Ranji Trophy

Template:Short description Template:Use Indian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox cricket tournament main The Ranji Trophy is a premier domestic first-class cricket championship played in India and organized annually by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The teams representing regional and state cricket associations participate. BCCI founded the championship in 1934,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Since then, it has been organised across various grounds and stadiums in India.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The competition currently consists of 38 teams, including at least one team from each of the 28 states of India and four of the eight union territories. When the tournament was founded, it was named "the Cricket Championship of India", in 1935 it was renamed after Ranjitsinhji, who was the first Indian to play international cricket. He played for England from 1896 to 1902.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":0" />Template:Efn

The Mumbai cricket team is the most successful team of the tournament, with a record 42 titles to their name.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The Vidarbha cricket team is the current champion after winning the 2024–25 final over Kerala cricket team at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

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Ranjitsinhji, after whom the tournament is named

The idea of a national level, first class championship tournament was proposed by BCCI's founder A.S. De Mello.<ref name=":0" /> The competition was launched following BCCI's meeting at Shimla in July 1934,<ref name="History">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> with the first fixtures taking place in 1934–35 .Initially the tournament was named as 'The cricket championship of India', it later was renamed.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The trophy was donated by Bhupinder Singh, the Maharaja of Patiala in memory of Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, Jam Sahib of Nawanagar who had died the previous year.<ref name="History" /> The first match of the competition was held on 4 November 1934 between Madras and Mysore at the Chepauk ground in Madras (Now Chennai). Mumbai (Bombay) has won the tournament the most times with 42 wins, including 15 back-to-back wins from 1958–59 to 1972–73.

In 2015, Paytm became the first company to hold the tournament's title sponsorship right by virtue of BCCI's title sponsorship deal.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The 2020–21 Ranji Trophy tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the first season since the tournament's inception that it was not held.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Participants

{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= {{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= Template:Ambox }} }} State and regional teams with first-class status and owned–operated by BCCI members play in the Ranji Trophy. Most associations are regional such as the Mumbai Cricket Association or the Karnataka State Cricket Association, while Railways and Services are pan-Indian.

All 28 states of India are represented, as are four of the eight union territories: Delhi, Chandigarh, Puducherry, and Jammu and Kashmir (which also represents the union territory of Ladakh). In addition, four teams represent regions within states: Mumbai and Vidarbha (both within Maharashtra) and Saurashtra and Baroda (both within Gujarat), though Maharashtra and Gujarat play as separate teams; and there are two pan-Indian teams: Railways, representing Indian Railways, and Services, representing the Indian Armed Forces. The state of Telangana is represented by the Hyderabad cricket team.

Current teams

The following 38 teams currently participate in the Ranji Trophy:

Team	Home ground/sTemplate:Efn	First season	First title	Last title	Total titles
Andhra	ACA-VDCA International Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam	1953–54	–	–	–
Arunachal Pradesh		2018–19	–	–	–
Assam	ACA Stadium, Guwahati	1948–49	–	–	–
Baroda	Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara	1937–38	1942–43	2000–01	5
Bengal	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	1935–36	1938–39	1989–90	2
Bihar	Rajgir International Stadium, Nalanda	1936–37	–	–	–
Chhattisgarh	Nava Raipur International Stadium, Naya Raipur	2016–17	–	–	–
Chandigarh	Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh	2019–20	–	–	–
Delhi	Arun Jaitley Stadium	1934–35	1978–79	2007–08	7
Goa	Dr. Rajendra Prasad Stadium, Margao	1985–86	–	–	–
Gujarat	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad	1935–36	2016–17	2016–17	1
Haryana	Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak	1970–71	1990–91	1990–91	1
Himachal Pradesh	HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala	1985–86	–	–	–
Hyderabad	Hyderabad Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad	1934–35	1937–38	1986–87	2
Jammu and Kashmir	Sher-e-Kashmir Stadium, Srinagar	1959–60	–	–	–
Jharkhand	JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi	2004–05	–	–	–
Karnataka	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	1934–35	1973–74	2014–15	8
Kerala	Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram	1957–58	–	–	–
Madhya Pradesh	Holkar Stadium, Indore	1941–42	1945–46	2021–22	5
Maharashtra	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune	1934–35	1939–40	1940–41	2
Manipur		2018–19	–	–	–
Meghalaya	Meghalaya Cricket Association Cricket Ground, Shillong	2018–19	–	–	–
Mizoram		2018–19	–	–	–
Mumbai	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	1934–35	1934–35	2023–24	42
Nagaland	Nagaland Cricket Association Stadium, Sovima	2018–19	–	–	–
Odisha	Barabati Stadium, Cuttack	1949–50	–	–	–
Pondicherry	CAP Siechem Ground, Puducherry	2018–19	–	–	–
Punjab	Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali	1968–69	1992–93	1992–93	1
Railways	Karnail Singh Stadium, New Delhi	1958–59	2001–02	2004–05	2
Rajasthan	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	1935–36	2010–11	2011–12	2
Saurashtra	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot	1936–37	2019–20	2022–23	2
Sikkim	Mining Cricket Stadium, Rangpo	2018–19	–	–	–
Services	Palam A Stadium, New Delhi	1949–50	–	–	–
Tamil Nadu	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	1934–35	1954–55	1987–88	2
Tripura	Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala	1985–86	–	–	–
Uttar Pradesh	BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow	1934–35	2005–06	2005–06	1
Uttarakhand	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun	2018–19	–	–	–
Vidarbha	New VCA Stadium, Nagpur	1957–58	2017–18	2024-25	3

