt;"| [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
!style="width: 100pt;"| [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]]
!style="width: 100pt;"| [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]]
|-
| 
*[[Dheeraj Jadhav]] (c)
*[[Amit Yadav]]
*[[Swapnil Asnodkar]]
*[[Saurabh Bandekar]]
*[[Amogh Sunil Desai]]
*[[Shadab Jakati]]
*[[Sagun Kamat]]
*[[Snehal Kauthankar]]
*[[Rahul Keni]] (wk)
*[[Buddhadev Mangaldas]]
*[[Gauresh Gawas]]
*[[Darshan Misal]]
*[[Amulaya Pandrekar]]
*[[Prasanth Parameswaran]]
*[[Rituraj Singh (cricketer)|Rituraj Singh]]
|
*[[Ankush Bains]]
*[[Ankush Bedi]]
*[[Prashant Chopra]]
*[[Rishi Dhawan]]
*[[Paras Dogra]]
*[[Nikhil Gangta]]
*[[Pankaj Jaiswal]]
*[[Ankit Kalsi]]
*[[Ronit More]]
*[[Shresth Nirmohi]]
*[[Abhimanyu Rana]]
*[[Varun Sharma (cricketer)|Varun Sharma]]
*[[Akash Vasisht]]
|
*[[Hanuma Vihari]] (c)
*[[Vishal Sharma (Hyderabad cricketer)|Vishal Sharma]]
*[[Habeeb Ahmed]] (wk)
*[[Himalay Agarwal]]
*[[Tanmay Agarwal]]
*[[Balchander Anirudh]]
*[[Anwar Ahmed]]
*[[Ashish Reddy]]
*[[Akash Bhandari]]
*[[Mehdi Hasan (cricketer, born 1990)|Mehdi Hasan]]
*[[Chama Milind]]
*[[Akshath Reddy]]
*[[Bavanaka Sandeep]]
*[[Tirumalasetti Suman]]
*[[Sudeep Tyagi]]
|
*[[Mithun Manhas]] (c)
*[[Parvez Rasool]] (vc)
*[[Samad Bhat]] (wk)
*[[Ian Chauhan]]
*[[Shubham Khajuria]]
*[[Adil Reshi]]
*[[Umar Nazir Mir]]
*[[Ram Dayal (cricketer)|Ram Dayal]]
*[[Mohammed Mudhasir]]
*[[Bandeep Singh]]
*[[Paras Sharma]]
*[[Aamir Aziz]]
*[[Zahoor Sofi]]
*[[Rohit Sharma (cricketer, born 1994)|Rohit Sharma]]
|
*[[Varun Aaron]] (c)
*[[Kumar Deobrat]] (vc)
*[[Shiv Gautam]] (wk)
*[[Ishan Kishan]]
*[[Ishank Jaggi]]
*[[Jaskaran Singh (cricketer, born 1991)|Jaskaran Singh]]
*[[Kaushal Singh]]
*[[Shahbaz Nadeem]]
*[[Rameez Nemat]]
*[[Samar Quadri]]
*[[Rahul Shukla]]
*[[Saurabh Tiwary]]
*[[Vinayak Vikram]]
*[[Virat Singh]]
*[[Ajay Yadav]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width: 100pt;"| [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
!style="width: 100pt;"| [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
!style="width: 100pt;"| [[Services cricket team|Services]]
!style="width: 100pt;"| [[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]]
|-
|
*[[Sanju Samson]] (c)
*[[Nizar Niyas]]
*[[Ahmed Farzeen]]
*[[Akshay Chandran]]
*[[Fabid Ahmed]]
*[[Robert Fernandez (cricketer)|Robert Fernandez]]
*[[Raiphi Gomez]]
*[[VA Jagadeesh]]
*[[Akshay Kodoth]]
*[[Karaparambil Monish]]
*[[M. D. Nidheesh]]
*[[Rohan Prem]]
*[[Sachin Baby]]
*[[Sandeep Warrier]]
*[[Nikhilesh Surendran]]
|
*[[Arpit Vasavada]]
*[[Mohsin Ahmedbhai Dodia]]
*[[Abhishek Bhat]]
*[[Avi Barot]]
*[[Sheldon Jackson (cricketer)|Sheldon Jackson]]
*[[Dharmendrasinh Jadeja]]
*[[Ravindra Jadeja]]
*[[Chirag Jani (cricketer)|Chirag Jani]]
*[[Vandit Jivrajani]]
*[[Sagar Jogiyani]]
*[[Kamlesh Makvana]]
*[[Cheteshwar Pujara]]
*[[Deepak Punia (cricketer)|Deepak Punia]]
*[[Jaydev Shah]]
*[[Jaydev Unadkat]]
|
*[[Azaruddin Bloch]]
*[[Soumik Chatterjee]]
*[[Anshul Gupta]]
*[[Aditya Dash]]
*[[Muzzaffaruddin Khalid]]
*[[Shadab Nazar]]
*[[Rajat Paliwal]]
*[[Diwesh Pathania]]
*[[Raushan Raj]]
*[[Shashank Sharma]]
*[[Yashpal Singh (cricketer)|Yashpal Singh]]
|
*[[Abhijit Dey]] (c)
*[[Kaushal Acharjee]] (vc)
*[[Swapan Das]]
*[[Arindam Das]]
*[[Udiyan Bose]]
*[[Subash Chakraborty]]
*[[Saurabh Das]]
*[[Manisankar Murasingh]]
*[[Parvinder Singh]]
*[[Rana Dutta]]
*[[Tushar Saha]]
*[[Abhijit Sarkar (cricketer)|Abhijit Sarkar]]
*[[Nirupam Sen (cricketer)|Nirupam Sen]]
*[[Nirupam Sen Chowdhary]]
*[[Rakesh Solanki]]
*[[Subhrajit Roy]]
|}

