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{{use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2015-16 Ranji Trophy
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg
| imagesize = 285px
| fromdate = {{start date|2015|10|1|df=y}}
| todate = {{end date|2016|2|28|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]] then [[Single-elimination tournament|knockout]]
| host = {{flag|India}}
| champions = Mumbai
| count = 41
| participants = 27
| matches = 115
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Shreyas Iyer]] (1321)
| most wickets = [[Shahbaz Nadeem]] (51)
| 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''' 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]].<ref name="Schedule">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/901027.html |title=BCCI splits Ranji Trophy stages in rejig |publisher=espncricinfo.com |date=20 July 2015 |access-date=20 July 2015 }}</ref>

The final was contested by [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]] and [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]], a repeat of the [[2012–13 Ranji Trophy#Final|2012–13 final]].<ref name="''Mumbai">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2015-16/content/story/973315.html |title=Mumbai enter final on lead in Cuttack run fest |access-date=17 February 2016|work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> Mumbai won the match by an innings and 21 runs to claim their 41st title.<ref name="41st">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2015-16/content/story/976735.html |title=Mumbai seal 41st Ranji title with innings win |access-date=26 February 2016|work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

== Personnel changes ==

=== Players ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
|-
! Player
! From
! To
! Role
|-
| [[Sarfaraz Khan (cricketer)|Sarfaraz Khan]]
| [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| Batsman<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=espncricinfo.com |date=July 25, 2015 |access-date=July 25, 2015 }}</ref>
|-
| Tashuk Ali
| [[Delhi cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]]
| [[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Mumbai]]
| All rounder<ref name="inj1"/>
|-
| [[Pragyan Ojha]]
| [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| Spinner<ref name="inj1"/>
|-
| [[Wasim Jaffer]]
| [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| Opening Batsman<ref name="inj1"/>
|-
| [[Virender Sehwag]]
| [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| Opening Batsman<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bcci.tv/news/2015/press-releases/10804/sehwag-joins-haryana-ranji-team |title=Sehwag joins Haryana Ranji team |publisher=bcci.tv |date=22 August 2015 |access-date=22 August 2015}}</ref>
|-
| [[Mithun Manhas]]
| [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|J&K]]
| Batsman<ref name="inj1"/>
|-
| [[RP Singh]]
| [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| Seam Bowler<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/toi-cri/top-stories/From-Sehwag-to-Sarfaraz-plenty-of-movement-ahead-of-2015-16-Ranji-Trophy/articleshow/48980230.cms RP Singh from Uttar Pradesh to Gujarat]</ref>
|-
| [[Prasanth Parameswaran]]
| [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| [[Goa cricket team|Goa]]
| Seam Bowler
|-
| [[Amit Verma (cricketer)|Amit Verma]]
| [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| [[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| Batsman

|}

=== Coaches ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
|-
! Coach
! From
! To
! Role
|-
| [[Chandrakant Pandit]]
|
| [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| Coach <ref name="inj1"/>
|-
| [[Hrishikesh Kanitkar]]
|
| [[Goa cricket team|Goa]]
| Coach <ref name="inj1"/>
|-
| [[Dheeraj Jadhav]]
|
| [[Goa cricket team|Goa]]
| Asst. Coach <ref name="inj1"/>
|-
| [[Sairaj Bahutule]]
|
| [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| Coach <ref name="inj1"/>
|-

|
| [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| Asst. Coach <ref name="inj1"/>
|-
| [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]]
|
| [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| Bowling Coach
|-
| [[Rizwan Shamshad]]
|
| [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| Head Coach
|-
| [[Ajay Jadeja]]
|
| [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| Head Coach
|}

==Teams==
The groups drawn are as follows<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/901169.html |title=Duleep Trophy omitted from 2015-16 calendar |publisher=espncricinfo.com |date=July 20, 2015 |access-date=July 20, 2015 }}</ref>

{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
'''Group A'''
* [[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
* [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
* [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
* [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
* [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
* [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
* [[Odisha cricket team|Odisha]]
* [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
* [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]

