Ranji Trophy

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{{Infobox cricket tournament main
| name = Ranji Trophy
| image = Ranji_Trophy_logo.png
| imagesize = 200px
| caption = Ranji Trophy Logo
| country = {{Flag|India}}
| administrator = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]
| cricket format = [[First-class cricket]]
| first = [[1934–35 Ranji Trophy|1934–35]]
| last = [[2019–20 Ranji Trophy|2019–20]]
| next = [[2021–22 Ranji Trophy|2021–22]]
| tournament Status = [[First-class cricket]]
| tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] then [[Single-elimination tournament|knockout]]
| participants = 38
| qualification = [[Irani Cup]]
| champions = Saurashtra
| most successful = [[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]] (41 titles)
| most runs = [[Wasim Jaffer]] (12,038) 1996–2020
| most wickets = [[Rajinder Goel]] (640) 1958–1985
| website =
| current =
}}

The '''Ranji Trophy''' is a domestic [[first-class cricket]] championship played in [[India]] between multiple teams representing regional and state cricket associations. The competition currently consists of 38 teams, with all 28 [[States and union territories of India#States|states in India]] and four of the eight [[States and union territories of India#Union territories|union territories]] having at least one representation. The competition is named after the first Indian cricketer who played international cricket, [[Ranjitsinhji]], who was also known as 'Ranji'.

==History==
[[Image:Ranjitsinh.jpeg|thumb|right|[[Ranjitsinhji]], after whom the tournament is named]]
The competition was launched following a meeting in July 1934,<ref name="History">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/261615.html |title=The Ranji Trophy |access-date=27 February 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> with the first fixtures taking place in [[1934–35 Ranji Trophy|1934–35]]. The trophy was donated by [[Bhupinder Singh of Patiala|Bhupinder Singh, the Maharaja of Patiala]].<ref name="History"/> The first match of the competition was held on 4 November 1934 between Madras and Mysore at the Chepauk ground in Madras. Mumbai (Bombay) have won the tournament the most times with 41 wins including 15 back-to-back wins from [[1958–59 Ranji Trophy|1958–59]] to [[1972–73 Ranji Trophy|1972–73]].

The [[2020–21 Ranji Trophy]] tournament was cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/no-ranji-trophy-in-2020-21-but-bcci-to-hold-domestic-50-over-competitions-for-men-women-u-19-boys-1249623 |title=No Ranji Trophy in 2020-21, but BCCI to hold domestic 50-over games for men, women, and U-19 boys |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref> the first time since the tournament's inception in the [[1934–35 Ranji Trophy|1934–35 season]] that the Ranji Trophy was not held,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/bcci-to-hold-hazare-trophy-as-per-state-units-wish-no-ranji-trophy-for-first-time-in-87-years/article33701912.ece |title=No Ranji Trophy for first time in 87 years |work=The Hindu |access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref> instead, the BCCI has decided to organize 50 overs Vijay Hazare Trophy.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=No Ranji Trophy For First Time in 87 Years, BCCI Opts For Vijay Hazare Trophy|url=https://www.probatsman.com/no-ranji-trophy-for-first-time-in-87-years-bcci-opts-for-vijay-hazare-trophy|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 30, 2021|website=Pro Batsman}}</ref>

== 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 38 teams currently participate in the Ranji Trophy:

{{div col}}
* [[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
* [[Arunachal Pradesh cricket team|Arunachal Pradesh]]†
* [[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
* [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
* [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
* [[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]†
* [[Chhattisgarh cricket team|Chhattisgarh]]
* [[Chandigarh cricket team|Chandigarh]]†
* [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
* [[Goa cricket team|Goa]]
* [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
* [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
* [[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]]
* [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] (Telangana)
* [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu and Kashmir]]
* [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]]
* [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] (Mysore)
* [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
* [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]] (Central India/Gwalior/Holkar/Madhya Bharat)
* [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
* [[Manipur cricket team|Manipur]]†
* [[Meghalaya cricket team|Meghalaya]]†
* [[Mizoram cricket team|Mizoram]]†
* [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] (Bombay)
* [[Nagaland cricket team|Nagaland]]†
* [[Odisha cricket team|Odisha]] (Orissa)
* [[Puducherry cricket team|Puducherry]]†
* [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
* [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
* [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]] (Rajputana)
* [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]] (Kathiawar/Nawanagar)
* [[Sikkim cricket team|Sikkim]]†
* [[Services cricket team|Services]] (Army)
* [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]] (Madras)
* [[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]]
* [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]] (United Provinces)
* [[Uttarakhand cricket team|Uttarakhand]]†
* [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]