==Points table==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref name=points>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/901105.html?view=pointstable |title=Ranji Trophy, 2015-16 Points table |publisher=ESPN |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=3 October 2015 }}</ref>
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|A|Abandoned}}
! style="width:25px; color:blue"|{{abbr|WI|Won by an innings or 10 wickets}}
! style="width:25px; color:blue"|{{abbr|FI|First innings lead in draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:40px"|{{Abbr | [[Net run rate|NRR]] | Net run rate}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 8 || 5 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || '''36''' || -0.061
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]]
| 8 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''31''' || 0.093
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]]
| 8 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 0 || '''30''' || 1.201
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Services cricket team|Services]]
| 8 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 || '''27''' || 0.473
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 8 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 2 || '''25''' || 0.589
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Goa cricket team|Goa]]
| 8 || 1 || 1 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 1 || '''18''' || -0.206
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]]
| 8 || 0 || 3 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''9''' || 0.870
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 8 || 0 || 2 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || -0.330
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]]
| 8 || 0 || 5 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || -0.760
|}

{{plainlist|
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top two teams advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]].
}}

==Fixtures==

=== Round 1 ===

{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match9}} 1–4 October 
| team2 = [[Services cricket team|Services]] (H) 
| team1 =[[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]]  
| score-team1-inns1 = 45 (37.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Rahul Shukla]] 13 (43)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Diwesh Pathania]] 6/19 (16.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 161 (51 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Rajat Paliwal]] 26 (31)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Rahul Shukla]] 3/61 (14 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 192 (74 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Saurabh Tiwary]] 56 (105)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Diwesh Pathania]] 7/64 (24 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 78/1 (29.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Soumik Chatterjee]] 37 (66)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Rahul Shukla]] 1/26 (7 overs)

| venue = [[Palam A Stadium]], [[Palam]], [[New Delhi]]
| toss = Services won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Krishnamachari Bharatan]] (Ind) and [[Nikhil Patwardhan]] (Ind)
| rain = 
| notes = [[Diwesh Pathania]], [[Poonam Poonia]], [[Raushan Raj]], [[Ravi Chauhan]] and [[Sufiyan Alam]] (all Services) all made their first-class debuts.
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901703.html Scorecard]
| result = Services won by 9 wickets
| motm = [[Diwesh Pathania]] (Services)
}}
----
{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match10}} 1–4 October 
| team1 = [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]] (H) 
| team2 =[[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]]  
| score-team1-inns1 = 307 (106 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Sheldon Jackson (cricketer)|Sheldon Jackson]] 97 (184)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Tushar Saha]] 4/72 (27 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 103 (59.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Arindam Das]] 24 (109)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Ravindra Jadeja]] 6/27 (27.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 86 (53 overs) (f/o)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Manisankar Murasingh]] 36 (47)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Ravindra Jadeja]] 5/45 (25 overs)

| venue = [[Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground]], [[Rajkot]]
| toss = Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Sanjeev Dua]] and [[Sivasubramaniyan Shankar]]
| rain = 
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901705.html Scorecard]
| result = Saurashtra won by an innings and 118 runs
| motm = [[Ravindra Jadeja]] (Saurashtra)
}}
----
{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match11}} 1–4 October 
| team2 = [[Goa cricket team|Goa]] (H) 
| team1 =[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]  
| score-team1-inns1 = 325 (101 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Hanuma Vihari]] 82 (165)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Rituraj Singh (cricketer)|Rituraj Singh]] 3/74 (25 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 425/7
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Sagun Kamat]] 109 (286)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Vishal Sharma (Hyderabad cricketer)|Vishal Sharma]] 3/93 (47.4 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 
| runs-team1-inns2 = 
| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 = 
| runs-team2-inns2 = 
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground]], [[Porvorim]]
| toss = Goa won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Rohan Pandit]] and [[Kamlesh Sharma (umpire)|Kamlesh Sharma]]
| rain = 
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901707.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| motm = [[Sagun Kamat]] (Goa)
}}
----
{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match12}} 1–4 October 
| team1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]] (H) 
| team2 =[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 330 (106.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Bandeep Singh]] 82 (211)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Karaparambil Monish]] 3/63 (13.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 485/8d
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Sachin Baby]] 151 (310)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Ram Dayal (cricketer)|Ram Dayal]] 3/79 (31 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 225 (82.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Adil Reshi]] 54 (107)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Raiphi Gomez]] 3/8 (5.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 44/4 (8 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[VA Jagadeesh]] 13[[not out|*]] (19)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Ram Dayal (cricketer)|Ram Dayal]] 2/15 (4 overs)

| venue = [[Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium]], [[Srinagar]]
| toss = Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Subrat Das]] and [[Abhijit Deshmukh (umpire)|Abhijit Deshmukh]]
| rain = 
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901709.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| motm = [[Sachin Baby]] (Kerala)
| notes = [[Samad Bhat]] (Jammu & Kashmir) and [[Ahmed Farzeen]] (Kerala) both made their first-class debuts.
}}

