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Ranji Trophy

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Countries
 India
AdministratorBCCI
FormatFirst-class cricket
First Edition1934
Tournament format
Round-robin then knockout
Number of teams37
Current champion
Vidarbha (2nd title)
Most successful
Mumbai (41 titles)
QualificationIrani Cup
Most runs
Wasim Jaffer (11775)
1996–present
Most wickets
Rajinder Goel (640)
1958–1985

2018–19 Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between teams representing regional and state cricket associations. The competition currently consists of 37 teams, with all 29 states in India and two of the seven union territories having at least one representation. The competition is named after first Indian cricketer who played international cricket, Ranjitsinhji, who was also known as 'Ranji'.


The current Ranji Trophy championship is held by Vidarbha, which won against Saurashtra by 78 runs in the final match of the 2018–19 season held at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur.




Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Participants


  • 3 Current teams


  • 4 Defunct teams


  • 5 Format

    • 5.1 Points summary



  • 6 Tournament records


  • 7 Winners

    • 7.1 Finals appearances by team



  • 8 See also


  • 9 References and notes


  • 10 External links




History





Ranjitsinhji, after whom the tournament is named


The competition was launched in following a meeting in July 1934,[1] with the first fixtures taking place in 1934–35. The trophy was donated by Ranji .[1] The first match of the competition was held on 4 November 1934 between Madras and Mysore at the Chepauk ground in Madras in the final. Mumbai(Bombay) have won the tournament the most number of times with 41 wins including 15 back-to-back wins from 1958–59 to 1972–73.



Participants


State teams and cricket associations and clubs with first-class status are qualified to play in the Ranji Trophy. While most associations are regional, like the Karnataka State Cricket Association and Mumbai Cricket Association, two, Railways and Services, are pan-Indian



Current teams


The following 37 teams currently participate in the Ranji Trophy:



  • Andhra


  • Arunachal Pradesh†

  • Assam

  • Baroda

  • Bengal


  • Bihar†

  • Chhattisgarh

  • Delhi

  • Goa

  • Gujarat

  • Haryana

  • Himachal Pradesh


  • Hyderabad (Telangana)

  • Jammu and Kashmir

  • Jharkhand


  • Karnataka (Mysore)

  • Kerala


  • Madhya Pradesh (Central India/Gwalior/Holkar/Madhya Bharat)

  • Maharashtra


  • Manipur†


  • Meghalaya†


  • Mizoram†


  • Mumbai (Bombay)


  • Nagaland†


  • Odisha (Orissa)


  • Puducherry†

  • Punjab

  • Railways


  • Rajasthan (Rajputana)


  • Saurashtra (Kathiawar/Nawanagar)


  • Sikkim†


  • Services (Army)


  • Tamil Nadu (Madras)

  • Tripura


  • Uttar Pradesh (United Provinces)


  • Uttarakhand†

  • Vidarbha


denotes newly added teams for the 2018–19 season



Defunct teams


The following teams have appeared in the Ranji Trophy, but no longer do so:



  • Central Provinces and Berar (1934/35 – 1949/50)


  • Northern India (1934/35 – 1946/47)


  • Sind (1934/35 – 1947/48)


  • Southern Punjab (1934/35 – 1951/52, 1959/60 – 1967/68)


  • Western India (1934/35 – 1945/46)


  • North West Frontier Province (1937/38 – 1946/47)

  • Holkar (1941/42 – 1954/55)

  • Gwalior (1943/44)

  • Kathiawar (1946/47 – 1949/50)


  • Patiala/Patiala and Eastern Punjab States Union (1948/49, 1953/54 – 1958/59)


  • Eastern Punjab (1950/51 – 1959/60)


  • Travancore-Cochin (1951/52 – 1956/57)

  • Madhya Bharat (1955/56 – 1956/57)


  • Northern Punjab (1960/61 – 1967/68)


Format


From its inception until the 2001 season, the teams were grouped geographically into four or five zones – North, West, East, and South, with Central added in 1952–53. Initial matches were played within the zones on a knock-out basis until 1956–57, and thereafter on a league basis, to determine a winner; then, the five individual zone winners competed in a knock-out tournament, leading to a final which decided the winner of the Ranji Trophy. From the 1970–71 season, the knock-out stage was expanded to the top two teams from each zone, a total of ten qualifying teams. This was expanded again to the top three from each zone in 1992–93, 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; in all other years until 2001–02, a full fifteen-team knock-out tournament was held.


