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{{use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2017-18 Ranji Trophy Group B
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg
| imagesize = 285px
| fromdate = {{start date|2017|10|6|df=y}}
| todate = {{end date|2017|11|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]]
| host = {{flag|India}}
| champions =
| count =
| participants = 7
| matches =
| most runs =
| most wickets =
| website =
| previous_year = 2016–17
| previous_tournament = 2016–17 Ranji Trophy
| next_year =
| next_tournament =
}}
{{2017–18 Indian domestic cricket season}}
The [[2017–18 Ranji Trophy]] was the 84th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]], the [[first-class cricket]] tournament in India. It was contested by 28 teams divided into four groups, each containing seven teams.<ref name="84th">{{cite news |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/reports-ranji-trophy-back-home-away-format-bcci |title=Reports: Ranji Trophy to be back to its home and away format as per the BCCI |publisher=Sportskeeda |date=29 July 2017 |accessdate=30 July 2017}}</ref> The top two teams from Group B progressed to the [[2017–18 Ranji Trophy#Quarter-finals|quarterfinals]] of the competition.<ref name="prog">{{cite news |url=http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/96189/bcci-reverts-to-home-and-away-format-for-ranji-trophy |title=BCCI reverts to home and away format for Ranji Trophy |publisher=CricBuzz |date=1 August 2017 |accessdate=1 August 2017}}</ref>

Defending champions [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]] and [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]] progressed to the [[2017–18 Ranji Trophy#Knockout stage|knockout stage]] of the competition after beating [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]] and [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]] respectively in the final round of group-stage fixtures.<ref name="GujKer">{{cite news |url=http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/98622/ranji-trophy-2017-18-round-7-wrap |title=Ranji Trophy wrap: Gujarat, Kerala reach quarterfinals |publisher=CricBuzz |date=28 November 2017 |accessdate=28 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="defch">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21593885/gujarat,-kerala-quarters-bonus-point-wins |title=Gujarat, Kerala through to quarters after bonus-point wins |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=28 November 2017 |accessdate=28 November 2017}}</ref> It was the first time that Kerala had progressed to the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy.<ref name="KeralaQtr1">{{cite news |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/sports/kerala-cricket-team-creates-history-enters-ranji-trophy-quater-finals-in-style/950906/ |title=Kerala cricket team creates history! Enters Ranji Trophy quarterfinals in style |publisher=Financial Express |date=28 November 2017 |accessdate=28 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="KeralaQtr2">{{cite news |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2017/nov/28/kerala-ranji-trophy-team-qualifies-for-the-quarterfinals-1712887.html |title=Kerala Ranji Trophy team qualifies for the quarterfinals |publisher=The New Indian Express |date=28 November 2017 |accessdate=28 November 2017}}</ref>

==Teams==
The following teams were placed in Group B, based on their average points in the previous three years:<ref name="Groups">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/1117722.html |title=Duleep Trophy scrapped from 2017-18 calendar |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=25 August 2017 |accessdate=25 August 2017}}</ref>

* [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
* [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
* [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]]
* [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]]
* [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
* [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
* [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]

==Points table==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref name="Points">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/table/series/8050/season/2017/ranji-trophy |title=Ranji Trophy Table - 2017–18 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=28 November 2017 |accessdate=28 November 2017}}</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"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 6 || 5 || 0 || 1 || 0 || '''34''' || +0.097
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 6 || 5 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''31''' || +0.636
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 6 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || '''26''' || +0.245
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jammu & Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]]
| 6 || 1 || 4 || 1 || 0 || '''9''' || –0.077
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| 6 || 1 || 4 || 1 || 0 || '''9''' || –0.506
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]]
| 6 || 1 || 4 || 1 || 0 || '''8''' || –0.049
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| 6 || 0 || 2 || 4 || 0 || '''6''' || –0.294
|}
{{plainlist|
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top two teams advanced to the [[2017–18 Ranji Trophy#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]}}