Defunct teams

The following teams have appeared in the Ranji Trophy, but no longer do so, partly because Indian states have merged and created over the years:

• Central India (1934/35 – 1940/41)
• Central Provinces and Berar (1934/35 – 1949/50)
• Northern India (1934/35 – 1946/47)
• Sind (1934/35 – 1947/48)
• Southern Punjab (1934/35 – 1951/52, 1959/60 – 1967/68)
• Western India (1934/35 – 1945/46)
• Nawanagar (1936/37 – 1947/48)
• North West Frontier Province (1937/38 – 1946/47)
• Holkar (1941/42 – 1954/55)
• Gwalior (1943/44)
• Patiala/Patiala and Eastern Punjab States Union (1948/49, 1953/54 – 1958/59)
• Eastern Punjab (1950/51 – 1959/60)
• Travancore-Cochin (1951/52 – 1956/57)
• Madhya Bharat (1955/56 – 1956/57)
• Northern Punjab (1960/61 – 1967/68)

Stadiums

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Stadium	City	Capacity	Home team
Narendra Modi Stadium	Ahmedabad	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Gujarat
Eden Gardens	Kolkata	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Bengal
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium	Raipur	65,000	Chhattisgarh
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium	Hyderabad	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Hyderabad
Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium	Lucknow	55,000	Uttar Pradesh
Greenfield International Stadium	Thiruvananthapuram	55,000	Kerala
JSCA International Cricket Stadium	Ranchi	50,000	Jharkhand
Barabati Stadium	Cuttack	45,000	Odisha
Rajgir International Cricket Stadium	Nalanda	45,000	Bihar
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	Nagpur	45,000	Vidarbha
Arun Jaitley Stadium	New Delhi	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Delhi
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	Bangalore	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Karnataka
Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Cricket Stadium	Guwahati	40,000	Assam
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium	Pune	37,406	Maharashtra
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium	Chennai	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Tamil Nadu
Wankhede Stadium	Mumbai	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Mumbai
Holkar Stadium	Indore	30,000	Madhya Pradesh
Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium	Agartala	30,000	Tripura
Sector 16 Stadium	Chandigarh	30,000	Chandigarh
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium	Rajkot	28,000	Saurashtra
Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium	Mohali	26,000	Punjab
Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium	Visakhapatnam	25,000	Andhra
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium	Dharamshala	25,000	Himachal Pradesh
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium	Dehradun	25,000	Uttarakhand
Sawai Mansingh Stadium	Jaipur	23,185	Rajasthan
Moti Bagh Stadium	Vadodara	18,000	Baroda
Mining Cricket Stadium	Rangpo	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Sikkim

Format

From the Ranji Trophy's inception until the 2001 season (with the exception of 1948–49 season), the teams were grouped geographically into four or five zones – North, West, East, and South, with Central added in 1952–53. Initial matches were played within the zones on a knock-out basis until 1956–57, and thereafter on a league basis, to determine a winner; then, the five individual zone winners competed in a knock-out tournament, leading to a final which decided the winner of the Ranji Trophy. From the 1970–71 season, the knock-out stage was expanded to the top two teams from each zone, a total of ten qualifying teams. This was expanded again to the top three from each zone in 1992–93, a total of fifteen qualifying teams; between 1996–97 and 1999–2000, the fifteen qualifying teams competed in a secondary group stage, with three groups of five teams, and the top two from each group qualified for a six-team knock-out stage; in all other years until 2001–02, a full fifteen-team knock-out tournament was held.Template:Citation needed

The format was changed in the 2002–03 season with the zonal system abandoned and a two-division structure adopted – the Elite Group, containing fifteen teams, and the Plate Group, containing the rest. Each group had two sub-groups which played a round-robin; the top two from each Elite sub-group then contested a four-team knock-out tournament to determine the winner of the Ranji Trophy. The team which finished last in each Elite sub-group was relegated, and both Plate Group finalists were promoted for the following season. For the 2006–07 season, the divisions were re-labelled the Super League and Plate League respectively.