=== Round 2 ===
{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match21}} 8–11 October 
| team1 = [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]]
| team2 = [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]] (H) 
| score-team1-inns1 = 168 (43.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Ishan Kishan]] 87 (69)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ravindra Jadeja]] 6/71 (19.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 205 (50 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Ravindra Jadeja]] 58 (75)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Shahbaz Nadeem]] 4/38 (14 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 122 (52 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Ishank Jaggi]] 31 (101)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Ravindra Jadeja]] 7/55 (25 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 86/2 (28.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Sagar Jogiyani]] 46 (75)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Varun Aaron]] 1/13 (7.5 overs)

| venue = [[Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground]], [[Rajkot]]
| toss = Jharkhand won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[S Ramamurthy]] (Ind) and [[Tapan Sharma]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901727.html Scorecard]
| result = Saurashtra won by 8 wickets
| notes = [[Vinayak Vikram]] (Jharkhand) made his first-class debut.
| motm = [[Ravindra Jadeja]] (Saurashtra)
}}
----
{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match22}} 8–11 October 
| team1 = [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| team2 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] (H) 
| score-team1-inns1 = 401 (160.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Rohan Prem]] 208 (452)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Akash Bhandari]] 5/72 (28.2 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 218 (113 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Balchander Anirudh]] 57[[not out|*]] (155)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Karaparambil Monish]] 6/91 (43 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 
| runs-team1-inns2 = 
| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 = 176/7 (77 overs) (f/o)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Tanmay Agarwal]] 64 (136)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Karaparambil Monish]] 5/73 (34 overs)

| venue = [[Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium]], [[Hyderabad]]
| toss = Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Rajesh Deshpande]] (Ind) and [[Sanjeev Dua]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901729.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| notes = [[Fabid Ahmed]] (Kerala) made his first-class debut.
| motm = [[Rohan Prem]] (Kerala)
}}
----
{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match23}} 8–11 October 
| team1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]]
| team2 = [[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]] (H) 
| score-team1-inns1 = 293 (94.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Parvez Rasool]] 114[[not out|*]] (185)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Rishi Dhawan]] 4/107 (30.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 554 (142.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Nikhil Gangta]] 203 (321)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Parvez Rasool]] 3/140 (39.4 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 276 (107.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Shubham Khajuria]] 73 (185)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Akash Vasisht]] 4/71 (25 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 16/0 (5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Paras Dogra]] 4[[not out|*]] (12)
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Dharamshala]]
| toss = Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Krishnamachari Bharatan]] (Ind) and [[Shavir Tarapore]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901731.html Scorecard]
| result = Himachal Pradesh won by 10 wickets
| motm = [[Nikhil Gangta]] (Himachal Pradesh)
}}
----
{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match24}} 8–11 October 
| team2 = [[Goa cricket team|Goa]] (H) 
| team1 = [[Services cricket team|Services]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 402 (137.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Rajat Paliwal]] 92 (122)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Shadab Jakati]] 3/80 (33.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 285 (134.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Swapnil Asnodkar]] 139 (358)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Poonam Poonia]] 5/60 (35.3 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 217/6d (65.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Soumik Chatterjee]] 64 (116)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Amit Yadav]] 3/14 (13 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 3/0 (6 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Swapnil Asnodkar]] 2[[not out|*]] (15)
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground]], [[Porvorim]]
| toss = Goa won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Umesh Dubey]] (Ind) and [[Nikhil Patwardhan]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901733.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| motm = [[Poonam Poonia]] (Services)
}}

=== Round 3 ===
{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match33}} 15–18 October 
| team1 = [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]]
| team2 = [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]] (H) 
| score-team1-inns1 = 202 (76 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Saurabh Tiwary]] 75 (145)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Sandeep Warrier]] 4/56 (22 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 148 (65.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Rohan Prem]] 52 (106)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Varun Aaron]] 5/23 (16.4 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 262 (88.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Ishan Kishan]] 58 (100)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Karaparambil Monish]] 5/66 (23.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 183 (63.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Akshay Kodoth]] 72 (144)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Shahbaz Nadeem]] 7/64 (23.5 overs)