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

==Zone-wise==
{{See also|Duleep Trophy}}
Zone-wise participation:
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! style="background:blue; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Group
! style="background:blue; color:gold; text-align:center;"| North
! style="background:blue; color:gold; text-align:center;"| West
! style="background:blue; color:gold; text-align:center;"| South (2014-15 Duleep Runners-Up)
! style="background:blue; color:gold; text-align:center;"| East
! style="background:blue; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Central (2014-15 Duleep Winners)
|-
| A || Delhi (2014-15 Quarter-Finalist), Haryana || Maharashtra (2014-15 Semi-Finalist) || '''Karnataka (2014-15 Winner)''' || Assam (2014-15 Quarter-Finalist), Bengal, Odisha || Rajasthan, Vidarbha (2014-15 Quarter-Finalist)
|-
| B || Punjab || Baroda, Gujarat, Mumbai (2014-15 Semi-Finalist) || Andhra Pradesh (2014-15 Quarter-Finalist), '''Tamil Nadu (2014-15 Runner-Up)''' || || Madhya Pradesh, Railways, Uttar Pradesh
|-
| C || Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Services || Saurashtra || Goa, Hyderabad, Kerala || Jharkhand, Tripura ||
|}

==Group A==
{{main|2015–16 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/ci/engine/series/901105.html?view=pointstable |title=Ranji Trophy, 2015-16 Points table |publisher=ESPN |work=Cricinfo |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:42px"|{{Abbr | [[Net run rate|NRR]] | Net run rate}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 8 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''29''' || 0.047
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| 8 || 2 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 5 || '''28''' || 0.110
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 8 || 3 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || '''26''' || –0.304
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| 8 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''25''' || 0.215
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| 8 || 2 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 1 || 3 || '''24''' || 0.336
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| 8 || 2 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 1 || '''17''' || –0.313
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 8 || 1 || 2 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 3 || '''17''' || 0.301
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Odisha cricket team|Odisha]]
| 8 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 || '''12''' || 0.016
|- style="background:#fcc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| 8 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 || '''6''' || –0.406
|}

{{plainlist|
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top three teams advanced to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]].
* {{Color box|#fcc|border=darkgray}} Bottom placed team relegated to Group C for [[2016–17 Ranji Trophy]].
}}

==Group B==
{{main|2015–16 Ranji Trophy Group B}}
'''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=Cricinfo |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:42px"|{{Abbr | [[Net run rate|NRR]] | Net run rate}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| 8 || 4 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || '''35''' || 0.851
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| 8 || 3 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || '''26''' || 0.045
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 8 || 3 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''24''' || –0.059
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 8 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 2 || 0 || '''24''' || –0.092
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| 8 || 2 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 2 || '''21''' || –0.117
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| 8 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 || '''18''' || –0.321
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 8 || 2 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 0 || '''17''' || –0.045
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 8 || 2 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''12''' || 0.039
|- style="background:#fcc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra Pradesh]]
| 8 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 3 || '''10''' || –0.459
|}

{{plainlist|
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top three teams advanced to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]].
* {{Color box|#fcc|border=darkgray}} Bottom placed team relegated to Group C for [[2016–17 Ranji Trophy]].
}}

==Group C==
{{main|2015–16 Ranji Trophy Group C}}
'''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=Cricinfo |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:42px"|{{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 advanced to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]] and promoted to Group A and Group B respectively for [[2016–17 Ranji Trophy]].
}}

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

| RD1-seed1 = A1
| RD1-team1 = [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| RD1-score1 = 151 & 139
| RD1-seed2 = '''C1'''
| RD1-team2 = '''[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]'''
| RD1-score2 = '''375'''

| RD1-seed3 = '''A3'''
| RD1-team3 ='''[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]'''
| RD1-score3 = '''323 & 101
| RD1-seed4 = B2
| RD1-team4 = [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| RD1-score4 = 137 & 236

| RD1-seed5 = A2
| RD1-team5 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| RD1-score5 = 121 & 432
| RD1-seed6 = '''B3'''
| RD1-team6 = '''[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]'''
| RD1-score6 = '''348 & 560/9d

| RD1-seed7 = C2
| RD1-team7 = [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]]
| RD1-score7 = 172 & 94
| RD1-seed8 = '''B1'''
| RD1-team8 = '''[[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]'''
| RD1-score8 = '''416 & 245

| RD2-seed1 = '''C1'''
| RD2-team1 = '''[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]'''
| RD2-score1 = '''353 & 24/0'''
| RD2-seed2 = A3
| RD2-team2 = [[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| RD2-score2 = 234 & 139

| RD2-seed3 = B3
| RD2-team3 =[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| RD2-score3 = 227 & 361/5
| RD2-seed4 = '''B1'''
| RD2-team4 = '''[[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]'''
| RD2-score4 = '''371 & 426'''

| RD3-seed1 = C1
| RD3-team1 = [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| RD3-score1 = 235 & 115
| RD3-seed2 = '''B1'''
| RD3-team2 = '''[[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]'''
| RD3-score2 = '''371'''
}}

