The Ranji Trophy 2024-25 campaign will commence on October 11 and will run till March 2, 2025.

Organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the 90th edition of Ranji Trophy - the premier domestic first-class competition in India - will feature 38 teams that will vie for the title over the course of 135 matches. 

The first-round matches will be played between October 11 and October 14. The Ranji Trophy is split into two divisions - Elite and Plate- with 32 teams in the Elite category and six teams in the Plate League. 

The teams in the Elite category have been divided into four groups, comprising eight teams each.

All the group stage matches will be held over four days with the knockouts extending to five days. However, the Plate League will only have four-day matches, including the final.

Ranji Trophy 2024-25 teams and groups

Elite Group A: Baroda, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mumbai, Odisha, Services and Tripura

Elite Group B: Andhra, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Hyderabad, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Vidarbha

Elite Group C: Bengal, Bihar, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh

Elite Group D: Assam, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Jharkhand, Railways, Saurashtra and Tamil Nadu

Plate: Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim

The Elite division will have four groups with eight teams in each of them. Each team will play a game against every opponent in the same group in a single round-robin format with a total of four home and three away matches.

The top two teams from each Elite Group will proceed to play the quarter-finals with the eventual winners moving onto the semi-finals and final subsequently. 

Meanwhile, the Plate Division will be a single group affair with each team playing once against the other five opponents. The top two teams will meet in the final of the Plate League and also gain promotion to next year’s Elite League.

Two teams with the least points out of the four bottom-placed teams in the Elite Group will get relegated to the Plate League next season.

The Ranji Trophy 2024-25 will be conducted over an extended period with both the white-ball domestic tournaments being scheduled in between. Hence the final of the Ranji Trophy is scheduled to happen from February 26 to March 2, 2025. 

Mumbai are the defending champions of the Ranji Trophy, winning their 42nd domestic title last year by beating Vidarbha in the final by 169 runs at the Wankhede Stadium in March 2024.

Mumbai will start their Ranji Trophy campaign this year on a victorious note after getting the better of Rest of India in the Irani Cup 2024 earlier this month.

Where to watch Ranji Trophy 2024-25 live in India

Live streaming of the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 will be available on the Jio Cinema app and website in India.

The Ranji Trophy 2024-25 will also be telecast live on the Sports 18 Network TV channels in India.

Ranji Trophy 2024-25 schedule and live match start times

All match times are in India Standard Time (IST)

Friday, October 11 - Monday, October 14

Elite Group A

Baroda vs Mumbai, Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara, 9:30 AM

Jammu & Kashmir vs Maharashtra, Sher E Kashmir Cricket Stadium, Srinagar, 9:30 AM

Services vs Meghalaya, Airforce Complex Ground, Palam, New-Delhi, 9:30 AM

Tripura vs Odisha, MBB Stadium, Agartala, 9:30 AM

Elite Group B

Hyderabad vs Gujarat, Gymkhana Ground, Hyderabad, 9:30 AM

Himachal Pradesh vs Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala, 9:30 AM

Rajasthan vs Puducherry, Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, 9:30 AM

Vidarbha vs Andhra, VCA Stadium, Civil Lines, Nagpur, 9:30 AM

Elite Group C

Madhya Pradesh vs Karnataka, Holkar Stadium, Indore, 9:30 AM

Uttar Pradesh vs Bengal, Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, 9:30 AM

Haryana vs Bihar, Chaudhry Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Lahli, 9:30 AM

Kerala vs Punjab, St. Xavier's KCA Cricket Ground, Trivandrum, 9:30 AM

Elite Group D

Assam vs Jharkhand, ACA Stadium, Barsapara, Guwahati, 9:30 AM

Chandigarh vs Railways, GMSSS Sec-26 Cricket Ground, Chandigarh, 9:30 AM

Chhattisgarh vs Delhi, Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur, 9:30 AM

Tamil Nadu vs Saurashtra, Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science Ground, Coimbatore, 9:30 AM

Friday, October 18 - Monday, October 21

Elite Group A

Services vs Baroda, Palam A Ground, Model Sports Complex, Delhi, 9:30 AM

Odisha vs Jammu & Kashmir, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 9:30 AM

Mumbai vs Maharashtra, Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC, Mumbai, 9:30 AM

Meghalaya vs Tripura, Meghalaya Cricket Association Cricket Ground, Polo Ground, Shillong, 9:30 AM

Elite Group B

Gujarat vs Andhra, Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, 9:30 AM

Himachal Pradesh vs Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala, 9:30 AM

Uttarakhand vs Hyderabad, Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun, 9:30 AM

Puducherry vs Vidarbha, Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry, 9:30 AM

Elite Group C

Karnataka vs Kerala, KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur, 9:30 AM

Bengal vs Bihar, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, 9:30 AM

Uttar Pradesh vs Haryana, Dr Akhilesh Das Stadium, Lucknow, 9:30 AM

Punjab vs Madhya Pradesh, Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, 9:30 AM

Elite Group D

Assam vs Chandigarh, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati, 9:30 AM

Saurashtra vs Chhattisgarh, Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, 9:30 AM

Delhi vs Tamil Nadu, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, 9:30 AM

Railways vs Jharkhand, ADSA Railways Cricket Ground, Ahmedabad, 9:30 AM

Saturday, October 26 - Tuesday, October 29

Elite Group A

Baroda vs Odisha, Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara, 9:30 AM

Jammu and Kashmir vs Services, Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, Srinagar, 9:30 AM

Maharashtra vs Meghalaya, TBC, TBC, 9:30 AM

Tripura vs Mumbai, Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala, 9:30 AM

Elite Group B

Uttarakhand vs Vidarbha, Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun, 9:30 AM

Rajasthan vs Gujarat, Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, 9:30 AM

Andhra vs Himachal Pradesh, Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam, 9:30 AM

Hyderabad vs Puducherry, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, 9:30 AM

Elite Group C

Bengal vs Kerala, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, 9:30 AM

Madhya Pradesh vs Haryana, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore, 9:30 AM

Punjab vs Uttar Pradesh, Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Chandigarh, 9:30 AM

Bihar vs Karnataka, Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna, 9:30 AM

Elite Group D

Delhi vs Assam, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, 9:30 AM

Jharkhand vs Chandigarh, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 9:30 AM

Tamil Nadu vs Chhattisgarh, SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore, 9:30 AM

Saurashtra vs Railways, Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, 9:30 AM

Wednesday, November 6 - Saturday, November 9

Elite Group A

Tripura vs Baroda, Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala, 9:30 AM

