The much-anticipated Indian domestic cricket tournament, Ranji Trophy is back with its 90th edition starting on October 11, Friday 2024, featuring 38 teams across 19 venues. (Live Streaming | More Cricket News)
The first-class cricket tournament featuring 38 teams are organized into five groups: four Elite groups (A, B, C, and D) with eight teams each, and a Plate Group consisting of six teams.
Ranji Trophy 2024-25 Elite Group C Teams
Madhya Pradesh
Karnataka
Haryana
Bengal
Kerala
Uttar Pradesh
Punjab
Bihar
Last year, Goa and Manipur faced relegation from the Elite groups to the Plate group, while Meghalaya and Hyderabad earned promotions.
The BCCI has split the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 schedule into two windows to accommodate the challenging winter weather in some parts of India. The first five rounds will take place from October 11 to November 13, 2024, followed by a break before resuming on January 23, 2025, with the remaining matches and knockout stages.
Previou season's final witnessed Mumbai take on Vidarbha, with Mumbai clinching the title for a record 42nd time.
Ranji Trophy 2025-24 Elite Group C Squads:
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
Fixtures:
(Round 1: October 11, Friday)
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