Ranji Trophy

Ranji Trophy
Tournament logo
AdministratorBoard of Control for Cricket in India
FormatFirst-class cricket
First edition1934–35
Latest edition2024–25
Tournament formatRound-robin, then knockout
Number of teams38 (2025-26)
Current championVidarbha (3rd title)[1]
Most successfulMumbai (42 titles)[2]
QualificationIrani Cup
Most runsWasim Jaffer (12,038)
Most wicketsRajinder Goel (640)
TVJioHotstar
Websitewww.bcci.tv
Longest continuous championMumbai (15 titles)
2025–26 Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy is an annual domestic first-class cricket championship played in India. It is organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and teams representing the various member associations of the BCCI take part in the tournament. In the 2025–26 season, the competition was contested by 38 teams, including at least one team from each of the 28 states and four of the eight union territories.[a] The matches are held across various cricket grounds and stadiums in India.

The championship was first organised in 1934–35, with the inaugural match held between Madras and Mysore at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium on 4 November 1934. When the tournament was founded, it was named as the "Cricket Championship of India". Before the second edition of the tournament in 1935–36, it was renamed after Ranjitsinhji, who was the first Indian to play international cricket.[b] Since the inaugural edition, the tournament has been organised annually except in 2020–21, when it was suspended due to COVID-19.

Mumbai is the most successful team with 42 titles to its name. Vidarbha is the defending champion having defeated Kerala in the final of the 2024–25 Ranji Trophy.

History

Ranjitsinhji, after whom the tournament is named
Further information: Cricket in India and History of cricket

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was established on 1 December 1928 at Madras.[3][4] Anthony de Mello, one of the founders of the BCCI,[5][6] proposed the idea of a national level, first-class cricket championship during a meeting of the BCCI at Shimla in July 1934.[7][8] Fifteen teams contested in the inaugural edition of the championship in 1934-35.[7] The first match of the competition was held on 4 November 1934 between Madras and Mysore at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium at Madras, and was completed on a single day.[7][9][10]

Initially, the inaugural tournament was named as the "Cricket Championship of India". Bhupinder Singh, the Maharaja of Patiala, donated the trophy for the tournament, and suggested that it be named after Ranjitsinhji, the first Indian to play international cricket.[b] The championship was renamed as "Ranji Trophy" ahead of the second season in 1935-36.[7][8] The tournament has been held annually since its inception with the only exception in 2020-21, when the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[11][12]

Competition format

From the inception of the championship in 1934-35 to the 2001-02 season, the teams were grouped geographically into four or five zones – North, West, East, and South, with the Central zone added in 1952-53.[13] The number of teams in each zone varied across the seasons. In the 1948-49 Ranji Trophy, the 16 teams were grouped into one single group, as an exception.[14] Initially, the matches were played on a knock-out basis until 1956-57, and thereafter on a league basis to determine a winner of each zonal group. The zonal winners competed in a knock-out round, leading to a final that decided the winner of the Ranji Trophy. From the 1970–71 season, the knock-out stage was expanded to accommodate top two teams from each zone, for a total of ten qualifying teams. This was expanded again to include the top three from each zone in 1992–93 for a total of fifteen qualifying teams. Between 1996–97 and 1999–2000, the fifteen qualifying teams competed in a secondary group stage, with three groups of five teams, and the top two from each group qualified for a six-team knock-out stage.[15]

Ahead of the 2002–03 season, the zonal system was replaced by a two-tiered league comprising of the Elite (higher tier) and Plate Groups (lower tier). The 15 teams in the Elite tier were divided into two sub-groups and played against the other teams in the group, with the winner of each sub-group competing for the title, while the bottom teams were relegated to the Plate Group for the next season. The 12 teams in the lower tier were organised into two groups, and played a round-robin tournament, with the winners earning promotion to the Elite Group for the next season.[7][13][15] In the 2008–09 season, the format was adjusted to give the top teams from the Plate League groups to join the top three from each Super League (top tier) sub-group in an eight-team knock-out tournament, the winner was which was crowned the champion.[13]

From the 2012–13 season, the format was altered with the 18 teams in the top tier divided into two groups (Groups A and B) of nine teams, who competed in eight matches (four at home and four away), while the second tier (Group C) had nine teams in a single group. The top three teams from Groups A and B and the top two from Group C contested the knockout phase. The lowest placed team in each of top tier groups was relegated to Group C, and the top two from Group C are promoted to the top tier.[16] In the 2007-08 Ranji Trophy, 2008-09, and 2014-15 seasons, knockout-stage matches were held at neutral venues.[17] In the 2016–17, all the matches were played at neutral venues. However, this was abandoned for the next season, in which the two-tier system was done away with and the teams were grouped into four groups of seven teams each with the top two qualifying for the quarter-finalis.[13][18] From the 2018–19 season, the tournament had 37 teams, which were organised into three-tiers with five teams qualifying for the quarter-finals from the top tier (known as Elite Group A and Group B). Two teams from the second-tier (Elite Group C) and one team from the lower-tier (Plate Group) joined them in the quarter-finals.[7][19]

