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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2016–17 Ranji Trophy
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg 
| imagesize = 285px
| fromdate = 6 October 2016
| todate = 14 January 2017
| 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]] then [[Single-elimination tournament|knockout]]
| host = {{flag|India}}
| champions = [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| count = 1
| participants = 28
| matches = 
| attendance = 
| player of the series = 
| most runs = [[Priyank Panchal]] (1310)
| most wickets = [[Shahbaz Nadeem]] (56)
| website = 
| previous_year = 2015–16
| previous_tournament = 2015–16 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 2017–18
| next_tournament = 2017–18 Ranji Trophy
}}
{{2016–17 Indian domestic cricket season}}
The '''2016–17 Ranji Trophy''' was the 83rd season of the [[Ranji Trophy]], the premier [[first-class cricket]] tournament in India. Unlike previous seasons, the 2016–17 tournament was played at neutral venues.<ref name="neutral">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/1029065.html |title=BCCI revamps Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy structure |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=24 June 2016 |access-date=24 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="TOI">{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/top-stories/Ranji-Trophy-to-be-held-at-neutral-venues-confirms-BCCI/articleshow/52901161.cms |title=Ranji Trophy to be held at neutral venues, confirms BCCI |publisher=Times of India |date=24 June 2016 |access-date=24 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="IE">{{cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/bccis-working-committee-meeting-key-decisions-taken-approved-by-the-board-2873362/ |title=BCCI announces new T20 domestic league, approves Ranji Trophy matches at neutral venues |publisher=Indian Express |date=24 June 2016 |access-date=24 June 2016}}</ref> Captains and coaches were supportive of the change.<ref name="support">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/1028763.html |title=Captains, coaches open to neutral Ranji venues |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=24 June 2016 |access-date=24 June 2016}}</ref> [[Chhattisgarh cricket team]] made their debut in the competition, becoming the 28th team to compete in this edition of the Ranji Trophy.<ref name="Chhattisgarh">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/1036241.html |title=Kaif to lead debutants Chattisgarh in 2016-17 season |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=18 July 2016 |access-date=18 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="Chhattisgarh2">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/1044451.html |title=BCCI yet to unveil domestic schedule and details |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=10 August 2016 |access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] were the defending champions.<ref name="def">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2016-17/content/story/1060394.html |title=Iyer, Lad to miss opener; Unmukt to lead Delhi |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=4 October 2016 |access-date=4 October 2016}}</ref> [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]] beat Mumbai in the final by 5 wickets to win their first title.<ref name="Gujarat1st">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2016-17/content/story/1077518.html |title=Parthiv 143 leads Gujarat to maiden title |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=14 January 2017 |access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref>

In September 2016, the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] (BCCI) announced the dates, groups and fixtures for the competition.<ref name="fixtures">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-domestic-2016-17/content/story/1053377.html |title=Ranji Trophy to have its earliest final |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=2 September 2016 |access-date=2 September 2016}}</ref> The pink ball was used in the tournament, to help the BCCI make a decision on playing a [[day/night cricket|day/night]] Test match.<ref name="pink">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-domestic-2016-17/content/story/1056151.html |title=Pink ball to be used in Ranji Trophy |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=10 September 2016 |access-date=10 September 2016}}</ref>

In October 2016 during the [[2016–17 Ranji Trophy Group B#Round 2|Group B fixture]] between [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]] and [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]], [[Swapnil Gugale]] and [[Ankit Bawne]] playing for Maharashtra, set a record partnership total in the Ranji Trophy, with 594 runs. It was also the second-highest partnership in the history of first-class cricket.<ref name="records">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2016-17/content/story/1061662.html |title=The second-highest partnership in first-class cricket  |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=14 October 2016 |access-date=4 October 2016}}</ref>