{{div col end}}

† denotes newly added teams

==Defunct teams==
The following teams have appeared in the Ranji Trophy, but no longer do so:
*[[Central Provinces and Berar cricket team|Central Provinces and Berar]] (1934/35 – 1949/50)
*[[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]] (1934/35 – 1946/47)
*[[Sindh cricket team|Sindh]] (1934/35 – 1947/48)
*[[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]] (1934/35 – 1951/52, 1959/60 – 1967/68)
*[[Western India cricket team|Western India]] (1934/35 – 1945/46)
*[[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team|North West Frontier Province]] (1937/38 – 1946/47)
*Holkar (1941/42 – 1954/55)
*Gwalior (1943/44)
*Kathiawar (1946/47 – 1949/50)
*[[Patiala cricket team|Patiala]]/Patiala and Eastern Punjab States Union (1948/49, 1953/54 – 1958/59)
*[[Eastern Punjab cricket team|Eastern Punjab]] (1950/51 – 1959/60)
*[[Travancore-Cochin cricket team|Travancore-Cochin]] (1951/52 – 1956/57)
*Madhya Bharat (1955/56 – 1956/57)
*[[Northern Punjab cricket team|Northern Punjab]] (1960/61 – 1967/68)

== Format ==

From the Ranji Trophy's inception until the 2001 season (with the exception of 1948-49 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 [[Single-elimination tournament|knock-out]] basis until 1956–57, and thereafter on a [[Round-robin tournament|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 Indian cricket season|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 Indian cricket season|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy to be held at neutral venues, confirms BCCI|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/top-stories/Ranji-Trophy-to-be-held-at-neutral-venues-confirms-BCCI/articleshow/52901161.cms|website=The Times of India|access-date=2 January 2017}}</ref>

===Points summary===
Points in the league stages of both divisions are currently awarded as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Scenario !! Points
|-
| Win outright || 6
|-
| Bonus point (for innings or 10 wicket wins) || 1
|-
| 1st innings lead in a drawn match || 3 *
|-
| No result || 1
|-
| 1st innings deficit in a drawn match || 1 *
|-
|Lost Outright|| 0
|}

