The Ranji Trophy, India’s premier first-class cricket tournament, is set to kick off its 2024-25 season with an exciting format and a diverse range of participating teams.
This year, the tournament promises to be competitive and thrilling as it showcases domestic talent across various venues in India.
The Ranji matches are scheduled from October 11, 2024, with the tournament divided into two phases to mitigate weather disruptions.
The Ranji Trophy will feature a total of 32 teams competing in the Elite category and six teams in the Plate category. Check details on Ranji Trophy 2024-25, squads, venue and more.
Ranji Trophy 2024-25: Teams
Elite Category
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Baroda | Andhra | Bengal | Assam |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Gujarat | Bihar | Chandigarh |
| Maharashtra | Himachal Pradesh | Haryana | Chhattisgarh |
| Meghalaya | Hyderabad | Karnataka | Delhi |
| Mumbai | Puducherry | Kerala | Jharkhand |
| Odisha | Rajasthan | Madhya Pradesh | Railways |
| Services | Uttarakhand | Punjab | Saurashtra |
| Tripura | Vidarbha | Uttar Pradesh | Tamil Nadu |
Plate Category: Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim.
Ranji Trophy 2024-25: Format
The format for the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 includes:
Group Stage:
- The tournament is split into four elite groups (A, B, C, D) and one plate group.
- Each group consists of eight teams competing in a league format.
- The top two teams from each elite group will qualify for the quarter-finals.
Knockout Stage:
- The knockout stage features quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a final.
- Quarter-final matchups will be determined based on group standings:QF 1: A1 vs C2
Promotion and Relegation:
- Teams finishing at the bottom of their elite groups may face relegation to the plate group for the next season.
- The top two teams from the plate group will be promoted to the elite groups.
Ranji Trophy 2024-25: Venues
| City | Stadium Name |
| Vadodara | Kotambi Stadium |
| Coimbatore | SNR College Cricket Ground |
| Raipur | Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium |
| Chandigarh | Government Model Senior Secondary School Ground |
| Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium | |
| Guwahati | Barsapara Cricket Stadium |
| Rohtak | Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium |
| Lucknow | Ekana Cricket Stadium |
| Dr. Akhilesh Das Stadium | |
| Indore | Holkar Cricket Stadium |
| Nagpur | Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground |
| Kashmir | Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium |
| Delhi | Palam A Stadium |
| Arun Jaitley Stadium | |
| Agartala | Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium |
| Hyderabad | Gymkhana Stadium |
| Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium | |
| Dharamshala | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium |
| Jaipur | Sawai Mansingh Stadium |
| Kolkata | Eden Gardens |
| Rajkot | Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium |
| Cuttack | Barabati Stadium |
| Mumbai | Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC |
| Shillong | Meghalaya Cricket Association Ground |
| Ahmedabad | Narendra Modi Stadium |
| ADSA Railway Cricket Ground | |
| Dehradun | Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium |
| Jamshedpur | Keenan Stadium |
| Patna | Moin-ul-Haq Stadium |
| Visakhapatnam | Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium |
Ranji Trophy squads
Group A
Maharashtra: 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: Aryan Borah, Akash Kumar Choudhary, Arpit Bhatewara, Bamanbha Shangpliang, Bijon Dey, Chengkam Sangma, Dippu Sangma, Jaskirat Singh Sachdeva, Kishan Lyngdoh, Ram Gurung, Roshan Warbah, and Swarajeet Das
Odisha: 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.
Group B
Rajasthan: Deepak Hooda (captain), Abhijeet Tomar, Yash Kothari, Ram Mohan Chauhan, Salman Khan, Mahipal Lomror, Kunal Singh Rathore, Bharat Sharma, Ajay Singh Kookna, Manav Suthar, Rahul Chahar, Deepak Chahar (vice-captain), Aniket Chaudhary, Khalil Ahmed, Arafat Khan
Reserve players: Mohit Jain, Rajkumar Saini, Samarprit Joshi, Rajesh Bishnoi (Jr), Zuber Ali Khan, Rajveer Singh Rathore & Shubham Garhwal.
Andhra Pradesh: 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: 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.
Hyderabad: Tilak Varma (Captain), Rahul Singh G (Vice Captain), 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.
Group C
Madhya Pradesh: 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 (first 2 rounds): Mayank Agarwal (captain), 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.
UP: Aryan Juyal (captain, Wk), Swastik Chikara, Priyam Garg, Akshdeep Nath, Nitish Rana, Saurabh Kumar, Ankit Rajpoot, Aaqib Khan, Vipraj Nigam, Yash Dayal, Shivam Sharma, Siddhartha Yadav, Madhav Kaushik, Vijay Kumar, Aaditya Sharma (Wk), Kritagya Singh; Standby: Atal Bihari Rai, Prince Yadav, Abhishek Goswami, Vineet Panwar, Vaibhav Chaudhary and Kartikey Jaiswal
Kerala (first round): 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: Anustup Majumdar (captain), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sudip Gharami, Sudip Chatterjee, Wriddhiman Saha, Shahbaz Ahmed, Abishek Porel, Writtick Chatterjee, Avilin Ghosh, Shuvam Dey, Akash Deep, Mukesh Kumar, Suraj Jaiswal, Mohd Kaif, Pradipta Pramanik, Aamir Gani, Yudhajit Guha, Rohit Kumar and Rishav Vivek.
Group D
Tamil Nadu (1st round): R. Sai Kishore (Captain), N. Jagadeesan (Vice Captain), B. Indrajith, 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.
Chhattisgarh: 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.
Delhi (first 2 rounds): Himmat Singh (captain), 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.
Saurashtra: 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.
