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The teams of Madhya Pradesh and Railways claimed the top spots in the Plate Group B of Ranji Trophy, 2007-08.

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The Plate Group B in the Ranji Trophy, 2007-08 consisted 6 teams that were put into the group for their poor performances in the previous editions of tournament. The BCCI put the teams into the group and the most of the teams were representing various Indian states in the most popular and premium domestic cricket tournament of India. The teams that played in the Plate Group B included the likes of Goa, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Railways and Jammu & Kashmir. All the teams gave their best efforts to claim one of the top two spots in the group and they also tried hard to secure a berth in the knock out level of the Plate Group. The teams like Madhya Pradesh and Railways eventually became successful to do so from the Plate Group B, as they earned the highest points from the group matches.

The first of the Plate Group B matches in the Ranji Trophy, 2007-08 was played between the teams of Goa and Haryana and the two teams played the match at Margao from 03-06 November, 2007. The Goa team clinched a victory of 26 runs in the match to earn 5 points and the Haryana team remained pointless. The teams of Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh were involved in the second match of the group and the match was held at Jamshedpur from 03-06 November, 2007. The Madhya Pradesh team earned 5 points from the match by clinching a victory of 170 runs and the Jharkhand team failed to earn any points from the match. Then, the Railways team played against the Jammu & Kashmir team in the next match of the group and the match took place at Delhi from 03-06 November, 2007. Playing well in the match, the Railways team clinched a victory of an innings and 88 runs and also earned 6 points from it. However, the Jammu & Kashmir team could not earn even a single point from the match.

The match between the teams of Goa and Railways was the fourth of the Plate Group B matches in the Ranji Trophy, 2007-08 and the match was held at Margao from 15-18 November, 2007. The match remained drawn during the specified period of time and the match officials awarded the Goa and Railways teams 3 and 1 points, respectively for the match. The next match of the group involved the teams like Jammu & Kashmir and Madhya Pradesh and the match took place at Jammu from 15-18 November, 2007. The winner of the match was the Madhya Pradesh team with a margin of 4 wickets and the team also earned 5 points from the match. The Jammu & Kashmir team failed to earn any points from the match. The Jharkhand team played against the Haryana team in the next match of the Plate Group B and the match was held at Jamshedpur from 15-18 November, 2007. Clinching a victory of 131 runs, the Haryana team earned 5 points from the match and the Jharkhand team remained pointless in the match.

The teams of Goa and Madhya Pradesh were involved in the seventh of the Plate Group B matches in the Ranji Trophy, 2007-08 and the match took place at Margao from 23-26 November, 2007. The drawn match saw the Madhya Pradesh and Goa teams earning 3 and 1 points, respectively from it. The Haryana and Railways teams then appeared in the next match of the group and the two teams played the match at Rohtak from 23-26 November, 2007. The Railways team earned 6 points from the match by clinching a victory of an innings and 86 runs and the Haryana team remained pointless in the match. The next match of the group saw the teams of Jammu & Kashmir and Jharkhand playing against each other at Jammu from 23-26 November, 2007. The Jharkhand team won the match by a margin of 250 runs to earn 5 points and the Jammu & Kashmir team failed to earn any points.

The Jammu & Kashmir team appeared in the tenth of the Plate Group B matches in the Ranji Trophy, 2007-08 also and this time, it played against the Haryana team at Jammu from 01-04 December, 2007. The Haryana team became the winner of the match by a good margin of an innings and 123 runs and earned 6 points from the match. The Jammu & Kashmir team once against failed to earn any points from the match. The teams of Jharkhand and Goa were involved in the next match of the group and the match was held at Jamshedpur from 01-04 December, 2007. The match officials awarded the Jharkhand and Goa teams 3 and 1 points, respectively for the drawn match. The match between the teams of Madhya Pradesh and Railways was the next in the Plate Group B and the match took place at Indore from 01-04 December, 2007. The match remained drawn during the stipulated duration and the match officials awarded the Railways and Madhya Pradesh teams 3 and 1 points, respectively for the match.

The Haryana team played against the Madhya Pradesh team in the next match of the Plate Group B and the two teams played the match at Rohtak from 09-12 December, 2007. The drawn match saw the Haryana and Madhya Pradesh teams earning 3 and 1 points, respectively from it. The next match of the group involved the teams like Jammu & Kashmir and Goa and the match was held at Jammu from 09-12 December, 2007. The Jammu and Kashmir team earned 3 points and Goa earned 1 point from the drawn match. Then, the teams of Railways and Jharkhand met with each other in the last of the late Group B matches in the Ranji Trophy, 2007-08 and the match took place at Delhi from 09-12 December, 2007. The Railways team earned 6 points from the match by clinching a victory of an innings and 47 runs and the Jharkhand team remained pointless in the match.


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