2016–17 Indian cricket season explained

Tourney Name:	Indian Cricket Season
Year:	2016-17
Tournament2:	Ranji Trophy
Champions2:	Gujarat
Runnersup2:	Mumbai
Tournament3:	Vijay Hazare Trophy
Champions3:	Tamil Nadu
Runnersup3:	Bengal
Tournament4:	Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (Inter-Zonal)
Champions4:	East Zone
Runnersup4:	Central Zone
Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18

The 2016–17 Indian cricket season was the 124th cricket season since the commencement of first-class cricket in India. The season started early in September 2016 and lasted up to March 2017. The season included tours from New Zealand, England, West Indies women, England U-19, Bangladesh and Australia. India also played host to a bilateral series between Afghanistan and Ireland.^[1]

International tours
Start date	Against	Results [Matches]
Start date	Against	Test	ODI	T20I
16 September 2016	New Zealand	3-0 [3]	3-2 [5]	—
9 November 2016	England	4-0 [5]	2-1 [3]	2-1 [3]
10 November 2016	West Indies women	—	3-0 [3]	0-3 [3]
28 January 2017	England U-19	0-0 [2]	3-1 [5]	—
5 February 2017	Bangladesh	1-0 [1]	—	—
17 February 2017	Australia	2-1 [4]	—	—
Neutral venue matches
Start date	Against	Results [Matches]
Start date	Against	F/C	ODI	T20I
8 March 2017	Afghanistan vs Ireland	1-0 [1]	3-2 [5]	3-0 [3]

Squads

Men's Squad

Following 34 cricketers, listed alphabetically, featured in at-least 1 match among the 24 international matches played in India during the season.

!Player!Mat!Role!Format!Runs!HS!Bat Av!100!Wkts!BBI!Bowl Av!5!Ct!St
R Ashwin	16	All-rounder	Test, ODI	480	72	26.66	0	85	7/59	26.60	7	7	0
JJ Bumrah	10	Bowler	ODI, T20I	0	0*	0.00	0	16	3/14	26.25	0	3	0
YS Chahal	3	Bowler	T20I	-	-	-	-	8	6/25	10.62	1	0	0
S Dhawan	3	Batsman	Test, ODI	30	17	7.50	0	-	-	-	-	1	0
MS Dhoni (C)	11	Wicket-keeper	ODI, T20I	454	134	45.40	1	-	-	-	-	9	6
G Gambhir	2	Batsman	Test	108	50	27.00	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
RA Jadeja	16	All-rounder	Test, ODI	595	90	39.66	0	75	7/48	23.70	4	12	0
KM Jadhav	8	All-rounder	ODI	322	120	64.40	1	6	3/29	23.50	0	3	0
V Kohli (C)	23	Batsman	Test, ODI, T20I	1847	235	65.96	6	-	-	-	-	18	0
Kuldeep Yadav	1	Bowler	Test	7	7	7.00	0	4	4/68	22.75	0	1	0
DS Kulkarni	1	Bowler	ODI	25	25*	-	0	1	1/59	59.00	0	0	0
B Kumar	6	Bowler	Test, ODI	37	23	9.25	0	11	5/48	35.45	1	1	0
A Mishra	9	Bowler	Test, ODI, T20I	15	14	3.75	0	22	5/18	24.45	1	2	0
Mohammed Shami	6	Bowler	Test	50	19	12.50	0	18	3/46	27.50	0	2	0
A Mukund	1	Batsman	Test	16	16	8.00	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
KK Nair	6	Batsman	Test	374	303*	62.33	1	0	-	-	0	6	0
A Nehra	3	Bowler	T20I	-	-	-	-	3	3/28	27.66	0	0	0
MK Pandey	7	Batsman	ODI, T20I	109	30	18.16	0	-	-	-	-	1	0
HH Pandya	10	All-rounder	ODI, T20I	182	56	30.33	0	9	3/31	36.11	0	4	0
RR Pant	1	Batsman	T20I	5	5*	-	0	-	-	-	-	1	0
Parvez Rasool	1	Bowler	T20I	5	5	5.00	0	1	1/32	32.00	0	0	0
AR Patel	5	Bowler	ODI	79	38	26.33	0	4	2/9	46.50	0	1	0
PA Patel	3	Wicket-keeper	Test	195	71	65.00	0	-	-	-	-	11	2
CA Pujara	13	Batsman	Test	1316	202	62.66	4	-	-	-	-	8	0
AM Rahane (C)	17	Batsman	Test, ODI	862	188	35.91	1	-	-	-	-	19	0
KL Rahul	15	Batsman	Test, ODI, T20I	833	199	41.65	1	-	-	-	-	7	0
SK Raina	3	All-rounder	T20I	104	63	34.66	0	0	-	-	0	4	0
WP Saha	10	Wicket-keeper	Test	441	117	44.10	2	-	-	-	-	25	1
I Sharma	5	Bowler	Test	8	6	2.66	0	9	2/40	41.88	0	1	0
RG Sharma	8	Batsman	Test, ODI	361	82	45.12	0	0	-	-	0	5	0
M Vijay	12	Batsman	Test	771	136	36.71	3	0	-	-	0	12	0
J Yadav	5	Bowler	Test, ODI	229	104	45.80	1	12	3/30	31.25	0	2	0
UT Yadav	18	Bowler	Test, ODI	95	18*	10.55	0	39	4/32	35.94	0	10	0
Yuvraj Singh	6	All-rounder	ODI, T20I	253	150	42.16	1	0	-	-	0	0	0