Two group stage fixtures, the Group A match between [[2016–17 Ranji Trophy Group A#Round 5|Gujarat and Bengal]] and the Group C match between [[2016–17 Ranji Trophy Group C#Round 5|Hyderabad and Tripura]], were abandoned because of smog pollution.<ref name="smog">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2016-17/content/story/1068819.html |title=Rescheduled matches to delay Ranji knockouts |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=25 November 2016 |access-date=25 November 2016}}</ref> Initially, the BCCI rescheduled the fixtures to take place after the conclusion of the group stages.<ref name="smog"/> As a result of the rescheduled matches, the dates of the matches in the knockout phase of the competition were moved back to accommodate the rearranged fixtures.<ref name="smog"/> Both the [[Mumbai Cricket Association]] (MCA) and the [[Tamil Nadu Cricket Association]] (TNCA) opposed the rescheduling of the fixtures.<ref name="oppose">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2016-17/content/story/1069252.html |title=TN, Mumbai fume over Ranji fixtures rescheduling |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=27 November 2016 |access-date=27 November 2016}}</ref> The MCA joint-secretary Unmesh Khanvilkar said that it "gives unfair advantage to the participating teams with respect to their qualification the knockout phase".<ref name="oppose"/> Kasi Viswanathan, secretary of the TNCA, said that "the matches should not be rescheduled and that points should be shared".<ref name="oppose"/> The BCCI reviewed the decision to reschedule the matches.<ref name="review">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2016-17/content/story/1070203.html |title=BCCI to review Ranji matches rescheduling decision |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=3 December 2016 |access-date=3 December 2016}}</ref> In December 2016, they revoked the changes and awarded each team one point from the abandoned matches.<ref name="revoked">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2016-17/content/story/1070845.html |title=Odisha-Jharkhand Ranji game rescheduled |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=6 December 2016 |access-date=6 December 2016}}</ref>

[[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]], [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]] and [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]] from Group A, [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]], [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] and [[Odisha cricket team|Odisha]] from Group B and [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] and [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]] from Group C all qualified for the [[2016–17 Ranji Trophy#Knockout stage|knockout stage]] of the tournament.<ref name="QualA">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2016-17/content/story/1071950.html |title=Iyer ton helps Mumbai hang on for draw |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=10 December 2016 |access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="QualB">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2016-17/content/story/1071944.html |title=Saurashtra knock Delhi out; Odisha through |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=10 December 2016 |access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="QualC1">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2016-17/content/story/1071942.html |title=Hyderabad hold on to qualify |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=10 December 2016 |access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="QualC2">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2016-17/content/story/1071688.html |title=Saini, Harshal help Haryana storm into quarter-finals |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=10 December 2016 |access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref> The dates of the quarter-finals were brought forward by one day and the semi-finals by two days.<ref name="KO-dates">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2016-17/content/story/1073124.html |title=Vijay, Ashwin in TN squad for Karnataka clash |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=18 December 2016 |access-date=18 December 2016}}</ref> The [[Holkar Stadium]] in Indore hosted the final on 10 January 2017, two days earlier than originally planned.<ref name="KO-dates"/>

In the semi-finals [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]] beat [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]] by 123 runs to reach only their second final in the history of the Ranji Trophy, having previously played in the [[1950–51 Ranji Trophy|1950–51 final]].<ref name="Gujarat">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2016-17/content/story/1075528.html |title=Bumrah six-for propels Gujarat into final |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=4 January 2017 |access-date=4 January 2017}}</ref> [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] beat [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]] by 6 wickets to progress to their 46th final in the Ranji Trophy.<ref name="46th">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2016-17/content/story/1075680.html |title=Shaw debut hundred seals Mumbai's final berth |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=5 January 2017 |access-date=5 January 2017}}</ref>

