Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class Cricket Championship played in India between different City and State sides(equivalent to the County Championship in England and the Sheffield Shield in Australia) where 27 teams participate.
The competition is named after Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji
The competition was launched as "The Cricket Championship of India" following a meeting of the BCCI in July 1934, with the first fixtures taking place in 1934-35 where Bombay defeated North India in the finals and won the first Ranji Trophy Championship.
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
The format was changed in 2002-03 season, with the zonal system abandoned and a two-division structure was adopted – the Elite Group, containing 15 teams, and the Plate Group, containing the rest.
For the 2006-07 season, the divisions were re-labelled the Super League and Plate League respectively.
The matches are a 4 day match format except for the final which is played for five days just as a regular test match.
Points summary
Points in the league stages of both divisions are currently awarded as follows:| Scenario | Points |
|---|---|
| Win Outright | 7 |
| Bonus Point (for innings and 10 wicket wins) | 2 |
| 1st Innings Lead | 3 * |
| No Result | 1 |
| 1st Innings Deficit | 1 * |
| Lost Outright | 0 |
The trophy was donated by Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala
Ranji Trophy Highlights
Most Wins -Mumbai (formerly Bombay) have been the dominant team in the Championship so far, with 39 wins, including 15 back-to-back wins from 1958-59 to 1972-73
Most Runs Scored - Wasim Jaffer 8269 Runs
Most Wickets Taken - Rajinder Singh Goel(Mumbai) 640 Wickets
2011-12 -Rajastan(Runner-Up Tamil Nadu)
Ranji Trophy 2012-13
The revamped Ranji Trophy will start on November 2,2012.
Twenty-seven Ranji teams have been divided into three groups of nine each.
The top three teams from Group A and B, and the top two from Group C, will qualify for the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy.
Defending Champions Rajasthan are part of Group A, together with three other teams - Mumbai, Hyderabad and Madhya Pradesh - who qualified for the knockouts the previous season.
Group B includes the Runners-up Tamil Nadu, as well as Haryana, Maharashtra and Karnataka
A total of 103 first-class matches will be played in less than three months.
Sanjay Bangar(DOB Oct 11,1972) is the oldest man in this year's Ranji Trophy
Mumbai's Akhil Herwadkar, who turned 18 on October 31, is the youngest player this year.
Amol Muzumdar is the most capped player in Ranji Trophy, his 123 Ranji matches tie with Rajinder Goel
26-year-old left-arm quick Hokaito Zhimomi representing Assam become the first first-class cricketer from Nagaland
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