The format was changed in the 2002–03 season with the zonal system abandoned and a two-division structure adopted – the Elite Group, containing fifteen teams, and the Plate Group, containing the rest. Each group had two sub-groups which played a round-robin; the top two from each Elite sub-group then contested a four-team knock-out tournament to determine the winner of the Ranji Trophy. The team which finished last in each Elite sub-group was relegated, and both Plate Group finalists were promoted for the following season. For the 2006–07 season, the divisions were re-labelled the Super League and Plate League respectively.


In the 2008–09 season, this format was adjusted to give both Super League and Plate League teams an opportunity to contest the Ranji Trophy. The top two from each Plate sub-group contested semi-finals; the winners of these two matches then joined the top three from each Super League sub-group in an eight-team knock-out tournament. The winner of this knock-out tournament then won the Ranji Trophy. Promotion and relegation between Super League and Plate League continued as before. In the 2010–11 season, Rajasthan won the Ranji Trophy after beginning the season in the Plate League.


From the 2012–13 season, this format was adjusted slightly. The Super League and Plate League names were abandoned, but the two-tier system remained. The top tier expanded from fifteen teams to eighteen teams, in two sub-groups of nine (known as Group A and Group B, and considered equal in status); and the second tier was reduced to nine teams in a single group (known as Group C). The top three teams from Groups A and B and the top two from Group C contest the knockout phase. The lowest placed team in each of Group A and Group B is relegated to Group C, and the top two from Group C are promoted to the top tier.


For the 2017-18 season, the two-tier system was abandoned to have 4 groups of seven teams each and two quarter-finalists from each group.


From the 2018-19 season, the teams contested in three-tiers. Five teams will qualify for the quarter-finals from the top tier (known as Elite Group A and Group B). Two teams will qualify from the second-tier (Elite Group C) and One team from the lower-tier (Plate Group) for the quarter-finals.


Round-robin matches are four days in length; knockout matches are played for five days. Throughout its history, if there is no outright result in a Ranji Trophy knock-out match, the team leading after the first innings is the winner.


Prior to the 2016–17 season matches were played at the home ground of one of the two teams taking part. For the 2016–17 competition the BCCI decided that all games would be staged at a neutral venue.[2]



Points summary


Points in the league stages of both divisions are currently awarded as follows:
















ScenarioPoints
Win outright6
Bonus point (for innings or 10 wicket wins)1
1st innings lead in a drawn match3 *
No result1
1st innings deficit in a drawn match1 *
Lost Outright0


Tournament records














Team records[3]
Most wins41
Mumbai
Highest team score944/6 decl.
Hyderabad v Andhra
1993–94 [4]
Lowest team score21
Hyderabad v Rajasthan
2010 [5]















Individual match records[3]
Highest individual innings443*B. B. Nimbalkar
Maharashtra v Kathiawar
1948–49 [6]
Best innings bowling10/20Premangsu Chatterjee
Bengal v Assam
1956–57 [7]
Best match bowling16/99Anil Kumble
Karnataka v Kerala
1994–95 [8]















Individual season records[9]
Most runs in a season1415V. V. S. LaxmanHyderabad1999–2000
Most centuries in a season8V. V. S. LaxmanHyderabad1999–2000
Most wickets in a season68Ashutosh Aman Bihar2018-19
















Individual career records
Most career runs10665[10]Wasim Jaffer1996–present
Most career centuries36[11]Wasim Jaffer1996–present
Highest career batting average98.35[12]Vijay Merchant1934–51
Most career wickets637[13]Rajinder Goel1958–85

Some sources credit Goel with 636 or 640 wickets instead – see Rajinder Goel article for details.



Winners


The following teams have won the tournament:[1]




































































































































































































































