===Quarter-finals===
;1st Quarter-final
{{Test match| date = {{anchor|match109}} 3–7 February
| team1 = [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| team2 = [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 151 (50.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Wasim Jaffer]] 41 (86)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Jaydev Unadkat]] 5/70 (18.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 375 (112.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Sagar Jogiyani]] 130 (261)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Umesh Yadav]] 5/81 (23 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 139 (68.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Wasim Jaffer]] 48 (78)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Jaydev Unadkat]] 4/35 (16.1 overs)

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

| venue = [[Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium|ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium]], [[Visakhapatnam]]
| toss = Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Saiyed Khalid]] and [[Chirra Ravikanthreddy]]
| motm = [[Jaydev Unadkat]] (Saurashtra)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901903.html Scorecard]
| result = Saurashtra won by an innings and 85 runs
}}

;2nd Quarter-final
{{Test match| date = {{anchor|match110}} 3–7 February
| team1 = [[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| team2 = [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 323 (108 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Jamaluddin Syed Mohammad]] 121 (223)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Siddarth Kaul]] 4/99 (31 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 137 (47.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Mayank Sidhana]] 80[[not out|*]] (131)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Arup Das]] 3/41 (15.2 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 101 (35.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Arup Das]] 31 (18)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Barinder Sran]] 5/43 (15 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 236 (63.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Gurkeerat Singh]] 64 (55)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Arup Das]] 8/83 (21.2 overs)

| venue = [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Valsad|Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium]], [[Valsad]]
| toss = Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Nitin Menon]] and [[Nitin Pandit]]
| motm = [[Arup Das]] (Assam)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901905.html Scorecard]
| result = Assam won by 51 runs
}}

;3rd Quarter-final
{{Test match| date = {{anchor|match111}} 3–7 February
| team1 = [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| team2 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 348 (114.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Aditya Shrivastava (cricketer)|Aditya Shrivastava]] 65 (142)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Veer Pratap Singh]] 5/76 (23 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 121 (45.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Abhimanyu Easwaran]] 48 (100)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Ishwar Pandey]] 4/45 (16 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 560/9d (160.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Harpreet Singh (cricketer, born 1991)|Harpreet Singh]] 139 (206)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Ashok Dinda]] 2/92 (32.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 432 (91.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Manoj Tiwary (cricketer)|Manoj Tiwary]] 124 (160)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Ishwar Pandey]] 4/93 (22.4 overs)

| venue = [[Brabourne Stadium]], [[Mumbai]]
| toss = Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Anil Dandekar]] and [[Rajesh Deshpande]]
| motm = [[Ishwar Pandey]] (Madhya Pradesh)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901907.html Scorecard]
| result = Madhya Pradesh won by 355 runs
| notes = [[Chandrakant Sakure]] (Madhya Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
}}

;4th Quarter-final
{{Test match| date = {{anchor|match112}} 3–7 February
| team1 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| team2 = [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 416 (114.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Akhil Herwadkar]] 107 (217)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Shahbaz Nadeem]] 5/140 (39 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 172 (71.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Kaushal Singh]] 43 (92)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Akhil Herwadkar]] 3/26 (11 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 245 (63.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Shreyas Iyer]] 81 (106)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Samar Quadri]] 5/62 (18.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 94 (42.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Shiv Gautam]] 27 (120)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Jay Bista]] 5/16 (6.4 overs)

| venue = [[Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar Ground]], [[Mysore]]
| toss = Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Abhijit Deshmukh (umpire)|Abhijit Deshmukh]] and [[Navdeep Singh (cricketer)|Navdeep Singh]]
| motm = [[Akhil Herwadkar]] (Mumbai)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901909.html Scorecard]
| result = Mumbai won by 395 runs
| notes = [[Sufiyan Shaikh]] (Mumbai) made his first-class debut.
}}

