Irani Cup (earlier called Irani Trophy)

The Irani Cup (earlier called Irani Trophy) tournament was conceived during the 1959-60 season to mark the completion of 25 years of the Ranji Trophy championship and was named after the late Z.R. Irani, who was associated with the BCCI from its inception in 1928, till his death in 1970

• The Irani Cup Tournament is played between the previous year's Ranji Trophy Winners and the Rest of India Team.

• The first match, played between the Ranji Trophy  Champions and the Rest of India was played in 1959-60

• Since 1965-66, Irani Cup traditionally heralded the start of the new domestic season

Tournament History

Following table shows the result of Irani Trophy from 1959-60 to 2012-13

Year	Winner	Runner-Up
1959-60	Bombay	Rest of India
1960-61	Not Played
1961-62	Not Played
1962-63	Bombay	Delhi
1963-64	Bombay	Rest Of India
1964-65	Not Played
1965-66	Bombay/Rest Of India
1966-67	Rest Of India	Bombay
1967-68	Bombay	Rest Of India
1968-69	Rest Of India	Bombay
1969-70	Bombay	Rest Of India
1970-71	Bombay	Rest Of India
1971-72	Rest Of India	Bombay
1972-73	Bombay	Rest Of India
1973-74	Rest Of India	Bombay
1974-75	Bombay	Rest Of India
1975-76	Bombay	Rest Of India
1976-77	Bombay	Rest Of India
1977-78	Rest Of India	Bombay
1978-79	Rest Of India	Karnataka
1979-80	Not Played
1980-81	Delhi	Rest Of India
1981-82	Bombay	Rest Of India
1982-83	Rest Of India
1983-84	Karnataka	Rest Of India
1984-85	Rest Of India	Delhi
1985-86	Bombay	Rest Of India
1986-87	Rest Of India	Delhi
1987-88	Hyderabad	Rest Of India
1988-89	Tamilnadu	Rest Of India
1989-90	Delhi	Rest Of India
1990-91	Rest Of India	Bengal
1991-92	Haryana	Rest Of India
1992-93	Rest Of India	Delhi
1993-94	Rest Of India	Punjab
1994-95	Bombay	Rest Of India
1995-96	Bombay	Rest Of India
1996-97	Karnataka	Rest Of India
1997-98	Bombay	Rest Of India
1998-99	Karnataka	Rest Of India
1999-2000	Rest Of India	Karnataka
2000-01	Rest Of India	Bombay
2001-02	Rest Of India	Baroda
2002-03	Railways	Rest Of India
2003-04	Rest Of India	Mumbai
2004-05	Rest Of India	Mumbai
2005-06	Railways	Rest Of India
2006-07	Rest Of India	Uttar Pradesh
2007-08	Rest Of India	Mumbai
2008-09	Rest Of India	Delhi
2009-10	Rest Of India	Mumbai
2010-11	Rest Of India	Mumbai
2011-12	Rest Of India	Rajastan
2012-13	Rest Of India	Rajastan
2013-14

 

2013 Irani Cup -Feb 6-10,2013

Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai play Rest of India in the Irani Cup at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday Feb 6,2013

Mumbai's skipper Abhishek Nayar won the toss and opted field first in their Irani Trophy match against the Rest of India (ROI).AbhishekNayar was captaining Mumbai for the first time in the absence of regular skipper Ajit Agarkar, who is injured

Virender Sehwag was named the captain of the ROI but he decided to opt out due to stomach bug

 Teams

Mumbai: Wasim Jaffer, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar, Abhishek Nayar (Capt), Aditya Tare (wk), Javed Khan, Ankit Chavan, Dhawal Kulkarni, Vishal Dabholkar, Shardul Thakur

Rest of India: Manoj Tiwary, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Harbhajan Singh (Capt), Pragyan Ojha, Abhimanyu Mithun, S Sreesanth, Ishwar Pandey