| venue = [[Perintalmanna Cricket Stadium]], [[Malappuram]]
| toss = Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Sanjeev Dua]] (Ind) and [[Sanjay Hazare]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901751.html Scorecard]
| result = Jharkhand won by 133 runs
| motm = [[Shahbaz Nadeem]] (Jharkhand)
}}
----
{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match34}} 15–18 October 
| team1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| team2 = [[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]] (H) 
| score-team1-inns1 = 434 (146.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Tanmay Agarwal]] 118 (302)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ronit More]] 4/84 (30.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 707/8d (195 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Robin Bist]] 220[[not out|*]] (343)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Chama Milind]] 3/161 (39 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 2/0 (13 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Tanmay Agarwal]] 1[[not out|*]] (38)
| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 = 
| runs-team2-inns2 = 
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Dharamshala]]
| toss = Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Umesh Dubey]] (Ind) and [[Amiesh Saheba]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901753.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| notes = [[Shresth Nirmohi]] (Himachal Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
| motm = [[Robin Bist]] (Himachal Pradesh)
}}
----
{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match35}} 15–18 October 
| team1 = [[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]]
| team2 = [[Goa cricket team|Goa]] (H) 
| score-team1-inns1 = 61 (31.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Kaushal Acharjee]] 20 (31)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Rituraj Singh (cricketer)|Rituraj Singh]] 3/17 (10 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 257 (90.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Darshan Misal]] 62 (150)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Rana Dutta]] 4/44 (21.1 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 245 (75. overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Manisankar Murasingh]] 104 (101)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Shadab Jakati]] 5/54 (23 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 50/1 (25.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Sagun Kamat]] 28[[not out|*]] (61)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Abhijit Sarkar (cricketer)|Abhijit Sarkar]] 1/7 (4.3 overs)

| venue = [[Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground]], [[Porvorim]]
| toss = Tripura won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Krishnamachari Bharatan]] (Ind) and [[Ulhas Gandhe]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901755.html Scorecard]
| result = Goa won by 9 wickets
| motm = [[Shadab Jakati]] (Goa)
}}
----
{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match36}} 15–18 October 
| team1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]] (H) 
| team2 = [[Services cricket team|Services]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 85 (43 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Parvez Rasool]] 24[[not out|*]] (29)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Raushan Raj]] 7/38 (17 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 229 (66.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Rajat Paliwal]] 70 (78)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Rohit Sharma (cricketer, born 1994)|Rohit Sharma]] 4/55 (18.4 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 161 (53.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Shubham Khajuria]] 51 (61)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Muzzaffaruddin Khalid]] 7/61 (19.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 18/1 (3.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Soumik Chatterjee]] 10[[not out|*]] (9)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Rohit Sharma (cricketer, born 1994)|Rohit Sharma]] 1/1 (1.3 overs)

| venue = [[Gandhi Memorial Science College Ground]], [[Jammu]]
| toss = Services won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Yeshwant Barde]] (Ind) and [[Belur Ravi]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901757.html Scorecard]
| result = Services won by 9 wickets
| notes = [[Rohit Sharma (cricketer, born 1994)|Rohit Sharma]] (Jammu & Kashmir) made his first-class debut.
| motm = [[Rajat Paliwal]] (Services)
}}

=== Round 4 ===
{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match45}} 22–25 October 
| team1 = [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtrat]] (H) 
| team2 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 102 (42 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Sagar Jogiyani]] 51 (114)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Mehdi Hasan (cricketer, born 1990)|Mehdi Hasan]] 5/43 (20 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 148 (42.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Kolla Sumanth]] 41 (52)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Ravindra Jadeja]] 6/75 (21 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 215 (67 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Chirag Jani (cricketer)|Chirag Jani]] 65 (72)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Mehdi Hasan (cricketer, born 1990)|Mehdi Hasan]] 5/69 (26 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 134 (40 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Bavanaka Sandeep]] 46 (70)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Ravindra Jadeja]] 7/60 (20 overs)

| venue = [[Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Rajkot]]
| toss = Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Krishnamachari Bharatan]] (Ind) and [[Ulhas Gandhe]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901775.html Scorecard]
| result = Saurashtra won by 35 runs
| motm = [[Ravindra Jadeja]] (Saurashtra)
}}
----
{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match46}} 22–25 October 
| team1 = [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| team2 = [[Services cricket team|Services]] (H) 
| score-team1-inns1 = 322 (151 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Rohan Prem]] 101 (267)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Rajat Paliwal]] 3/33 (13 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 319 (129.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Anshul Gupta]] 68 (203)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Rohan Prem]] 4/44 (13.4 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 176/3d (57.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Akshay Kodoth]] 72 (117)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Anshul Gupta]] 2/23 (6 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 43/4 (18 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Ravi Chauhan]] 17 (36)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Sachin Baby]] 3/24 (9 overs)