===Semi-finals===
;1st Semi-final
{{Test match| date = {{anchor|match113}} 13–17 February
| team1 = [[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| team2 =[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 234 (87 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Amit Verma (cricketer)|Amit Verma]] 98 (241)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Jaydev Unadkat]] 6/77 (26 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 353 (113.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Cheteshwar Pujara]] 126 (243)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Krishna Das (cricketer)|Krishna Das]] 3/80 (37 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 139 (39.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Syed Mohammad]] 39 (69)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Jaydev Unadkat]] 5/45 (13 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 24/0 (3.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Sagar Jogiyani]] 23[[not out|*]] (10)
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[Moti Bagh Stadium]], [[Vadodara]]
| toss = Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Nand Kishore (cricketer, born 1970)|Nand Kishore]] and [[Krishnamachari Srinivasan]]
| motm = [[Jaydev Unadkat]] (Saurashtra)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901911.html Scorecard]
| result = Saurashtra won by 10 wickets
}}
;2nd Semi-final
{{Test match| date = {{anchor|match113}} 13–17 February
| team1 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| team2 = [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 371 (102.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Shreyas Iyer]] 90 (104)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Chandrakant Sakure]] 5/137 (29.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 227 (92.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Naman Ojha]] 79 (189)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Balwinder Sandhu (cricketer, born 1987)|Balwinder Sandhu]] 5/43 (21.1 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 426 (125.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Suryakumar Yadav]] 115 (199)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Harpreet Singh (cricketer, born 1991)|Harpreet Singh]] 3/55 (17 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 361/5 (109 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Naman Ojha]] 113 (185)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Bhavin Thakkar]] 1/3 (2 overs)

| venue = [[DRIEMS Ground]], [[Cuttack]]
| toss = Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan]] and [[Virender Sharma]]
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901913.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn (Mumbai won on 1st innings)
| notes = [[Jagdeep Baweja]] (Madhya Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
*''Mumbai progressed to the final due to the first innings lead.<ref name="''Mumbai"/>
*''[[Shreyas Iyer]] (Mumbai) became the fifth player to score 1,200 runs in a single Ranji Trophy competition.<ref name="Iyer">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2015-16/content/story/973189.html |title=Suryakumar, Tare tons set MP 571 target |access-date=17 February 2016|work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
}}

===Final===
{{Test match | date = {{anchor|match115}} 24–28 February
| team1 = [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| team2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 235 (93.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Arpit Vasavada]] 77 (214)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Dhawal Kulkarni]] 5/42 (23 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 371 (82.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Shreyas Iyer]] 117 (142)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Jaydev Unadkat]] 4/118 (25.2 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 115 (48.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Cheteshwar Pujara]] 27 (98)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Shardul Thakur]] 5/26 (13.2 overs)

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

| venue = [[Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium|MCA Stadium]], [[Pune]]
| toss = Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[C. K. Nandan]] and [[Chettithody Shamshuddin]]
| motm = [[Shreyas Iyer]] (Mumbai)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901915.html Scorecard]
| result = Mumbai won by an innings and 21 runs
| notes = [[Prerak Mankad]] (Saurashtra) made his first-class debut.
}}

==Statistics==
===Batting records===
====Most runs====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Player Name !! Style !! Team !! Run
|-
| [[Shreyas Iyer]] || Right-handed Middle-order || [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] || 1321
|-
| [[Akhil Herwadkar]] || Left-handed Opening || [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] || 879
|-
| [[Arun Karthik]] || Right-handed Middle-order || [[Assam cricket team|Assam]] || 802
|}

====High scores====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Player Name !! Style !! Team !! Run !! Ground
|-
| [[Natraj Behera]] || Right-handed Opening || [[Odisha cricket team|Odisha]] || 255* || [[CH Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium]], [[Rohtak]]
|-
| [[Swapnil Asnodkar]] || Right-handed Opening || [[Goa cricket team|Goa]] || 232 || [[Gandhi Memorial Science College Ground]], [[Jammu]]
|-
| [[Paras Dogra]] || Right-handed Middle-order || [[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]] || 227 || [[Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Dharamshala]]
|-
| [[Tashuk Ali]] || Right-handed Middle-order || [[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Mumbai]] || 220* || [[Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Dharmshala]]
|}

====Most hundreds====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Player Name !! Style !! Team !! 100s
|-
| [[Rajat Paliwal]] || Right-handed Middle-order || [[Services cricket team|Services]] || 4
|-
| [[Sudip Chatterjee (cricketer)|Sudip Chatterjee]] || Left-handed Middle-order || [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] || 4
|-
| [[Shreyas Iyer]] || Right-handed Middle-order || [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] || 4
|}

====Most fifties (and over)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Player Name !! Style !! Team !! 50+
|-
| [[Shreyas Iyer]] || Right-handed Middle-order || [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] || 11
|-
| [[Harpreet Singh Bhatia]] || Left-handed Middle-order || [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]] || 8
|-
| [[Tashuk ali]] || Right-handed Middle-order || [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] || 8
|-
|}

====Most sixes in an innings====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Player Name !! Style !! Team !! 50+ !! Ground
|-
| [[Ishan Kishan]] || Left-handed Opening || [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]] || 8 || [[Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground]], [[Rajkot]]
|-
| [[Paras Dogra]] || Right-handed Middle-order || [[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]] || 8 || [[Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Dharamshala]]
|}

==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]

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