2018–19 Ranji Trophy Group C Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
2018-19 Ranji Trophy Group C The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners
Dates 1 November 2018 (2018-11-01 ) – 10 January 2019 (2019-01-10 ) Administrator(s) BCCI Cricket format First-class cricket Tournament format(s) Round-robin Host(s) India Participants 10 Matches 36
The 2018–19 Ranji Trophy was the 85th season of the Ranji Trophy , the first-class cricket tournament that took place in India. It was contested by 37 teams, divided into four groups, with ten teams in Group C.[ 1] [ 1] quarter-finals of the competition.[ 2]
On 2 January 2019, Rajasthan became the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals, after they beat Goa by ten wickets.[ 3] Goa were relegated from Group C to the Plate Group for the next season.[ 4] Uttar Pradesh qualified from Group C for the quarter-finals.[ 5]
Points table
Top two teams advanced to the knockout stage and are promoted to the Elite Groups A and B for the next season. Bottom ranked team is relegated to the Plate Group for the next season.
Fixtures
Round 1
Services won the toss and elected to field.
Ninad Kadam (Tripura) made his first-class debut.
Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to field.
Fazil Rashid (Jammu & Kashmir) made his first-class debut.Mohammed Mudhasir (Jammu & Kashmir) took a hat-trick and four wickets in four balls.[ 7] Robin Bist (Rajasthan) scored his 6,000th run in first-class cricket.[ 8]
Round 2
Services won the toss and elected to bat.
Akash Sharma (Services) made his first-class debut.This was the third-highest successful run-chase in the history of the Ranji Trophy.[ 9]
Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to field.
Haryana won the toss and elected to bat.
Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
Tripura won the toss and elected to field.
Subham Ghosh (Tripura) made his first-class debut.
Round 3
Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.
Alok Sharma (Jharkhand) made his first-class debut.
Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
Romario Sharma (Assam) made his first-class debut.Rajesh Mohanty (Odisha) took his maiden ten-wicket match haul in first-class cricket.[ 10]
Services won the toss and elected to bat.
Tripura won the toss and elected to bat.
This was the first cricket match to be played in Jammu and Kashmir since December 2015.[ 11]
Round 4
Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to bat.
Haryana won the toss and elected to field.
Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
Round 5
Goa won the toss and elected to field.
Mohammad Asaduddin (Goa) made his first-class debut.
Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
Aakash Choudhary (Jammu & Kashmir) made his first-class debut.
Haryana won the toss and elected to bat.
Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
This was the narrowest margin of victory, by runs, in this edition of the Ranji Trophy.[ 12]
Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
Jitumoni Kalita (Assam) made his first-class debut.
Round 6
Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
Tripura won the toss and elected to bat.
Joydeep Banik (Tripura) and Rajashekhar Harikant (Goa) both made their first-class debuts.Pratyush Singh (Tripura) scored his maiden century in first-class debut.[ 13] This was the first time that Tripura had won a match by 10 wickets and the first time they had earned a bonus point in the Ranji Trophy.[ 14]
Services won the toss and elected to field.
Haryana won the toss and elected to field.
Ankit Kumar and Ravi Balhara (Haryana) both made their first-class debuts.
Round 7
Goa won the toss and elected to field.
Biplab Saikia (Assam) made his first-class debut.Lakshay Garg (Goa) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[ 15]
Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
Priyam Garg (Uttar Pradesh) scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket.[ 16] This was the largest winning margin by runs in this edition of the Ranji Trophy.[ 17]
Services won the toss and elected to field.
Roshan Raj (Services) made his first-class debut.Utkarsh Singh (Services) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[ 18]
Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to bat.
Qamran Iqbal (Jammu & Kashmir) made his first-class debut.
Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
Round 8
Odisha won the toss and elected to bat.
Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
Saurabh Kumar took the second-best match figures for a bowler for Uttar Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy with 14 for 65.[ 19]
Goa won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 9
Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to bat.
No play was possible on day 1 due to rain.
Suryansh Raina and Govind Sharma (Jammu & Kashmir) both made their first-class debuts.
Tripura won the toss and elected to bat.
Tripura's first innings total of 35 was their lowest in first-class cricket.[ 21]
Goa won the toss and elected to field.
Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
Haryana won the toss and elected to field.
Tinu Kundu (Haryana) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[ 22]
References
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