==Fixtures==
===Round 1===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 6–9 October 2017
| team1 = [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]]
| team2 = [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 202 (73.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Ishan Kishan]] 45 (100)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Jalaj Saxena]] 6/50 (30 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 259 (90.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Jalaj Saxena]] 54[[not out|*]] (148)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Sunny Gupta]] 6/94 (35 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 89 (41.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Saurabh Tiwary]] 26[[not out|*]] (44)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Jalaj Saxena]] 5/27 (20.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 34/1 (5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Arun Karthik]] 27[[not out|*]] (21)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Samar Quadri]] 1/15 (2 overs)

| venue = [[Greenfield International Stadium]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
| toss = Jharkhand won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Anil Dandekar]] and [[Nikhil Patwardhan]]
| motm = [[Jalaj Saxena]] (Kerala)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118615.html Scorecard]
| result = Kerala won by 9 wickets
| notes = [[Ponnam Rahul]] (Kerala) and [[Nazim Siddiqui]] (Jharkhand) both made their first-class debuts.
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 6–9 October 2017
| team1 = [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| team2 = [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 330 (115.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Robin Bist]] 113 (233)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Mohammed Mudhasir]] 5/81 (33.2 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 436/8[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (156.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Ahmed Bandy]] 102 (205)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Tanveer Ul-Haq]] 3/43 (21 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 246/4 (68 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Rajesh Bishnoi]] 101[[not out|*]] (138)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Rohit Sharma]] 2/28 (10 overs)

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

| venue = [[Sawai Mansingh Stadium]], [[Jaipur]]
| toss = Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Yeshwant Barde]] and [[Vineet Kulkarni]]
| motm = [[Mohammed Mudhasir]] (Jammu & Kashmir)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118616.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| notes = [[Khaleel Ahmed]] and [[Tajinder Singh]] (Rajasthan) both made their first-class debuts.
}}

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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 6–9 October 2017
| team1 = [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| team2 = [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 278 (90.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Prerak Mankad]] 68 (115)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ashish Hooda]] 6/61 (24 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 107 (42.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Rahul Tewatia]] 23 (29)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Shaurya Sanandia]] 4/44 (13 overs)

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

| score-team2-inns2 = 140 (43 overs) ([[follow-on|f/o]])
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Chaitanya Bishnoi]] 56 (115)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Jaydev Unadkat]] 3/55 (14 overs)

| venue = [[Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium]], [[Rohtak]]
| toss = Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Sivasubramaniyan Shankar]] and [[R. Sundar]]
| motm = [[Prerak Mankad]] (Saurashtra)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118617.html Scorecard]
| result = Saurashtra won by an innings and 31 runs
| notes = [[Amit Rana]] (Haryana) made his first-class debut.
}}

===Round 2===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 14–17 October 2017
| team1 = [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| team2 = [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 208 (66.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Sanju Samson]] 51 (83)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Piyush Chawla]] 5/69 (19.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 307 (106.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Chirag Gandhi]] 91 (145)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Akshay Chandran]] 3/52 (24.3 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 203 (76.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Arun Karthik]] 69 (148)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Siddharth Desai]] 6/80 (26.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 108/6 (42.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Priyank Panchal]] 30 (77)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Jalaj Saxena]] 2/16 (14 overs)

| venue = [[GS Patel Stadium]], [[Nadiad]]
| toss = Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Krishnamachari Bharatan]] and [[Subrat Das]]
| motm = [[Siddharth Desai]] (Gujarat)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118627.html Scorecard]
| result = Gujarat won by 4 wickets
| notes = [[Siddharth Desai]] (Gujarat) and [[Sijomon Joseph]] (Kerala) both made their first-class debuts.
*''[[Siddharth Desai]] (Gujarat) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.<ref name="Desai5wkt">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/1124001.html |title=Jadejas hand J&K massive innings defeat |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=16 October 2017 |accessdate=16 October 2017}}</ref>
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 14–17 October 2017
| team1 = [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| team2 = [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 423 (141.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Tajinder Singh]] 134 (282)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Sunny Gupta]] 3/76 (27.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 265 (97.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Saurabh Tiwary]] 83 (157)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Pankaj Singh (cricketer)|Pankaj Singh]] 4/48 (24 overs)