==Tournament records==
{{main|List of Ranji Trophy records}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | Team records<ref name=ca>Compiled from [http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Records/Firstclass/Overall/index.html Overall First-Class Records] at CricketArchive.</ref>
|-
| Most wins || 42 || [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
|-
| Highest team score || 935/5dec.|| [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] v [[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]] || 1993–94<ref>[http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/58/58339.html The Home of CricketArchive]. Cricketarchive.co.uk (1994-01-11). Retrieved on 2013-12-06.</ref>
|-
| Lowest team score || 21 || [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] v [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] || 2010<ref>[http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/15/15292.html The Home of CricketArchive]. Cricketarchive.co.uk (1935-02-06). Retrieved on 2013-12-06.</ref>
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="5" | Individual match records<ref name=ca/>
|-
| Highest individual innings || 435* || [[B. B. Nimbalkar]] || [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]] v [[Kathiawar cricket team|Kathiawar]] || 1948–49<ref>[http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/18/18737.html The Home of CricketArchive]. Cricketarchive.co.uk (1948-12-18). Retrieved on 2013-12-06.</ref>
|-
| Best innings bowling || 10/20 || [[Premangsu Chatterjee]] || [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] v [[Assam cricket team|Assam]] || 1956–57<ref>[http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/22/22337.html The Home of CricketArchive]. Cricketarchive.co.uk (1957-01-29). Retrieved on 2013-12-06.</ref>
|-
| Best match bowling || 16/99 || [[Anil Kumble]] || [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] v [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]] || 1994–95<ref>[http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/60/60019.html The Home of CricketArchive]. Cricketarchive.co.uk (1995-01-17). Retrieved on 2013-12-06.</ref>
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="5" | Individual season records<ref>From ''[[Indian Cricket (annual)|Indian Cricket 2004]]'', published by ''[[The Hindu]]'', 2004</ref>
|-
| Most runs in a season || 1,415 || [[Wasim Jaffer|v.v.s Laxman]]|| [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] || 1999–2000
|-
| Most centuries in a season || 7|| [[Wasim Jaffer]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] || 1999–2000
|-
| Most wickets in a season || 68 || [[Ashutosh Aman]] || [[Bihar]] || 2018-19
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="5" | Individual career records
|-
| Most career matches || 155 || [[Wasim Jaffer]] || 1996–2020
|-
| Most career runs || 12,038<ref name=Wasim_Jaffer>{{cite web | url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28854975/wasim-jaffer-former-india-opener-domestic-cricket-giant-retires-42 | title='My time under the sun is over' - domestic giant Wasim Jaffer retires at 42 | publisher=ESPN Cricinfo | access-date=8 March 2020 }}</ref> || [[Wasim Jaffer]] || 1996–2020
|-
| Most career centuries || 40<ref name=Wasim_Jaffer /> || [[Wasim Jaffer]] || 1996–2020
|-
| Highest career batting average || 98.35<ref name=sharma>{{cite web | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/87472.html | title=Ajay Sharma in elite company | author=Partab Ramchand | author-link=Partab Ramchand | publisher=Cricinfo | date=19 February 2000 | access-date=28 February 2007 }}</ref> || [[Vijay Merchant]] || 1934–51
|-
| Most career wickets || 640<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/103880.html | title=I was born at the wrong time: Rajinder Goel | author=Anil Gulati | publisher=Cricinfo | date=30 June 2001 | access-date=28 February 2007 }}</ref>† || [[Rajinder Goel]] || 1958–85
|}
† Some sources credit Goel with 636 or 640 wickets instead – see [[Rajinder Goel]] article for details.