| venue = [[Palam A Ground]], [[Delhi]]
| toss = Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Sanjay Hazare]] (Ind) and [[Kamlesh Sharma (umpire)|Kamlesh Sharma]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901777.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| notes = [[Vikas Hathwala]] (Services) made his first-class debut.
| motm = [[Rohan Prem]] (Kerala)
}}
----
{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match47}} 22–25 October 
| team1 = [[Goa cricket team|Goa]]
| team2 = [[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachala Pradesh]] (H) 
| score-team1-inns1 = 324 (104.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Sagun Kamat]] 163 (305)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Rishi Dhawan]] 6/108 (33 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 376 (88.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Paras Dogra]] 167 (230)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Prasanth Parameswaran]] 5/82 (26 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 367/6d (118 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Snehal Kauthankar]] 101 (153)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Rishi Dhawan]] 2/58 (22.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 125/2 (30 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Prashant Chopra]] 60 (86)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Darshan Misal]] 1/13 (4 overs)

| venue = [[Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Dharamshala]]
| toss = Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Rajesh Deshpande]] (Ind) and [[Nitin Pandit]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901779.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
}}
----
{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match48}} 22–25 October 
| team1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kshmir]]
| team2 = [[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]] (H) 
| score-team1-inns1 = 428 (121.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Parvez Rasool]] 130 (195)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Abhijit Sarkar (cricketer)|Abhijit Sarkar]] 3/66 (21.2 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 224 (91.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Parvinder Singh]] 60 (124)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Ram Dayal (cricketer)|Ram Dayal]] 4/51 (25.3 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 163/3d (30 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Ian Dev Singh]] 40[[not out|*]] (50)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Rana Dutta]] 2/24 (10 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 243/2 (91.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Arindam Das]] 106[[not out|*]] (275)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Parvez Rasool]] 1/54 (22 overs)

| venue = [[Polytechnic Institute Ground]], [[Agartala]]
| toss = Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[P Jayapal]] (Ind) and [[Sadashiv Iyer]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901781.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| notes = [[Deepak Manhas]] (Jammu & Kashmir) made his first-class debut.
| motm = [[Parvez Rasool]] (Jammu & Kashmir)
}}

=== Round 5 ===
{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match57}} 30 October–2 November 
| team1 = [[Goa cricket team|Goa]]
| team2 = [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]] (H) 
| score-team1-inns1 = 302 (98.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Swapnil Asnodkar]] 71 (169)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Samar Quadri]] 6/97 (32 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 209 (72.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Sumit Kumar]] 51 (70)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Shadab Jakati]] 5/72 (28 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 102/5d (37 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Darshan Misal]] 39[[not out|*]] (68)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Rahul Shukla]] 2/7 (5 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 105/6 (34 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Shiv Gautam]] 41 (97)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Amit Yadav]] 3/47 (13 overs)

| venue = [[Keenan Stadium]], [[Jamshedpur]]
| toss = Goa won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Nitin Menon]] (Ind) and [[Navdeep Singh (cricketer)|Navdeep Singh]]
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901799.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| rain = No play was possible on day 1.
| motm = [[Swapnil Asnodkar]] (Goa)
}}
----
{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match58}} 30 October–2 November 
| team1 = [[Services cricket team|Services]] (H) 
| team2 = [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 254 (69 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Rajat Paliwal]] 121 (142)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Jaydev Unadkat]] 6/80 (23 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 264 (92.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Avi Barot]] 66 (103)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Muzzaffaruddin Khalid]] 5/74 (26.4 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 311/6d (76 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Yashpal Singh (cricketer)|Yashpal Singh]] 115[[not out|*]] (149)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Saurya Sanandiya]] 3/54 (16 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 302/6 (80.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Mohsin Ahmedbhai Dodia]] 65 (103)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Muzzaffaruddin Khalid]] 4/147 (31 overs)

| venue = [[Palam A Ground]], [[Delhi]]
| toss = Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Saiyed Khalid]] (Ind) and [[Nitin Pandit]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901801.html Scorecard]
| result = Saurashtra won by 4 wickets
| notes = [[Mohsin Ahmedbhai Dodia]] (Saurashtra) made his first-class debut.
| motm = [[Rajat Paliwal]] (Services)
}}
----
{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match59}} 30 October–2 November 
| team1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]]
| team2 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] (H) 
| score-team1-inns1 = 460 (131.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Mithun Manhas]] 150 (194)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Anwar Ahmed]] 5/92 (40.2 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 280 (92 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Tanmay Agarwal]] 71 (172)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Zahoor Sofi]] 4/37 (13 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 54/2 (17 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Ian Dev Singh]] 26[[not out|*]] (42)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Anwar Ahmed]] 1/8 (3 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 329 (113.1 overs) (f/o)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Kolla Sumanth]] 78 (139)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Ram Dayal (cricketer)|Ram Dayal]] 5/55 (29 overs)

| venue = [[Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium]], [[Hyderabad]]
| toss = Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Amiesh Saheba]] (Ind) and [[Tapan Sharma]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901803.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| motm = [[Mithun Manhas]] (Jammu & Kashmir)
}}
----
{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match60}} 30 October–2 November 
| team1 = [[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]]
| team2 = [[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]] (H)
| score-team1-inns1 = 285 (107.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Udiyan Bose]] 95 (244)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Akshay Chauhan]] 3/55 (25 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 561/5d (130 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Paras Dogra]] 209[[not out|*]] (242)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Rana Dutta]] 3/79 (22 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 270 (84.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Nirupam Sen Chowdhary]] 66 (91)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Ankush Bedi]] 3/50 (15 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 
| runs-team2-inns2 = 
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Dharamshala]]
| toss = Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Krishnamachari Srinivasan]] (Ind) and [[Ravi Subramanian (umpire)|Ravi Subramanian]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901805.html Scorecard]
| result = Himachal Pradesh won by an innings and 6 runs
| notes = [[Tapash Mandal]] (Tripura) made his first-class debut.
| motm = [[Paras Dogra]] (Himachal Pradesh)
}}

