As India's premier domestic first-class cricket tournament, the Ranji Trophy is back with its 90th edition, kicking off on October 11, 2024 ready to showcase emerging talents and seasoned players alike. (More Cricket News)
This is where Indian cricket legends have emerged from humble beginnings, including World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, and the 'God of Cricket' Sachin Tendulkar.
Last year, Mumbai won the trophy at Wankhede for a record 42nd time, defeating Vidarbha in the final match.
The red-ball Indian domestic cricket tournament features a total of 38 teams, divided into 32 Elite teams and six Plate teams. These teams form five groups: Elite A, Elite B, Elite C, Elite D, and Plate.
The Plate Group will have its own knockout stage to determine the winner. The two finalists will get promoted to the Elite groups for the following season. Meanwhile, the two teams finishing at the bottom of the Elite groups standings will be relegated to the Plate group next year.
Here are the teams of Ranji Trophy 2024-25:
Elite A: Mumbai, Baroda, Services, Jamuu & Kashmir, Tripura, Maharashtra, Odisha, Meghalaya
Elite B: Vidarbha, Andhra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Pondicherry, Himachal Pradesh, Hyderabad
Elite C: Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Haryana, Bengal, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Bihar
Elite D: Tamil Nadu, Saurashtra, Railways, Delhi, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Chandigarh
Plate: Goa, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh
Top 2 teams from all 4 Elite groups will directly qualify for the Quarter Finals. A1 Vs C2, B1 Vs D2, C1 Vs A2, D1 Vs B2 will play QFs
With winter and bad weather conditions interrupting play last year, the BCCI has implemented a split league stage schedule for this season.
The first leg of the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 will feature five league games, starting on October 11 and concluding on November 13. Following this, there will be a break covering the peak winter season. The tournament will then resume on January 23, with the knockout rounds for the Elite Group set to begin on February 8.
Ranji Trophy 2024-25 Squads:
All the teams are yet to announce their full squads; however, some have revealed their initial selections. Below are the details:
Elite A
Jammu and Kashmir Ranji Trophy 2024-25 squad
Paras Dogra (c), Shubham Khajuria (vc), Abdul Samad, Abhinav Puri, Shubham Pundir, Abid Mushtaq, Vivrant Sharma, Rasikh Salam, Rohit Sharma, Umran Malik, Yudhvir Singh, Auqib Nabi, Ahmed Banday, Sahil Lotra, Shivansh Sharma
Odisha Ranji Trophy 2024-25 squad
Govinda Poddar (c), Shantanu Mishra, Anurag Sarangi, Sandeep Pattanaik, Biplab Samantaray, Kartik Biswal, Swastik Samal, Rajesh Dhupar, Aashirwad Swain (wk), Anil Parida, Suryakant Pradhan, Sunil Kumar Roul, Rajesh Mohanty, Debaprata Pradhan, Tarani Sa, Harshit Rathod, Sumit Sharma.
Maharashtra Ranji Trophy 2024-25 squad
Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Nikhil Naik (wk), Ankeet Bawane, Sachin Dhas, Arshin Kulkarni, Murtaza Trunkwalla, Siddhesh Veer, Mukesh Choudhary, Hitesh Walunj, Pradeep Dadhe, Rajnish Gurbani, Harshal Kate, Prashant Solanki, Satyajeet Bachhav, Mandar Bhandari, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Azim Kazi.
Meghalaya Ranji Trophy 2024-25 squad
Kishan Lyngdoh (c), Dippu Sangma (vc), Balchander Anirudh, Sumit Kumar, Arpit Bhatewara, Aryan Bora, Akash Choudhary, Bijon Dey, Ram Gurung, Jaskirat Singh Sachdeva, Chengkam Sangma, Bamanbha Shangpliang, Swarajeet Das
Mumbai Ranji Trophy 2024-25 squad
Ajinkya Rahane (c), Prithvi Shaw, Ayush Mhatre, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer, Siddhessh Lad, Suryansh Shedge, Hardik Tamore (wk), Sidhaant Addhatrao (wk), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Himanshu Singh, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Avasthi, Mohd. Juned Khan, Royston Dias.