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

| score-team2-inns2 = 332/6 (103.5 overs) ([[follow-on|f/o]])
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Ishank Jaggi]] 103[[not out|*]] (193)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Pankaj Singh (cricketer)|Pankaj Singh]] 3/53 (12 overs)

| venue = [[Sawai Mansingh Stadium]], [[Jaipur]]
| toss = Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Anil Dandekar]] and [[Krishnaraj Srinath]]
| motm = [[Amitkumar Gautam]] (Rajasthan)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118628.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| notes = [[Tajinder Singh]] (Rajasthan) scored his maiden first-class century.<ref name="Tajinder00">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8050/report/1118627/day/2/ |title=Jadeja's double-century propels Saurashtra |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=15 October 2017 |accessdate=15 October 2017}}</ref>
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 14–17 October 2017
| team1 = [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| team2 = [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 624/7[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (135 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Ravindra Jadeja]] 201 (313)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Waseem Raza]] 3/164 (35 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 156 (60.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Shubham Khajuria]] 41 (137)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Dharmendrasinh Jadeja]] 6/68 (21 overs)

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

| score-team2-inns2 = 256 (84.1 overs) ([[follow-on|f/o]])
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Ram Dayal (cricketer)|Ram Dayal]] 56 (73)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Vandit Jivrajani]] 6/79 (24.1 overs)

| venue = [[Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Rajkot]]
| toss = Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Nikhil Patwardhan]] and [[Tapan Sharma]]
| motm = [[Ravindra Jadeja]] (Saurashtra)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118629.html Scorecard]
| result = Saurashtra won by an innings and 212 runs
| notes =
}}

===Round 3===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 24–27 October 2017
| team1 = [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| team2 = [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 335 (118.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Rohan Prem]] 79 (157)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Mahipal Lomror]] 4/51 (22.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 243 (82.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Dishant Yagnik]] 62 (134)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Jalaj Saxena]] 8/85 (33.3 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 250/4[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (50.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Jalaj Saxena]] 105[[not out|*]] (157)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Tajinder Singh]] 2/38 (6.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 211 (83.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Robin Bist]] 70 (143)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Sijomon Joseph]] 5/84 (30.4 overs)

| venue = [[St Xavier's College Ground]], [[Thumba]]
| toss = Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Rohan Pandit]]
| motm = [[Jalaj Saxena]] (Kerala)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118639.html Scorecard]
| result = Kerala won by 131 runs
| notes = [[Sijomon Joseph]] (Kerala) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.<ref name="Sijomon5wkt">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8050/report/1118640/day/4/ |title=Jalaj, Joseph star as Kerala snatch victory |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=27 October 2017 |accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref>
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 24–27 October 2017
| team1 = [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| team2 = [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 208 (75.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Chaitanya Bishnoi]] 61 (205)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Sunny Gupta]] 4/67 (25 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 425/9[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (133.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Ishank Jaggi]] 135 (237)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Chaitanya Bishnoi]] 2/43 (20.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 296 (113 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Rajat Paliwal]] 93 (237)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Shahbaz Nadeem]] 6/93 (42 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 81/0 (10.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Ishan Kishan]] 46[[not out|*]] (45)
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[JSCA International Stadium Complex]], [[Ranchi]]
| toss = Haryana won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan]] and [[Sadashiv Iyer]]
| motm = [[Ishank Jaggi]] (Jharkhand)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118640.html Scorecard]
| result = Jharkhand won by 10 wickets
| notes = [[Ajit Chahal]] (Haryana) made his first-class debut.
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 24–27 October 2017
| team1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]]
| team2 = [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 261 (77.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Shubham Khajuria]] 54 (86)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Piyush Chawla]] 5/92 (24 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 455 (143 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Manpreet Juneja]] 131 (279)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Manik Gupta]] 5/143 (29 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 130 (34.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Ram Dayal (cricketer)|Ram Dayal]] 29 (26)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Hardik Patel (cricketer)|Hardik Patel]] 5/49 (14.4 overs)

