The Ranji Trophy 2024-25 knockouts begin on Saturday with the 4 quarter-finals. Here is a fast primer.
Fixtures
Jammu & Kashmir vs Kerala in Pune, from 9.30am IST
Vidarbha vs Tamil Nadu in Nagpur, from 9.30am IST
Haryana vs Mumbai in Kolkata, from 9am IST
Saurashtra vs Gujarat in Rajkot, from 9.30am IST
How they bought right here: J&Ok topped Elite Group A with 5 wins in seven video games, together with one over Mumbai, the 42-time and defending champions. Kerala, in the meantime, completed second behind Haryana – by only a level, however a vastly superior web run-rate – in Elite Group C.
J&Ok
Shubham khajuria – 663 runs in 12 innings at a median of 55.25 with a prime rating of 255
Auqib Prophet – 38 wickets in 13 innings at a median of 13.44 with a better of 6 for 54
Salman Nizar – 399 runs in eight innings at a median of 66.50 with a prime rating of 150
Jalaj Saxena – 33 wickets in 11 innings at a median of 14.81 with a better of 6 for 41
Control… The three J&Ok quicks, Auqib Nabi, Yudhvir Singh and Umar Nazir
How they bought right here: Vidarbha was the standout crew within the group stage, scoring 40 factors – 5 away from the subsequent finest, J&Ok – with six wins in seven video games in Elite Group B. The one which bought away was Gujarat, however that too might have gone their means with a bit extra time. Tamil Nadu have the bonus factors system to thank for his or her place within the knockouts. They received three of their seven video games in Elite Group D, the identical as group-toppers Saurashtra, however third-placed Chandigarh truly received 4 video games. That mentioned, Tamil Nadu misplaced only one recreation, whereas Chandigarh misplaced three.
Vidarbha
Yash rathod – 603 runs in 12 innings at a median of fifty.25 with a prime rating of 135
Akshay wadkar – 556 runs in 12 innings at a median of 55.60 with a prime rating of 139
Harsh Dubey – 55 wickets in 14 innings at a median of 14.50 with a better of 6 for 36 (he’s the highest wicket-taker within the competitors to this point, 17 forward of second-placed Nabi)
N jagadeesan – 634 runs in 11 innings at a median of 63.40 with a prime rating of 118 not out
C Andre Siddarth – 532 runs in ten innings at a median of 76.00 with a prime rating of 106
Vijay Shankar – 449 runs in 9 innings at a median of 64.14 with a prime rating of 150 not out
S Ajith Ram – 31 wickets in 9 innings at a median of 17.12 with a better of 5 for 34
How they bought right here: Haryana did nearly sufficient to prime Elite Group C, with 29 factors to second-placed Kerala’s 28, each groups profitable three and drawing 4. Mumbai, for some time, regarded like they may not make the knockouts, however they’d a celebration towards Meghalaya of their last recreation, profitable by an innings and 456 runs, to get previous Baroda, who misplaced their final recreation to J&Ok.
Haryana
Himanshu Rana – 424 runs from 11 innings at a median of 42.40 with a prime rating of 114
Ankit Kumar – 427 runs from 12 innings at a median of 38.81 with a prime rating of 118
Anshul kamboj – 29 wickets in ten innings at a median of 11.75 with a better of 10 for 49
Siddhesh lad – 518 runs from eight innings at a median of 86.33 with a prime rating of 169 not out
Ayush mhatre – 413 runs from ten innings at a median of 41.30 with a prime rating of 176; Shardul Thakur – 381 runs from eight innings at a median of 47.62 with a prime rating of 119 and 24 wickets in 14 innings at a median of 23.95 with a better of 4 for 43
Shams mulani – 34 wickets in 14 innings at a median of 23.00 with a better of 6 for 115
Control… Shardul Thakur – he might effectively be within the fray when India play Check cricket subsequent, in England in June
How they bought right here: Saurashtra topped Elite Group D narrowly after the highest three – Tamil Nadu and Chandigarh – have been tied on factors, whereas Gujarat completed a distant second to Vidarbha in Elite Group B after profitable 4 and drawing three.
Saurashtra
Harvik Desai – 511 runs in ten innings at a median of 56.77 with a prime rating of 155
Chirag Jani – 486 runs in ten innings at a median of 54.00 with a prime rating of 198
Dharmendrasinh jadeja – 35 wickets in 12 innings at a median of 20.40 with a better of 6 for 51
Have a hings – 487 runs in 11 innings at a median of 44.27 with a prime rating of 181
Siddharth Desai – 33 wickets in 12 innings at a median of 23.06 with a better of 9. For 36
How one can observe
All of the 4 video games are going to be streamed on Jiocinema. You may get all the most recent updates on Sponne as common, too. However in case you are in Pune, Nagpur, Kolkata or Rajkot, why not hop throughout and watch it reside, at the least over the weekend?