Baroda Ranji Trophy 2024-25 squad
Krunal Pandya (c),Vishnu Solanki (vc), Priyanshu Moliya, Mitesh Patel (wk), Shivalik Sharma, Atit Sheth, Akash Singh, Bhargav Bhatt, Raj Limbani, Lukman Meriwala, Jyotsnil Singh, Akshay More, Sukirt Pandey, Mahesh Pithiya, Abhimanyusingh Rajput, Ninad Rathva, Shashwat Rawat, Lakshit Toksiya
Tripura Ranji Trophy 2024-25 squad
Mandeep Singh (c), Bikramkumar Das, Rajat Dey, Srinivas Sharath (wk), Manisankar Muraingh (vc), Sridam Paul, Parvez Sultan, Sankar Paul, Rana Dutta, Ajay Sarkar, Joydeep Banik, Saurabh Das, Bikramjith Debnath, Tejasvi Jaiswal, Jiwanjot Singh, Sandip Sarkar
Services Ranji Trophy 2024-25 squad
Rajat Paliwal, Amit Shukla, Arun Kumar, Varun Choudhary, Jayant Goyat, Lovekesh Bansal, Pulkit Narang, Nitin Yadav, Poonam Poonia, Ravi Chauhan, Shubham Rohilla, Arjun Sharma, Nitin Tanwar, Suraj Vashisht
Elite B
Hyderabad Ranji Trophy 2024-25 squad
Tilak Varma (c), Rahul Singh G (vc), CV Milind, Tanmay Agarwal, Rohit Rayudu, Tanay Thyagarajan, Aniketh Reddy, Nitesh Kannala, Abhirath Reddy, Himateja, Rahul Radesh, Rakshann Readdi, Kartikeya Kak, Saranu Nishant, Dheeraj Goud
Andhra Pradesh Ranji Trophy 2024-25 squad
Ricky Bhui (C), Shaikh Rasheed (vc), KS Bharat (wk), Hanuma Vihari, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Maheep Kumar, Vamsi Krishna (wk), Abishek Reddy, KV Sasikanth, Ashwin Hebbar, CH Stephen, Satyanarayana Raju, A Lalith Mohan, G Manish, T Vijay, M Hemanth Reddy
Gujarat Ranji Trophy 2024-25 squad
Priyank Panchal, Arya Desai, Het Patel, Urvil Patel, Chintan Gaja, Arzan Nagwaswalla, Umang Kumar, Siddharth Desai, Manan Hingrajia, Priyajitsinh Jadeja, Tejas Patel, Jaymeet Patel, Rishi Patel, Rinkesh Vaghela, Vishal Jayswal.
Vidarbha Ranji Trophy 2024-25 squad
Akshay Wadkar (c & wk), Aman Mokhade, Karun Nair, Yash Rathod, Atharva Taide (vc), Nachiket Bhute, Harsh Dubey, Akshay Karnewar, Aditya Thakare, Akshay Wakhare, Umesh Yadav, Praful Hinge, Yash Kadam, Shubham Kapse, Mandar Mahale, Danish Malewar, Siddhesh Wath
Rajasthan Ranji Trophy 2024-25 squad
Deepak Hooda (c), Kunal Singh Rathore (wk), Abhijeet Tomar, Mahipal Lomror, Manav Suthar, Khaleel Ahmed, Kukna Ajay Singh, Arafat Khan, Rahul Chahar, Deepak Chahar, Aniket Choudhary, Bharat Sharma, Ram Chouhan, Salman Khan, Yash Kothari
Himachal Pradesh Ranji Trophy 2024-25 squad
Ankush Bains (wk), Prashant Chopra, Ekant Sen, Rishi Dhawan, Mayank Dagar, Naveen Kanwar, Vaibhav Arora, Arpit Guleria, Abhishek Kumar, Aman Jainwal, Amit Kumar, Abhinandan Bhardwaj, Divesh Sharma, Ankit Kalsi, Mukul Negi, Rajat Verma, Rohit Thakur, Shubham Arora, Vipin Sharma
Pondicherry Ranji Trophy 2024-25 squad
Arun Karthik (c & wk), Aman Khan, Ankit Sharma (vc), Abin Mathew, Fabid Ahmed, Gaurav Yadav, Akash Kargave, Marimuthu Vikneshwaran, Parameeswaran Sivaraman, Premraj Rajavelu, Ramachandran Ragupathy, Ritesh Gudge, Ajay Rohera, Paras Ratnaparkhe, Sagar Udeshi, Saurabh Yadav
Uttarakhand Ranji Trophy 2024-25 squad
Ravikumar Samarth, Aditya Tare (wk), Yuvraj Chaudhary, Mayank Mishra, Abhay Negi, Deepak Dhapola, Akash Madhwal, Swapnil Singh, Ankit Manori, Avneesh Sudha, Vaibhav Bhatt, Himanshu Bisht, Devendra Singh Bora, Kunal Chandela, Akhil Rawat
Elite C
Madhya Pradesh Ranji Trophy 2024-25 squad:
Shubham Sharma (c), Yash Dubey, Himanshu Mantri, Shubranshu Senapati, Rajat Patidar, Harpreet Bhatia, Venkatesh Iyer, Harsh Gawali, Kumar Kartikeya, Saransh Jain, Sagar Solanki, Avesh Khan, Kulwant Khejroliya, Anubhav Agarwal, Aryan Pandey.