Meghalaya vs Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya Cricket Association Cricket Ground, Shillong, 9:30 AM

Maharashtra vs Services, Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, 9:30 AM

Mumbai vs Odisha, Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC, Mumbai, 9:30 AM

Elite Group B

Andhra vs Uttarakhand, Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram, 9:30 AM

Gujarat vs Puducherry, Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, 9:30 AM

Vidarbha vs Himachal Pradesh, Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur, 9:30 AM

Rajasthan vs Hyderabad, Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, 9:30 AM

Elite Group C

Bihar vs Madhya Pradesh, Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna, 9:30 AM

Haryana vs Punjab, Ch Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak, 9:30 AM

Kerala vs Uttar Pradesh, St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba, 9:30 AM

Karnataka vs Bengal, M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, 9:30 AM

Elite Group D

Assam vs Tamil Nadu, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati, 9:30 AM

Chandigarh vs Delhi, TBC, TBC, 9:30 AM

Chhattisgarh vs Railways, Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur, 9:30 AM

Jharkhand vs Saurashtra, JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi, 9:30 AM

Wednesday, November 13 - Saturday, November 16

Elite Group A

Baroda vs Meghalaya, Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara, 9:30 AM

Jammu and Kashmir vs Tripura, Hostel Ground JKCA, Jammu, 9:30 AM

Odisha vs Maharashtra, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 9:30 AM

Services vs Mumbai, Palam A Stadium, Delhi, 9:30 AM

Elite Group B

Uttarakhand vs Rajasthan, Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Dehradun, 9:30 AM

Vidarbha vs Gujarat, Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur, 9:30 AM

Himachal Pradesh vs Puducherry, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala, 9:30 AM

Hyderabad vs Andhra, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad, 9:30 AM

Elite Group C

Madhya Pradesh vs Bengal, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore, 9:30 AM

Punjab vs Bihar, I.S. Bindra Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, 9:30 AM

Haryana vs Kerala, CH Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Lahli, Rohtak, 9:30 AM

Uttar Pradesh vs Karnataka, Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, 9:30 AM

Elite Group D

Chhattisgarh vs Assam, Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur, 9:30 AM

Chandigarh vs Saurashtra, TBC, TBC, 9:30 AM

Delhi vs Jharkhand, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, 9:30 AM

Railways vs Tamil Nadu, Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, 9:30 AM

Thursday, January 23 - Sunday, January 26

Elite Group A

Maharashtra vs Baroda, Golf Club Ground, Nasik, 9:30 AM

Mumbai vs Jammu and Kashmir, Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC, Mumbai, 9:30 AM

Meghalaya vs Odisha, Meghalaya Cricket Association Cricket Ground, Polo Ground, Shillong, 9:30 AM

Tripura vs Services, Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala, 9:30 AM

Elite Group B

Rajasthan vs Vidarbha, Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, 9:30 AM

Gujarat vs Uttarakhand, Gujarat College Ground, Ahmedabad, 9:30 AM

Hyderabad vs Himachal Pradesh, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad, 9:30 AM

Puducherry vs Andhra, Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, 9:30 AM

Elite Group C

Bengal vs Haryana, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, 9:30 AM

Bihar vs Uttar Pradesh, Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna, 9:30 AM

Kerala vs Madhya Pradesh, St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba, 9:30 AM

Karnataka vs Punjab, TBC, TBC, 9:30 AM

Elite Group D

Assam vs Railways, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati, 9:30 AM

Tamil Nadu vs Chandigarh, Salem Cricket Foundation Ground, 9:30 AM

Jharkhand vs Chhattisgarh, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 9:30 AM

Saurashtra vs Delhi, Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, 9:30 AM

Thursday, January 30 - Sunday, February 2

Elite Group A

Baroda vs Jammu and Kashmir, Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara, 9:30 AM

Maharashtra vs Tripura, Indira Gandhi Stadium, Solapur, 9:30 AM

Mumbai vs Meghalaya, Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC, Mumbai, 9:30 AM

Odisha vs Services, DRIEMS Ground, Tangi, Cuttack, 9:30 AM

Elite Group B

Andhra vs Rajasthan, Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram, 9:30 AM

Gujarat vs Himachal Pradesh, Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, 9:30 AM

Vidarbha vs Hyderabad, Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur, 9:30 AM

Puducherry vs Uttarakhand, Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, 9:30 AM

Elite Group C

Bengal vs Punjab, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, 9:30 AM

Kerala vs Bihar, St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba, 9:30 AM

Madhya Pradesh vs Uttar Pradesh, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore, 9:30 AM

Karnataka vs Haryana, TBC, TBC, 9:30 AM

Elite Group D

Saurashtra vs Assam, Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, 9:30 AM

Chhattisgarh vs Chandigarh, Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur, 9:30 AM

Railways vs Delhi, TBC, TBC, 9:30 AM

Jharkhand vs Tamil Nadu, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 9:30 AM

Saturday, February 8 - Wednesday, February 12

Quarter Final 1 - TBA vs TBA

Quarter Final 2 - TBA vs TBA

Quarter Final 3 - TBA vs TBA

Quarter Final 4 - TBA vs TBA

Monday, February 17 - Friday, February 12

Semi Final 1 - TBA vs TBA

Semi Final 2 - TBA vs TBA

Wednesday, February 26 - Sunday, March 2

Ranji Trophy 2024-25 Final - TBA vs TBA

Photo Credit: Imago

Ranji Trophy is India’s domestic first-class cricket competition which is played between multiple states as well as regional associations. The competition is named after the first Indian cricketer to play international cricket, Colonel H. H. Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji II, Jam Saheb of Nawanagar, often known as Ranji or K. S. Ranjitsinhji.

The inaugural edition of the Ranji Trophy was played in the 1934-35 season with Mumbai (Bombay) emerging as the first-ever champions.

Over the years, the tournament has observed several changes in the format. Until 2001, the teams were categorized into five different zones, namely,  North, West, East, South and Central. The central zone was added ahead of the 1952-53 season.

Before the 2002-03 season, the zonal system was replaced by a two-division structure involving the Elite Group and the Plate Group. The Elite Group consisted of as many as 15 teams while the rest of the teams were in the Plate Group.

The competition has further seen many subtle changes to its format since the 2002-03 season. At present, the tournament follows a round-robin format and the teams that qualify go on to compete in the knockout rounds. Teams from all 28 Indian states compete in the tournament along with four of the eight union territories that have at least one representative.