The matches, which were played for three days during the inaugural season, was later held as four-day matches in the group stage, and five-day matches in knock-outs with a possible sixth day for the final in some seasons.[16][20] In the group stages, teams have generally been awarded points for a win, and if the match did not yield a result, both the teams got points, with the team accumulating the lead in the first innings, being awarded the higher number of points. In the knockout stages, if there is no outright result, the team leading after the first innings is declared the winner.[13][20]

Points distribution system

For the 2025-26 season, points are awarded for the league stage as follows:[21]

Scenario Points
Win 6
Bonus point for win by an inning or 10 wickets 1
Tied match 3
First innings lead in a drawn match 3
No result 1
Tie in first inning score in a drawn match 1
Loss based on first innings score in a drawn match 1
Loss 0

Participants

Teams representing the various member associations of the BCCI take part in the tournament. There were 15 teams took part in the first tournament, Army, Bombay, Central India, Central Provinces and Berar, Delhi, Gujarat, Hyderabad, Madras, Maharashtra, Mysore, Northern India, Southern Punjab, Sind, United Provinces, and Western India.[7][13] The teams that took part in the Ranji Trophy changed over the years, with the Partition of India in 1947, Reorganisation of Indian states in 1956, and the formation of new Indian states and territories.[13][14] The tournament had 18 teams by 1936–37 season, and increased to 20 teams by 1947–48 season. By the 1959–60 season, 24 teams took part in the tournament, and which increased to 26 in 1985–86 season. Jharkhand joined for the 2004–05 season and Chhattisgarh took part for the first time in 2016–17.[14] For the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy, nine new teams were added, based on the Lodha Committee recommendations.[22] Chandigarh took part for the first time in 2019–20 season, taking the number to 38 teams.[23]

As of the 2025–26 edition, 38 teams continued to take part in the tournament.[24] There is at least one team representing each of the 28 states and five of the eight union territories.[a] Hyderabad became the representative of the Telangana state formed in 2013. Apart from these 32 teams,[a] Baroda, Mumbai, Saurashtra and Vidarbha, which are remnants from the teams fielded by the erstwhile territories and princely states before the Indian independence, continue to take part in the competition. Apart from this, Railways, and Services have representative teams in the competition..[24][25] Despite the Lodha committee recommendation to have one team representing each state or union territory, a ruling by the Supreme Court of India in 2018, resulted in the continuing participation of these teams.[25]

2025–26 season

Thirty eight teams participate in the 2025–26 Ranji Trophy:[24]

Team[c] First season First title Recent title Titles[d] Runners-up[e]
Andhra 1953–54 – –
Arunachal Pradesh 2018–19 – –
Assam 1948–49 – –
Baroda 1937–38 1942–43 2000–01 5 4
Bengal 1935–36 1938–39 1989–90 2 13
Bihar 1936–37 – 1
Chhattisgarh 2016–17 – –
Chandigarh 2019–20 – –
Delhi 1934–35 1978–79 2007–08 7 8
Goa 1985–86 – –
Gujarat 1935–36 2016–17 2016–17 1 1
Haryana 1970–71 1990–91 1990–91 1 1
Himachal Pradesh 1985–86 – –
Hyderabad 1934–35 1937–38 1986–87 2 3
Jammu and Kashmir 1959–60 – -
Jharkhand 2004–05 – –
Karnataka[f] 1934–35 1973–74 2014–15 8 6
Kerala[g] 1957–58 – 1
Madhya Pradesh[h] 1941–42 1945–46 2021–22 5 7
Maharashtra 1934–35 1939–40 1940–41 2 3
Manipur 2018–19 – –
Meghalaya 2018–19 – –
Mizoram 2018–19 – –
Mumbai[i] 1934–35 1934–35 2023–24 42 6
Nagaland 2018–19 – –
Odisha 1949–50 – –
Puducherry 2018–19 – –
Punjab[j] 1968–69 1992–93 1992–93 1 3
Railways 1958–59 2001–02 2004–05 2 2
Rajasthan[k] 1935–36 2010–11 2011–12 2 8
Saurashtra[l] 1936–37 2019–20 2022–23 3 4
Sikkim 2018–19 – –
Services 1949–50 – 2
Tamil Nadu[m] 1934–35 1954–55 1987–88 2 10
Tripura 1985–86 – –
Uttar Pradesh[n] 1934–35 2005–06 2005–06 1 5
Uttarakhand 2018–19 – -
Vidarbha 1957–58 2017–18 2024–25 3 1