==Winners==
The following teams have won the tournament:<ref name="History"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Season !! Winner !! Runner-up
|-
| [[1934–35 Ranji Trophy|1934–35]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]]
|-
| [[1935–36 Ranji Trophy|1935–36]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]]
|-
| [[1936–37 Ranji Trophy|1936–37]] || [[Nawanagar cricket team|Nawanagar]] || [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
|-
| [[1937–38 Ranji Trophy|1937–38]] || [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] || [[Nawanagar cricket team|Nawanagar]]
|-
| [[1938–39 Ranji Trophy|1938–39]] || [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] || [[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]
|-
| [[1939–40 Ranji Trophy|1939–40]] || [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]] || [[United Provinces cricket team|United Provinces]]
|-
| [[1940–41 Ranji Trophy|1940–41]] || [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]] || [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]]
|-
| [[1941–42 Ranji Trophy|1941–42]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Karnataka cricket team|Mysore]]
|-
| [[1942–43 Ranji Trophy|1942–43]] || [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] || [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
|-
| [[1943–44 Ranji Trophy|1943–44]] || [[Western India cricket team|Western India]] || [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
|-
| [[1944–45 Ranji Trophy|1944–45]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]
|-
| [[1945–46 Ranji Trophy|1945–46]] || [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]] || [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
|-
| [[1946–47 Ranji Trophy|1946–47]] || [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] || [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]
|-
| [[1947–48 Ranji Trophy|1947–48]] || [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
|-
| [[1948–49 Ranji Trophy|1948–49]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
|-
| [[1949–50 Ranji Trophy|1949–50]] || [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] || [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]
|-
| [[1950–51 Ranji Trophy|1950–51]] || [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]] || [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
|-
| [[1951–52 Ranji Trophy|1951–52]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]
|-
| [[1952–53 Ranji Trophy|1952–53]] || [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]] || [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
|-
| [[1953–54 Ranji Trophy|1953–54]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]
|-
| [[1954–55 Ranji Trophy|1954–55]] || [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]] || [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]
|-
| [[1955–56 Ranji Trophy|1955–56]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
|-
| [[1956–57 Ranji Trophy|1956–57]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Services cricket team|Services]]
|-
| [[1957–58 Ranji Trophy|1957–58]] || [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] || [[Services cricket team|Services]]
|-
| [[1958–59 Ranji Trophy|1958–59]] || [[Rajasthan cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
|-
| [[1959–60 Ranji Trophy|1959–60]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Karnataka cricket team|Mysore]]
|-
| [[1960–61 Ranji Trophy|1960–61]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
|-
| [[1961–62 Ranji Trophy|1961–62]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
|-
| [[1962–63 Ranji Trophy|1962–63]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
|-
| [[1963–64 Ranji Trophy|1963–64]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
|-
| [[1964–65 Ranji Trophy|1964–65]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
|-
| [[1965–66 Ranji Trophy|1965–66]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
|-
| [[1966–67 Ranji Trophy|1966–67]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
|-
| [[1967–68 Ranji Trophy|1967–68]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]]
|-
| [[1968–69 Ranji Trophy|1968–69]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
|-
| [[1969–70 Ranji Trophy|1969–70]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
|-
| [[1970–71 Ranji Trophy|1970–71]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
|-
| [[1971–72 Ranji Trophy|1971–72]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
|-
| [[1972–73 Ranji Trophy|1972–73]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
|-
| [[1973–74 Ranji Trophy|1973–74]] || [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] || [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
|-
| [[1974–75 Ranji Trophy|1974–75]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
|-
| [[1975–76 Ranji Trophy|1975–76]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
|-
| [[1976–77 Ranji Trophy|1976–77]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
|-
| [[1977–78 Ranji Trophy|1977–78]] || [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] || [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
| [[1978–79 Ranji Trophy|1978–79]] || [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] || [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
|-
| [[1979–80 Ranji Trophy|1979–80]] || [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
|-
| [[1980–81 Ranji Trophy|1980–81]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
|-
| [[1981–82 Ranji Trophy|1981–82]] || [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] || [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
|-
| [[1982–83 Ranji Trophy|1982–83]] || [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
|-
| [[1983–84 Ranji Trophy|1983–84]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
|-
| [[1984–85 Ranji Trophy|1984–85]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
|-
| [[1985–86 Ranji Trophy|1985–86]] || [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] || [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
|-
| [[1986–87 Ranji Trophy|1986–87]] || [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] || [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
|-
| [[1987–88 Ranji Trophy|1987–88]] || [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]] || [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
|-
| [[1988–89 Ranji Trophy|1988–89]] || [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] || [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
|-
| [[1989–90 Ranji Trophy|1989–90]] || [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] || [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
|-
| [[1990–91 Ranji Trophy|1990–91]] || [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
|-
| [[1991–92 Ranji Trophy|1991–92]] || [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] || [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
|-
| [[1992–93 Ranji Trophy|1992–93]] || [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]] || [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
|-
| [[1993–94 Ranji Trophy|1993–94]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
|-
| [[1994–95 Ranji Trophy|1994–95]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] || [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
|-
| [[1995–96 Ranji Trophy|1995–96]] || [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] || [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
|-
| [[1996–97 Ranji Trophy|1996–97]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] || [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
|-
| [[1997–98 Ranji Trophy|1997–98]] || [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] || [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
| [[1998–99 Ranji Trophy|1998–99]] || [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] || [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
|-
| [[1999–2000 Ranji Trophy|1999–00]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] || [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
|-
| [[2000–01 Ranji Trophy|2000–01]] || [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] || [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
|-
| [[2001–02 Ranji Trophy|2001–02]] || [[Railways cricket team|Railways]] || [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
|-
| [[2002–03 Ranji Trophy|2002–03]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] || [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
|-
| [[2003–04 Ranji Trophy|2003–04]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] || [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
|-
| [[2004–05 Ranji Trophy|2004–05]] || [[Railways cricket team|Railways]] || [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
|-
| [[2005–06 Ranji Trophy|2005–06]] || [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]] || [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
|-
| [[2006–07 Ranji Trophy|2006–07]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] || [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
|-
| [[2007–08 Ranji Trophy|2007–08]] || [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] || [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
| [[2008–09 Ranji Trophy|2008–09]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] || [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
| [[2009–10 Ranji Trophy|2009–10]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] || [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
|-
| [[2010–11 Ranji Trophy|2010–11]] || [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]] || [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
|-
| [[2011–12 Ranji Trophy|2011–12]] || [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]] || [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
|-
| [[2012–13 Ranji Trophy|2012–13]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] || [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
|-
| [[2013–14 Ranji Trophy|2013–14]] || [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] ||[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
|-
| [[2014–15 Ranji Trophy|2014–15]] || [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] || [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
|-
| [[2015–16 Ranji Trophy|2015–16]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] || [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
|-
| [[2016–17 Ranji Trophy|2016–17]] ||| [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]] || [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
|-
| [[2017–18 Ranji Trophy|2017–18]] ||| [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]] || [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
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| [[2018–19 Ranji Trophy|2018–19]] ||| [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]] || [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
|-
| [[2019–20 Ranji Trophy|2019–20]] ||| [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]] || [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
|-
| [[2020–21 Ranji Trophy|2020–21]] ||colspan="2"| Not held due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/no-ranji-trophy-in-2020-21-but-bcci-to-hold-domestic-50-over-competitions-for-men-women-u-19-boys-1249623 |title=No Ranji Trophy in 2020-21, but BCCI to hold domestic 50-over games for men, women, and U-19 boys |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref>
|}

