The Ranji Trophy knockout stage will resume soon after the completion of IPL 2022.
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The knockout matches of the prestigious Ranji Trophy will be played after the completion of the Indian Premier League 2022. The league stage of the Ranji Trophy was completed before the start of the lucrative tournaments with eight state teams set to play in the knockout stage.
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The resumption of the Ranji Trophy season will see a few players joining their respective state teams from the IPL 2022 bio-bubble. It is reported that there will be no mandatory quarantine in place for the players featuring in the Ranji Trophy but bio-bubble will be maintained for the safety of the players and other support staff. Furthermore, the teams and the players will have to submit a negative RT-PCR report on their arrival to the venue.
Four teams — Bengal, Jharkhand, Mumbai, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh — will feature in the quarter-finals scheduled to be played from June 4 to 8. Bengal will take on Jharkhand in the first quarterfinal. Fourty-one-time Ranji champions Mumbai are up against Uttarakhand while Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh will square off in the third quarterfinal while Punjab and Madhya Pradesh will face-off in the fourth quarter-final. The semifinals are scheduled for June 12 to 16 while the summit clash will get underway from June 20.
Quarterfinals: June 4-8
First Quarterfinal: Bengal vs Jharkhand
Second Quarterfinal: Mumbai vs Uttarakhand
Third Quarterfinal: Karnataka vs Uttar Pradesh
Fourth Quarterfinal: Punjab vs Madhya Pradesh
Semifinals: June 12-16
Final: June 20-24.