Defunct teams

Source:[14]

Stadiums

Stadium City Capacity Home team
Narendra Modi Stadium Ahmedabad 132,000[26] Gujarat
Eden Gardens Kolkata 68,000[27] Bengal
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium Raipur 65,000 Chhattisgarh
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium Hyderabad 55,000[28] Hyderabad
Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium Lucknow 55,000 Uttar Pradesh
Greenfield International Stadium Thiruvananthapuram 55,000 Kerala
JSCA International Cricket Stadium Ranchi 50,000 Jharkhand
Barabati Stadium Cuttack 45,000 Odisha
Rajgir International Cricket Stadium Nalanda 45,000 Bihar
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium Nagpur 45,000 Vidarbha
Arun Jaitley Stadium New Delhi 41,842[29] Delhi
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore 40,000[30] Karnataka
Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Cricket Stadium Guwahati 40,000 Assam
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium Pune 37,406 Maharashtra
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium Chennai 33,500[31] Tamil Nadu
Wankhede Stadium Mumbai 33,108[32] Mumbai
Holkar Stadium Indore 30,000 Madhya Pradesh
Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium Agartala 30,000 Tripura
Sector 16 Stadium Chandigarh 30,000 Chandigarh
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium Rajkot 28,000 Saurashtra
Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium Mohali 26,000 Punjab
Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium Visakhapatnam 25,000 Andhra
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium Dharamshala 25,000 Himachal Pradesh
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium Dehradun 25,000 Uttarakhand
Sawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur 23,185 Rajasthan
Moti Bagh Stadium Vadodara 18,000 Baroda
Mining Cricket Stadium Rangpo 17,500[33] Sikkim

Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium Lahli ||Rohtak||10,000||Haryana

Players

Teams are selected by selection panels of respective member associations using player trials and past performance amongst others.[34] Every association is allowed to register up to 50 players, who can be selected to the squad during the tournament. The registration and announcement of teams usually close a week before the start of the tournament. If a player has played for a different team in the past, and wishes to switch teams, he is required to get an approval from the BCCI and a no objection certificate from the previous association.[35]

Renumeration

The players involved in the tournament are paid a fixed salary by the BCCI based on the number of days played. The players are catergorised into three tiers based on the number of Ranji Trophy games played in their respective careers. A player who has played more than 40 games is paid ₹60,000 (US$710) per day, with ₹50,000 (US$590) to those who have played between 21 and 40 games and ₹40,000 (US$470) for those who have played less than 20 games. Reserve players are paid ₹30,000 (US$350), ₹25,000 (US$300), and ₹20,000 (US$240) in the respective categories.[36][37]

