Cricket is not just a sport in India it’s an emotion and religion for the Indians. We have been playing cricket and enjoying it since the early 19’s. And cricket started cricket as a culture in India. “Ranji Trophy” has been part of this culture from 1934. It gave us many legends who contributed for India on International stages. In this blog we’ll delve into one of the most popular and important tournaments of India. We’ll go through the history of the tournament and its most iconic records. You’ll also get insight of the 2024-2025 season’s first round and more.
Ranji Trophy
Ranji Trophy a domestic first-class cricket tournament played in India. The BCCI has organized the Ranji Trophy every year since 1934. The Teams here participate and represent their states and regions. Currently, a total 38 teams are participating In Ranji Trophy every year including all 28 states and 8 union territories. In the beginning the Tournament was known as “The Cricket Championship of India”. But, in 1935 it was renamed as ‘Rajitinji’, The First cricket player from India Played International matches for England.
History
The first match of Ranji Trophy was played on 4 November of 1934. Madras and Mysore played the match against each other at the Chepauk Stadium in Madra (Currently in Chennai). And Mumbai have been the most successful team in the history of this tournament by winning 42 titles.
Ranji Trophy 2024-2025
Ranji Trophy 2024-2025 was started from 11 October, 2024. The first match of the tournament was washed out without a ball bowled. In the first session of the game 16 teams competed from 11-14 October. Where 6 matches were drawn and one match was abandoned and 9 matches had certain results. After the first session of the tournament, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Services are on the top of the table in their groups after winning their first match.
Teams in Ranji Trophy 2024-2025
In the current season of Ranji Trophy, Total 32 teams are participating as contenders of the title.
| Teams |
| Baroda |
| Maharashtra |
| Services |
| Mumbai |
| Tripura |
| Odisha |
| Jammu & Kashmir |
| Meghalaya |
| Himachal Pradesh |
| Hyderabad |
| Uttarakhand |
| Gujrat |
| Rajasthan |
| Puducherry |
| Andhra |
| Vidarbha |
| Bengal |
| Madhya Pradesh |
| Haryana |
| Uttar Pradesh |
| Bihar |
| Karnataka |
| Assam |
| Kerala |
| Chhattisgarh |
| Punjab |
| Saurashtra |
| Chandigarh |
| Delhi |
| Jharkhand |
| Tamil Nadu |
| Railways |
Point Distribution System Of Ranji Trophy
The point distribution in Ranji Trophy as follow:
| Outcomes | Points |
| Win | 6 |
| Bonus point for win by innings or 10 wickets | 1 |
| Lead in drawn match while first innings | 3 |
| No result | 1 |
| Tie | 1 |
| Loss | 1 |
| Loss on the first innings | 0 |
| Tie in both innings | 3 |
Ranji Trophy Final 2024-2025
About the Ranji Trophy Final 2024-2025, there are not many details because the tournament just have started. But as per schedule the final will be on 26 February of 2025. The Venue of the match hasn’t been decided yet.
Where To Watch Ranji Trophy 2024-2025?
There are numerous options for watching the Ranji Trophy 2024 edition. If you are a huge fan of cricket then you can go to the stadiums after checking the dates of matches at the stadium nearby you. Because it’s a large event and teams play on most of the national cricket grounds across India.
For Digitally fans have so many options like- watching on Tv or mobile. For televisions the tournament comes live on ‘Sports 18’ network’s channels. If you want to enjoy the matches on your mobile or laptop then you can visit the ‘Jio Cinema’ app.
Winners Of Ranji Trophy From 2000-2024
As we have mentioned in the history section, Mumbai is the most successful team and won 42 titles. This section will give you complete insight of the winners through the 2000-2024 seasons. Here we have mentioned the table of winners by year.
| Season | Winner | Captain |
| 2000-2001 | baroda | Jacob Martin |
| 2001-2002 | Railways | Abhay Sharma |
| 2002-2003 | Mumbai | Paras Mhambrey |
| 2003-2004 | Mumbai | Sairaj Bahutule |
| 2004-2005 | Railways | Sanjay Bangar |
| 2005-2006 | Uttar Pradesh | Mohammad Kaif |
| 2006-2007 | Mumbai | Amol Muzumdar |
| 2007-2008 | Delhi | Gautam Gambhir |
| 2008-2009 | Mumbai | Wasim Jaffer |
| 2009-2010 | Mumbai | Wasim Jaffer |
| 2010-2011 | Rajasthan | Hrishikesh Kanitkar |
| 2011-2012 | Rajasthan | Hrishikesh Kanitkar |
| 2012-2013 | Mumbai | Ajit Agarkar |
| 2013-2014 | Karnataka | Vinay Kumar |
| 2014-2015 | Karnataka | Vinay Kumar |
| 2015-2016 | Mumbai | Aditya Tare |
| 2016-2017 | Gujrat | Parthiv Patel |
| 2017-2018 | Vidarbha | Faiz Fazal |
| 2018-2019 | Vidarbha | Faiz Fazal |
| 2019-2020 | Saurashtra | Jaydev Unadkat |
| 2021-2022 | Madhya Pradesh | Aditya Shrivastav |
| 2022-2023 | Saurashtra | Jaydev Unadkat |
| 2023-2024 | Mumbai | Ajinkya Rahane |
Records
There are many records in Ranji Trophy and it’s not possible to mention all of them in one article. So, we’ll mention some of the most important and popular ones here.
| Most runs by individual | Wasim Jaffer | 12,038 runs |
| Most career matches | Wasim Jaffer | 155 matches |
| Most centuries | Wasim Jaffer | 40 |
| Most wickets by individual | Rajinder Goel | 640 |
| Most runs in 1 season | VVS Laxman | 1,415 |
| Highest Individual score | BB Nimbalkar | 443* |
Salary Of Players In Ranji Trophy
The Salary of players in Ranji Trophy has three categories based on experiences of players. These categories are seniors, mid seniors and juniors. Players receive money per match. We are sharing the details of their per match salary as per our research.
Seniors: who have played 40 or matches get around 2.4 lakh rupees.
Mid Seniors: Players with experience of 20-39 matches get around 2 lakh rupees.
Juniors: In the last the entry level player played less than 20 matches and got 1.6 lakh rupees.
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