Ranji trophy

The Ranji Trophy 2022-23 marks the return of senior men’s domestic First Class cricket in India. This year, a total of 38 teams will participate in the 88th edition of the prestigious tournament which will be held in the traditional format after two years of hiatus. Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the competition was not held in 2020–2021 and in the 2021-22 season, it was played in a scaled-back format. The Ranji Trophy 2022-23 will consist of 135 matches, beginning on 13 December 2022 and will continue till 20 February 2023. Madhya Pradesh won the 2021-22 edition by defeating Mumbai by 6 wickets in the summit game. However, Mumbai are the most successful side in history with as many as 41 titles. Let’s take a look at the Ranji Trophy 2022-23 format, groups, fixtures, squads and every other detail: Bangladesh vs Afghanistan: Visitors confident of their chances in one-off Test without Rashid Khan Alick Athanaze, somersaulting Kevin Sinclair help West Indies to 3-0 UAE sweep Format 38 teams have been divided into five groups. Four groups with eight teams each belong to the Elite Groups while six teams have been put in one Plate Group. There will be two separate winners in Ranji Trophy this season — one for the Elite Groups and another for the Plate Group. The top two teams from each Elite Group after equal home and away matches will qualify for the quarter-finals while the bottom-placed teams will be relegated to the Plate Group for next season. In the Plate Group, each side...

• v • t • e The 2019–20 Ranji Trophy was the 86th season of the In the opening round of fixtures, Vidarbha's Ahead of the final round of group stage matches, Bengal reached the final for the first time since the Format [ ] The tournament retained the same format as the previous edition of the competition. In July 2019, the Player transfers [ ] The following player transfers were approved ahead of the season. The new team, Chandigarh, transferred few players from Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. Player From To Karnataka Nagaland Delhi Uttarakhand Karnataka Goa Kerala Pondicherry Nagaland Mizoram Sikkim Tripura Karnataka Pondicherry Maharashtra Nagaland Nagaland Mizoram Uttarakhand Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Uttarakhand Manipur Sikkim Andhra Meghalaya Saurashtra Kerala Teams [ ] The teams were placed in the following groups, based on their performance from the previous edition. • ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 7 December 2019. • ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 2 July 2019. • Sport Star . Retrieved 3 July 2019. • The Times of India . Retrieved 16 August 2019. • ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 7 February 2019. • 'What a Success Story' - Tributes Pour in for Ranji Trophy Champions Vidarbha". Network18 Media and Investments Ltd . Retrieved 7 February 2019. • India Today . Retrieved 10 December 2019. • Times of India . Retrieved 10 December 2019. • ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 27 January 2020. • ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 18 February 2020. • The Cricketer . Retrieved 18 February 2020. • ESPN Cricinfo . Retrie...

Defending champion Saurashtra has been clubbed with domestic powerhouse Mumbai in Group D while Tamil Nadu will enter as the second-seeded team in Group H in a curtailed edition of the Ranji Trophy, set to commence from February 17 at nine different venues. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah confirmed the groups, venues and the tournament format in a letter to all its affiliated units on Friday. The BCCI, after considering the possibility of letting top teams as many assured games as possible, has decided to the format of each of the nine group table-topper qualifying for the knockouts. The table-topper from Plate will face the lowest ranked of the eight qualifiers from Elite group (criteria to be decided). Besides the playing conditions, Shah informed that the detailed match schedule will “soon” be communicated along with COVID-19 guidelines. READ| ALSO READ | The BCCI has confirmed that the teams will have to enter their respective bisecure hub on February 10 and the first phase of the tournament will be over on March 15. The quarterfinals, semifinals and the final will be played from May 30 to June 26, after the conclusion of the Indian Premier League. The rejigged format offers only three league games for every team, with only the table-topper progressing to the knockouts. While Tamil Nadu will travel to Guwahati and will vie against Delhi, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, Saurashtra and Mumbai will compete in Ahmedabad along with Odisha and...