Seasons

Results of the final match

Season Winner[8] Runner-up Winning Captain Venue
1934–35 Bombay Northern India L. P. Jai Bombay Gymkhana, Bombay
1935–36 Bombay Madras Hormasji Vajifdar Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
1936–37 Nawanagar Bengal Albert Wensley Bombay Gymkhana, Bombay
1937–38 Hyderabad Nawanagar Syed Mohammed Hussain Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
1938–39 Bengal Southern Punjab Tom Longfield Eden Gardens, Calcutta
1939–40 Maharashtra United Provinces D. B. Deodhar Poona Gymkhana Ground, Pune
1940–41 Maharashtra Madras D. B. Deodhar M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras
1941–42 Bombay Mysore Vijay Merchant
1942–43 Baroda Hyderabad Wamanrao Ghorpade
1943–44 Western India Bengal Herbert Barritt
1944–45 Bombay Holkar Vijay Merchant
1945–46 Holkar Baroda C. K. Nayudu
1946–47 Baroda Holkar Raosaheb Nimbalkar
1947–48 Holkar Bombay C. K. Nayudu
1948–49 Bombay Baroda K. C. Ibrahim
1949–50 Baroda Holkar Raosaheb Nimbalkar
1950–51 Holkar Gujarat C. K. Nayudu
1951–52 Bombay Holkar Madhav Mantri Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
1952–53 Holkar Bengal C. K. Nayudu
1953–54 Bombay Holkar Ranga Sohoni
1954–55 Madras Holkar Balu Alaganan
1955–56 Bombay Bengal Madhav Mantri
1956–57 Bombay Services Madhav Mantri
1957–58 Baroda Services Datta Gaekwad
1958–59 Bombay Bengal Madhav Apte
1959–60 Bombay Mysore Polly Umrigar
1960–61 Bombay Rajasthan Polly Umrigar
1961–62 Bombay Rajasthan Madhav Apte Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
1962–63 Bombay Rajasthan Polly Umrigar
1963–64 Bombay Rajasthan Bapu Nadkarni
1964–65 Bombay Hyderabad Bapu Nadkarni
1965–66 Bombay Rajasthan Bapu Nadkarni
1966–67 Bombay Rajasthan Manohar Hardikar
1967–68 Bombay Madras Manohar Hardikar
1968–69 Bombay Bengal Ajit Wadekar
1969–70 Bombay Rajasthan Ajit Wadekar
1970–71 Bombay Maharashtra Sudhir Naik Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
1971–72 Bombay Bengal Ajit Wadekar Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
1972–73 Bombay Tamil Nadu Ajit Wadekar M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras
1973–74 Karnataka Rajasthan E. A. S. Prasanna Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
1974–75 Bombay Karnataka Ashok Mankad
1975–76 Bombay Bihar Ashok Mankad
1976–77 Bombay Delhi Sunil Gavaskar
1977–78 Karnataka Uttar Pradesh E. A. S. Prasanna
1978–79 Delhi Karnataka Bishan Singh Bedi M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
1979–80 Delhi Bombay Bishan Singh Bedi Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
1980–81 Bombay Delhi Eknath Solkar Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
1981–82 Delhi Karnataka Mohinder Amarnath Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi
1982–83 Karnataka Bombay Brijesh Patel
1983–84 Bombay Delhi Sunil Gavaskar
1984–85 Bombay Delhi Sunil Gavaskar
1985–86 Delhi Haryana Madan Lal
1986–87 Hyderabad Delhi M. V. Narasimha Rao
1987–88 Tamil Nadu Railways S. Vasudevan
1988–89 Delhi Bengal Madan Lal
1989–90 Bengal Delhi Sambaran Banerjee
1990–91 Haryana Bombay Kapil Dev
1991–92 Delhi Tamil Nadu Ajay Sharma
1992–93 Punjab Maharashtra Gursharan Singh
1993–94 Bombay Bengal Ravi Shastri
1994–95 Bombay Punjab Sachin Tendulkar
1995–96 Karnataka Tamil Nadu Anil Kumble
1996–97 Mumbai Delhi Sanjay Manjrekar
1997–98 Karnataka Uttar Pradesh Rahul Dravid
1998–99 Karnataka Madhya Pradesh Sunil Joshi M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
1999–00 Mumbai Hyderabad Sameer Dighe Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
2000–01 Baroda Railways Jacob Martin Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara
2001–02 Railways Baroda Abhay Sharma
2002–03 Mumbai Tamil Nadu Paras Mhambrey
2003–04 Mumbai Tamil Nadu Sairaj Bahutule
2004–05 Railways Punjab Sanjay Bangar
2005–06 Uttar Pradesh Bengal Mohammad Kaif
2006–07 Mumbai Bengal Amol Muzumdar
2007–08 Delhi Uttar Pradesh Gautam Gambhir
2008–09 Mumbai Uttar Pradesh Wasim Jaffer
2009–10 Mumbai Karnataka Wasim Jaffer
2010–11 Rajasthan Baroda Hrishikesh Kanitkar
2011–12 Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Hrishikesh Kanitkar MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
2012–13 Mumbai Saurashtra Ajit Agarkar Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
2013–14 Karnataka Maharashtra Vinay Kumar Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
2014–15 Karnataka Tamil Nadu Vinay Kumar Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
2015–16 Mumbai Saurashtra Aditya Tare MCA Stadium, Pune
2016–17 Gujarat Mumbai Parthiv Patel Holkar Stadium, Indore
2017–18 Vidarbha Delhi Faiz Fazal Holkar Stadium, Indore
2018–19 Vidarbha Saurashtra Faiz Fazal VCA Stadium, Nagpur
2019–20 Saurashtra Bengal Jaydev Unadkat Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot
2020–21 Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22 Madhya Pradesh Mumbai Aditya Shrivastava M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
2022–23 Saurashtra Bengal Jaydev Unadkat Eden Gardens, Kolkata
2023–24 Mumbai Vidarbha Ajinkya Rahane Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
2024–25 Vidarbha

Kerala

Akshay Wadkar VCA Stadium, Nagpur
2025–26 KSCA Stadium, Belagavi

Finals appearances by team

Mumbai/Bombay have played in 48 finals and have won total 42 Ranji Trophy championships, the most by any team.