Women's squad

!Player!Mat!Runs!HS!100!Wkts!BBI!5!Ct!St
E Bisht	6	-	-	-	7	3/14	0	2	0
RS Gayakwad	3	-	-	-	9	4/21	0	0	0
J Goswami	6	32	18	0	3	2/28	0	2	0
MDT Kamini	1	2	2	0	-	-	-	0	0
H Kaur	6	197	68*	0	1	1/16	0	2	0
V Krishnamurthy	6	217	71	0	-	-	-	0	0
S Mandhana	6	77	44	0	-	-	-	0	0
MR Meshram	1	2	2	0	-	-	-	0	0
S Meghana	2	36	19	0	-	-	-	2	0
S Pandey	3	5	5	0	7	3/31	0	0	0
SK Parida	1	-	-	-	0	-	0	0	0
AA Patil	3	0	0*	0	0	-	0	1	0
Poonam Yadav	2	-	-	-	2	2/25	0	0	0
NM Parween	3	1	1	0	-	-	-	1	1
Preeti Bose	2	2	2*	0	1	1/20	0	0	0
M Raj	3	106	46*	0	-	-	-	0	0
DB Sharma	4	95	32	0	2	1/27	0	0	0
DP Vaidya	1	32	32*	0	1	1/20	0	0	0
VR Vanitha	2	3	3	0	-	-	-	1	0
S Verma	3	4	4*	0	-	-	-	2	0

September

New Zealand in India

See main article: New Zealand cricket team in India in 2016–17.

Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 2221	22–26 September				by 197 runs
Test 2222	30 September–4 October				by 178 runs
Test 2223	8–12 October				by 321 runs
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3796	16 October				by 6 wickets
ODI 3797	20 October				by 6 runs
ODI 3798	23 October				by 7 wickets
ODI 3799	26 October				by 19 runs
ODI 3800	29 October				by 190 runs

November

England in India

See main article: English cricket team in India in 2016–17.

2016 Anthony De Mello Trophy – Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 2232	9–13 November				Match drawn
Test 2235	17–21 November				by 246 runs
Test 2238	26–30 November				by 8 wickets
Test 2239	8–12 December				by an innings and 36 runs
Test 2241	16–20 December				by an innings and 75 runs
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3819	15 January				by 3 wickets
ODI 3821	19 January				by 15 runs
ODI 3823	22 January				by 5 runs
T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 592	26 January				by 7 wickets
T20I 593	29 January				by 5 runs
T20I 594	1 February				by 75 runs

Tour Match
Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
10 January	India A	MS Dhoni	England XI	Eoin Morgan		England XI won by 3 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
12 January	India A	Ajinkya Rahane	England XI	Eoin Morgan		India A won by 6 wickets (with 62 balls remaining)

West Indies Women in India

See main article: West Indies women's cricket team in India in 2016–17.

WODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WODI 1010	10 November				by 6 wickets
WODI 1014	14 November				by 5 wickets
WODI 1016	16 November				by 15 runs
WT20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WT20I 370	18 November				by 6 wickets
WT20I 371	20 November				by 31 runs
WT20I 373	22 November				by 15 runs

January

England U-19 in India

YODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1	30 January	Abhishek Sharma	Matthew Fisher	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	England Under-19s won by 23 runs
2	1 February	Abhishek Sharma	Matthew Fisher		India Under-19s won by 129 runs
3	3 February	Himanshu Rana	Max Holden		India Under-19s won by 7 wickets (with 35 balls remaining)
4	6 February	Himanshu Rana	Matthew Fisher	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	India Under-19s won by 230 runs
5	8 February	Abhishek Sharma	Max Holden	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	Match tied
YTest series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1	13-16 February	Jonty Sidhu	Max Holden	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur	Match drawn
2	21-24 February	Jonty Sidhu	Max Holden	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur	Match drawn

February

Bangladesh in India

See main article: Bangladeshi cricket team in India in 2016–17.

Australia in India

See main article: Australian cricket team in India in 2016–17.

2016-17 Border–Gavaskar Trophy - Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 2250	23–27 February				by 333 runs
Test 2251	4–8 March				by 75 runs
Test 2256	16–20 March				Match drawn
Test 2258	25–29 March				by 8 wickets

March

Ireland vs. Afghanistan in India

See main article: Irish cricket team against Afghanistan in India in 2016–17.

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 599	8 March				by 6 wickets
T20I 600	10 March				by 17 runs (D/L)
T20I 601	12 March				by 28 runs
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3850	15 March				by 30 runs
ODI 3851	17 March				by 34 runs
ODI 3852	19 March				by 6 wickets
ODI 3853	22 March				by 3 wickets
ODI 3854	24 March				by 7 wickets
2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup - FC series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
First-class	28–31 March				by an innings and 172 runs

References

Web site: Cricket season. Archives. 2016/17 . ESPNcricinfo. en. 2017-10-05.