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

| venue = [[Lalabhai Contractor Stadium]], [[Surat]]
| toss = Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Jayaraman Madanagopal]] and [[Nitin Pandit]]
| motm = [[Manprit Juneja]] (Gujarat)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118641.html Scorecard]
| result = Gujarat won by an innings and 64 runs
| notes =
}}

===Round 4===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 1–4 November 2017
| team1 = [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| team2 = [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 553/9[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (161 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Cheteshwar Pujara]] 204 (355)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ashish Kumar (cricketer)|Ashish Kumar]] 3/76 (33 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 270 (82.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Ishank Jaggi]] 114 (171)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Vandit Jivrajani]] 4/33 (14 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 59/4 (14 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Robin Uthappa]] 17 (18)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Ashish Kumar (cricketer)|Ashish Kumar]] 2/20 (6 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 341 (83 overs) ([[follow-on|f/o]])
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Sumit Kumar]] 108 (147)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Dharmendrasinh Jadeja]] 4/108 (21 overs)

| venue = [[Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground]], [[Rajkot]]
| toss = Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Yeshwant Barde]] and [[Saiyed Khalid]]
| motm = [[Cheteshwar Pujara]] (Saurashtra)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118651.html Scorecard]
| result = Saurashtra won by 6 wickets
| notes = [[Cheteshwar Pujara]] (Saurashtra) scored his 12th double-century, the most by an Indian batsman in first-class cricket, breaking the record set by [[Vijay Merchant]].<ref name="Pujara200">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8050/report/1118651/day/2/ |title=Pujara back to old ways, scores 12th double-century |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=2 November 2017 |accessdate=2 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="Merchant">{{cite news |url=https://thefield.scroll.in/856417/cheteshwar-pujara-goes-past-vijay-merchants-all-time-double-ton-record-in-fc-cricket |title=Cheteshwar Pujara goes past Vijay Merchant's all-time double-ton record in FC cricket |publisher=Scroll.in |date=2 November 2017 |accessdate=2 November 2017}}</ref>
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 1–4 November 2017
| team1 = [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| team2 = [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 236 (84.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Bhargav Merai]] 52 (98)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Amit Mishra]] 4/63 (26.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 157 (64 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Rohit Sharma (cricketer, born 1993)|Rohit Sharma]] 65[[not out|*]] (129)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Piyush Chawla]] 4/48 (21 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 281/9[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (76.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Priyank Panchal]] 67 (108)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Ashish Hooda]] 4/79 (21.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 122 (44.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Sanjay Pahal]] 41 (55)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Piyush Chawla]] 5/44 (14.3 overs)

| venue = [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad|Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium]], [[Valsad]]
| toss = Gujarat won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Sadashiv Iyer]] and [[Krishnaraj Srinath]]
| motm = [[Siddharth Desai]] (Gujarat)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118652.html Scorecard]
| result = Gujarat won by 238 runs
| notes =
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 1–4 November 2017
| team1 = [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| team2 = [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 219 (76 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Sanju Samson]] 112 (187)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Parvez Rasool]] 6/70 (26 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 173 (62 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Shubham Khajuria]] 41 (84)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[KC Akshay]] 4/37 (14 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 191 (65.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Rohan Prem]] 58 (149)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Parvez Rasool]] 5/70 (28 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 79 (41.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Parvez Rasool]] 17 (29)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[KC Akshay]] 5/21 (13.5 overs)

| venue = [[St Xavier's College Ground]], [[Thumba]]
| toss = Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Vineet Kulkarni]] and [[Nitin Pandit]]
| motm = [[Sanju Samson]] (Kerala)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118653.html Scorecard]
| result = Kerala won by 158 runs
| notes = [[KC Akshay]] (Kerala) made his first-class debut.
*''[[Parvez Rasool]] (Jammu & Kashmir) took his tenth five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.<ref name="Rasool10">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8050/report/1118652/ |title=Saurashtra on top after Pujara hundred |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=1 November 2017 |accessdate=1 November 2017}}</ref>
*''[[KC Akshay]] (Kerala) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.<ref name="Akshay5wkt">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8050/report/1118652/day/4/ |title=Chawla, Desai quickly wrap up win for Gujarat |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=3 November 2017 |accessdate=3 November 2017}}</ref>
}}

