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{{short description|Cricket tournament}}
{{use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2021–22 Ranji Trophy Plate Group
| fromdate = 17 February
| todate = 26 June 2022
| 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 =
| champions =
| count =
| participants = 6
| matches =
| most runs =
| most wickets =
| website =
| previous_year = 2020–21
| previous_tournament = 2020–21 Ranji Trophy
| next_year =2022–23
| next_tournament =
}}
{{2021–22 Indian domestic cricket season}}
The '''2021–22 Ranji Trophy''' was the 87th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]], the premier [[first-class cricket]] tournament in India.<ref name=START1>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ranji-trophy-returns-after-gap-year-due-to-covid-19-as-bcci-announces-2021-22-domestic-calendar-1268528 |title=Ranji Trophy returns as BCCI announces full 2021-22 domestic season |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=3 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2021/news/154550/bcci-announces-india-s-domestic-season-for-2021-22 |title=BCCI announces India's domestic season for 2021-22 |work=The Board of Control for Cricket in India |access-date=3 July 2021}}</ref> It was contested by 38 teams, divided into eight elite groups, with six teams in Plate group .<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ranji-trophy-to-be-held-in-two-phases-between-february-10-and-june-26-1299725 |title=BCCI unveils two-phased plan for Ranji Trophy |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=3 February 2022}}</ref> All the Plate Group league matches took place in [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/ranji-trophy-first-phase-from-feb-10-knockouts-from-may-30-matches-reduced-for-teams-7755175/ |title=65 matches, 9 venues, 2 phases: Ranji Trophy after 22 months |work=The Indian Express |access-date=3 February 2022}}</ref> The tournament was announced by the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] (BCCI) on 3 July 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2021/news/154550/bcci-announces-india-s-domestic-season-for-2021-22|title=BCCI announces India's domestic season for 2021-22|work=Board of Control for Cricket in India|access-date=3 July 2021}}</ref>

In the opening round of fixtures, [[Sakibul Gani]] of [[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]] became the first player to score a triple century on their first-class debut, scoring 341 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/ranji-trophy-2022-sakibul-gani-bihar-world-record-341-mizoram-first-class-debut-1914800-2022-02-18 |title=Ranji Trophy 2022: Bihar batter Sakibul Gani scripts world record with a triple hundred on first-class debut |work=India Today |access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref> [[Nagaland cricket team|Nagaland]] won the Plate Group to progress to the [[2021–22 Ranji Trophy#Knockout stage|knockout stage]] of the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ranji-trophy-2021-22-sarfaraz-khan-century-puts-mumbai-in-quarter-finals-tamil-nadu-knocked-out-1303996 |title=Sarfaraz's century puts Mumbai in quarter-finals; Tamil Nadu knocked out |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=13 March 2022}}</ref>

==Points table==
{{2021–22 Ranji Trophy Plate Group}}

==Fixtures==
===Round 1===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 17–20 February 2022
| team1 = [[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| team2 = [[Mizoram cricket team|Mizoram]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 686/5[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (159.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Sakibul Gani]] 341 (405)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Iqbal Abdulla]] 2/136 (48 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 328 (122.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Taruwar Kohli]] 151 (289)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Sachin Kumar]] 4/67 (30.3 overs)

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

| score-team2-inns2 = 199/4 (60 overs) ([[follow-on|f/o]])
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Taruwar Kohli]] 101[[not out|*]] (161)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Abhijeet Saket]] 3/29 (9 overs)

