Pune to host Ranji final starting February 24

Bengal-practiceNew Delhi , December 30 : Pune’s Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium will be hosting the Ranji Trophy final from February 24 to 28, 2016. The quarterfinals are scheduled to take place  at Vizag, Valsad, Mumbai and Bengaluru respectively. The eight teams qualified from the group stage will now lock horns to earn a semifinal berth.

Bengal will face Madhya Pradesh at Mumbai , Jharkhand will meet Mumbai in Bengaluru ,Vidarbha will clash with Saurashtra in Vizag and Assam will take on Punjab in Valsad . All the quarterfinals will be played from January 03-07 .Vadodara and Cuttack will host the semifinals. The semis will be played from February 13-17 with winner of the first quarters taking on the winner of second encounter in Baroda.The second clash will take place at Driems Ground , Cuttack .

Vidarbha, Bengal and Assam qualified from Group A. From Group B Mumbai, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh qualified while  Sourashtra and Jharkhand qualified from  Group C .