As of the 2021-22 season, a total of 38 teams are divided into eight Elite Groups and one Plate Group. Each Elite Group will have four teams while the Plate Group consists of six teams.

Historically, Mumbai have dominated the Ranji Trophy, winning the competition a record 42 times. None of the other teams have managed to win the title on more than 10 occasions. Furthermore, Mumbai also hold the record for most appearances (47) in the Ranji Trophy final.

The record champions were on a dominant run from the 1953-54 season to the 1972-73 campaign, lifting the title on 18 out of 20 occasions. During this time, only Madras and Baroda could halt Mumbai’s winning run.

After Mumbai, Karnataka have won the most Ranji Trophies (8) followed by Delhi (7) and Baroda (5).

Mumbai are the reigning champions of the Ranji Trophy, having defeated Vidarbha by 169 runs in the 2023-24 final to claim their 42nd title.

Ranji Trophy winners list

Season	Champion	Runner-up
1934-35	Bombay	Northern India
1935-36	Bombay	Madras
1936-37	Nawanagar	Bengal
1937-38	Hyderabad	Nawanagar
1938-39	Bengal	Southern Punjab
1939-40	Maharashtra	United Provinces
1940-41	Maharashtra	Madras
1941-42	Bombay	Mysore
1942-43	Baroda	Hyderabad
1943-44	Western India	Bengal
1944-45	Bombay	Holkar
1945-46	Holkar	Baroda
1946-47	Baroda	Holkar
1947-48	Holkar	Bombay
1948-49	Bombay	Baroda
1949-50	Baroda	Holkar
1950-51	Holkar	Gujarat
1951-52	Bombay	Holkar
1952-53	Holkar	Bengal
1953-54	Bombay	Holkar
1954-55	Madras	Holkar
1955-56	Bombay	Bengal
1956-57	Bombay	Services
1957-58	Baroda	Services
1958-59	Bombay	Bengal
1959-60	Bombay	Mysore
1960-61	Bombay	Rajasthan
1961-62	Bombay	Rajasthan
1962-63	Bombay	Rajasthan
1963-64	Bombay	Rajasthan
1964-65	Bombay	Hyderabad
1965-66	Bombay	Rajasthan
1966-67	Bombay	Rajasthan
1967-68	Bombay	Madras
1968-69	Bombay	Bengal
1969-70	Bombay	Rajasthan
1970-71	Bombay	Maharashtra
1971-72	Bombay	Bengal
1972-73	Bombay	Tamil Nadu
1973-74	Karnataka	Rajasthan
1974-75	Bombay	Karnataka
1975-76	Bombay	Bihar
1976-77	Bombay	Delhi
1977-78	Karnataka	Uttar Pradesh
1978-79	Delhi	Karnataka
1979-80	Delhi	Bombay
1980-81	Bombay	Delhi
1981-82	Delhi	Karnataka
1982-83	Karnataka	Bombay
1983-84	Bombay	Delhi
1984-85	Bombay	Delhi
1985-86	Delhi	Haryana
1986-87	Hyderabad	Delhi
1987-88	Tamil Nadu	Railways
1988-89	Delhi	Bengal
1989-90	Bengal	Delhi
1990-91	Haryana	Bombay
1991-92	Delhi	Tamil Nadu
1992-93	Punjab	Maharashtra
1993-94	Bombay	Bengal
1994-95	Bombay	Punjab
1995-96	Karnataka	Tamil Nadu
1996-97	Mumbai	Delhi
1997-98	Karnataka	Uttar Pradesh
1998-99	Karnataka	Madhya Pradesh
1999-00	Mumbai	Hyderabad
2000-01	Baroda	Railways
2001-02	Railways	Baroda
2002-03	Mumbai	Tamil Nadu
2003-04	Mumbai	Tamil Nadu
2004-05	Railways	Punjab
2005-06	Uttar Pradesh	Bengal
2006-07	Mumbai	Bengal
2007-08	Delhi	Uttar Pradesh
2008-09	Mumbai	Uttar Pradesh
2009-10	Mumbai	Karnataka
2010-11	Rajasthan	Baroda
2011-12	Rajasthan	Tamil Nadu
2012-13	Mumbai	Saurashtra
2013-14	Karnataka	Maharashtra
2014-15	Karnataka	Tamil Nadu
2015-16	Mumbai	Saurashtra
2016-17	Gujarat	Mumbai
2017-18	Vidarbha	Delhi
2018-19	Vidarbha	Saurashtra
2019-20	Saurashtra	Bengal
2020-21	Not held due to Covid-19
2021-22	Madhya Pradesh	Mumbai
2022-23	Saurashtra	Bengal
2023-24	Mumbai	Vidarbha

Featured photo: AFP / Dibyangshu Sarkar

The Ranji Trophy 2024 is scheduled to start on January 5 and run till March 14 in India.

Organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the country’s premier  first-class cricket tournament will see as many as 38 teams play a total of 137 matches.

The participating teams have been divided into two categories - elite and plate. The elite category has 32 teams split into four groups of eight teams each. On the other hand, there are six teams in the plate category.

Each team in the elite category will play the other seven teams in their group once. The top two teams from each elite group will advance to the quarter-finals.

The plate division will also see each team play the other five sides once. The top four teams out of six will advance to the plate group knockouts.

According to the Ranji Trophy format, the two finalists from the plate group will be promoted to the elite group for the next season. The two bottom-placed teams from the elite groups - factoring in both points and the quotient will be relegated to the plate group.

Saurashtra are the defending champions. They beat Bengal in the Ranji Trophy final at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata last year by nine wickets. 

Meanwhile, Mumbai are the most successful team in the Ranji Trophy history with 41 titles. Karnataka are second on the list with eight titles while Delhi have won the competition seven times.

Ranji Trophy 2024 groups and teams

Elite Group A: Haryana, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Manipur, Rajasthan, Saurashtra, Services, Vidarbha

Elite Group B: Andhra, Assam, Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh

Elite Group C: Chandigarh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Punjab, Railways, Tamil Nadu, Tripura

Elite Group D: Baroda, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Puducherry, Uttarakhand

Plate: Nagaland, Hyderabad, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh

Where to watch Ranji Trophy 2024 matches live

The Ranji Trophy 2024 will be telecast live on Sports18 Network’s TV channels in India.

Live streaming of the Ranji Trophy 2024 matches will be available on the JioCinema app and website.

