The much-anticipated Ranji Trophy 2024 is poised to kick off its new season on January 5, promising cricket enthusiasts an exhilarating display of First-Class cricket. The Board of Cricket Control for India (BCCI) has unveiled the comprehensive schedule for this premier tournament, featuring a total of 137 games that will unfold over the course of the next two months.
A whopping 38 teams are set to vie for supremacy, adding to the excitement of fans across the nation. The teams are strategically categorized into two main tiers: ‘plate’ and ‘elite’. The ‘plate’ category is comprised of six teams, while the elite tier boasts 32 teams. Within the elite tier, the teams are further segmented into four groups, each comprising eight formidable squads.
As the cricketing fervor builds up, it’s worth noting that Saurashtra enters the competition as the defending champions, having clinched the title in the previous edition. Their impressive victory unfolded at the iconic Eden Gardens, where they secured a triumphant win against Bengal in the final, prevailing by nine wickets.
The upcoming season promises not only intense on-field battles but also a chance for emerging talents and seasoned players to showcase their skills on the grand stage. With 137 games scheduled, cricket aficionados can brace themselves for a thrilling journey as teams strive to etch their names in the annals of Ranji Trophy history.
Certainly! Here’s the schedule of the Ranji Trophy 2024 in a proper list with date-wise matches:
January 5 to 8:
– Elite Group C – Gujarat vs Tamil Nadu, Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium, Valsad
– Elite Group B – Bihar vs Mumbai, Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna
– Elite Group B – Kerala vs Uttar Pradesh, TBC
– Elite Group B – Chhattisgarh vs Assam, Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur
– Elite Group C – Karnataka vs Punjab, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
– Elite Group C – Chandigarh vs Railways, Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh
– Plate – Nagaland vs Hyderabad, Nagaland Cricket Stadium, Sovima, Dimapur
– Plate – Arunachal Pradesh vs Meghalaya, TBC
– Plate – Mizoram vs Sikkim, GS Patel Stadium, Nadiad
– Elite Group D – Delhi vs Puducherry, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
– Elite Group B – Andhra vs Bengal, Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
– Elite Group C – Tripura vs Goa, Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala
– Elite Group A – Maharashtra vs Manipur, TBC
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– Elite Group D – Uttarakhand vs Madhya Pradesh, Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Dehradun
– Elite Group A – Haryana vs Rajasthan, Ch Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak
– Elite Group D – Jammu and Kashmir vs Himachal Pradesh, Hostel Ground JKCA, Jammu
– Elite Group A – Vidarbha vs Services, Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
– Elite Group D – Baroda vs Odisha, Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara
– Elite Group A – Saurashtra vs Jharkhand, Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
January 12 to 15:
– Elite Group A – Services vs Rajasthan, Palam A Stadium, Delhi
– Elite Group D – Himachal Pradesh vs Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
– Elite Group A – Manipur vs Vidarbha, ADSA Railways Cricket Ground, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand
– Elite Group D – Baroda vs Puducherry, Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara
– Plate – Arunachal Pradesh vs Sikkim, TBC
– Plate – Meghalaya vs Hyderabad, Meghalaya Cricket Association Cricket Ground, Shillong
– Plate – Mizoram vs Nagaland, GS Patel Stadium, Nadiad
– Elite Group D – Madhya Pradesh vs Odisha, TBC
– Elite Group A – Maharashtra vs Jharkhand, Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
– Elite Group B – Uttar Pradesh vs Bengal, Green Park, Kanpur
– Elite Group D – Jammu and Kashmir vs Delhi, Hostel Ground JKCA, Jammu
– Elite Group B – Mumbai vs Andhra, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
– Elite Group B – Assam vs Kerala, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
– Elite Group B – Bihar vs Chhattisgarh, TBC
– Elite Group C – Gujarat vs Karnataka, Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
– Elite Group A – Saurashtra vs Haryana, Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium C, Rajkot
– Elite Group C – Punjab vs Railways, Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
– Elite Group C – Tripura vs Tamil Nadu, Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala
– Elite Group C – Goa vs Chandigarh, Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim
January 19 to 22:
– Elite Group C – Karnataka vs Goa, Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore
– Elite Group C – Punjab vs Tripura, Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
– Plate – Meghalaya vs Nagaland, TBC
– Plate – Hyderabad vs Sikkim, TBC
– Plate – Arunachal Pradesh vs Mizoram, TBC
– Elite Group B – Uttar Pradesh vs Bihar, Victoria Park Stadium, Meerut
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– Elite Group B – Kerala vs Mumbai, St Xavier’s College Ground, Thumba, Thiruvananthapuram
– Elite Group B – Assam vs Andhra, Jalan Outdoor Stadium, Dibrugarh
– Elite Group C – Tamil Nadu vs Railways, SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore
– Elite Group A – Vidarbha vs Saurashtra, Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
– Elite Group C – Chandigarh vs Gujarat, Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh
– Elite Group A – Services vs Jharkhand, Palam A Stadium, Delhi
– Elite Group D – Madhya Pradesh vs Delhi, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
– Elite Group A – Rajasthan vs Maharashtra, Barkatullah Khan Stadium, Jodhpur
– Elite Group D – Uttarakhand vs Puducherry, Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Dehradun
– Elite Group A – Manipur vs Haryana, ADSA Railways Cricket Ground, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand
– Elite Group D – Himachal Pradesh vs Baroda, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
– Elite Group B – Bengal vs Chhattisgarh, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
– Elite Group D – Odisha vs Jammu and Kashmir, DRIEMS Ground, Cuttack
January 26 to 29:
