-Vinay Kumar
Except for one team, the names of the teams in the quarter-finals of ‘Ranji Trophy 2021-22’ have been finalised. The name of the last-8 team will be final from the pre-quarterfinals to be played between Jharkhand and Nagaland (Jharkhand vs Nagaland Pre-Quarterfinal) from March 12 to 16 at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. If we look at the records of the matches played so far in the Ranji Trophy of the latest season, then only one team has made it to the quarter finals of this fresh season in the list of highest scorer.
Bihar is on top in this matter. Bihar is also on top in terms of highest partnership in batting. However, the Bihar team is already out of the race for the quarter-finals. Remind you that, in Ranji Trophy 2021-22, 57 matches were played in the group stage. During this, the record of making the highest score in a match was held in the name of Bihar.
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On 17 February 2022, the Bihar team declared its innings by scoring 686 runs in 159.4 overs at the loss of 5 wickets in the match against Mizoram (Mizoram vs Bihar Ranji Trophy 2021-22). This is the highest score so far in this latest season of the tournament. Sikkim is on the second position. The team of Sikkim had declared the innings by scoring 673 runs in 168 overs losing 8 wickets in their match against Bihar (Bihar vs Sikkim) on 24 February 2022. Both these historic matches were played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata.
Madhya Pradesh is third, Vidarbha fourth and Haryana fifth in terms of scoring the highest. Madhya Pradesh declared the innings by scoring 585 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 204.3 overs in the match played against Kerala (Kerala vs Madhya Pradesh) on March 3, 2022. Vidarbha declared the innings by scoring 570 for 5 in 166 overs in the match against Maharashtra (Maharashtra vs Vidarbha) on 24 February 2022. Haryana had scored 556 runs in 155.3 overs in the match played against Tripura on 17 February 2022.
Talking about the biggest partnership of Ranji Trophy 2021-22, this record is in the name of Sakibul Gani and Babul Kumar of Bihar (Sakibul Gani and Babul Kumar Ranji Trophy 2021-22). Sakibul and Babul had a partnership of 538 runs for the fourth wicket in the match played against Mizoram (Mizoram vs Bihar) on 17 February 2022. In this case, Ganesh Satish and Akshay Wadkar of Vidarbha are on the second position.
Ganesh Satish and Akshay Wadkar shared a great partnership of 288 runs for the fourth wicket in the match played against Maharashtra on 24 February 2022 (Maharashtra vs Vidarbha Ranji Trophy 2021-22). The record for the highest partnership for the first wicket in this recent season is still held by Yash Dhull and Dhruv Shoray of Delhi. The pair of these two had a partnership of 246 runs for the first wicket in the match played against Chhattisgarh (Chhattisgarh vs Delhi) on 3 March 2022.