Ranji Trophy 2024 schedule and live match start times

All match times are in India Standard Time (IST)

Day and Date	Match	Venue	Time
Friday, January 5 - Monday, January 8	Gujarat vs Tamil Nadu, Elite Group C	Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium, Valsad	9:30 AM
Friday, January 5 - Monday, January 8	Bihar vs Mumbai, Elite Group B	Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna	9:30 AM
Friday, January 5 - Monday, January 8	Kerala vs Uttar Pradesh, Elite Group B	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Friday, January 5 - Monday, January 8	Chhattisgarh vs Assam, Elite Group B	Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur	9:30 AM
Friday, January 5 - Monday, January 8	Karnataka vs Punjab, Elite Group C	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru	9:30 AM
Friday, January 5 - Monday, January 8	Chandigarh vs Railways, Elite Group C	Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh	9:30 AM
Friday, January 5 - Monday, January 8	Nagaland vs Hyderabad, Plate	Nagaland Cricket Stadium, Sovima, Dimapur	9:30 AM
Friday, January 5 - Monday, January 8	Arunachal Pradesh vs Meghalaya, Plate	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Friday, January 5 - Monday, January 8	Mizoram vs Sikkim, Plate	GS Patel Stadium, Nadiad	9:30 AM
Friday, January 5 - Monday, January 8	Delhi vs Puducherry, Elite Group D	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi	9:30 AM
Friday, January 5 - Monday, January 8	Andhra vs Bengal, Elite Group B	Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam	9:30 AM
Friday, January 5 - Monday, January 8	Tripura vs Goa, Elite Group C	Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala	9:30 AM
Friday, January 5 - Monday, January 8	Maharashtra vs Manipur, Elite Group A	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Friday, January 5 - Monday, January 8	Uttarakhand vs Madhya Pradesh, Elite Group D	Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Dehradun	9:30 AM
Friday, January 5 - Monday, January 8	Haryana vs Rajasthan, Elite Group A	Ch Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak	9:30 AM
Friday, January 5 - Monday, January 8	Jammu and Kashmir vs Himachal Pradesh, Elite Group D	Hostel Ground JKCA, Jammu	9:30 AM
Friday, January 5 - Monday, January 8	Vidarbha vs Services, Elite Group A	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur	9:30 AM
Friday, January 5 - Monday, January 8	Baroda vs Odisha, Elite Group D	Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara	9:30 AM
Friday, January 5 - Monday, January 8	Saurashtra vs Jharkhand, Elite Group A	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot	9:30 AM
Friday, January 12 - Monday, January 15	Services vs Rajasthan, Elite Group A	Palam A Stadium, Delhi	9:30 AM
Friday, January 12 - Monday, January 15	Himachal Pradesh vs Uttarakhand, Elite Group D	Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala	9:30 AM
Friday, January 12 - Monday, January 15	Manipur vs Vidarbha, Elite Group A	ADSA Railways Cricket Ground, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand	9:30 AM
Friday, January 12 - Monday, January 15	Baroda vs Puducherry, Elite Group D	Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara	9:30 AM
Friday, January 12 - Monday, January 15	Arunachal Pradesh vs Sikkim, Plate	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Friday, January 12 - Monday, January 15	Meghalaya vs Hyderabad, Plate	Meghalaya Cricket Association Cricket Ground, Shillong	9:30 AM
Friday, January 12 - Monday, January 15	Mizoram vs Nagaland, Plate	GS Patel Stadium, Nadiad	9:30 AM
Friday, January 12 - Monday, January 15	Madhya Pradesh vs Odisha, Elite Group D	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Friday, January 12 - Monday, January 15	Maharashtra vs Jharkhand, Elite Group A	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune	9:30 AM
Friday, January 12 - Monday, January 15	Uttar Pradesh vs Bengal, Elite Group B	Green Park, Kanpur	9:30 AM
Friday, January 12 - Monday, January 15	Jammu and Kashmir vs Delhi, Elite Group D	Hostel Ground JKCA, Jammu	9:30 AM
Friday, January 12 - Monday, January 15	Mumbai vs Andhra, Elite Group B	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	9:30 AM
Friday, January 12 - Monday, January 15	Assam vs Kerala, Elite Group B	Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati	9:30 AM
Friday, January 12 - Monday, January 15	Bihar vs Chhattisgarh, Elite Group B	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Friday, January 12 - Monday, January 15	Gujarat vs Karnataka, Elite Group C	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad	9:30 AM
Friday, January 12 - Monday, January 15	Saurashtra vs Haryana, Elite Group A	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium C, Rajkot	9:30 AM
Friday, January 12 - Monday, January 15	Punjab vs Railways, Elite Group C	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali	9:30 AM
Friday, January 12 - Monday, January 15	Tripura vs Tamil Nadu, Elite Group C	Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala	9:30 AM
Friday, January 12 - Monday, January 15	Goa vs Chandigarh, Elite Group C	Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim	9:30 AM
Friday, January 19 - Monday, January 22	Karnataka vs Goa, Elite Group C	Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore	9:30 AM
Friday, January 19 - Monday, January 22	Punjab vs Tripura, Elite Group C	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali	9:30 AM
Friday, January 19 - Monday, January 22	Meghalaya vs Nagaland, Plate	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Friday, January 19 - Monday, January 22	Hyderabad vs Sikkim, Plate	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Friday, January 19 - Monday, January 22	Arunachal Pradesh vs Mizoram, Plate	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Friday, January 19 - Monday, January 22	Uttar Pradesh vs Bihar, Elite Group B	Victoria Park Stadium, Meerut	9:30 AM
Friday, January 19 - Monday, January 22	Kerala vs Mumbai, Elite Group B	St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba, Thiruvananthapuram	9:30 AM
Friday, January 19 - Monday, January 22	Assam vs Andhra, Elite Group B	Jalan Outdoor Stadium, Dibrugarh	9:30 AM
Friday, January 19 - Monday, January 22	Tamil Nadu vs Railways, Elite Group C	SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore	9:30 AM
Friday, January 19 - Monday, January 22	Vidarbha vs Saurashtra, Elite Group A	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur	9:30 AM
Friday, January 19 - Monday, January 22	Chandigarh vs Gujarat, Elite Group C	Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh	9:30 AM
Friday, January 19 - Monday, January 22	Services vs Jharkhand, Elite Group A	Palam A Stadium, Delhi	9:30 AM
Friday, January 19 - Monday, January 22	Madhya Pradesh vs Delhi, Elite Group D	Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore	9:30 AM
Friday, January 19 - Monday, January 22	Rajasthan vs Maharashtra, Elite Group A	Barkatullah Khan Stadium, Jodhpur	9:30 AM
Friday, January 19 - Monday, January 22	Uttarakhand vs Puducherry, Elite Group D	Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Dehradun	9:30 AM
Friday, January 19 - Monday, January 22	Manipur vs Haryana, Elite Group A	ADSA Railways Cricket Ground, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand	9:30 AM
Friday, January 19 - Monday, January 22	Himachal Pradesh vs Baroda, Elite Group D	Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala	9:30 AM
Friday, January 19 - Monday, January 22	Bengal vs Chhattisgarh, Elite Group B	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	9:30 AM
Friday, January 19 - Monday, January 22	Odisha vs Jammu and Kashmir, Elite Group D	DRIEMS Ground, Cuttack	9:30 AM
Friday, January 26 - Monday, January 29	Puducherry vs Madhya Pradesh, Elite Group D	Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry	9:30 AM
Friday, January 26 - Monday, January 29	Haryana vs Maharashtra, Elite Group A	Ch Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak	9:30 AM
Friday, January 26 - Monday, January 29	Delhi vs Uttarakhand, Elite Group D	Roshanara Club Ground, Delhi	9:30 AM
Friday, January 26 - Monday, January 29	Manipur vs Rajasthan, Elite Group A	Gujarat College Ground, Ahmedabad	9:30 AM
Friday, January 26 - Monday, January 29	Odisha vs Himachal Pradesh, Elite Group D	DRIEMS Ground, Cuttack	9:30 AM
Friday, January 26 - Monday, January 29	Sikkim vs Nagaland, Plate	SICA ground, Rangpo	9:30 AM
Friday, January 26 - Monday, January 29	Hyderabad vs Arunachal Pradesh, Plate	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Friday, January 26 - Monday, January 29	Mizoram vs Meghalaya, Plate	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Friday, January 26 - Monday, January 29	Jharkhand vs Vidarbha, Elite Group A	JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi	9:30 AM
Friday, January 26 - Monday, January 29	Tamil Nadu vs Chandigarh, Elite Group C	SCF Cricket Ground, Salem	9:30 AM
Friday, January 26 - Monday, January 29	Services vs Saurashtra, Elite Group A	Palam A Stadium, Delhi	9:30 AM