=== Round 6 ===
{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match69}} 7–10 November 
| team1 = [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]] (H) 
| team2 = [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 551/8d (171.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Anand Singh (cricketer)|Anand Singh]] 124 (225)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Parvez Rasool]] 3/127 (41.2 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 309 (90.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Mithun Manhas]] 98 (139)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Kaushal Singh]] 4/38 (12 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 
| runs-team1-inns2 = 
| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 = 265/4 (81.2 overs) (f/o)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Ian Dev Singh]] 126 (177)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Jaskaran Singh (cricketer, born 1991)|Jaskaran Singh]] 2/38 (11 overs)

| venue = [[Keenan Stadium]], [[Jamshedpur]]
| toss = Jharkhand won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Belur Ravi]] (Ind) and [[Krishnaraj Srinath]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901823.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| motm = [[Kaushal Singh]] (Jharkhand)
}}
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{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match70}} 7–10 November 
| team1 = [[Goa cricket team|Goa]]
| team2 = [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]] (H) 
| score-team1-inns1 = 239 (84 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Darshan Misal]] 106[[not out|*]] (208)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Dharmendrasinh Jadeja]] 3/41 (14 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 258 (101.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Avi Barot]] 56 (127)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Rituraj Singh (cricketer)|Rituraj Singh]] 5/70 (33.3 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 299/7d (89 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Swapnil Asnodkar]] 104 (206)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Kamlesh Makvana]] 3/85 (25 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 223/5 (76.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Avi Barot]] 93 (155)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Amit Yadav]] 3/52 (22 overs)

| venue = [[Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Rajkot]]
| toss = Goa won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Sudhir Asnani]] (Ind) and [[Navdeep Singh (cricketer)|Navdeep Singh]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901825.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| motm = [[Avi Barot]] (Saurashtra)
}}
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{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match71}} 7–10 November 
| team1 = [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]] (H) 
| team2 = [[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 347 (129.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Rohan Prem]] 118 (264)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Rana Dutta]] 5/50 (21.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 236 (98.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Udiyan Bose]] 62 (140)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Sandeep Warrier]] 6/69 (23.2 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 117/4d (19.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Rohan Prem]] 72[[not out|*]] (62)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Manisankar Murasingh]] 3/57 (10 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 53/0 (17 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Udiyan Bose]] 32[[not out|*]] (49)
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[Perintalmanna Cricket Stadium]], [[Malappuram]]
| toss = Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Ulhas Gandhe]] (Ind) and [[Rohan Pandit]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901827.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| notes = [[Subash Chakraborty]] (Tripura) made his first-class debut.
| motm = [[Rohan Prem]] (Kerala)
}}
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{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match72}} 7–10 November 
| team1 = [[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]] (H) 
| team2 = [[Services cricket team|Services]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 531 (138.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Paras Dogra]] 227 (280)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Diwesh Pathania]] 3/108 (39 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 448/8 (170 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Yashpal Singh (cricketer)|Yashpal Singh]] 115 (246)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Shresth Nirmohi]] 3/62 (36.4 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 
| runs-team1-inns2 = 
| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 = 
| runs-team2-inns2 = 
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Dharamshala]]
| toss = Services won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Amiesh Saheba]] (Ind) and [[Ravi Subramanian (umpire)|Ravi Subramanian]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901829.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| notes = [[Kamal Passi]] (Services) made his first-class debut.
*''[[Paras Dogra]] (Himachal Pradesh) equalled the record for the most double centuries (seven) in the Ranji Trophy.''<ref name="Dogra">{{cite news |title=Services start strongly after Dogra's record double |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2015-16/content/story/938563.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN Sports Media |date=8 November 2015 |access-date=8 November 2015 }}</ref>
}}

