2019–20 Ranji Trophy Group A Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
2019–20 Ranji Trophy Group A The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners
Dates 9 December 2019 (2019-12-09 ) – 15 February 2020 (2020-02-15 ) Administrator(s) BCCI Cricket format First-class cricket Tournament format(s) Round-robin Host(s) India Participants 9
The 2019–20 Ranji Trophy was the 86th season of the Ranji Trophy , the first-class cricket tournament that took place in India.[ 1] It was contested by 38 teams, divided into four groups, with nine teams in Group A.[ 2] The group stage ran from 9 December 2019 to 15 February 2020.[ 2] The top five teams across Group A and Group B progressed to the quarter-finals of the competition.[ 3]
Ahead of the final round of group stage matches, Gujarat and Andhra had qualified for the quarter-finals from Group A.[ 4] Bengal were the third and final team from Group A to progress, after beating Punjab by 48 runs in their final match.[ 5] Kerala and Hyderabad finished in the last two places across groups A and B and were relegated for the next season.[ 6] [ 7]
Points table
Top five teams across Groups A and B advance to the knockout stage .
Bottom two teams across Groups A and B relegated to the Elite Group C for the next season.
Fixtures
Round 1
Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
KM Asif (Kerala) and Tejas Baroka (Delhi) both made their first-class debuts.
Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
Wasim Jaffer (Vidarbha) became the first cricketer to play in 150 matches in the Ranji Trophy.[ 8] [ 9]
Gujarat won the toss and elected to field.
Shashidhar Reddy (Hyderabad) made his first-class debut.
Round 2
Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat.
Rajat Choudhary (Rajasthan) made his first-class debut.
Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
Sudhesan Midhun (Kerala) made his first-class debut.
Round 3
Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
No play was possible on day 2.
Arshdeep Singh (Punjab) made his first-class debut.
Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
Akash Deep (Bengal) made his first-class debut.
Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
Chaitanya Reddy (Hyderabad) made his first-class debut.
Round 4
Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
Yash Kothari (Rajasthan) made his first-class debut.
Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
No play was possible on day 1.
Ritwik Roy Chowdhury (Bengal) and Tejas Patel (Gujarat) both made their first-class debuts.
Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 5
Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
Rohan Marwaha (Punjab) made his first-class debut.
Gujarat won the toss and elected to bat.
Aditya Garhwal (Rajasthan) made his first-class debut.
Bengal won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 6
Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
Round 7
Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
Nilkantha Das (Bengal) made his first-class debut.
Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat.
Aniruddha Choudhari (Vidarbha) made his first-class debut.
Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 8
Gujarat won the toss and elected to field.
Siddhant Sharma (Delhi) made his first-class debut.
Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
Arafat Khan (Rajasthan) made his first-class debut.
Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
No play was possible on day 3.
Round 9
Andhra won the toss and elected to bat.
Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
Ramnivas Golada (Rajasthan) made his first-class debut.
References
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