Friday, January 26 - Monday, January 29	Assam vs Bengal, Elite Group B	Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati	9:30 AM
Friday, January 26 - Monday, January 29	Baroda vs Jammu and Kashmir, Elite Group D	Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara	9:30 AM
Friday, January 26 - Monday, January 29	Chhattisgarh vs Andhra, Elite Group B	Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur	9:30 AM
Friday, January 26 - Monday, January 29	Mumbai vs Uttar Pradesh, Elite Group B	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	9:30 AM
Friday, January 26 - Monday, January 29	Bihar vs Kerala, Elite Group B	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Friday, January 26 - Monday, January 29	Tripura vs Karnataka, Elite Group C	Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala	9:30 AM
Friday, January 26 - Monday, January 29	Goa vs Punjab, Elite Group C	Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim	9:30 AM
Friday, January 26 - Monday, January 29	Railways vs Gujarat, Elite Group C	Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium, Valsad	9:30 AM
Friday, February 2 - Monday, February 5	Bihar vs Andhra, Elite Group B	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Friday, February 2 - Monday, February 5	Chhattisgarh vs Kerala, Elite Group B	Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur	9:30 AM
Friday, February 2 - Monday, February 5	Uttar Pradesh vs Assam, Elite Group B	Green Park, Kanpur	9:30 AM
Friday, February 2 - Monday, February 5	Railways vs Karnataka, Elite Group C	Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat	9:30 AM
Friday, February 2 - Monday, February 5	Chandigarh vs Punjab, Elite Group C	Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh	9:30 AM
Friday, February 2 - Monday, February 5	Nagaland vs Arunachal Pradesh, Plate	Nagaland Cricket Stadium, Sovima, Dimapur	9:30 AM
Friday, February 2 - Monday, February 5	Hyderabad vs Mizoram, Plate	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Friday, February 2 - Monday, February 5	Sikkim vs Meghalaya, Plate	SICA ground, Rangpo	9:30 AM
Friday, February 2 - Monday, February 5	Odisha vs Puducherry, Elite Group D	Barabati Stadium, Cuttack	9:30 AM
Friday, February 2 - Monday, February 5	Bengal vs Mumbai, Elite Group B	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Friday, February 2 - Monday, February 5	Delhi vs Baroda, Elite Group D	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi	9:30 AM
Friday, February 2 - Monday, February 5	Goa vs Tamil Nadu, Elite Group C	Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim	9:30 AM
Friday, February 2 - Monday, February 5	Maharashtra vs Saurashtra, Elite Group A	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune	9:30 AM
Friday, February 2 - Monday, February 5	Gujarat vs Tripura, Elite Group C	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad	9:30 AM
Friday, February 2 - Monday, February 5	Jharkhand vs Manipur, Elite Group A	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Friday, February 2 - Monday, February 5	Himachal Pradesh vs Madhya Pradesh, Elite Group D	Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala	9:30 AM
Friday, February 2 - Monday, February 5	Rajasthan vs Vidarbha, Elite Group A	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	9:30 AM
Friday, February 2 - Monday, February 5	Jammu and Kashmir vs Uttarakhand, Elite Group D	Hostel Ground JKCA, Jammu	9:30 AM
Friday, February 2 - Monday, February 5	Haryana vs Services, Elite Group A	Ch Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak	9:30 AM
Friday, February 9 - Monday, February 12	Jharkhand vs Haryana, Elite Group A	Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur	9:30 AM
Friday, February 9 - Monday, February 12	Madhya Pradesh vs Baroda, Elite Group D	Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore	9:30 AM
Friday, February 9 - Monday, February 12	Maharashtra vs Vidarbha, Elite Group A	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune	9:30 AM
Friday, February 9 - Monday, February 12	Odisha vs Uttarakhand, Elite Group D	Barabati Stadium, Cuttack	9:30 AM
Friday, February 9 - Monday, February 12	Manipur vs Services, Elite Group A	ADSA Railways Cricket Ground, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand	9:30 AM
Friday, February 9 - Monday, February 12	Himachal Pradesh vs Delhi, Elite Group D	Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala	9:30 AM
Friday, February 9 - Monday, February 12	Chandigarh vs Tripura, Elite Group C	Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh	9:30 AM
Friday, February 9 - Monday, February 12	Rajasthan vs Saurashtra, Elite Group A	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	9:30 AM
Friday, February 9 - Monday, February 12	Kerala vs Bengal, Elite Group B	St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba, Thiruvananthapuram	9:30 AM
Friday, February 9 - Monday, February 12	Puducherry vs Jammu and Kashmir, Elite Group D	Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry	9:30 AM
Friday, February 9 - Monday, February 12	Andhra vs Uttar Pradesh, Elite Group B	Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram	9:30 AM
Friday, February 9 - Monday, February 12	Chhattisgarh vs Mumbai, Elite Group B	Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur	9:30 AM
Friday, February 9 - Monday, February 12	Assam vs Bihar, Elite Group B	Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati	9:30 AM
Friday, February 9 - Monday, February 12	Tamil Nadu vs Karnataka, Elite Group C	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	9:30 AM
Friday, February 9 - Monday, February 12	Punjab vs Gujarat, Elite Group C	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali	9:30 AM
Friday, February 9 - Monday, February 12	Railways vs Goa, Elite Group C	Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat	9:30 AM
Friday, February 9 - Monday, February 12	Plate Semi Final 1	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Friday, February 9 - Monday, February 12	Plate Semi Final 2	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Friday, February 16 - Monday, February 19	Bengal vs Bihar, Elite Group B	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	9:30 AM
Friday, February 16 - Monday, February 19	Delhi vs Odisha, Elite Group D	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi	9:30 AM
Friday, February 16 - Monday, February 19	Andhra vs Kerala, Elite Group B	Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram	9:30 AM
Friday, February 16 - Monday, February 19	Mumbai vs Assam, Elite Group B	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	9:30 AM
Friday, February 16 - Monday, February 19	Uttar Pradesh vs Chhattisgarh, Elite Group B	Green Park, Kanpur	9:30 AM
Friday, February 16 - Monday, February 19	Karnataka vs Chandigarh, Elite Group C	KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli	9:30 AM
Friday, February 16 - Monday, February 19	Tamil Nadu vs Punjab, Elite Group C	SCF Cricket Ground, Salem	9:30 AM
Friday, February 16 - Monday, February 19	Puducherry vs Himachal Pradesh, Elite Group D	Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry	9:30 AM
Friday, February 16 - Monday, February 19	Vidarbha vs Haryana, Elite Group A	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur	9:30 AM
Friday, February 16 - Monday, February 19	Uttarakhand vs Baroda, Elite Group D	Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Dehradun	9:30 AM
Friday, February 16 - Monday, February 19	Services vs Maharashtra, Elite Group A	Palam A Stadium, Delhi	9:30 AM
Friday, February 16 - Monday, February 19	Madhya Pradesh vs Jammu and Kashmir, Elite Group D	Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore	9:30 AM
Friday, February 16 - Monday, February 19	Jharkhand vs Rajasthan, Elite Group A	Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur	9:30 AM
Friday, February 16 - Monday, February 19	Goa vs Gujarat, Elite Group C	Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim	9:30 AM
Friday, February 16 - Monday, February 19	Saurashtra vs Manipur, Elite Group A	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium C, Rajkot	9:30 AM
Friday, February 16 - Monday, February 19	Tripura vs Railways, Elite Group C	Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala	9:30 AM
Saturday, February 17 - Wednesday, February 21	Plate Group Final	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Friday, February 23 - Tuesday, February 27	Quarter-final 1	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Friday, February 23 - Tuesday, February 27	Quarter-final 2	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Friday, February 23 - Tuesday, February 27	Quarter-final 3	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Friday, February 23 - Tuesday, February 27	Quarter-final 4	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Saturday, March 2 - Wednesday, March 6	Semi-final 1	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Saturday, March 2 - Wednesday, March 6	Semi-final 2	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM
Sunday, March 10 - Thursday, March 14	Ranji Trophy 2024 final	TBC, TBC	9:30 AM

