Cricket - Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy is the domestic first-class cricket championship of India. It is contested by regional cricket associations. The trophy is named after the former England and Sussex cricketer Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji (who was known as "Ranji"). From its inception until 2001–02, the teams were grouped geographically into four or five zones – North, West, East, and South, with Central added in 1952–53. Teams qualified from their zones to compete in a knock-out tournament.
From 2002–03, the zonal system has been replaced by a two-division structure involving an Elite Group of and a Plate Group. From 2006-07 to 2011-12 the top group was called the Super League and the other the Plate League.
From 2008–09, the top two from the Plate  joined the top six from the Super League in an eight-team knock-out tournament to decide the Ranji Trophy. From 2012–13, the Super League and Plate League names were dropped, but the two-tier system remained.
Round-robin matches are four days in length; knockout matches are played for five days. If there is no outright result in a Ranji Trophy knock-out match, the team leading after the first innings is the winner. The tournament was not staged in 2020/21 due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

YEAR
WINNERS
RUNNERS-UP
1935 BOMBAY Northern India
1936 BOMBAY Madras
1937 NAWANAGAR Bengal
1938 HYDERABAD Nawanagar
1939 BENGAL Punjab
1940 MAHARASHTRA United Provinces
1941 MAHARASHTRA Madras
1942 BOMBAY Mysore
1943 BARODA Hyderabad
1944 WESTERN INDIA Bengal 
1945 BOMBAY Holkar
1946 HOLKAR Baroda
1947 BARODA  Holkar 
1948 HOLKAR Bombay
1949 BOMBAY Bihar
1950 BARODA Holkar 
1951
 HOLKAR Gujarat
1952
 BOMBAY
Holkar 
1953
 HOLKAR Bengal 
1954
 BOMBAY Holkar
1955
 MADRAS Holkar 
1956
 BOMBAY Bengal
1957
 BOMBAY Services
1958
 BARODA  Services
1959
 BOMBAY Bengal 
1960
 BOMBAY Mysore 
1961
 BOMBAY Rajasthan
1962
 BOMBAY Rajasthan 
1963
 BOMBAY Rajasthan
1964
 BOMBAY Rajasthan 
1965
 BOMBAY Hyderabad
1966
 BOMBAY Rajasthan
1967
 BOMBAY Rajasthan
1968
 BOMBAY Madras 
1969
 BOMBAY Bengal
1970
 BOMBAY Rajasthan
1971
 BOMBAY Maharashtra
1972
 BOMBAY Bengal
1973
 BOMBAY Tamil Nadu
1974
 KARNATAKA Rajasthan 
1975
 BOMBAY Karnataka
1976
 BOMBAY Bihar
1977
 BOMBAY Delhi
1978
 KARNATAKA Uttar Pradesh
1979
 DELHI Karnataka
1980
 DELHI Bombay
1981
 BOMBAY Delhi
1982
 DELHI Karnataka 
1983
 KARNATAKA  Bombay
1984
 BOMBAY Delhi
1985
 BOMBAY Delhi
1986
 DELHI  Haryana
1987
 HYDERABAD Delhi 
1988
 TAMIL NADU   Railways
1989
 DELHI Bengal
1990
 BENGAL   Delhi
1991
 HARYANA    Bombay 
1992
 DELHI    Tamil Nadu
1993
 PUNJAB
Maharashtra
1994
 BOMBAY
Bengal
1995
 BOMBAY
Punjab
1996
KARNATAKA
Tamil Nadu
1997
*MUMBAI
Delhi
1998
KARNATAKA
Uttar Pradesh
1999
KARNATAKA
Madhya Pradesh
2000
*MUMBAI
Hyderabad
2001
BARODA
Railways
2002
RAILWAYS
 Baroda
2003
*MUMBAI
Tamil Nadu
2004
*MUMBAI
Tamil Nadu
2005
RAILWAYS
Punjab
2006
UTTAR PRADESH
Bengal
2007
*MUMBAI
Bengal
2008
DELHI
Uttar Pradesh
2009
*MUMBAI
Uttar Pradesh
2010
*MUMBAI
Karnataka
2011
RAJASTHAN
 Baroda
2012 RAJASTHAN Tamil Nadu
2013 *MUMBAI Saurashtra
2014 KARNATAKA Maharashtra
2015 KARNATAKA Tamil Nadu
2016 *MUMBAI Saurashtra
2017 GUJARAT Mumbai
2018 VIDARBHA Delhi
2019 VIDARBHA Saurashtra
2020 SAURASHTRA Bengal
2021 Not held -
2022 MADHYA PRADESH Mumbai
2023 SAURASHTRA Bengal
2024 MUMBAI Vidarbha

* Formerly known as Bombay

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