=== Round 7 ===
{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match81}} 15–18 November 
| team1 = [[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]] (H) 
| team2 = [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 166 (55 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Parvinder Singh]] 66 (107)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Rahul Shukla]] 6/40 (14 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 394/4d (113 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Ishank Jaggi]] 102[[not out|*]] (153)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Manisankar Murasingh]] 2/89 (26 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 161 (52.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Manisankar Murasingh]] 52 (69)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Shahbaz Nadeem]] 6/50 (21 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 
| runs-team2-inns2 = 
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[Polytechnic Institute Ground]], [[Agartala]]
| toss = Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan]] (Ind) and [[Sadashiv Iyer]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901847.html Scorecard]
| result = Jharkhand won by an innings and 67 runs
| motm = [[Rahul Shukla]] (Jharkhand)
}}
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{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match82}} 15–18 November 
| team1 = [[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]]
| team2 = [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]] (H) 
| score-team1-inns1 = 551 (168.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Prashant Chopra]] 187 (334)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Jaydev Unadkat]] 4/69 (23.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 437 (172 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Jaydev Shah]] 142 (358)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Akash Vasisht]] 3/101 (32 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 
| runs-team1-inns2 = 
| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 = 
| runs-team2-inns2 = 
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Rajkot]]
| toss = Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Yeshwant Barde]] (Ind) and [[P. Jayapal]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901849.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| motm = [[Prashant Chopra]] (Himachal Pradesh)
}}
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{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match83}} 15–18 November 
| team1 = [[Services cricket team|Services]] (H) 
| team2 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 353 (124 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Soumik Chatterjee]] 156 (292)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ravi Kiran]] 4/65 (29 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 272 (118.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Akshath Reddy]] 125 (261)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Diwesh Pathania]] 3/63 (38 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 217/7d (57 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Diwesh Pathania]] 42[[not out|*]] (29)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Chama Milind]] 2/42 (15 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 140/3 (43 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Akshath Reddy]] 72[[not out|*]] (117)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Kamal Passi]] 2/34 (11 overs)

| venue = [[Palam A Stadium]], [[Delhi]]
| toss = Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Subrat Das]] (Ind) and [[Abhijit Deshmukh (umpire)|Abhijit Deshmukh]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901851.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| notes = [[Mohammed Siraj]] (Hyderabad) and [[Amit Pachhara]] (Services) both made their first-class debuts.
| motm = [[Soumik Chatterjee]] (Services)
}}
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{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match84}} 15–18 November 
| team1 = [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| team2 = [[Goa cricket team|Goa]] (H) 
| score-team1-inns1 = 441 (143.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Robert Fernandez (cricketer)|Robert Fernandez]] 109 (261)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Amit Yadav]] 4/119 (38.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 191 (68.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Amogh Sunil Desai]] 38 (122)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Sandeep Warrier]] 6/44 (18.4 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 
| runs-team1-inns2 = 
| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 = 167 (52.4 overs) f/o
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Prasanth Parameswaran]] 38 (37)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Sandeep Warrier]] 3/31 (12 overs)

| venue = [[Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground]], [[Porvorim]]
| toss = Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Anil Chaudhary (umpire)|Anil Chaudhary]] (Ind) and [[Pashchim Pathak]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901853.html Scorecard]
| result = Kerala won by an innings and 83 runs
| notes = [[Mohammed Azharuddeen]] (Kerala) made his first-class debut.
| motm = [[Fabid Ahmed]] (Kerala)
}}

=== Round 8 ===
{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match93}} 23–26 November 
| team1 =  [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]] (H) 
| team2 = [[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 337 (103 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Shiv Gautam]] 122 (259)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Bipul Sharma]] 6/59 (37 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 133 (36.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Ankit Kalsi]] 53 (87)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Shahbaz Nadeem]] 7/45 (14.2 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 
| runs-team1-inns2 = 
| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 = 133 (32.1 overs) f/o
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Nikhil Gangta]] 38 (38)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Shahbaz Nadeem]] 4/45 (13.1 overs)

| venue = [[JSCA International Stadium Complex]], [[Ranchi]]
| toss = Jharkhand won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Yeshwant Barde]] (Ind) and [[Shavir Tarapore]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901871.html Scorecard]
| result = Jharkhand won by an innings and 71 runs
| notes = [[Sonu Singh]] (Jharkhand) made his first-class debut.
| motm = [[Shiv Gautam]] (Jharkhand)
}}
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{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match94}} 23–26 November 
| team1 = [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]] (H) 
| team2 = [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 166 (66.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[V. A. Jagadeesh]] 59 (134)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Dharmendrasinh Jadeja]] 5/44 (20.2 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 157 (60.4 overs) 
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Samarth Vyas]] 54 (90)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Karaparambil Monish]] 6/81 (27 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 105 (41 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Akshay Chandran]] 32[[not out|*]] (74)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Dharmendrasinh Jadeja]] 6/59 (17 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 69 (33.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Saurya Sanandiya]] 17 (32)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Karaparambil Monish]] 5/46 (16 overs)

