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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. [7] The competition was launched following BCCI's meeting at Shimla in July 1934, [10] with the first fixtures taking place in 1934–35.Initially the tournament was named as 'The cricket championship of India', it later was renamed. [7]
After his death, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) started the Ranji Trophy in 1934, with the first fixtures taking place in 1934–35. [280] The trophy was donated by Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala, who also inaugurated the competition. The Ranji Trophy is India's national championship in first-class cricket and is ...
In 1936, the BCCI started India's premier first-class cricket championship the Ranji Trophy, which was named after the first Indian person who played international cricket, the King of Nawanagar state K.S. Ranjitsinhji, [35] who played for England in international cricket.
Ranjitsinhji, after whom the Indian premier first class cricket competition Ranji Trophy is named, was his uncle. [2] [3] He was educated at the Rajkumar College, Rajkot, before moving to England where he attended Cheltenham College and Cambridge University. [4]
This is a list of Ranji Trophy records, with each list containing the top five performances in the category. The Ranji Trophy is the premier first-class cricket competition in India . Currently active players are bolded.
The 2024–25 Ranji Trophy also known as the IDFC FIRST Bank Ranji Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is the current Ranji Trophy taking place from 11 October to 26 February 2025. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Format
The team plays in Ranji Trophy, the highest tier of the domestic first-class cricket tournament in India and in List A tournaments Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. They have won the Ranji Trophy twice and have finished runners-up nine times. [1] They are the team that has won the Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy ...
The 1934–35 Ranji Trophy was the inaugural edition of India's first-class cricket championship. The tournament was originally titled The Cricket Championship of India , but was renamed as the Ranji Trophy ahead of the 1935–36 edition. [ 3 ]