===Round 5===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 9–12 November 2017
| team1 = [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| team2 = [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 570 (161.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Cheteshwar Pujara]] 182 (313)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Siddharth Desai]] 4/154 (36.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 413 (145.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Priyank Panchal]] 145 (289)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Jaydev Unadkat]] 4/83 (29 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 98/1 (30.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Robin Uthappa]] 64[[not out|*]] (85)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Siddharth Desai]] 1/40 (12 overs)

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

| venue = [[Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Rajkot]]
| toss = Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Sudhir Asnani]] and [[R. Sundar]]
| motm = [[Cheteshwar Pujara]] (Saurashtra)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118664.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| notes =
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 9–12 November 2017
| team1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]]
| team2 = [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 376 (100.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Puneet Bisht]] 115 (142)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Varun Aaron]] 4/54 (22 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 292/9[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (108 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Nazim Siddiqui]] 70 (69)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Aamir Aziz]] 4/86 (25 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 265/9[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (63.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Parvez Rasool]] 70 (74)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Utkarsh Singh]] 3/40 (10 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 243 (49.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Ishan Kishan]] 52 (56)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Aamir Aziz]] 5/63 (16 overs)

| venue = [[Keenan Stadium]], [[Jamshedpur]]
| toss = Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan]] and [[Ulhas Gandhe]]
| motm = [[Parvez Rasool]] (Jammu & Kashmir)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118665.html Scorecard]
| result = Jammu & Kashmir won by 106 runs
| notes = [[Utkarsh Singh]] (Jharkhand) and [[Aquib Nazir]] (Jammu & Kashmir) both made their first-class debuts.
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 9–12 November 2017
| team1 = [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| team2 = [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 233 (71 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Harshal Patel]] 83 (108)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Aniket Choudhary]] 3/37 (16 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 150 (52.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Tajinder Singh]] 38 (42)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Ajit Chahal]] 3/42 (10.4 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 179/5[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (55 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Shivam Chauhan]] 65 (104)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Aniket Choudhary]] 2/30 (12 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 59/7 (39 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Mahipal Lomror]] 20[[not out|*]] (98)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Ashish Hooda]] 3/8 (12 overs)

| venue = [[Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium]], [[Rohtak]]
| toss = Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Yeshwant Barde]] and [[Belur Ravi]]
| motm = [[Harshal Patel]] (Haryana)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118666.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| notes =
}}

===Round 6===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 17–20 November 2017
| team1 = [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| team2 = [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 225 (78 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Sanju Samson]] 68 (104)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Dharmendrasinh Jadeja]] 6/112 (33 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 232 (78.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Robin Uthappa]] 86 (120)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Sijomon Joseph]] 4/43 (19 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 411/6[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (92 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Sanju Samson]] 175 (180)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Dharmendrasinh Jadeja]] 4/153 (35 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 95 (51.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Sheldon Jackson (cricketer)|Sheldon Jackson]] 24 (74)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Jalaj Saxena]] 4/29 (14.3 overs)

| venue = [[St Xavier's College Ground]], [[Thumba]]
| toss = Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Nikhil Patwardhan]] and [[Virender Sharma]]
| motm = [[Sanju Samson]] (Kerala)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118676.html Scorecard]
| result = Kerala won by 309 runs
| notes =
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 17–20 November 2017
| team1 = [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| team2 = [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 184 (65.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Amit Mishra]] 41 (79)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ram Dayal (cricketer)|Ram Dayal]] 5/57 (24.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 176 (54.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Ahmed Bandy]] 67 (81)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Ashish Hooda]] 3/38 (17 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 167 (86.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Rajat Paliwal]] 45 (144)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Ram Dayal (cricketer)|Ram Dayal]] 6/44 (27.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 157 (44.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Owais Shah (Indian cricketer)|Owais Shah]] 52[[not out|*]] (85)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Ajit Chahal]] 5/53 (19 overs)