Karnataka Ranji Trophy 2024-25 squad:
Mayank Agarwal (c), Nikin Jose, Devdutt Padikkal, R Smaran, Manish Pandey, Shreyas Gopal, Sujay Sateri, Hardik Raj, Vyshak Vijayakumar, Prasidh Krishna, Vasuki Koushik, Luvnith Sisodia, Mohsin Khan, Vidyadhar Patil, Kishan Bedare, Abhilash Shetty.
Haryana Ranji Trophy 2024-25 squad:
Not Yet Announced
Kerala Ranji Trophy 2024-25 squad:
Sachin Baby (c), Rohan Kunnummal, Krishna Prasad, Baba Aparajith, Akshay Chandran, Mohammed Azharuddeen (wk), Salman Nizar, Vathsal Govind, Vishnu Vinod, Jalaj Saxena, Aditya Sarvate, Basil Thampi, Nidheesh MD, KM Asif, Fanoos F.
Bengal Ranji Trophy 2024-25 squad:
Anustup Majumdar, Wriddhiman Saha, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sudip Gharami, Sudip Chatterjee, Abishek Porel, Shahbaz Ahmed, Writtick Chatterjee, Avilin Ghosh, Suvam Dey, Amir Gani, Pradipta Pramanik, Akash Deep, Mukesh Kumar, Md. Kaif, Suraj Jaiswal, Rishav Vivek, Yudhajit Guha, Rohit Kumar.
Uttar Pradesh Ranji Trophy 2024-25 squad:
Aryan Juyal (c & wk), Swastik Chikara, Priyam Garg, Madhav Kaushik, Akshdeep Nath, Nitish Rana, Saurabh Kumar, Ankit Rajpoot, Yash Dayal, Aaditya Sharma, Aaqib Khan, Kritagya Singh, Vipraj Nigam, Shivam Sharma, Siddharth Yadav, Vijay Kumar
Punjab Ranji Trophy 2024-25 squad:
Prabhsimran Singh (c &wk), Naman Dhir (vc), Anmolpreet Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Sanvir Singh, Baltej Singh, Gurnoor Brar, Siddarth Kaul, Mayank Markhande, Salil Arora, Abhay Choudhary, Sahaj Dhawan, Prerit Dutta, Emanjot Singh Chahal, Jaskaranvir Singh Paul, Jassinder Singh, Kovid Gujjar, Krish Bhagat, Prabjot Singh, Pukhraj Mann, Sukhwinder Singh
Bihar Ranji Trophy 2024-25 squad:
Veer Pratap Singh (c), Sakibul Gani (vc), Babul Kumar, Rishav Raj, Sachin Kumar, Sakib Hussain, Abhijeet Saket, Mayank Choudhary, Himanshu Singh, Hrishi Raj, Ayush Loharuka, Sharman Nigrodh, Raghuvendra Pratap Singh, Anuj Raj, Shabbir Khan, Harsh Singh, Jitin Yadav, Yashpal Yadav
Elite D
Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy 2024-25 Squad:
R. Sai Kishore (c), N. Jagadeesan (vc), B. Indrajith, B. Sai Sudharsan, Vijay Shankar, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, M. Shahrukh Khan, Boopathi Vaishna Kumar, S. Mohamed Ali, C. Andre Siddarth, S. Ajith Ram, S. Lokeshwar, S. Lakshay Jain, Sandeep Warrier, Gurjapneet Singh, M. Mohammed, R. Sonu Yadav, M. Siddharth.
Delhi Ranji Trophy 2024-25 Squad:
Himmat Singh (c), Ayush Badoni, Anuj Rawat (wk), Sanat Sangwan, Dhruv Kaushik, Yash Dhull, Jonty Sidhu, Mayank Rawat, Kshitiz Sharma, Pranav Rajuvanshi (wk), Sumit Mathur, Navdeep Saini, Himanshu Chauhan, Simarjeet Singh*/Divij Mehra, Hrithik Shokeen, Harsh Tyagi, Money Grewal, Shivank Vashisth.