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The Ranji Trophy, named after Ranjitsinhji, the former Indian cricketer, is an Indian First Class cricket competition. Played first in the 1934/35 season, the tournament has produced some great players and showcased top performances.

Courtesy of excellent bowling performances, the Ranji Trophy has occasionally seen low scores, where bowlers have made the most of their upper hand.

There have been 14 team scores of 30 or fewer in Ranji Trophy history. Three of them belong to Jammu and Kashmir, the most by any team in this tournament. Interestingly, two of J&K’s totals were against Delhi.

Meanwhile, Hyderabad have registered the lowest team total in Ranji Trophy history after being wrapped for 21 by Rajasthan in the 2010/11 season. Deepak Chahar, the Indian pacer, picked up eight wickets, while Pankaj Singh got the other two.

In the inaugural edition, Southern Punjab got bowled out for 22 against Northern India. It held the lowest score record in the Ranji Trophy for 76 years. Baqa Jilani’s five-wicket haul headlined Northern India’s bowling performance in a 91-run victory.

Sind, in 1938/39, and Jammu Kashmir, twice (1960/61 and 1977/78), were bundled out for 23, the joint-third lowest score in the Ranji Trophy history. The J&K team’s other lowest score of the 1960/61 season, 28, completes the top 10.

Saurashtra and Hyderabad are the only two teams in the list of lowest team totals to have won the Ranji Trophy. Saurashtra achieved the feat in 2019/20, while Hyderabad did it in 1937/38 and 1986/87.

Lowest team totals in Ranji Trophy

Team	Opponent	Score	Season
Hyderabad	Rajasthan	21	2010/11
Southern Punjab	Northern India	22	1934/35
Sind	Southern Punjab	23	1938/39
Jammu and Kashmir	Delhi	23	1960/61
Jammu and Kashmir	Haryana	23	1977/78
Saurashtra	Bombay	25	1951/52
Nagaland	Uttarakhand	25	2022/23
Kerala	Mysore	27	1963/64
Manipur	Meghalaya	27	2019/20
Mysore	Bombay	28	1963/64
Jammu and Kashmir	Delhi	28	1960/61

 

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The Ranji Trophy is one of the oldest domestic cricket competitions in India. The First Class championship is played between teams representing regional and state cricket associations.

The tournament is named after Ranjitsinhji, the first Indian player to play international cricket. Currently, 38 teams feature in the Ranji Trophy. 

Over the years, many Ranji Trophy records have tumbled, considering the batting-friendly nature of the pitches in India. While some teams have had more success than others, there has been no shortage of massive team totals in the Ranji Trophy.

Hyderabad hold the record for the highest team total in the Ranji Trophy after smashing 994/6d against Andhra in the 1993/94 season. Maruti Sridhar scored 366 runs off 523 balls, while Vivek Jaisimha and Noel Arthur David also smashed double-hundreds for Hyderabad. The match ended drawn.

