Why are 2 finals happening in Ranji trophy? How is the format different from other tournaments, how can Bihar benefit


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Ranji Trophy 2022-23 season in last round
Why would two champions meet in Ranji Trophy?
Plate group final being played between Bihar and Manipur

New Delhi. Ranji Trophy 2022-23 season has now moved towards its last stop. This time not one, but 2 finals will be played in Ranji Trophy. One elite and the other plate group. The final of the elite group will be held on February 16. At the same time, the title match of the plate group has started between Bihar and Manipur at Moinul Haq Stadium in Patna from Wednesday. Actually, BCCI has divided the Ranji Trophy into two parts for the 2022-23 season with the intention of improving the level of its first class cricket. One elite and the other plate. The current season of Ranji Trophy has started from 13 December. At the same time, the last round matches are being played in the elite group. The knock out round will start from 31st January. Before this, the last round matches are being played in the elite group.

Last year, due to Corona, the Ranji Trophy was held in two parts. The first phase was played before the IPL and the second round after it. This has not happened this time. There is no cut in the number of Ranji Trophy matches this season. There will be separate matches between the Plate and Elite Group teams and there will be two finals. For this reason, this time two teams will become Ranji champions.

Bihar in the final of plate group for the first time
Please tell that for the first time the Bihar team has reached the final of the plate group. In such a situation, he has a chance to create history by winning the final at home. In the semi-finals of the plate group, Bihar defeated Meghalaya while Manipur defeated Sikkim by two wickets to secure a place in the final. This season, Bihar and Manipur have clashed once before in the plate group of Ranji Trophy. Then the match was a draw.

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Bihar will play in elite group from next season
In the year 2018, after the bifurcation of Jharkhand, Bihar got the recognition to play in Ranji Trophy. Since then Bihar has been playing in the plate group of Ranji Trophy. In this season, Bihar not only made it to the finals of the plate group by performing better, but also got the eligibility to play in the elite group from the next season. In the last season of Ranji Trophy also matches were played under elite and plate group. But, there has been a change in this season.

Why 2 finals in Ranji Trophy this time?
Before this season of Ranji Trophy, all 38 teams used to fight for the same trophy. But, we will get two Ranji Trophy winners in the 2022-23 domestic season. The BCCI has done this keeping in mind the competition in domestic cricket and keeping in mind the equal competition.

In the Corona-affected last season, Jharkhand scored 1008 runs in the pre-quarterfinals against Plate Group toppers Nagaland. This was the biggest score of any team in first cricket. Whereas, Mumbai defeated Uttarakhand by a margin of 725 runs. In such a situation, there should not be such one-sided competition in the knock out stage. For this reason, all the teams have been divided into Plate and Elite two groups. In the knock out stage, the teams of the Plate Group will not compete with the Elite Group. This will reduce the chances of one-sided matches and will increase the excitement of the tournament.

How is the format this time?
Under the new format of Ranji Trophy, 32 elite teams have been divided into 4 groups of 8 each. Every team has played equal number of matches at home and away. This season, each team in the Elite Group has played 7 matches in the league stage. Top-2 teams from each elite group will qualify for the quarter-finals. Whereas, in the plate group, 6 teams faced each other once and the top 4 teams reached the knock out stage and now the final is being played between Bihar and Manipur. At the same time, the bottom two teams will fight for the 5th and 6th places. The losing teams in the semi-finals will play for the fourth and fifth places. In this way, all the teams will play 7 matches in the league stage equal to the teams of the elite group.

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What has changed in the format of Ranji Trophy?
Till now it used to happen in Ranji Trophy that the top team in the plate group used to face the elite group team in the pre-quarterfinals of Ranji Trophy. But, this will not happen in this season. 2 finalists of plate group will be promoted to elite group for 2023-24 season. That is, Bihar and Manipur, playing the final of the plate group, will play in the elite group in the 2023-24 season of Ranji Trophy. While the bottom 2-2 teams in all the four elite groups will be relegated on the basis of points. That means they will be out of the elite group.

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