| result = Match drawn
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280424.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Jadavpur University Campus Ground]], [[Kolkata]]
| umpires = Mohit Krishnadas and Rajesh Kannan
| motm = [[Sakibul Gani]] (Bihar)
| toss = Bihar won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Bipin Saurabh, Malay Raj, [[Sachin Kumar]], [[Sakibul Gani]] (Bihar), Joseph Lalthankhuma, Remruatdika Ralte and [[Vikash Kumar]] (Mizoram) all made their first-class debuts.
* [[Sakibul Gani]] (Bihar) became the first player to score a triple century on their first-class debut.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/ranji-trophy-bihar-s-sakibul-gani-creates-world-record-on-first-class-debut-with-incredible-triplecentury-101645178567811.html |title=Ranji Trophy: Bihar's Sakibul Gani creates world record on first-class debut with incredible triple-century |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref>
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 17–20 February 2022
| team1 = [[Sikkim cricket team|Sikkim]]
| team2 = [[Nagaland cricket team|Nagaland]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 302 (92.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Anwesh Sharma]] 87 (195)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Nagaho Chishi]] 5/51 (19.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 412 (114.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Chetan Bist]] 115 (172)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Palzor Tamang]] 5/33 (16 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 283 (82 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Sumit Singh (cricketer)|Sumit Singh]] 85 (91)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Shrikant Mundhe]] 3/46 (13 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 175/4 (40 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Shrikant Mundhe]] 59[[not out|*]] (96)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Lee Yong Lepcha]] 2/35 (5 overs)

| result = Nagaland won by 6 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280425.html Scorecard]
| venue = Videocon Academy Ground, [[Kolkata]]
| umpires = [[Bharati Vij]] and Somnath Jha
| motm = [[Chetan Bist]] (Nagaland)
| toss = Sikkim won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Ankur Malik, [[Anwesh Sharma]], Codanda Ajit Karthik, Kranthi Kumar, Rajiv Malay (Sikkim), [[Khrievitso Kense]] and Yugandhar Singh (Nagaland) all made their first-class debuts.
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 17–20 February 2022
| team1 = [[Arunachal Pradesh cricket team|Arunachal Pradesh]]
| team2 = [[Manipur cricket team|Manipur]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 119 (57 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Neelam Obi]] 61 (152)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Kishan Singha]] 4/11 (11 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 296 (96.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Al Bashid Muhammed]] 79 (159)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Akhilesh Sahani]] 3/76 (21 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 152 (53.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Akhilesh Sahani]] 50 (58)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Kangabam Singh]] 4/25 (15.3 overs)

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

| result = Manipur won by an innings and 25 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280426.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Calcutta Cricket and Football Club|CC & FC Ground]], [[Kolkata]]
| umpires = Manish Jain and Parashar Joshi
| motm = [[Al Bashid Muhammed]] (Manipur)
| toss = Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Johnson Singh]], [[Kishan Singha]] (Manipur), [[Manvan Patel]], [[Nazeeb Saiyed]] and [[Suraj Tayam]] (Arunachal Pradesh) all made their first-class debuts.
}}

===Round 2===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 24–27 February 2022
| team1 = [[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| team2 = [[Sikkim cricket team|Sikkim]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 431/9[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (115.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Sakibul Gani]] 98 (135)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Palzor Tamang]] 3/93 (23 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 673/8[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (168 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Kranthi Kumar (cricketer)|Kranthi Kumar]] 287 (390)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Abhijeet Saket]] 3/114 (23 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 263/3 (48.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Yashasvi Rishav]] 112[[not out|*]] (134)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Codanda Ajit Karthik 2/75 (12 overs)

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

| result = Match drawn
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280443.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Eden Gardens]], [[Kolkata]]
| umpires = Rajesh Kannan and Akshay Marathe
| motm = [[Kranthi Kumar (cricketer)|Kranthi Kumar]] (Sikkim)
| toss = Sikkim won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Abhinav Kumar (Bihar) made his first-class debut.
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 24–27 February 2022
| team1 = [[Arunachal Pradesh cricket team|Arunachal Pradesh]]
| team2 = [[Nagaland cricket team|Nagaland]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 216 (59 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Akhilesh Sahani]] 67 (73)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Rongsen Jonathan]] 4/69 (19 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 536/7[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (128 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Shrikant Mundhe]] 207 (302)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Yab Niya]] 3/127 (28 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 237 (92.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Kamsha Yangfo]] 74 (187)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Rongsen Jonathan]] 5/52 (25.1 overs)