==Personnel changes==

===Players===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
|-
! Player/Coach
! From
! To
! Role
|-
| [[S Badrinath]]
| [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| Batsman
|-
| [[Iqbal Abdulla]]
| [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]] 
| All-rounder
|-
| [[Ambati Rayudu]]
| [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]] 
| Batsman
|-
| [[Mohammad Kaif]]
| [[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| [[Chhattisgarh cricket team|Chhattisgarh]] 
| Batsman
|-
| [[Bhavin Thakkar]]
| [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]] 
| Bowler
|-
| [[Hanuma Vihari]]
| [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| [[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| All-rounder
|-
| [[Bhargav Bhatt]]
| [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| [[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| All-rounder
|-
| [[Dwaraka Ravi Teja]]
| [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| [[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| All-rounder
|-
| [[Ashutosh Singh (cricketer)|Ashutosh Singh]]
| [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| [[Chhattisgarh cricket team|Chhattisgarh]]
| Batsman
|-
| [[Pankaj Rao]]
| [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| [[Chhattisgarh cricket team|Chhattisgarh]]
| Batsman
|-
| [[Sumit Ruikar]]
| [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| [[Chhattisgarh cricket team|Chhattisgarh]]
| Batsman
|-
| [[Manjeet Singh (cricketer)|Manjeet Singh]]
| [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| Batsman
|-
| [[Nikhil Doru]]
| [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| Batsman
|-
| [[Jalaj Saxena]]
| [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]] 
| All-rounder
|-
| [[Mittal Ravaliya]]
| [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| [[Chhattisgarh cricket team|Chhattisgarh]]
| Batsman
|-
| [[Prasanth Parameswaran]]
| [[Goa cricket team|Goa]]
| [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]] 
| Bowler
|-
| [[Anustup Majumdar]]
| [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] 
| Batsman
|-
| [[Smit Patel]]
| [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| [[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]] 
| Wicket-keeper
|-
| [[Yashpal Singh]]
| [[Services cricket team|Services]]
| [[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]] 
| Batsman
|-
|}

=== Coaches ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
|-
! Coach
! From
! To
! Role
|-
| [[Bharat Arun]]
| [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| Coach <ref name="inj1">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-domestic-2015-16/content/story/903069.html |title=Full list of transfers before the 2015-16 domestic season |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=July 25, 2015 |access-date=July 25, 2015 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Sulakshan Kulkarni]]
| 
| [[Chhattisgarh cricket team|Chhattisgarh]]
| Coach <ref name="inj1"/>
|-
| [[Hrishikesh Kanitkar]]
| [[Goa cricket team|Goa]]
| [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| Coach <ref name="inj1"/>
|-
| [[Sunil Joshi]]
| [[Jammu & Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]]
| [[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| Coach <ref name="inj1"/>
|-
| [[Shrikant Kalyani]]
| 
| [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| Coach <ref name="inj1"/>
|-
| [[Jacob Martin]]
| 
| [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| Coach <ref name="inj1"/>
|-
| [[Jai Prakash Yadav]]
| 
| [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| Coach <ref name="inj1"/>
|-
| [[Sanath Kumar]]
| [[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| [[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| Coach <ref name="inj1"/>
|-
| [[Akshay Tandale]]
| 
| [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| Asst. Coach <ref name="inj1"/>
|-
| [[KP Bhaskar]]
| 
| [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| Coach <ref name="inj1"/>
|-
| [[Amit Bhandari]]
| 
| [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| Asst. Coach <ref name="inj1"/>
|-
|}

==Teams==
The teams were drawn in the following groups:<ref name="fixtures"/>

{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
'''Group A'''
* [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
* [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
* [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
* [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
* [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
* [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
* [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
* [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
* [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]

{{col-3}}
'''Group B'''
* [[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
* [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
* [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]]
* [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
* [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
* [[Odisha cricket team|Odisha]]
* [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
* [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
* [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]

{{col-3}}
'''Group C'''
* [[Andhra cricket team|Andhra Pradesh]]
* [[Chhattisgarh cricket team|Chhattisgarh]]
* [[Goa cricket team|Goa]]
* [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
* [[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]]
* [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
* [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]]
* [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
* [[Services cricket team|Services]]
* [[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]]
{{col-end}}

==Group A==
{{main|2016–17 Ranji Trophy Group A}}
'''Points table'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref name=points>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2016-17/engine/current/series/1053433.html?view=pointstable |title=2016–17 Ranji Trophy Points table |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=10 October 2016 }}</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"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:40px;"|{{Abbr | [[Net run rate|NRR]] | Net run rate}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| 8 || 3 || 0 || 5 || 0 ||  '''30''' || +0.027
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 8 || 2 || 0 || 5 || 1 || '''26''' || +0.368
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| 8 || 2 || 1 || 5 || 0 || '''26''' || +0.164
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| 8 || 2 || 1 || 5 || 0 ||  '''21''' || +0.109
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| 8 || 2 || 1 || 4 || 1 || '''21''' || –0.235
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 8 || 2 || 1 || 5 || 0 ||  '''20''' || +0.024
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| 8 || 1 || 4 || 3 || 0 ||  '''13''' || –0.124
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 8 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 0 ||  '''10''' || –0.003
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 8 || 1 || 5 || 2 || 0 ||  '''10''' || –0.368
|}
{{plainlist|
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top three teams advanced to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]].
}}