– Elite Group D – Puducherry vs Madhya Pradesh, Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry
– Elite Group A – Haryana vs Maharashtra, Ch Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak
– Elite Group D – Delhi vs Uttarakhand, Roshanara Club Ground, Delhi
– Elite Group A – Manipur vs Rajasthan, Gujarat College Ground, Ahmedabad
– Elite Group D – Odisha vs Himachal Pradesh, DRIEMS Ground, Cuttack
– Plate – Sikkim vs Nagaland, SICA ground, Rangpo
– Plate – Hyderabad vs Arunachal Pradesh, TBC
– Plate – Mizoram vs Meghalaya, TBC
– Elite Group A – Jharkhand vs Vidarbha, JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
– Elite Group C – Tamil Nadu vs Chandigarh, SCF Cricket Ground, Salem
– Elite Group A – Services vs Saurashtra, Palam A Stadium, Delhi
– Elite Group B – Assam vs Bengal, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
– Elite Group D – Baroda vs Jammu and Kashmir, Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara
– Elite Group B – Chhattisgarh vs Andhra, Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur
– Elite Group B – Mumbai vs Uttar Pradesh, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
– Elite Group B – Bihar vs Kerala, TBC
– Elite Group C – Tripura vs Karnataka, Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala
– Elite Group C – Goa vs Punjab, Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim
– Elite Group C – Railways vs Gujarat, Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium, Valsad
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February 2 to 5:
– Elite Group B – Bihar vs Andhra, TBC
– Elite Group B – Chhattisgarh vs Kerala, Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur
– Elite Group B – Uttar Pradesh vs Assam, Green Park, Kanpur
– Elite Group C – Railways vs Karnataka, Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat
– Elite Group C – Chandigarh vs Punjab, Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh
– Plate – Nagaland vs Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland Cricket Stadium, Sovima, Dimapur
– Plate – Hyderabad vs Mizoram, TBC
– Plate – Sikkim vs Meghalaya, SICA ground, Rangpo
– Elite Group D – Odisha vs Puducherry, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
– Elite Group B – Bengal vs Mumbai, TBC
– Elite Group D – Delhi vs Baroda, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
– Elite Group C – Goa vs Tamil Nadu, Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim
– Elite Group A – Maharashtra vs Saurashtra, Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
– Elite Group C – Gujarat vs Tripura, Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
– Elite Group A – Jharkhand vs Manipur, TBC
– Elite Group D – Himachal Pradesh vs Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
– Elite Group A – Rajasthan vs Vidarbha, Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
– Elite Group D – Jammu and Kashmir vs Uttarakhand, Hostel Ground JKCA, Jammu
– Elite Group A – Haryana vs Services, Ch Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak
February 9 to 12:
– Elite Group A – Jharkhand vs Haryana, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur
– Elite Group D – Madhya Pradesh vs Baroda, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
– Elite Group A – Maharashtra vs Vidarbha, Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
– Elite Group D – Odisha vs Uttarakhand, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
– Elite Group A – Manipur vs Services, ADSA Railways Cricket Ground, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand
– Elite Group D – Himachal Pradesh vs Delhi, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
– Elite Group C – Chandigarh vs Tripura, Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh
– Elite Group A – Rajasthan vs Saurashtra, Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
– Elite Group B – Kerala vs Bengal, St Xavier’s College Ground, Thumba, Thiruvananthapuram
– Elite Group D – Puducherry vs Jammu and Kashmir, Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry
– Elite Group B – Andhra vs Uttar Pradesh, Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram
– Elite Group B – Chhattisgarh vs Mumbai, Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur
– Elite Group B – Assam vs Bihar, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
– Elite Group C – Tamil Nadu vs Karnataka, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
– Elite Group C – Punjab vs Gujarat, Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
– Elite Group C – Railways vs Goa, Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat
– Plate Semi-final 1, TBC
– Plate Semi-final 2, TBC
February 16 to 19:
– Elite Group B – Bengal vs Bihar, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
– Elite Group D – Delhi vs Odisha, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
– Elite Group B – Andhra vs Kerala, Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram
– Elite Group B – Mumbai vs Assam, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
– Elite Group B – Uttar Pradesh vs Chhattisgarh, Green Park, Kanpur
– Elite Group C – Karnataka vs Chandigarh, KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli
– Elite Group C – Tamil Nadu vs Punjab, SCF Cricket Ground, Salem
– Elite Group D – Puducherry vs Himachal Pradesh, Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry
– Elite Group A – Vidarbha vs Haryana, Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
– Elite Group D – Uttarakhand vs Baroda, Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Dehradun
– Elite Group A – Services vs Maharashtra, Palam A Stadium, Delhi
– Elite Group D – Madhya Pradesh vs Jammu and Kashmir, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
– Elite Group A – Jharkhand vs Rajasthan, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur
– Elite Group C – Goa vs Gujarat, Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim
– Elite Group A – Saurashtra vs Manipur, Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium C, Rajkot
– Elite Group C – Tripura vs Railways, Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala
February 17 to 21:
Plate Final, TBC
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February 23 to 27:
– Quarter-final 1, TBC
– Quarter-final 2, TBC
– Quarter-final 3, TBC
– Quarter-final 4, TBC
March 2 to 6:
– Semi-final 1, TBC