Ranji Trophy
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The Ranji Trophy is a premier domestic first-class cricket championship played in India. It is organized annually by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Teams representing regional and state cricket associations take part in the tournament. The BCCI founded the championship in 1934, and since then, it has been organised across various grounds and stadiums in India. The competition currently consists of 38 teams, including at least one team from each of the 28 states of India and four of the eight union territories. When the tournament was founded, it was named "the Cricket Championship of India", in 1935 it was renamed after Ranjitsinhji, who was the first Indian to play international cricket. He played for England from 1896 to 1902. The Mumbai cricket team is the most successful team of the tournament, with a record 42 titles to their name. The Vidarbha cricket team is the current champion after winning the 2024–25 final over Kerala cricket team at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground.
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| Team | Home ground/s | First season | First title | Last title | Total titles |
| Andhra | ACA-VDCA International Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam | 1953–54 | – | – | – |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2018–19 | – | – | – | |
| Assam | ACA Stadium, Guwahati | 1948–49 | – | – | – |
| Baroda | Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara | 1937–38 | 1942–43 | 2000–01 | 5 |
| Bengal | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | 1935–36 | 1938–39 | 1989–90 | 2 |
| Bihar | Rajgir International Stadium, Nalanda | 1936–37 | – | – | – |
| Chhattisgarh | Nava Raipur International Stadium, Naya Raipur | 2016–17 | – | – | – |
| Chandigarh | Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh | 2019–20 | – | – | – |
| Delhi | Arun Jaitley Stadium | 1934–35 | 1978–79 | 2007–08 | 7 |
| Goa | Dr. Rajendra Prasad Stadium, Margao | 1985–86 | – | – | – |
| Gujarat | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad | 1935–36 | 2016–17 | 2016–17 | 1 |
| Haryana | Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak | 1970–71 | 1990–91 | 1990–91 | 1 |
| Himachal Pradesh | HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala | 1985–86 | – | – | – |
| Hyderabad | Hyderabad Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad | 1934–35 | 1937–38 | 1986–87 | 2 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Sher-e-Kashmir Stadium, Srinagar | 1959–60 | – | – | – |
| Jharkhand | JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi | 2004–05 | – | – | – |
| Karnataka | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | 1934–35 | 1973–74 | 2014–15 | 8 |
| Kerala | Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram | 1957–58 | – | – | – |
| Madhya Pradesh | Holkar Stadium, Indore | 1941–42 | 1945–46 | 2021–22 | 5 |
| Maharashtra | Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune | 1934–35 | 1939–40 | 1940–41 | 2 |
| Manipur | 2018–19 | – | – | – | |
| Meghalaya | Meghalaya Cricket Association Cricket Ground, Shillong | 2018–19 | – | – | – |
| Mizoram | 2018–19 | – | – | – | |
| Mumbai | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | 1934–35 | 1934–35 | 2023–24 | 42 |
| Nagaland | Nagaland Cricket Association Stadium, Sovima | 2018–19 | – | – | – |
| Odisha | Barabati Stadium, Cuttack | 1949–50 | – | – | – |
| Pondicherry | CAP Siechem Ground, Puducherry | 2018–19 | – | – | – |
| Punjab | Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali | 1968–69 | 1992–93 | 1992–93 | 1 |
| Railways | Karnail Singh Stadium, New Delhi | 1958–59 | 2001–02 | 2004–05 | 2 |
| Rajasthan | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur | 1935–36 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2 |
| Saurashtra | Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot | 1936–37 | 2019–20 | 2022–23 | 2 |
| Sikkim | Mining Cricket Stadium, Rangpo | 2018–19 | – | – | – |
| Services | Palam A Stadium, New Delhi | 1949–50 | – | – | – |
| Tamil Nadu | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | 1934–35 | 1954–55 | 1987–88 | 2 |
| Tripura | Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala | 1985–86 | – | – | – |