| venue = [[Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium|CH Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium]], [[Rohtak]]
| toss = Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to field
| umpires = [[Jayaraman Madanagopal]] and [[Krishnaraj Srinath]]
| motm = [[Ajit Chahal]] (Haryana)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118677.html Scorecard]
| result = Haryana won by 18 runs
| notes =
}}
----
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 17–20 November 2017
| team1 = [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| team2 = [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 153 (50 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Tajinder Singh]] 45 (54)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Chintan Gaja]] 8/40 (15 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 601/4[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (155 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Parthiv Patel]] 173 (172)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Mahipal Lomror]] 1/95 (24 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 341 (107.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Robin Bist]] 81 (146)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Siddharth Desai]] 5/129 (39 overs)

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

| venue = [[Lalabhai Contractor Stadium]], [[Surat]]
| toss = Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Sadashiv Iyer]] and [[R. Sundar]]
| motm = [[Chintan Gaja]] (Gujarat)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118678.html Scorecard]
| result = Gujarat won by an innings and 107 run
| notes = [[Shubham Sharma (cricketer, born 1997)|Shubham Sharma]] (Rajasthan) made his first-class debut.
}}

===Round 7===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 25–28 November 2017
| team1 = [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| team2 = [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 208 (81.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Rajat Paliwal]] 46 (140)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Sandeep Warrier]] 4/50 (18 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 389 (129.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Rohan Prem]] 93 (314)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Ajit Chahal]] 5/90 (25.3 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 173 (78.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Amit Mishra]] 40 (79)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[M. D. Nidheesh]] 3/27 (19.3 overs)

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

| venue = [[Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium]], [[Rohtak]]
| toss = Haryana won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Kamlesh Sharma (umpire)|Kamlesh Sharma]] and [[Nitin Pandit]]
| motm = [[Jalaj Saxena]] (Kerala)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118688.html Scorecard]
| result = Kerala won by an innings and 8 runs
| notes =
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 25–28 November 2017
| team1 = [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| team2 = [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 411 (130.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Rujul Bhatt]] 145[[not out|*]] (224)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ashish Kumar (cricketer)|Ashish Kumar]] 4/118 (30.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 242 (86.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Kumar Deobrat]] 80 (149)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Kamlesh Thakor]] 3/43 (12 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 16/0 (1.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Priyank Panchal]] 12[[not out|*]] (4)
| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 = 183 (62) ([[follow-on|f/o]])
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Kumar Deobrat]] 53 (97)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Hardik Patel (cricketer)|Hardik Patel]] 4/9 (6 overs)

| venue = [[JSCA International Stadium Complex]], [[Ranchi]]
| toss = Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Ulhas Gandhe]] and [[Virender Sharma]]
| motm = [[Rujul Bhatt]] (Gujarat)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118689.html Scorecard]
| result = Gujarat won by 10 wickets
| notes = [[Kamlesh Thakor]] (Gujarat) made his first-class debut.
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 25–28 November 2017
| team1 = [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| team2 = [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 534 (143.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Avi Barot]] 130 (272)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Deepak Chahar]] 3/110 (31 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 275 (102.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Robin Bist]] 63 (148)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Dharmendrasinh Jadeja]] 3/42 (18 overs)

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

| score-team2-inns2 = 394/7 (101.2 overs) ([[follow-on|f/o]])
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Chetan Bist]] 109 (182)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Dharmendrasinh Jadeja]] 5/167 (38 overs)

| venue = [[Sawai Mansingh Stadium]], [[Jaipur]]
| toss = Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan]] and [[Jayaraman Madanagopal]]
| motm = [[Dharmendrasinh Jadeja]] (Saurashtra)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118690.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| notes =
}}

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