Team Winner Runner-up Win % Last win
Mumbai / Bombay 42 6 87.5 2024
Karnataka / Mysore 8 6 57.1 2015
Delhi 7 8 46.7 2008
Madhya Pradesh / Holkar 5 7 41.7 2022
Baroda 5 4 55.6 2001
Saurashtra / Nawanagar 3 4 75.0 2023
Vidarbha 3 1 75.0 2025
Bengal 2 13 13.33 1990
Tamil Nadu / Madras 2 10 16.7 1988
Rajasthan / Rajputana 2 8 20.0 2012
Hyderabad 2 3 40.0 1987
Maharashtra 2 3 40.0 1941
Railways 2 2 50.0 2005
Uttar Pradesh / United Provinces 1 5 16.7 2006
Punjab / Southern Punjab 1 3 25.0 1993
Haryana 1 1 50.0 1991
Gujarat 1 1 50.0 2017
Western India 1 0 100 1944
Services 0 2 0.0
Bihar 0 1 0.0
Northern India 0 1 0.0
Kerala 0 1 0.0
Jammu & Kashmir 0 0 0.0

Statistics

Main article: List of Ranji Trophy records
Further information: List of hat-tricks in the Ranji Trophy
Team records[38]
Most trophies wins 42 Mumbai 1934–2024
Highest team score 935/5 dec. Hyderabad v Andhra 1993–94[39]
Lowest team score 21 Hyderabad v Rajasthan 2010[40]
Individual match records[38]
Highest individual innings 443* B. B. Nimbalkar Maharashtra v Kathiawar 1948–49[41]
Best innings bowling 10/20 Premangsu Chatterjee Bengal v Assam 1956–57[42]
Best match bowling 16/99 Anil Kumble Karnataka v Kerala 1994–95[43]
Individual season records[44]
Most runs in a season 1,415 V. V. S. Laxman Hyderabad 1999–2000
Most centuries in a season 7 Wasim Jaffer Mumbai 1999–2000
Most wickets in a season 69 Harsh Dubey Vidarbha 2024-25
Individual career records
Most career matches 155 Wasim Jaffer 1996–2020
Most career runs 12,038[45] Wasim Jaffer 1996–2020
Most career centuries 40[45] Wasim Jaffer 1996–2020
Highest career batting average 98.35[46] Vijay Merchant 1934–51
Most career wickets 640†[47] Rajinder Goel 1958–85

† Some sources credit Goel with 636 or 640 wickets instead.

Broadcasting

Star Sports Network television channels and JioHotstar hold the rights to broadcast the trophy on television and online respectively.[48] Match highlights are streamed on the official website of the BCCI.[49]

  • The tournament featured in the 2019 Telugu film Jersey, in which the protagonist Arjun represents the Hyderabad cricket team in the Ranji Trophy in the 1980s and 1990s.[50]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Delhi and Puducherry are represented by Delhi cricket team and Puducherry cricket team respectively. Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are represented by the Jammu and Kashmir cricket team.
  2. ^ a b Ranjitsinhji played for England from 1896 to 1902. He was a prince from the princely state of Nawanagar and later became its ruler.
  3. ^ Some teams have competed under different names in the past, while a few teams have been successors of erstwhile teams.
  4. ^ Western India cricket team was the winner in the 1943-44 Ranji Trophy, and is defunct.
  5. ^ Northern India cricket team was the runner-up in the 1934-35 Ranji Trophy, and is defunct.
  6. ^ Competed as Mysore cricket team till 1972-73.
  7. ^ Succeeded the Travancore-Cochin cricket team which competed from 1951-52 to 1957-58.
  8. ^ Competed as Holkar cricket team from 1941-42 to 1954-55, and as Madhya Bharat cricket team till 1949-50.
  9. ^ Competed as Bombay cricket team from 1934-35 to 1995-96.
  10. ^ Succeeded the Eastern Punjab cricket team (1950–51 to 1959–60), Northern Punjab cricket team (1960–61 to 1967-68), Patiala cricket team (1948–49, 1953–54 to 1958-59), and Southern Punjab cricket team (1934–35 to 1951–52, 1959–60 to 1967-68).
  11. ^ Competed as Rajputana cricket team from 1935–36 to 1955-56.
  12. ^ Competed as Nawanagar cricket team from 1936–37 to 1946-47.
  13. ^ Competed as Madras cricket team from 1934–35 to 1970-71.
  14. ^ Competed as United Provinces cricket team from 1934–35 to 1949-50.
  15. ^ Irani Cup is single match tournament, in which last season's Ranji Trophy champion play against the Rest of India cricket team. The match is organised annually at the beginning of the Indian domestic cricket season.

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