=== Finals appearances by team ===
[[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai/Bombay]] have played in 46 of the 86 finals till 2016–17 and have won total 41 Ranji Trophy championships, the most by any team.

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Team !!Wins !!Appearances !!Win % !!Last win
|-
|[[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai/Bombay]] || 41 || 46 || 89.1|| 2016
|-
|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka/Mysore]] ||8 || 14 || 57.1 || 2015
|-
|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] ||7 || 15 || 46.7 || 2008
|-
|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] ||5 || 9 || 55.6 || 2001
|-
|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh/Holkar]] || 4 || 11 || 36.4 || 1953
|-
|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]] || 2 || 2 || 100.0 || 2019
|-
|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] ||2 || 14 || 14.3 || 1990
|-
|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]|| 2 || 12 || 16.7 || 1988
|-
|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]] || 2 || 10 || 20.0 || 2012
|-
|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] ||2 || 5 || 40.0 || 1987
|-
|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]] ||2 || 5 || 40.0 || 1941
|-
|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]] ||2 || 4 || 50.0 || 2005
|-
|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra/Nawanagar]]/[[Western India cricket team|Western India]] || 3 || 6 || 45.0|| 2020
|-
|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh/United Provinces]] ||1 || 6 || 16.7 || 2006
|-
|[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]/[[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]] ||1 || 5 || 20.0 || 1993
|-
|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]] || 1 || 2 || 50.0 || 1991
|-
|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]] || 1 || 2 || 50.0 || 2017
|-
|[[Services cricket team|Services]] || 0 || 2 || 00.0 ||
|-
|[[Jharkhand cricket team|Bihar]] || 0 || 1 || 00.0 ||
|-
|[[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]] || 0 || 1 || 00.0 ||
|}

==See also==
{{portal|India|Cricket}}
*[[Cricket in India]]
*[[History of cricket]]
*[[List of Ranji Trophy records]]
*[[List of hat-tricks in the Ranji Trophy]]
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==References and notes==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
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*[http://www.bcci.tv Official website of the BCCI]
*[http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/261615.html The Ranji Trophy – Cricinfo]
*[https://acscricket.com/?page_id=2346 List of teams that reached the quarter finals and further]

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