Ranji Trophy

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Ranji Trophy
Ranji trophy.jpg
Countries India India
Administrator BCCI
Format First-class cricket
First tournament 1934
Tournament format Round-robin then knockout
Number of teams 27
Current champion Mumbai (40th title)
Most successful Mumbai (40 titles)
Most runs Wasim Jaffer
Most wickets Rajinder Goel (640)
1958–1985
2012–13 Ranji Trophy

Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between teams representing regional cricket associations, equivalent to the County Championship in England and the Sheffield Shield in Australia. The competition is named after England and Yorkshire cricketer Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji (Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, also known as "Ranji"). The latest title is won by Mumbai (Mumbai's 40th title) on 28 January 2013 at Mumbai. Mumbai defeated Saurashtra by an inning and 125 runs.

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History [edit]

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Ranjitsinhji, honour the trophy was established in 1934

The competition was launched as "The Cricket Championship of India" following a meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India in July 1934, with the first fixtures taking place in 1934–35. The trophy was donated by Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala. The first Ranji Trophy Championship was won by Bombay after they defeated North India in the final. Syed Mohammed Hadi of Hyderabad was the first batsman to score a hundred.

Mumbai (formerly Bombay) have been the dominant team in the Championship so far, with 40 wins, including 15 back-to-back wins from 1958–59 to 1972–73.

Participants [edit]

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

Past teams which have played in the Ranji Trophy include Army, Central India, East Punjab, Holkar, Northern India, Northern Punjab, North West Frontier Province, Sind and Southern Punjab. While Army, Central India, East Punjab, Holkar, Northern India and Northern Punjab were eventually disbanded, North West Frontier Province, Sind and Southern Punjab were considered ineligible after the regions became part of Pakistan.

Format [edit]

From its inception until the 2001-02 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 individual zone winners competed in a knock-out tournament, leading to a final which decided the winner of the Ranji Trophy. In 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 qualifying for the knock-out stage; in all other years, a full fifteen-team knock-out tournament was held.

The format was changed in 2002–03 season with the zonal system abandoned and a two-division structure was adopted – the Elite Group, containing fifteen teams, and the Plate Group, containing the rest. Each group has two sub-groups who play a round-robin; the top two from each sub-group then contest a knock-out tournament to determine the winner. The team which finishes last in each Elite sub-group is relegated, and both Plate Group finalists are 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, the current format was adopted to allow Plate Group teams to contest the Ranji Trophy. The top two from each Plate sub-group contest semi-finals; the winners of these two matches then join the top three from each Super League sub-group in an eight-team knock-out tournament. The winner of this knock-out tournament then wins the Ranji Trophy. In 2010-11 season, history was created when a plate group team "Rajasthan" not only entered into the Elite Group but went on to win their maiden Ranji Trophy final.

From the 2012-13 season, the format was revamped completely. The Super and plate groups were cancelled and in place, a format with A, B, C group was created. Three teams from group A&B proceeded to knockouts and 2 from group C. The lowest placed team of Group A were relegated to Group B next time, lowest placed of group B relegated to C . Top team of Group C promoted to group B and top team of group B promoted to group A. The knockout format remains same except that, to get an outright result from final an extra sixth day is available instead of the restricted five days

Knock-out matches in the Ranji Trophy are decided on the first innings result if the final result is a draw.

The matches are a 4 day match format except for the knockout matches which are played for five days just as a regular test match.

Points summary [edit]

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

Scenario Points
Win outright 6
Bonus point (for innings and 10 wicket wins) 1
1st innings lead 3 *
No result 1
1st Innings deficit 1 *
Lost Outright 0

note* – If match ends in a draw.

Teams [edit]

For a complete list of teams which have played in the competition at some point during its history, see Ranji Trophy - Historical Note.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Seasons [edit]

Current season [edit]

Winner Mumbai Runners-up Saurashtra

Previous seasons [edit]

Tournament records [edit]

Team records[1]
Most wins 40 Mumbai (formerly Bombay)
Highest team score 944/6 decl. Hyderabad v Andhra 1993–94 [1]
Lowest team score 21 Hyderabad v Rajasthan 2010 [2]
Individual match records[1]
Highest individual innings 443* B. B. Nimbalkar Maharashtra v Kathiawar 1948–49 [3]
Best innings bowling 10/20 Premangsu Chatterjee Bengal v Assam 1956–57 [4]
Best match bowling 16/99 Anil Kumble Karnataka v Kerala 1994–95 [5]
Individual season records[2]
Most runs in a season 1415 V. V. S. Laxman Hyderabad 1999–2000
Most centuries in a season 8 V. V. S. Laxman Hyderabad 1999–2000
Most wickets in a season 64 Bishan Bedi Delhi 1974–75
Individual career records
Most career runs 9155[3] Wasim Jaffer 1993–present
Most career centuries 32[4] Wasim Jaffer 1996–present
Highest career batting average 98.35[5] Vijay Merchant 1934–1951
Most career wickets 640[6] Rajinder Goel 1958–1985

Some sources credit Goel with 636 or 637 wickets instead — see Rajinder Goel article for details.

Winners [edit]

Season Winner 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 Bihar
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
1999–2000 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

Finals appearances by team [edit]

The Bombay\Mumbai cricket team has played in 44 of the 68 Finals through 2013 and have won 40 Ranji Trophy championships, the most of any team.

Team Wins Appearances Win % Last win
Bombay\Mumbai 40 44 90.7 2013
Delhi 7 14 50.0 2008
Karnataka\Mysore 6 12 50.0 1999
Baroda 5 9 55.5 2001
Madhya Pradesh\Holkar 4 11 36.4 1953
Bengal 2 13 15.4 1990
Tamil Nadu\Madras 2 11 18.1 1988
Rajasthan 2 10 20.0 2012
Hyderabad 2 5 40.0 1987
Maharashtra 2 4 50.0 1941
Railways 2 4 50.0 2005
Western India\Nawanagar\Saurashtra 3 4 75 1937
Haryana 1 2 50.0 1991
Punjab 1 3 33.3 1993
Uttar Pradesh\United Provinces 1 6 16.6 2006
Services 0 2 00.0
Bihar 0 2 00.0
Gujarat 0 1 00.0
Northern India 0 1 00.0
Southern Punjab 0 1 00.0

See also [edit]

References and notes [edit]

  1. ^ a b Compiled from Overall First-Class Records at CricketArchive.
  2. ^ From Indian Cricket 2004, published by The Hindu, 2004.
  3. ^ "Most Runs in Ranji Trophy". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 17 January 2013. 
  4. ^ Partab Ramchand (19 February 2000). "Wasim Jaffer in elite company". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2007. 
  5. ^ Partab Ramchand (19 February 2000). "Ajay Sharma in elite company". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2007. 
  6. ^ Anil Gulati (30 June 2001). "I was born at the wrong time: Rajinder Goel". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2007. 

External links [edit]

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Indian first class cricket teams in the Ranji Trophy
Andhra Pradesh | Assam | Baroda | Bengal | Delhi | Goa | Gujarat | Haryana | Himachal Pradesh | Hyderabad | Jammu and Kashmir | Jharkhand | Karnataka | Kerala | Madhya Pradesh | Maharashtra | Mumbai | Orissa | Punjab | Railways | Rajasthan | Saurashtra | Services | Tamil Nadu | Tripura | Uttar Pradesh | Vidarbha