Except one, the names of the teams for the quarter-finals of Ranji Trophy 2021-22 have been decided. The name of the last-8 team will be decided from the pre-quarterfinals to be played between Jharkhand and Nagaland from 12-16 at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. However, if we look at the records of Ranji Trophy matches so far, only one team reached the quarter-finals in the list of teams with the highest scores.
In this case, the team of Bihar is on top. Not only this, Bihar is also at number one in terms of largest partnership. However, Bihar is already out of the race for the quarterfinals. In the Ranji Trophy 2021-22, 57 matches were played in the group stage. During this, Bihar made the record of highest total (highest score) in a match.
Bihar declared its innings on 17 February 2022 by scoring 686 for 5 in 159.4 overs in the match against Mizoram. This is the highest score by a team so far this season of the tournament. The team of Sikkim is at number two. Sikkim declared the innings on 24 February 2022 in the match against Bihar, scoring 673 for 8 in 168 overs. The special thing is that both these matches were played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Madhya Pradesh is at number three, Vidarbha is at number four and Haryana is at number five. Madhya Pradesh declared the innings on March 3, 2022 in the match against Kerala, scoring 585 for 9 in 204.3 overs. Vidarbha declared the innings on 24 February 2022 in the match against Maharashtra, scoring 570 for 5 in 166 overs. Haryana had scored 556 runs in 155.3 overs in the match against Tripura on 17 February 2022.
Ranji Trophy 2021-22 Talking about the largest partnership, this record is in the name of Sakibul Gani and Babul Kumar of Bihar. Sakibul and Babul shared a 538-run partnership for the fourth wicket in the match against Mizoram on 17 February 2022. In this case, Ganesh Satish and Akshay Wadkar of Vidarbha are at number two.
Ganesh Satish and Akshay Wadkar shared 288 runs for the fourth wicket in the match against Maharashtra on 24 February 2022. However, this season The record for the highest partnership for the first wicket is held by Yash Dhull and Dhruv Shorey of Delhi. The two had a partnership of 246 runs for the first wicket in the match against Chhattisgarh on 3 March 2022.