Meanwhile, Holkar, the Indore-based team, amassed 912/8d in the 1945/46 Ranji Trophy semi-final against Mysore after winning the toss and batting first. Six batters crossed the three-figure mark as Holkar batted for 214.5 overs. The exploits earned them a win by an innings and 213 runs.

Tamil Nadu are another team to have scored more than 900 runs in an innings in the Ranji Trophy. Woorkeri Venkat Raman and Arjan Kripal Singh scored triple-hundreds as the visitors piled on 912/6d against Goa in the 1988/89 season. However, Goa held on to a draw in the three-day encounter.

The latest entry is Jharkhand in the 2021/22 season. Courtesy of Kumar Kushagra’s 266, they smashed 880 against Nagaland in the pre-quarterfinals. Jharkhand also amassed a 1008-run lead in that match after the second innings, the highest in First Class cricket history.

Bombay, Maharashtra, Meghalaya and Karnataka are the other teams in the top 10 highest team totals in Ranji Trophy history.     

Highest team total in Ranji Trophy

Team	Opponent	Score	Season
Hyderabad	Andhra	994/6d	1993/94
Holkar	Mysore	912/8d	1945/46
Tamil Nadu	Goa	912/6d	1988/99
Jharkhand	Nagaland	880	2021/22
Bombay	Hyderabad	855/6d	1990/91
Maharashtra	Kathiawar	826/4	1948/49
Meghalaya	Sikkim	826/7d	2018/19
Maharashtra	Northern India	798	1940/41
Karnataka	Bengal	791/6d	1990/91
Tamil Nadu	Hyderabad	785	2009/10

 

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India has produced some outstanding bowlers since the beginning of its cricketing journey and Ranji Trophy has been the platform where this top talent has developed. 

Some of these bowlers have shown exceptional skills and dominated at the highest level.

Rajinder Goel has taken the most wickets in Ranji Trophy history, picking 637 wickets. Only 11 bowlers have scalped more than 400 wickets in the tournament. 

Meanwhile, Sunil Joshi and R Vinay Kumar are the only bowlers in Ranji Trophy history to have played in the 21st century. Hailing from Karnataka, they both make the top five.

Bishan Singh Bedi, the former Indian captain, completes the top 10, courtesy of his exploits with Delhi.

Most wickets in Ranji Trophy history

Player	Team(s)	Wickets
Rajinder Goel	Patiala, Southern Punjab, Delhi, Haryana	637
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan	Madras, Tamil Nadu	530
Sunil Joshi	Karnataka	479
R Vinay Kumar	Karnataka, Puducherry	442
Narendra Hirwani	Madhya Pradesh, Bengal	441
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar	Mysore, Karnataka	437
Vaman Kumar	Madras, Tamil Nadu	418
Pankaj Singh	Rajasthan, Puducherry	409
Sairaj Bahutule	Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Assam, Vidarbha	405
Bishan Singh Bedi	Delhi	403

Rajinder Goel - 637 wickets in Ranji Trophy

Haryana-born left-arm spinner Rajinder Goel is the leading wicket-taker in Ranji Trophy history with 637 wickets. In fact, he is the only bowler with more than 600 scalps in the tournament. He broke the record previously held by Vaman Kumar (418 wickets) in the 1978/79 season.

Goel represented Patiala in his maiden season, followed by Southern Punjab for three, Delhi for nine and Haryana for 11 editions. 

The spinner scalped 25 Ranji wickets in a season on fifteen occasions, including his last nine. He retired after taking 39 wickets in the 1984-85 season.

Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan - 530 wickets in Ranji Trophy

Popularly known as ‘Venkat�? the former Indian cricket team captain is the only other bowler with 500+ wickets in the Ranji Trophy. He represented Madras and Tamil Nadu between the 1963/64 and 1984/85 seasons, picking 530 wickets.

He was also the captain of South Zone in the Duleep Trophy while leading Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy.

Venkataraghavan, a right-arm off-spinner, made his Test debut aged 20, picking 156 wickets in the longest format for India.   

Sunil Joshi - 479 wickets in Ranji Trophy

Former Indian cricketer Sunil Joshi took 479 wickets in the Ranji Trophy between the 1992/93 and 2010/11 seasons. He represented Karnataka throughout his domestic career, spinning a web around the opposition batters.

Joshi achieved the double of 500 runs and 50 wickets in the 1995-96 season of the Ranji Trophy. He was also handy with the bat, scoring 5,129 runs in First Class cricket.

Along with R Vinay Kumar, Sunil Joshi is the only cricketer in the top 10 of this list to feature in the T20 format for Karnataka. 

 

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It is the 1998-99 Ranji Trophy final. Chandrakant Pandit, the captain of Madhya Pradesh, had Karnataka under control for the majority of the match. Heartbreakingly, Vijay Bharadwaj, who had six for 24, snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.

When Madhya Pradesh was 2/1 in the pursuit of a modest objective of 108 in the 2021-22 final, Pandit, as coach, must have had comparable anxieties. But no one in the Mumbai ranks could pull a Bharadwaj, and Madhya Pradesh, under the leadership of Aditya Shrivastava, were unstoppable, taking home the trophy for the first time in their history.

After Mumbai were all out for 269 in their second innings on day five, Sharma and Patidar helped them chase down 108 in 29.5 overs to make Sunday an unforgettable day for Madhya Pradesh. The historic victory was forged by centuries from Yash Dubey, Shubham Sharma, and Rajat Patidar in the first innings.

Chandrakant Pandit’s Ranji Trophy achievements

Pandit has been switching teams all around India for the past 23 years. During his coaching lifetime, he not only helped Mumbai win the Ranji Trophy three times (2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons, and then again in 2015-16 after a 10-year break), but he also changed Assam's culture towards the game. But Pandit didn't start receiving the credit he deserved until Vidarbha won consecutive titles (2017�?8 and 18�?9 seasons). In domestic cricket, Vidarbha was seen as an underdog team, therefore frequently making it to the elite group was seen as a significant accomplishment.

When asked about his leadership and strategic choices, MP captain Aditya Shrivastava didn't hold back when he grabbed the trophy. Shrivastava publicly and eloquently lauded the 60-year-old coach, claiming that he had never managed a cricket team at such a high level and that all he had done was largely the result of the preparations made by Pandit and his support crew. Similar comments were expressed by Faiz Fazal, the only captain from Vidarbha to have won the Ranji twice.