In the 2008–09 season, this format was adjusted to give both Super League and Plate League teams an opportunity to contest the Ranji Trophy. The top two from each Plate sub-group contested semi-finals; the winners of these two matches then joined the top three from each Super League sub-group in an eight-team knock-out tournament. The winner of this knock-out tournament then won the Ranji Trophy. Promotion and relegation between Super League and Plate League continued as before. In the 2010–11 season, Rajasthan won the Ranji Trophy after beginning the season in the Plate League.Template:Citation needed

From the 2012–13 season, this format was adjusted slightly. The Super League and Plate League names were abandoned, but the two-tier system remained. The top tier expanded from fifteen teams to eighteen teams, in two sub-groups of nine (known as Group A and Group B, and considered equal in status); and the second tier was reduced to nine teams in a single group (known as Group C). The top three teams from Groups A and B and the top two from Group C contest the knockout phase. The lowest placed team in each of Group A and Group B is relegated to Group C, and the top two from Group C are promoted to the top tier.

For the 2017–18 season, the two-tier system was abandoned to have 4 groups of seven teams each and two quarter-finalists from each group.

From the 2018–19 season, the teams contested in three-tiers. Five teams will qualify for the quarter-finals from the top tier (known as Elite Group A and Group B). Two teams will qualify from the second-tier (Elite Group C) and one team from the lower-tier (Plate Group) for the quarter-finals.Template:Citation needed

Round-robin matches are four days in length; knockout matches are played for five days. Throughout its history, if there is no outright result in a Ranji Trophy knock-out match, the team leading after the first innings is the winner.

Prior to the 2016–17 season, matches were played at the home ground of one of the two teams taking part. For the 2016–17 edition, the BCCI decided that all games would be staged at a neutral venues.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Points distribution system

Points in the league stages of both divisions are currently awarded as follows:

Scenario	Points
Win outright	6
Bonus point for inning or 10 wicket win	1
First innings lead in a drawn match	3
No result	1
Tie in first inning's score in a drawn match	1
Loss on the first innings	1
Lost outright	0
Tie on both innings	3

Tournament records

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Team records<ref name=ca>Compiled from Overall First-Class Records Template:Webarchive at CricketArchive.</ref>
Most trophies wins	42	Mumbai	1934–2024
Highest team score	935/5 dec.	Hyderabad v Andhra	1993–94<ref>Match scorecard. CricketArchive (1994-01-11). Retrieved on 2013-12-06.</ref>
Lowest team score	21	Hyderabad v Rajasthan	2010<ref>Match scorecard. CricketArchive (1935-02-06). Retrieved on 2013-12-06.</ref>

Individual match records<ref name=ca/>
Highest individual innings	443*	B. B. Nimbalkar	Maharashtra v Kathiawar	1948–49<ref>Match scorecard. CricketArchive (1948-12-18). Retrieved on 2013-12-06.</ref>
Best innings bowling	10/20	Premangsu Chatterjee	Bengal v Assam	1956–57<ref>Match scorecard. CricketArchive (1957-01-29). Retrieved on 2013-12-06.</ref>
Best match bowling	16/99	Anil Kumble	Karnataka v Kerala	1994–95<ref>Match scorecard. CricketArchive (1995-01-17). Retrieved on 2013-12-06.</ref>

Individual season records<ref>From Indian Cricket 2004, published by The Hindu, 2004</ref>
Most runs in a season	1,415	V. V. S. Laxman	Hyderabad	1999–2000
Most centuries in a season	7	Wasim Jaffer	Mumbai	1999–2000
Most wickets in a season	68	Ashutosh Aman	Bihar	2018–19

Individual career records
Most career matches	155	Wasim Jaffer	1996–2020
Most career runs	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Wasim Jaffer || 1996–2020
Most career centuries	40<ref name=Wasim_Jaffer />	Wasim Jaffer	1996–2020
Highest career batting average	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Vijay Merchant || 1934–51
Most career wickets	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Rajinder Goel || 1958–85

^† Some sources credit Goel with 636 or 640 wickets instead – see Rajinder Goel article for details.