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

| result = Nagaland won by an innings and 83 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280444.html Scorecard]
| venue = Videocon Academy Ground, [[Kolkata]]
| umpires = Ganesh Charhate and Mohit Krishnadas
| motm = [[Shrikant Mundhe]] (Nagaland)
| toss = Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Kumar Nyompu]] and [[Techi Kagung]] (Arunachal Pradesh) both made their first-class debuts.
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 24–27 February 2022
| team1 = [[Manipur cricket team|Manipur]]
| team2 = [[Mizoram cricket team|Mizoram]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 197 (66.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Nitesh Sedai]] 95 (139)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Taruwar Kohli]] 4/43 (15 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 127 (49.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Iqbal Abdulla]] 41 (71)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Kangabam Singh]] 3/24 (17 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 425/9[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (121.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Al Bashid Muhammed]] 150 (307)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Taruwar Kohli]] 4/65 (21 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 302/8 (104.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Uday Kaul]] 88[[not out|*]] (215)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Bishworjit Konthoujam]] 4/46 (21 overs)

| result = Match drawn
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280445.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Jadavpur University Campus Ground]], [[Kolkata]]
| umpires = Somnath Jha and [[Bharati Vij]]
| motm = [[Al Bashid Muhammed]] (Manipur)
| toss = Mizoram won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = B Lalnunfela (Mizoram) and [[Nitesh Sedai]] (Manipur) both made their first-class debuts.
}}

===Round 3===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 3–6 March 2022
| team1 = [[Arunachal Pradesh cricket team|Arunachal Pradesh]]
| team2 = [[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 196 (62.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Akhilesh Sahani]] 62 (76)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ashutosh Aman]] 4/51 (23.2 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 109 (36.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Sakibul Gani]] 38 (66)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Nabam Abo 6/32 (10.3 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 253 (91.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Rajesh Bishnoi]] 106 (200)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Ashutosh Aman]] 5/56 (33 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 325 (92.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Ashutosh Aman]] 75 (144)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Rajesh Bishnoi]] 5/103 (38 overs)

| result = Arunachal won by 15 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280462.html Scorecard]
| venue = Videocon Academy Ground, [[Kolkata]]
| umpires = Manish Jain and Pranav Joshi
| motm = [[Rajesh Bishnoi]] (Arunachal Pradesh)
| toss = Bihar won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Amit Sotiya, Banshidar Kumar, Govind Choudhary, Saurav Kumar, Shivam Singh, Vikrant Singh (Bihar), Nabam Abo and Teshi Tiku (Arunachal Pradesh) all made their first-class debuts.
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 3–6 March 2022
| team1 = [[Nagaland cricket team|Nagaland]]
| team2 = [[Mizoram cricket team|Mizoram]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 509 (137.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Shrikant Mundhe]] 123 (226)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Iqbal Abdulla]] 3/107 (43 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 95 (33.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Sumit Lama]] 33 (48)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Raja Swarnkar 5/17 (8 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 295/5[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (71 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Rongsen Jonathan]] 113 (150)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Sumit Lama]] 2/69 (16 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 261 (93.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Taruwar Kohli]] 151[[not out|*]] (251)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Imliwati Lemtur]] 4/49 (24 overs)

| result = Nagaland won by 448 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280463.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Eden Gardens]], [[Kolkata]]
| umpires = Rajesh Kannan and Akshay Marathe
| motm = Raja Swarnkar (Nagaland)
| toss = Mizoram won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Raja Swarnkar (Nagaland) made his first-class debut.
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 3–6 March 2022
| team1 = [[Sikkim cricket team|Sikkim]]
| team2 = [[Manipur cricket team|Manipur]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 462 (113.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Liyan Khan]] 179 (237)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Bishworjit Konthoujam]] 4/96 (20.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 324 (93 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Kangabam Singh]] 79 (134)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Tarun Sharma 4/58 (17 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 228/3 (60 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Codanda Ajit Karthik 104 (110)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Rex Rajkumar]] 2/51 (15 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 176 (72.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[L Kishan Singha]] 30 (80)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Sumit Singh 3/15 (15 overs)

| result = Sikkim won by 190 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280464.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Jadavpur University Campus Ground]], [[Kolkata]]
| umpires = Ganesh Charhate and Somnath Jha
| motm = [[Liyan Khan]] (Sikkim)
| toss = Manipur won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Tarun Sharma (Sikkim) made his first-class debut.
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy}}
{{Domestic cricket in 2021–22}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ranji Trophy, 2021-22}}
[[Category:2021 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:2022 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 2021–22]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]

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