Railways Ranji Trophy 2024-25 Squad:
Pratham Singh (c), Suraj Ahuja, Vivek Singh, Upendra Yadav, Ashutosh Sharma (vc), Yuvraj Singh, Karn Sharma, Ayan Chaudhari, Shivam Chaudhary, Kunal Yadav, Bhargav Merai, Mohammad Saif, Akash Pandey, Himanshu Sangwan, Adarsh Singh
Saurashtra Ranji Trophy 2024-25 Squad:
Jaydev Unadkat (c), Cheteshwar Pujara, Harvik Desai (wk), Sheldon Jackson, Tarang Gohel, Arpit Vasavada, Chirag Jani, Prerak Mankad, Yuvrajsinh Dodiya, D Jadeja, Parth Bhut, Vishvaraj Jadeja, Hiten Kanbi, Navneet Vora, Parswaraj Rana.
Chhattisgarh Ranji Trophy 2024-25 Squad:
Amandeep Khare, Shashank Singh, Bhupen Lalwani, Eknath Kerkar, Ajay Mandal, Shubham Agarwal, Ashutosh Singh, Ayush Pandey, Jivesh Butte, Ashish Chouhan, Sanjeet Desai, Ravi Kiran, Rishabh Tiwari, Anuj Tiwary, Vasudev Bareth, Vishvas Malik
Chandigarh Ranji Trophy 2024-25 Squad:
Manan Vohra (c), Raj Bawa, Gurinder Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Aayush Sikka, Arjit Pannu, Arslan Khan, Shivam Bhambri, Rohit Dhanda, Gaurav Puri, Jagjit Singh, Vishu Kashyap, Ankit Kaushik, Nishunk Birla, Mayank Sidhu
Jharkhand Ranji Trophy 2024-25 Squad:
Ishan Kishan (c & wk), Virat Singh (vc), Kumar Kushagra (wk), Anukul Roy, Utkarsh Singh, Supriyo Chakraborty, Manishi, Nazim Siddiquie, Pankaj Raunak, Ravi Kumar Yadav, Saurabh Shekhar, Aryaman Sen, Sharandeep Singh, Kumar Suraj, Vivekanand Tiwari, Vikas Kumar
Assam Ranji Trophy 2024-25 Squad:
Denish Das (c & wk), Sibsankar Roy, Rahul Singh, Sidharth Sarmah, Bhargav Dutta, Rishav Das,Mrinmoy Dutta, Sumit Ghadigaonkar, Rahul Hazarika, Mukhtar Hussain, Parvej Musaraf, Ruhinandan Pegu, Kunal Sarma, Akash Sengupta, Abhishek Thakuri
Ranji Trophy 2024-25 Live Streaming Details:
This year's Ranji Trophy broadcasting details have not yet been announced, but it is likely to follow last season's model in which the matches were available to live stream the Jio Cinema app and website.
Ranji Trophy 2024-25 Schedule:
October 11, Friday, 2024
Mumbai Vs Baroda
Venue: Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara
Time: 9:30 AM IST
Jammu & Kashmir Vs Maharashtra
Venue: Sher E Kashmir Cricket Stadium, Srinagar
Time: 9:30 AM IST
Services Vs Meghalaya
Venue: Airforce Complex ground, Palam, New-Delhi
Time: 9:30 AM IST
Tripura Vs Odisha
Venue: MBB Stadium, Agartala
Time: 9:30 AM IST
Hyderabad Vs Gujarat
Venue: Gymkhana Ground, Hyderabad
Time: 9:30 AM IST
Himachal Pradesh Vs Uttarakhand
Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
Time: 9:30 AM IST
Rajasthan Vs Pondicherry
Venue: Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Time: 9:30 AM IST
Vidarbha Vs Andhra
Venue: VCA Stadium, Civil Lines, Nagpur
Time: 9:30 AM IST
Madhya Pradesh Vs Karanataka
Venue: Holkar Stadium, Indore
Time: 9:30 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh Vs Bengal
Venue: Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Time: 9:30 AM IST
Haryana Vs Bihar
Venue: Chaudhry Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Lahli
Time: 9:30 AM IST
Kerata Vs Punjab
Venue: St'Xavier's KCA Cricket Ground, Trivandrum
Time: 9:30 AM IST
Assam Vs Jharkhand
Venue: ACA Stadium, Barsapara, Guwahati
Time: 9:30 AM IST
Chandigarh Vs Railways
Venue: GMSSS Sec-26 Cricket Ground, Chandigarh
Time: 9:30 AM IST
Chhattisgarh Vs Delhi
Venue: Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur
Time: 9:30 AM IST
Tamil Nadu Vs Saurashtra
Venue: Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science Ground, Coimbatore
Time: 9:30 AM IST
Nagaland Vs Arunachal Pradesh
Venue: Nagaland Cricket Stadium, Sovima
Time: 9:30 AM IST
Goa Vs Manipur
Venue: Goa Cricket Association Academy, Porvorim
Time: 9:30 AM IST
*These are the matchday 1 Schedule