==Group B==
{{main|2016–17 Ranji Trophy Group B}}
'''Points table'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref name=points/>
! 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"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:40px;"|{{Abbr | [[Net run rate|NRR]] | Net run rate}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]]
| 8 || 5 || 0 || 3 || 0 ||  '''39''' || +0.399
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| 8 || 5 || 1 || 2 || 0 ||  '''37''' || +0.273
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Odisha cricket team|Odisha]]
| 8 || 2 || 1 || 5 || 0 ||  '''22''' || +0.054
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| 8 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 0 ||  '''21''' || +0.579
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 8 || 2 || 3 || 3 || 0 ||  '''21''' || –0.059
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 8 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 0 ||  '''20''' || –0.025
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 8 || 2 || 4 || 2 || 0 ||  '''18''' || +0.101
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| 8 || 1 || 4 || 3|| 0 ||  '''12''' || –0.637
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 8 || 1 || 5 || 2 || 0 ||  '''8''' || –0.620
|}
{{plainlist|
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top three teams advanced to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]].
}}

==Group C==
{{main|2016–17 Ranji Trophy Group C}}
'''Points table'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref name=points/>
! 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"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:40px;"|{{Abbr | [[Net run rate|NRR]] | Net run rate}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 9 || 4 || 1 || 3 || 1 ||  '''31''' || –0.117
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| 9 || 3 || 1 || 5 || 0 ||  '''31''' || +0.218
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| 9 || 3 || 1 || 5 || 0 ||  '''28''' || +0.119
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|[[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]]
| 9 || 3 || 0 || 6 || 0 ||  '''26''' || +0.664
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 9 || 1 || 1 || 7 || 0 ||  '''25''' || +0.206
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|[[Goa cricket team|Goa]]
| 9 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 0 || '''18''' || –0.330
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|[[Services cricket team|Services]]
| 9 || 1 || 2 || 6 || 0 || '''16''' || –0.177
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| 9 || 1 || 3 || 5 || 0 ||  '''15''' || –0.383
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|[[Chhattisgarh cricket team|Chhattisgarh]]
| 9 || 1 || 4 || 4 || 0 ||  '''14''' || –0.011
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|[[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]]
| 9 || 1 || 4 || 3 || 1 ||  '''14''' || –0.196
|}
{{plainlist|
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top two teams advanced to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]}}

==Knockout stage==
{{8TeamBracket
| seed-width  = 25px
| team-width  = 125px
| score-width = 80px
| RD3         = Final

| RD1-seed1   = '''A1'''
| RD1-team1   = '''[[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]'''
| RD1-score1  ='''294 & 217''' 
| RD1-seed2   = C1
| RD1-team2   = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| RD1-score2  =280 & 201

| RD1-seed3   = '''A3'''
| RD1-team3   = '''[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]'''
| RD1-score3  = '''152 & 87/3'''
| RD1-seed4   = B2
| RD1-team4   = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] 
| RD1-score4  = 88 & 150

| RD1-seed5   = '''A2'''
| RD1-team5   = '''[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]'''
| RD1-score5  ='''263 & 641''' 
| RD1-seed6   = B3
| RD1-team6   = [[Odisha cricket team|Odisha]]
| RD1-score6  =199 & 81/1

| RD1-seed7   = C2
| RD1-team7   = [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| RD1-score7  = 258 & 262
| RD1-seed8   = '''B1'''
| RD1-team8   = '''[[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]]'''
| RD1-score8  = '''345 & 178/5'''

| RD2-seed1   = '''A1'''
| RD2-team1   = '''[[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]'''
| RD2-score1  = '''411 & 251/4'''
| RD2-seed2   = A3
| RD2-team2   = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| RD2-score2  = 305 & 356/6d

| RD2-seed3   = '''A2'''
| RD2-team3   = '''[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]'''
| RD2-score3  = '''390 & 252'''
| RD2-seed4   = B1
| RD2-team4   = [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]]
| RD2-score4  = 408 & 111

| RD3-seed1   = A1
| RD3-team1   = [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| RD3-score1  = 228 & 411
| RD3-seed2   = '''A2'''
| RD3-team2   = '''[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]'''
| RD3-score2  = '''328 & 313/5'''
}}

