The Hindu : Ranji season starts on November 7

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Monday, Jul 21, 2003

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Ranji season starts on November 7

Mumbai July 20. Reigning champion Mumbai will take on Baroda at the Wankhede Stadium while Delhi play Uttar Pradesh at home in the first round Ranji Trophy (Elite) cricket four-day league openers from November 7-10.

Eight teams in Group A and seven teams in Group B will vie for top honours in the Elite Group while six teams each from two groups will fight it out in the Plate Group scheduled to start from November 23-26, according to the Indian Cricket Board's domestic calendar released here.

Prof D.B. Deodhar Trophy one-day tournament for zonal teams will be played at different venues in East Zone from January 15 to 31, 2004 while the Ranji Trophy limited overs tournament (one team from each zone) will also be held in East from February 5 to 11.

The four-day Duleep Trophy (inter-zone) league cum knock-out tournament will be held at different venues in North Zone from February 14 to March 9 while Challenger Series for the N.K.P. Salve Trophy (Sept. 10-14) and the five-day Irani Trophy (Sept. 18 to 22) tie between Mumbai and the Rest of India will be held at Bangalore and Chennai respectively.

The calendar:

Challenger Trophy (Bangalore): Sept 10: India Senior vs India `A'. Sept 11: India Senior vs India `B'. Sept 13: India `A' vs India `B'. Sept 14: Final.

Irani Trophy (Chennai): Sept 18-22: Five-day match Mumbai and Rest of India..

Ranji Trophy (1st round) Group A: Nov 7-10: Mumbai vs Baroda at Mumbai, Andhra vs Railways at Delhi, Kerala vs Punjab at Kerala, Delhi vs UP at Delhi. Group B: TN vs Karnataka at Bangalore, Bengal vs Rajasthan at Jaipur, Gujarat vs Hyderabad at Ahmedabad.

2nd round (Group A): Nov 15-18 Mumbai vs Delhi at Delhi, Baroda vs Andhra at Vadodara, Railways vs Kerala at Kerala, Punjab vs UP at Kanpur. Group B: TN vs Rajasthan at Jaipur, Karnataka vs Bengal at Bangalore, Assam vs Gujarat at Guwahati.

3rd round Group B: Nov 23-26: TN vs Bengal at Chennai, Karnataka vs Rajasthan at Jaipur, Hyderabad vs Assam at Guwahati. Group A: Mumbai vs UP at Kanpur, Baroda vs Punjab at Vadodra, Andhra vs Kerala at Kerala, Railway vs Delhi at Delhi.

4th round Group A: Dec 1-4: Mumbai vs Andhra at Andhra, Baroda vs Kerala at Vadodara, Railways vs UP at Kanpur, Punjab vs Delhi at Punjab. Group B: TN vs Gujarat at Ahmedabad, Karnataka vs Hyderabad at Hyderabad, Bengal vs Assam at Kolkata.

5th round Group B: Dec 9-12: TN vs Assam at Chennai, Bengal vs Hyderabad at Kolkata, Gujarat vs Rajasthan at Rajasthan. Group A: Mumbai vs Kerala at Mumbai, Baroda vs Delhi at Vadodara, Andhra vs UP at Kanpur, Railways vs Punjab at Delhi.

6th round Group A: Dec 17-20: Mumbai vs Railways at Mumbai, Baroda vs UP at Vadodara, Andhra vs Punjab at Punjab, Kerala vs Delhi at Delhi. Group B: TN vs Hyderabad at Hyderabad, Karnataka vs Gujarat at Ahmedabad, Rajasthan vs Assam at Guwahati.

7th round Group B: Dec 25-28: Karnataka vs Assam at Bangalore, Bengal vs Gujarat at Ahmedabad, Rajasthan vs Hyderabad at Hyderabad. Group A: Mumbai vs Punjab at Punjab, Baroda vs Railway at Vadodara, Andhra vs Delhi at Andhra, Kerala vs UP at Kerala.

Plate Group: 1st round Group A: Nov 23-26: Tripura vs Vidarbha at Tripura, Madhya Pradesh (MP) vs Bihar at Jamshedpur, Jammu and Kashmir (J & K) vs Haryana. Group B: Saurashtra vs Maharashtra at Rajkot, Himachal Pradesh (HP) vs Sevices at services venue, Goa vs Orissa at Cuttack.

2nd round Group A: Dec 1-4: Tripura vs Haryana, Vidarbha vs MP, Bihar vs J & K. Group B: Saurashtra vs HP, Services vs Goa at Goa, Orissa vs Maharashtra.

3rd round Group A: Dec 9-12: Tripura vs J & K at J & K, Vidarbha vs Bihar at Nagpur, MP vs Haryana at MP. Group B: Saurashtra vs Services at SSCB, HP vs Orissa at Cuttack, Goa vs Maharashtra at Pune.

4th round Group A: Dec 17-20: Tripura vs MP at Indore, J & K vs Vidarbha at Nagpur, Bihar vs Haryana at Jamshedpur. Group B: Saurashtra vs Orissa at Cuttack, HP vs Goa at HP, Services vs Maharashtra at Pune.

5th round Group A: Dec 25-28: Tripura vs Bihar at Jamshedpur Vidarbha vs Haryana at Haryana, MP vs J & K at J & K. Group B: Goa vs Saurashtra at Goa, HP vs Maharashtra at Pune, Services vs Orissa at SSCB.

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