SeasonWinnerRunner-up
1934–35Bombay
Northern India
1935–36Bombay
Madras
1936–37Nawanagar
Bengal
1937–38Hyderabad
Nawanagar
1938–39Bengal
Southern Punjab
1939–40Maharashtra
United Provinces
1940–41Maharashtra
Madras
1941–42Bombay
Mysore
1942–43Baroda
Hyderabad
1943–44Western India
Bengal
1944–45Bombay
Holkar
1945–46Holkar
Baroda
1946–47Baroda
Holkar
1947–48Holkar
Bombay
1948–49Bombay
Baroda
1949–50Baroda
Holkar
1950–51Holkar
Gujarat
1951–52Bombay
Holkar
1952–53Holkar
Bengal
1953–54Bombay
Holkar
1954–55Madras
Holkar
1955–56Bombay
Bengal
1956–57Bombay
Services
1957–58Baroda
Services
1958–59Bombay
Bengal
1959–60Bombay
Mysore
1960–61Bombay
Rajasthan
1961–62Bombay
Rajasthan
1962–63Bombay
Rajasthan
1963–64Bombay
Rajasthan
1964–65Bombay
Hyderabad
1965–66Bombay
Rajasthan
1966–67Bombay
Rajasthan
1967–68Bombay
Madras
1968–69Bombay
Bengal
1969–70Bombay
Rajasthan
1970–71Bombay
Maharashtra
1971–72Bombay
Bengal
1972–73Bombay
Tamil Nadu
1973–74Karnataka
Rajasthan
1974–75Bombay
Karnataka
1975–76Bombay
Bihar
1976–77Bombay
Delhi
1977–78Karnataka
Uttar Pradesh
1978–79Delhi
Karnataka
1979–80Delhi
Bombay
1980–81Bombay
Delhi
1981–82Delhi
Karnataka
1982–83Karnataka
Bombay
1983–84Bombay
Delhi
1984–85Bombay
Delhi
1985–86Delhi
Haryana
1986–87Hyderabad
Delhi
1987–88Tamil Nadu
Railways
1988–89Delhi
Bengal
1989–90Bengal
Delhi
1990–91Haryana
Bombay
1991–92Delhi
Tamil Nadu
1992–93Punjab
Maharashtra
1993–94Bombay
Bengal
1994–95Bombay
Punjab
1995–96Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
1996–97Mumbai
Delhi
1997–98Karnataka
Uttar Pradesh
1998–99Karnataka
Madhya Pradesh
1999–00Mumbai
Hyderabad
2000–01Baroda
Railways
2001–02Railways
Baroda
2002–03Mumbai
Tamil Nadu
2003–04Mumbai
Tamil Nadu
2004–05Railways
Punjab
2005–06Uttar Pradesh
Bengal
2006–07Mumbai
Bengal
2007–08Delhi
Uttar Pradesh
2008–09Mumbai
Uttar Pradesh
2009–10Mumbai
Karnataka
2010–11Rajasthan
Baroda
2011–12Rajasthan
Tamil Nadu
2012–13Mumbai
Saurashtra
2013–14Karnataka
Maharashtra
2014–15Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
2015–16Mumbai
Saurashtra
2016–17Gujarat
Mumbai
2017–18Vidarbha
Delhi
2018–19Vidarbha
Saurashtra


Finals appearances by team


Mumbai/Bombay have played in 46 of the 83 finals till 2016–17 and have won total 41 Ranji Trophy championships, the most by any team.











































































































TeamWinsAppearancesWin %Last win
Mumbai/Bombay414689.12016
Karnataka/Mysore81457.12015
Delhi71546.72008
Baroda5955.62001
Madhya Pradesh/Holkar41136.41953
Vidarbha22100.02019
Bengal21315.41990
Tamil Nadu/Madras21216.71988
Rajasthan21020.02012
Hyderabad2540.01987
Maharashtra2540.01941
Railways2450.02005

Saurashtra/Nawanagar/Western India
2450.01944
Uttar Pradesh/United Provinces1616.72006

Punjab/Southern Punjab
1520.01993
Haryana1250.01991
Gujarat1250.02017
Services0200.0
Bihar0100.0
Northern India0100.0


See also



  • Cricket in India

  • History of cricket

  • List of Ranji Trophy records

  • List of hat-tricks in the Ranji Trophy



References and notes




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  2. ^ "Ranji Trophy to be held at neutral venues, confirms BCCI". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 January 2017.


  3. ^ ab Compiled from Overall First-Class Records at CricketArchive.


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  8. ^ The Home of CricketArchive. Cricketarchive.co.uk (1995-01-17). Retrieved on 2013-12-06.


  9. ^ From Indian Cricket 2004, published by The Hindu, 2004.


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  11. ^ Partab Ramchand (19 February 2000). "Wasim Jaffer in elite company". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2007.


  12. ^ Partab Ramchand (19 February 2000). "Ajay Sharma in elite company". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2007.


  13. ^ Anil Gulati (30 June 2001). "I was born at the wrong time: Rajinder Goel". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2007.



External links




  • Official website of the BCCI

  • The Ranji Trophy – Cricinfo











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