===Quarter-finals===
{{Test match 
| date = 23–27 December 2016
| round = '''Quarter-final 1'''
| team1 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| team2 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 294 (101.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Siddhesh Lad]] 110 (205)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Chama Milind]] 5/80 (23.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 280 (125.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Tanmay Agarwal]] 82 (284)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Abhishek Nayar]] 4/60 (29 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 217 (83.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Aditya Tare]] 57 (100)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Mohammed Siraj]] 5/52 (14.2 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 201 (71 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Balchander Anirudh]] 84[[not out|*]] (187)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Abhishek Nayar]] 5/40 (20 overs)

| venue = [[Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium]], [[Raipur]]
| toss = Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Ulhas Gandhe]] and [[Nitin Pandit]]
| motm = [[Abhishek Nayar]] (Mumbai)
| rain = 
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1053691.html Scorecard]
| result = Mumbai won by 30 runs
| notes = 
}}
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{{Test match 
| date = 23–27 December 2016
| round = '''Quarter-final 2'''
| team1 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| team2 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 88 (37.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Manish Pandey]] 28 (52)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Aswin Crist]] 6/31 (13.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 152 (53.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Vijay Shankar (cricketer)|Vijay Shankar]] 34 (61)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Sreenath Aravind]] 3/16 (17 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 150 (38.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[K. L. Rahul]] 77 (94)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Krishnamoorthy Vignesh]] 4/53 (13 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 87/3 (19.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Dinesh Karthik]] 41[[not out|*]] (30)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Abhimanyu Mithun]] 1/7 (2 overs)

| venue = [[Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium]], [[Visakhapatnam]]
| toss = Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Navdeep Singh (cricketer)|Navdeep Singh]] and [[Nikhil Patwardhan]]
| motm = [[Aswin Crist]] (Tamil Nadu)
| rain = 
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1053693.html Scorecard]
| result = Tamil Nadu won by 7 wickets
| notes = [[Dinesh Karthik]] (Tamil Nadu) played in his 100th Ranji Trophy match.<ref name="Dinesh100">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2016-17/content/story/1073924.html |title=Vignesh, Natarajan fire Tamil Nadu into semi-final |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=24 December 2016 |access-date=24 December 2016}}</ref>
}}
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{{Test match 
| date = 23–27 December 2016
| round = '''Quarter-final 3'''
| team1 = [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| team2 = [[Odisha cricket team|Odisha]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 263 (95.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Chirag Gandhi]] 81 (190)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Deepak Behera]] 5/68 (22.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 199 (73.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Suryakant Pradhan]] 47 (27)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Jasprit Bumrah]] 5/41 (23 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 641 (227.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Samit Gohel]] 359[[not out|*]] (723) 
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Dhiraj Singh]] 6/147 (68 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 81/1 (22.0 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Subhranshu Senapati]] 59[[not out|*]] (58)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Rujul Bhatt]] 1/23 (9 overs)

| venue = [[Sawai Mansingh Stadium]], [[Jaipur]]
| toss = Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Yeshwant Barde]] and [[C. K. Nandan]]
| motm = [[Jasprit Bumrah]] (Gujarat)
| rain = 
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1053695.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn<br>(Gujarat won on 1st innings)
| notes = [[Samit Gohel]] (Gujarat) scored his first triple century in first-class cricket and the [[List of Ranji Trophy triple centuries|40th triple century]] in the Ranji Trophy. His 359 [[not out]] is the highest score for [[Carry the bat|carrying the bat]] in first-class cricket.<ref name="Samit359">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2016-17/content/story/1074234.html |title=Samit Gohel's 359* shatters 117-year record |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=27 December 2016 |access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref>
}}
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{{Test match 
| date = 23–27 December 2016
| round = '''Quarter-final 4'''
| team1 = [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| team2 = [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 258 (95.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Rajat Paliwal]] 42 (111)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Shahbaz Nadeem]] 7/79 (33 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 345 (120 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Virat Singh]] 107 (318)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Harshal Patel]] 4/46 (19 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 262 (97.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Chaitanya Bishnoi]] 52 (105)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Shahbaz Nadeem]] 4/78 (35.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 178/5 (30.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Ishan Kishan]] 86 (61)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Sanjay Pahal]] 2/36 (7 overs)