| venue = [[Perintalmanna Cricket Stadium]], [[Malappuram]]
| toss = Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Sudhir Asnani]] (Ind) and [[Nikhil Patwardhan]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901873.html Scorecard]
| result = Kerala won by 45 runs
| notes = [[Vandit Jivrajani]] and [[Samarth Vyas]] (Saurashtra) both made their first-class debuts.
| motm = [[Karaparambil Monish]] (Kerala)
}}
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{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match95}} 23–26 November 
| team1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] (H) 
| team2 = [[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 548/5d (173 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Hanuma Vihari]] 219 (447)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Manisankar Murasingh]] 2/82 (33 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 237 (82.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Arindam Das]] 73 (172)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Ravi Kiran]] 3/45 (20.4 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 294/5 (88 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Parvinder Singh]] 104[[not out|*]] (183)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Himalay Agarwal]] 2/21 (4 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 
| runs-team2-inns2 = 
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium]], [[Hyderabad]]
| toss = Tripura won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Ulhas Gandhe]] (Ind) and [[Sanjay Hazare]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901875.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| motm = [[Hanuma Vihari]] (Hyderabad)
}}
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{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match96}} 23–26 November 
| team1 = [[Goa cricket team|Goa]]
| team2 = [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]] (H) 
| score-team1-inns1 = 552/5d (162 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Swapnil Asnodkar]] 232 (360)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Parvez Rasool]] 4/169 (52 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 501 (140.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Mithun Manhas]] 135 (231)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Shadab Jakati]] 4/103 (32.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 82/1 (19 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Darshan Misal]] 41 (47)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Aamir Aziz]] 1/25 (4 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 
| runs-team2-inns2 = 
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[Gandhi Memorial Science College Ground]], [[Jammu]]
| toss = Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Umesh Dubey]] and [[Chirra Ravikanthreddy]]
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901877.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| notes = [[Abhinav Puri]], [[Pranav Gupta]] and [[Aamir Sofi]] (Jammu & Kashmir) all made their first-class debuts.
| motm = [[Swapnil Asnodkar]] (Goa)
}}

=== Round 9 ===
{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match105}} 1–4 December 
| team1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] (H) 
| team2 = [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 145 (76.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Bavanaka Sandeep]] 39 (108)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Jaskaran Singh (cricketer, born 1991)|Jaskaran Singh]] 3/32 (14.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 388/8d (104.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Saurabh Tiwary]] 209[[not out|*]] (283)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Chama Milind]] 3/77 (22 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 269 (101.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Balchander Anirudh]] 79[[not out|*]] (136)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Rahul Shukla]] 5/89 (26 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 29/0 (3.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Anand Singh (cricketer)|Anand Singh]] 22[[not out|*]] (13)
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium]], [[Hyderabad]]
| toss = Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Umesh Dubey]] (Ind) and [[Nitin Pandit]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901895.html Scorecard]
| result = Jharkhand won by 10 wickets 
}}
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{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match106}} 1–4 December 
| team1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]] (H) 
| team2 = [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 138 (49.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Aamir Aziz]] 32 (58)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Saurya Sanandiya]] 5/53 (17 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 497 (126.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Sheldon Jackson (cricketer)|Sheldon Jackson]] 121 (142)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Zahoor Sofi]] 3/51 (20 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 296 (86.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Ian Dev Singh]] 127 (179)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Kamlesh Makvana]] 7/100 (26.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 
| runs-team2-inns2 = 
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[Gandhi Memorial Science College Ground]], [[Jammu]]
| toss = Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Ulhas Gandhe]] (Ind) and [[Chirra Ravikanthreddy]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901897.html Scorecard]
| result = Saurashtra won by an innings and 63 runs
| notes = [[Umar Nissar]] (Jammu & Kashmir) made his first-class debut.
| motm = [[Kamlesh Makvana]] (Saurashtra)
}}
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{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match107}} 1–4 December 
| team1 = [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]] (H) 
| team2 = [[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 103 (47.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Sanju Samson]] 25 (88)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Rahul Singh (cricketer, born 1992)|Rahul Singh]] 6/19 (19.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 163 (37.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Prashant Chopra]] 40 (63)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Fabid Ahmed]] 3/12 (4.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 83 (25.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Sanju Samson]] 19 (30)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Bipul Sharma]] 6/33 (10.2 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 24/4 (4.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Ankit Kalsi]] 10[[not out|*]] (10)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Karaparambil Monish]] 4/0 (2 overs)

| venue = [[Perintalmanna Cricket Stadium]], [[Malappuram]]
| toss = Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Nitin Menon]] (Ind) and [[Nikhil Patwardhan]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901899.html Scorecard]
| result = Himachal Pradesh won by 6 wickets
| motm = [[Prashant Chopra]] (Himachal Pradesh)
}}
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{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match108}} 1–4 December 
| team1 = [[Services cricket team|Services]]
| team2 = [[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]] (H) 
| score-team1-inns1 = 512 (136.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Rajat Paliwal]] 203 (266)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Rana Dutta]] 4/104 (35 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 230 (84 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Saurabh Das]] 53 (115)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Diwesh Pathania]] 3/49 (22 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 
| runs-team1-inns2 = 
| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 = 220 (94.5 overs) f/o
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Parvinder Singh]] 58 (96)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Raushan Raj]] 3/37 (17 overs)

| venue = [[Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium]], [[Agartala]]
| toss = Tripura won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Krishnamachari Bharatan]] (Ind) and [[Shavir Tarapore]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901901.html Scorecard]
| result = Services won by an innings and 62 runs
| motm = [[Rajat Paliwal]] (Services)
}}

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/901105.html Series home at ESPNcricinfo]
* [http://www.bcci.tv/ranji-trophy-2015-16/overview Series home at Bcci.tv] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002224527/http://www.bcci.tv/ranji-trophy-2015-16/overview |date=2 October 2015}}

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