The Ranji Trophy 2022 season will begin on February 16.

The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India. The Ranji trophy is played with multiple teams representing regional and state cricket associations.

The 2020-21 Ranji Trophy season was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ranji Trophy consists of 38 teams.

Due to Covid-related concerns and restrictions, the Ranji Trophy was postponed indefinitely in the last season as well. This year Ranji Trophy was scheduled to start on 13th January. However, it was postponed due to the outbreak of a new strain coronavirus in India named omicron.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will the Ranji Trophy between February 16 and March 5. Matches in the Elite Group are likely to be played in Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Chennai, and Cuttack. This time, eight groups of four teams will compete, with the six-team plate group matches to be played simultaneously

Bengal will play at Cuttack along with Hyderabad, Chandigarh, and Baroda. Ranji Trophy matches are also held in Kolkata, Guwahati, and Rajkot. While Tamil Nadu Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, and Delhi will play group matches in Ahmedabad.

In the previous meeting the BCCI secretary Jay Shan said that the Ranji Trophy would be held in two phases this season. All the matches of the league stage will play in the first phase. While the second phase will have knockout matches. The knockout matches will be held in June.

He also said that the structure grouping and venues of the Ranji Trophy 2022 will be conveyed soon to states associations.

The plan is to hold the league phase for one month, beginning in February and ending in March, and then to have the next phase in late June or early July. when the monsoon season will be at its peak in many parts of India.