| Uttar Pradesh | BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow | 1934–35 | 2005–06 | 2005–06 | 1 |
| Uttarakhand | Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun | 2018–19 | – | – | – |
| Vidarbha | New VCA Stadium, Nagpur | 1957–58 | 2017–18 | 2024–25 | 3 |
| Stadium | City | Capacity | Home team |
| Narendra Modi Stadium | Ahmedabad | 132,000 | Gujarat |
| Eden Gardens | Kolkata | 68,000 | Bengal |
| Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium | Raipur | 65,000 | Chhattisgarh |
| Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium | Hyderabad | 55,000 | 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 | Delhi |
| M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bangalore | 40,000 | 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 | Tamil Nadu |
| Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | 33,108 | 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 | Sikkim |
| Scenario | Points |
| Win outright | 6 |
| Bonus point for inning or 10 wicket win | 1 |
| First innings lead in a drawn match | 3 |
| No result | 1 |
| Tie in first inning's score in a drawn match | 1 |
| Loss on the first innings | 1 |
| Lost outright | 0 |
| Tie on both innings | 3 |
| Team records | |||
| Most trophies wins | 42 | Mumbai | 1934–2024 |
| Highest team score | 935/5 dec. | Hyderabad v Andhra | 1993–94 |
| Lowest team score | 21 | Hyderabad v Rajasthan | 2010 |
| Individual match records | ||||
| Highest individual innings | 443* | B. B. Nimbalkar | Maharashtra v Kathiawar | 1948–49 |
| Best innings bowling | 10/20 | Premangsu Chatterjee | Bengal v Assam | 1956–57 |
| Best match bowling | 16/99 | Anil Kumble | Karnataka v Kerala | 1994–95 |
| Individual season records | ||||
| 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 | Wasim Jaffer | 1996–2020 | |
| Most career centuries | 40 | Wasim Jaffer | 1996–2020 | |
| Highest career batting average | 98.35 | Vijay Merchant | 1934–51 | |
| Most career wickets | 640† | Rajinder Goel | 1958–85 | |
| Season | Winner | Runner-up | Winning Captain | Venue |
| 1934–35 | Bombay | Northern India | L. P. Jai | Bombay Gymkhana, Bombay |
| 1935–36 | Bombay | Madras | Hormasji Vajifdar | |
| 1936–37 | Nawanagar | Bengal | Albert Wensley | |
| 1937–38 | Hyderabad | Nawanagar | SM Hussain | |
| 1938–39 | Bengal | Southern Punjab | Tom Longfield | |
| 1939–40 | Maharashtra | United Provinces | D. B. Deodhar | Poona Gymkhana, Pune |
| 1940–41 | Maharashtra | Madras | D. B. Deodhar | Chepauk, Madras |
| 1941–42 | Bombay | Mysore | Vijay Merchant | |
| 1942–43 | Baroda | Hyderabad | W.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, Mumbai |
| 1952–53 | Holkar | Bengal | C. K. Nayudu | |
| 1953–54 | Bombay | Holkar | Ranga Sohoni | |
| 1954–55 | Madras | Holkar | Balu Alaganan | Yeshwant Club, Indore |
| 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, Mumbai |
| 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, Mumbai |
| 1971–72 | Bombay | Bengal | Ajit Wadekar | Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai |
| 1972–73 | Bombay | Tamil Nadu | Ajit Wadekar | Chepauk, Chennai |
| 1973–74 | Karnataka | Rajasthan | E. A. S. Prasanna | |
| 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 | Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| 1979–80 | Delhi | Bombay | Bishan Singh Bedi | |
| 1980–81 | Bombay | Delhi | Eknath Solkar | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| 1981–82 | Delhi | Karnataka | Mohinder Amarnath | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| 1982–83 | Karnataka | Bombay | Brijesh Patel |
| 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 / Western India / Nawanagar | 4 | 4 | 50 | 2023 |
| Vidarbha | 3 | 1 | 75 | 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 | 1993 |
| Haryana | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1991 |
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 2017 |
| Services | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Bihar | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Northern India | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Kerala | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Category | Matches played | Salary Per match |
| Seniors | 40 or more | lakh |
| Mid Seniors | 20-39 | ₹2 lakh |
| Juniors | Under 20 | lakh |
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