| venue = [[Moti Bagh Stadium]], [[Vadodara]]
| toss = Haryana won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Anil Dandekar]] and [[Pashchim Pathak]]
| motm = [[Shahbaz Nadeem]] (Jharkhand)
| rain = 
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1053697.html Scorecard]
| result = Jharkhand won by 5 wickets
| notes = 
}}

===Semi-finals===
{{Test match 
| date = 1–5 January 2017
| round = '''1st Semi-final'''
| team1 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| team2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 305 (115.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Baba Indrajith]] 64 (114)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Abhishek Nayar]] 4/66 (29 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 406 (150.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Aditya Tare]] 83 (181)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Vijay Shankar (cricketer)|Vijay Shankar]] 4/59 (20 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 356/6[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (78 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Baba Indrajith]] 138 (169)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Balwinder Sandhu (cricketer, born 1987)|Balwinder Sandhu]] 2/67 (15 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 251/4 (62.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Prithvi Shaw]] 120 (175)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Aushik Srinivas]] 2/77 (23 overs)

| venue = [[Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Rajkot]]
| toss = Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Abhijit Deshmukh (umpire)|Abhijit Deshmukh]] and [[Virender Sharma]]
| motm = [[Prithvi Shaw]] (Mumbai)
| rain = 
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1053699.html Scorecard]
| result = Mumbai won by 6 wickets
| notes = [[Prithvi Shaw]] (Mumbai) and [[Ganga Sridhar Raju]] (Tamil Nadu) both made their first-class debuts.
*''Prithvi Shaw became the first player for Mumbai to score a century on debut in the Ranji Trophy since [[Amol Muzumdar]] did so in the [[1993–94 Ranji Trophy|1993–94 tournament]].<ref name="46th"/>
}}
----
{{Test match 
| date = 1–5 January 2017
| round = '''2nd Semi-final'''
| team1 = [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| team2 = [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 390 (126.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Priyank Panchal]] 149 (267)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ajay Yadav]] 3/67 (22 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 408 (102 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Ishank Jaggi]] 129 (182)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[R. P. Singh]] 6/90 (21 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 252 (81 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Manpreet Juneja]] 81 (125)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Shahbaz Nadeem]] 5/69 (25 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 111 (41 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Kaushal Singh]] 24 (40)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Jasprit Bumrah]] 6/29 (14 overs)

| venue = [[Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground]], [[Nagpur]]
| toss = Gujarat won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan]] and [[Jayaraman Madanagopal]]
| motm = [[Jasprit Bumrah]] (Gujarat)
| rain = 
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1053701.html Scorecard]
| result = Gujarat won by 123 runs
| notes = 
}}

===Final===
{{Test match 
| date = 10–14 January 2017
| round = '''Final'''
| team1 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| team2 = [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 228 (83.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Prithvi Shaw]] 71 (93)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Rujul Bhatt]] 2/5 (5 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 328 (104.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Parthiv Patel]] 90 (146)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Shardul Thakur]] 4/84 (29.3 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 411 (137.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Abhishek Nayar]] 91[[not out|*]] (145)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Chintan Gaja]] 6/121 (39 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 313/5 (89.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Parthiv Patel]] 143 (196)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Balwinder Sandhu]] 2/101 (24 overs)

| venue = [[Holkar Stadium]], [[Indore]]
| toss = Gujarat won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Anil Chaudhary]] and [[Nitin Menon]]
| motm = [[Parthiv Patel]] (Gujarat)
| rain = 
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1053703.html Scorecard]
| result = Gujarat won by 5 wickets
| notes = This was the highest successful run-chase in the final of the Ranji Trophy.<ref name="highest">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2016-17/content/story/1077540.html |title=Gujarat pull off record chase for maiden Ranji title |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=14 January 2017 |access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref>
}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/1053433.html Series home at ESPN Cricinfo]

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