• v • t • e The 2018–19 Ranji Trophy was the 85th season of the Background [ ] In April 2018, the Format [ ] The tournament had four groups, with nine teams each in Groups A and B, and ten teams in Group C. All the new teams were placed in the Plate Group. Summary [ ] League phase [ ] The opening round of fixtures saw a total of 94 players making their first-class cricket debut. In the third round match between In round five, In the sixth round of fixtures, The group stage of the tournament saw two captains retire from all forms of cricket. In November 2018, The ninth round match between On 2 January 2019, Knockout phase [ ] The first semi-final saw the defending champions Vidarbha beat Kerala by an innings and 11 runs inside two days. Vidarbha defeated Saurashtra by 78 runs in the final, to become the sixth team in the tournament's history to retain their title. Vidarbha's captain Player transfers [ ] The following player transfers were approved ahead of the season. Player From To Vidarbha Andhra Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh Assam Goa Assam Goa Baroda Gujarat Baroda Jammu & Kashmir Madhya Pradesh Railways Rajasthan Railways Haryana Services Himachal Pradesh Services Uttar Pradesh Services Jammu & Kashmir Tripura Mumbai Tripura Teams [ ] The teams were drawn in the following groups: • ^ a b CricBuzz . Retrieved 7 February 2019. • ^ a b ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 17 April 2018. • Hindustan Times . Retrieved 1 January 2018. • India Today . Retrieved 28 January 2019. • ESPN Cri...

Table of Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • Ranji Trophy Winners List: 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 in India and four of the eight 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’. Ranji Trophy Winners List The first edition of the tournament was won by Bombay (now known as Mumbai). Mumbai/Bombay has played in 46 finals and has won a total of 41 Ranji Trophy champions, the most by any team on the Ranji winners list. Season Winner Runner-up 2022 Madhya Pradesh Mumbai 2019–20 Saurashtra Bengal 2018–19 Vidarbha Saurashtra 2017–18 Vidarbha Delhi 2016–17 Gujarat Mumbai 2015–16 Mumbai Saurashtra 2014–15 Karnataka Tamil Nadu 2013–14 Karnataka Maharashtra 2012–13 Mumbai Saurashtra 2011–12 Rajasthan Tamil Nadu 2010–11 Rajasthan Baroda 2009–10 Mumbai Karnataka 2008–09 Mumbai Uttar Pradesh 2007–08 Delhi Uttar Pradesh 2006–07 Mumbai Bengal 2005–06 Uttar Pradesh Bengal 2004–05 Railways Punjab 2003–04 Mumbai Tamil Nadu 2002–03 Mumbai Tamil Nadu 2001–02 Railways Baroda 2000–01 Baroda Railways 1999–00 Mumbai Hyderabad 1998–99 Karnataka Madhya Pradesh 1997–98 Karnataka Uttar Pradesh 1996–97 Mumbai Delhi 1995–96 Karnataka Tamil Nadu 1994–95 Bombay Punjab 1993–94 ...

To Start receiving timely alerts please follow the below steps: • Click on the Menu icon of the browser, it opens up a list of options. • Click on the “Options ”, it opens up the settings page, • Here click on the “Privacy & Security” options listed on the left hand side of the page. • Scroll down the page to the “Permission” section . • Here click on the “Settings” tab of the Notification option. • A pop up will open with all listed sites, select the option “ALLOW“, for the respective site under the status head to allow the notification. • Once the changes is done, click on the “Save Changes” option to save the changes. For the quarterfinals, teams from alternate groups will face each other with the first-placed team taking on the second-placed team in the other group. Also, teams topping their respective groups had the home advantage for the first knockout rounds - Quarterfinals. All the four quarterfinals started at 9:30 AM and unlike the four day games in the group phase, the knockouts are all five day matches. And in Quarterfinal 4, defending champions Madhya Pradesh defeated Andhra by 5 wickets at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore, while Karnataka beat Uttarakhand by an innings and 281 runs in Quarterfinal 3 at the M Chinaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. In the last 4 stage, Bengal defeated holders Madhya Pradesh by 306 runs in semifinal 1, while Saurashtra defeated Karnataka in seminfinal 2. Both the semis were held from February 8 to 12. The final will take place fro...

A former BCCI selector has batted for the inclusion of a 21-year-old IPL 2023 star in the Indian Test team. According to him, the youngster, who amassed a total of 625 runs in 14 IPL 2023 matches and also has double centuries to his name in the Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy, and Irani Cup, is ready for international cricket. Yashasvi, who first burst onto the scene in 2019 when he scored a double century for Mumbai in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, has played in a total of 15 first-class matches till date, in which he has scored 1845 runs at an average of 80.21. In 26 innings, he has scored nine centuries and two fifties, and his best score is 265. The left-handed opening batter travelled with the Indian team for the WTC 2023 final as one of the three stand-by players.