Madhya Pradesh becomes winner of Ranji Trophy, 2022 | 27 Jun 2022

Why In News?

• On June 26, 2022, Madhya Pradesh won their maiden Ranji Trophy title by defeating Mumbai by six wickets in the final at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

Key Point

• Madhya Pradesh last played a Ranji Trophy final in 1988-1989 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
• Madhya Pradesh's Shubham Sharma was adjudged 'Man of the Match' in the final for scoring 116 in the first innings and 30 in the second innings of the final, while Mumbai's Sarfaraz Khan, who scored 982 runs in the entire tournament, was adjudged the 'Man of the Tournament'.
• The captain of the Madhya Pradesh team in the Ranji Trophy was Aditya Srivastava, who with this victory became the first captain of Madhya Pradesh to win the Ranji Trophy.
• At the same time, Chandrakant Pandit is the coach of Madhya Pradesh, who led Madhya Pradesh to the Ranji Trophy in 1988-1989. This is his sixth Ranji title as coach.