Winners

The following teams have won the tournament:<ref name="History"/>

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Winning Captain	Venue
1934–35	Bombay	Northern India	L. P. Jai	Bombay Gymkhana, Bombay
1935–36	Bombay	Madras	Hormasji Vajifdar
1936–37	Nawanagar	Bengal	Albert Wensley
1937–38	Hyderabad	Nawanagar	SM Hussain
1938–39	Bengal	Southern Punjab	Tom Longfield
1939–40	Maharashtra	United Provinces	D. B. Deodhar	Poona Gymkhana, Pune
1940–41	Maharashtra	Madras	D. B. Deodhar	Chepauk, Madras
1941–42	Bombay	Mysore	Vijay Merchant
1942–43	Baroda	Hyderabad	W.Ghorpade
1943–44	Western India	Bengal	Herbert Barritt
1944–45	Bombay	Holkar	Vijay Merchant
1945–46	Holkar	Baroda	C. K. Nayudu
1946–47	Baroda	Holkar	Raosaheb Nimbalkar
1947–48	Holkar	Bombay	C. K. Nayudu
1948–49	Bombay	Baroda	K. C. Ibrahim
1949–50	Baroda	Holkar	Raosaheb Nimbalkar
1950–51	Holkar	Gujarat	C. K. Nayudu
1951–52	Bombay	Holkar	Madhav Mantri	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
1952–53	Holkar	Bengal	C. K. Nayudu
1953–54	Bombay	Holkar	Ranga Sohoni
1954–55	Madras	Holkar	Balu Alaganan	Yeshwant Club, Indore
1955–56	Bombay	Bengal	Madhav Mantri
1956–57	Bombay	Services	Madhav Mantri
1957–58	Baroda	Services	Datta Gaekwad
1958–59	Bombay	Bengal	Madhav Apte
1959–60	Bombay	Mysore	Polly Umrigar
1960–61	Bombay	Rajasthan	Polly Umrigar
1961–62	Bombay	Rajasthan	Madhav Apte	Brabourne, Mumbai
1962–63	Bombay	Rajasthan	Polly Umrigar
1963–64	Bombay	Rajasthan	Bapu Nadkarni
1964–65	Bombay	Hyderabad	Bapu Nadkarni
1965–66	Bombay	Rajasthan	Bapu Nadkarni
1966–67	Bombay	Rajasthan	Manohar Hardikar
1967–68	Bombay	Madras	Manohar Hardikar
1968–69	Bombay	Bengal	Ajit Wadekar
1969–70	Bombay	Rajasthan	Ajit Wadekar
1970–71	Bombay	Maharashtra	Sudhir Naik	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
1971–72	Bombay	Bengal	Ajit Wadekar	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
1972–73	Bombay	Tamil Nadu	Ajit Wadekar	Chepauk, Chennai
1973–74	Karnataka	Rajasthan	E. A. S. Prasanna
1974–75	Bombay	Karnataka	Ashok Mankad
1975–76	Bombay	Bihar	Ashok Mankad
1976–77	Bombay	Delhi	Sunil Gavaskar
1977–78	Karnataka	Uttar Pradesh	E. A. S. Prasanna
1978–79	Delhi	Karnataka	Bishan Singh Bedi	Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
1979–80	Delhi	Bombay	Bishan Singh Bedi
1980–81	Bombay	Delhi	Eknath Solkar	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
1981–82	Delhi	Karnataka	Mohinder Amarnath	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
1982–83	Karnataka	Bombay	Brijesh Patel
1983–84	Bombay	Delhi	Sunil Gavaskar
1984–85	Bombay	Delhi	Sunil Gavaskar
1985–86	Delhi	Haryana	Madan Lal
1986–87	Hyderabad	Delhi	M. V. Narasimha Rao
1987–88	Tamil Nadu	Railways	Krishnamachari Srikkanth
1988–89	Delhi	Bengal	Madan Lal
1989–90	Bengal	Delhi	Sambaran Banerjee
1990–91	Haryana	Bombay	Kapil Dev
1991–92	Delhi	Tamil Nadu	Ajay Sharma
1992–93	Punjab	Maharashtra	Gursharan Singh
1993–94	Bombay	Bengal	Ravi Shastri
1994–95	Bombay	Punjab	Sachin Tendulkar
1995–96	Karnataka	Tamil Nadu	Anil Kumble
1996–97	Mumbai	Delhi	Sanjay Manjrekar
1997–98	Karnataka	Uttar Pradesh	Rahul Dravid
1998–99	Karnataka	Madhya Pradesh	Sunil Joshi	Bangalore
1999–00	Mumbai	Hyderabad	Sameer Dighe	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
2000–01	Baroda	Railways	Jacob Martin	Vadodara
2001–02	Railways	Baroda	Abhay Sharma
2002–03	Mumbai	Tamil Nadu	Paras Mhambrey
2003–04	Mumbai	Tamil Nadu	Sairaj Bahutule
2004–05	Railways	Punjab	Sanjay Bangar
2005–06	Uttar Pradesh	Bengal	Mohammad Kaif
2006–07	Mumbai	Bengal	Amol Muzumdar
2007–08	Delhi	Uttar Pradesh	Gautam Gambhir
2008–09	Mumbai	Uttar Pradesh	Wasim Jaffer
2009–10	Mumbai	Karnataka	Wasim Jaffer
2010–11	Rajasthan	Baroda	Hrishikesh Kanitkar
2011–12	Rajasthan	Tamil Nadu	Hrishikesh Kanitkar
2012–13	Mumbai	Saurashtra	Ajit Agarkar
2013–14	Karnataka	Maharashtra	Vinay Kumar
2014–15	Karnataka	Tamil Nadu	Vinay Kumar
2015–16	Mumbai	Saurashtra	Aditya Tare
2016–17	Gujarat	Mumbai	Parthiv Patel
2017–18	Vidarbha	Delhi	Faiz Fazal	Holkar Stadium, Indore
2018–19	Vidarbha	Saurashtra	Faiz Fazal	Nagpur
2019–20	Saurashtra	Bengal	Jaydev Unadkat	Rajkot
2020-21	-Not Held-			Canceled / due to covid
2021–22	Madhya Pradesh	Mumbai	Aditya Shrivastava	Bangalore
2022–23	Saurashtra	Bengal	Jaydev Unadkat
2023–24	Mumbai	Vidarbha	Ajinkya Rahane	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
2024–25	Vidarbha	Kerala	Akshay Wadkar	VCA, Nagpur