As a result of Pandit's influence over the group, when Srivastava planned to be married, he asked this Pandit—rather than the Pandit who may officiate the ceremony—what date he might reserve. He was only given two days off from training even then.

Chandrakant Pandit is continuing the legacy of those who trained him, including Ramakant Achrekar, Ashok Mankad, and Polly Umrigar, all of whom came from the Bombay school.

“It’s a great memory which I left 23 years back on this ground. I think it’s all God’s blessings that we come back here and win this trophy which was fabulous,�?the legendary head coach told Star Sports.

“It’s a bit emotional because missing out on this trophy when I was the captain of Madhya Pradesh on this very ground. Some say ‘father couldn’t do it but the son does it�? so Aditya Shrivastava has done it tremendously,�?he added.

“I always look for challenging jobs when the team isn’t doing very well. There are a lot of youngsters in the team and I probably want to develop that culture for a particular state. Particularly about MP, I played for this team for almost six years. I knew the culture so didn’t turn down the offer that came to me in March.�?/span>

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The knockout stage of the Ranji Trophy 2022 season will begin on Monday, June 6.

The Ranji Trophy, one of India’s oldest cricket tournaments, will begin its second phase following the conclusion of the Indian T20 League 2022. The initial phase was played between February 17 and March 3.

The teams in Ranji Trophy 2022 were initially divided into nine groups - eight Elite and one Plate. While each Elite group consisted of four teams, the Plate group had six teams.

The seven top-placed teams from eight Elite groups have qualified directly for the quarter-finals. These include Bengal, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Mumbai, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.

Meanwhile, the lowest-ranked Elite group team, Jharkhand, won a pre-quarterfinal match against the Plate Group topper Nagaland to reach the final eight.

The Ranji Trophy 2022 knockout stage will be played entirely in Bangalore. 

Ranji Trophy 2022 knockout stage schedule

Day and Date	Match
Monday, June 6 - Friday, June 10	Quarter-final 1: Bengal vs Jharkhand
Monday, June 6 - Friday, June 10	Quarter-final 2: Mumbai vs Uttarakhand
Monday, June 6 - Friday, June 10	Quarter-final 3: Karnataka vs Uttar Pradesh
Monday, June 6 - Friday, June 10	Quarter-final 4: Punjab vs Madhya Pradesh
Tuesday, June 14 - Saturday, June 18	Semi-final 1
Tuesday, June 14 - Saturday, June 18	Semi-final 2
Wednesday, June 22 to Sunday, June 26	Ranji Trophy 2022 Final

Where to watch the Ranji Trophy 2022 knockout stage live in India?

Ranji Trophy 2022 knockout stage will be telecast on the Star Sports 2 SD and HD TV channels in India.

Live streaming for the Ranji Trophy 2022 will be available on the Disney+ Hotstar app and website.

Ranji Trophy 2022 knockout stage squads

Bengal: Abhimanyu Easwaran (captain), Abishek Porel, Akash Deep, Writtick Chatterjee, Sudip Chatterjee, Nilkantha Das, Abhishek Das, Sudip Kumar Gharami, Habib Gandhi, Karan Lal, Anustup Majumdar, Sayan Mondal, Mukesh Kumar, Ishan Porel, Pradipta Pramanik, Geet Puri, Abhishek Raman, Ritwik Roy Chowdhury, Kazi Saifi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Manoj Tiwary.

Jharkhand: Saurabh Tiwary (captain), Bal Krishna, Virat Singh, Pankaj Kumar, Sushant Mishra, Kumar Deobrat, Vikash Vishal, Sahil Raj, Ashish Kumar, Anukul Roy, Nazim Siddiqui, Kumar Suraj, Kumar Kushagra, Manishi, Shahbaz Nadeem, Utkarsh Singh

Karnataka: Manish Pandey (captain), Mayank Agarwal, Samarth R, Karun Nair, Devdutt Padikkal, Siddharth KV, Nischal D, Shubhang Hegde, Aneeshwar Gautam, K Gowtham, J Suchith, Shreyas Gopal, KC Cariappa, Sharath Srinivas, BR Sharath, Ronit More, Prasidh Krishna, Venkatesh M, Vyshak V, Vidyadhar Patil

Mumbai: Prithvi Shaw (captain), Aman Hakim Khan, Armaan Jaffer, Shashank Attarde, Mohit Avasthi, Royston Dias, Shivam Dube, Aakarshit Gomel, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, Tanush Kotian, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shams Mulani, Siddharth Raut, Prashant Solanki, Hardik Tamore, Aditya Tare, Arjun Tendulkar.

Madhya Pradesh: Aditya Shrivastava (captain), Rajat Patidar, Shubham Sharma, Ajay Rohera, Rameez Khan, Yash Dubey, Mihir Hirwani, Kumar Kartikeya, Ishwar Pandey, Kuldeep Sen, Gaurav Yadav, Anubhav Agarwal, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Arshad Khan, Puneet Datey, Saransh Jain, Himanshu Mantri, Parth Sahani, Rakesh Thakur, Prithviraj Singh Tomar

Uttar Pradesh: Kuldeep Yadav (captain), Almas Shaukat, Rishabh Bansal, Priyam Garg, Hardeep Singh, Jasmer Dhankhar, Dhruv Jurel, Aryan Juyal, Madhav Kaushik, Parth Mishra, Akshdeep Nath, Ankit Rajpoot, Shanu Saini, Samarth Singh, Sameer Choudhary, Karan Sharma, Shivam Mavi, Shivam Sharma, Rinku Singh, Yash Dayal, Zeeshan Ansari.

Uttarakhand: Jay Bista (captain), Kunal Chandela, Akash Madhwal, Deepesh Nainwal, Saurabh Rawat, Nikhil Kohli, Shivam Khurana, Himanshu Bisht, Robin Bist, Avneesh Sudha, Kamal Singh, Agrim Tiwari, Mayank Mishra, Dipankar Ramola, Dikshanshu Negi, Arya Sethi, Swapnil Singh, Deepak Dhopala, Tanush Gusain

Punjab: Abhishek Sharma (captain), Anmolpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh, Gurkeerat Mann, Prabhsimran Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sanvir Singh, Mayank Markande, Arshdeep Singh, Siddharth Kaul, Nehal Wadhera, Jassinder Singh, Prerit Dutta, Baltej Singh, Abhijeet Garg, Ashwani Kumar, Anmol Malhotra, Vijay Chaudhary, Gurnoor Brar, Jiwanjot Singh

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