Finals appearances by team

Mumbai/Bombay have played in 48 finals and have won total 42 Ranji Trophy championships, the most by any team.

Team	Winner	Template:Nobr	Win %	Last win
Mumbai / Bombay	42	6	87.5	2024
Karnataka / Mysore	8	6	57.1	2015
Delhi	7	8	46.7	2008
Madhya Pradesh / Holkar	5	7	41.7	2022
Baroda	5	4	55.6	2001
Saurashtra / Western India / Nawanagar	4	4	50	2023
Vidarbha	3	1	75	2025
Bengal	2	13	13.33	1990
Tamil Nadu / Madras	2	10	16.7	1988
Rajasthan / Rajputana	2	8	20.0	2012
Hyderabad	2	3	40.0	1987
Maharashtra	2	3	40.0	1941
Railways	2	2	50.0	2005
Uttar Pradesh / United Provinces	1	5	16.7	2006
Punjab / Southern Punjab	1	3	25	1993
Haryana	1	1	50.0	1991
Gujarat	1	1	50.0	2017
Services	0	2	0.0
Bihar	0	1	0.0
Northern India	0	1	0.0
Kerala	0	1	0.0

Broadcasting

Sports18 TV channel and JioCinema has exclusive rights to broadcast the trophy live on television and online respectively.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> BCCI's website runs match highlights. Star Sports and Disney+ Hotstar broadcast the tournament until 2022.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Salary

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Category	Matches played	Salary Per match
Seniors	40 or more	₹2.4 lakh
Mid Seniors	20-39	₹2 lakh
Juniors	Under 20	₹1.6 lakh

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In popular culture

• In Iqbal, a 2005 film, the protagonist Iqbal Saeed Khan appears at the trials for the Hyderabad cricket team. He does not make it, but he is eventually picked by the Andhra cricket team.

• The tournament was featured in Jersey, a 2019 Telugu film, in which the protagonist Arjun represents the Hyderabad cricket team in the Ranji Trophy in the 1980s and 1990s.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Ranji Trophy

See also

• List of Ranji Trophy records
• List of hat-tricks in the Ranji Trophy

Other top domestic cricket tournaments of the BCCI

• Vijay Hazare Trophy (One day format)
• Duleep Trophy
• Deodhar trophy
• Irani Cup (Test format)Template:Efn
• Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (T20)

Other

• History of cricket
• Sport in India – Overview of sports
• Cricket in India

External links

• Official website of the BCCI
• The Ranji Trophy – ESPNcricinfo
• Ranji Trophy Winners