Ranji Trophy - wikipedia Ranji Trophy For the current tournament, see 2017 -- 18 Ranji Trophy. Ranji Trophy Ranji Trophy Logo Countries India Administrator BCCI Format First - class cricket First tournament 1934 Tournament format Round - robin then knockout Number of teams 37 Current champion Vidarbha ( 1st title ) Most successful Mumbai ( 41 titles ) Qualification Irani Cup Most runs Wasim Jaffer ( 10665 ) 1996 -- present Most wickets Rajinder Goel ( 640 ) 1958 -- 1985 2017 -- 18 Ranji Trophy The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first - class cricket championship played in India between teams representing regional and state cricket associations. The competition currently consists of 37 teams, with all 29 states in India and two of the seven union territories having at least one representation. The competition is named after first Indian cricketer who played international cricket, Ranjitsinhji, who was also known as `` Ranji ''. The current Ranji Trophy championship is held by Vidarbha, which won against Delhi by 9 wickets in the final match of the 2017 -- 18 season held at Holkar Stadium, Indore. The 2018 -- 19 season will see the competition getting expanded from 28 teams to 37, making it the biggest Ranji Trophy competition in terms of number of teams and matches. Contents 1 History 2 Participants 3 Current teams 4 Defunct teams 5 Format 5.1 Points summary 6 Tournament records 7 Winners 7.1 Finals appearances by team 8 See also 9 References and notes 10 External links History Ranjitsinhji, after whom the tournament is named The competition was launched in following a meeting of the in July 1934, with the first fixtures taking place in 1934 -- 35. The trophy was donated by Ranji. The first match of the competition was held on 4 November 1934 between Madras and Mysore at the Chepauk ground in Madras in the final. Mumbai ( Bombay ) have won the tournament the most number of times with 41 wins including 15 back - to - back wins from 1958 -- 59 to 1972 -- 73. Participants State teams and cricket associations and clubs with first - class status are qualified to play in the Ranji Trophy. While most associations are regional, like the Karnataka State Cricket Association and Mumbai Cricket Association, two, Railways and Services, are pan-Indian Current teams The following 37 teams currently participate in the Ranji Trophy : Andhra Arunachal Pradesh † Assam Baroda Bengal Bihar † Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Hyderabad ( Telangana ) Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka ( Mysore ) Kerala ( Travancore - Cochin ) Madhya Pradesh ( Madhya Bharat / Holkar / Central India ) Maharashtra Manipur † Meghalaya † Mizoram † Mumbai ( Bombay ) Nagaland † Odisha Puducherry † Punjab Railways Rajasthan ( Rajputana ) Saurashtra ( Nawanagar ) Sikkim † Services ( Army ) Tamil Nadu ( Madras ) Tripura Uttar Pradesh ( United Provinces ) Uttarakhand † Vidarbha † denotes newly added teams for the 2018 -- 19 season Defunct teams The following teams have appeared in the Ranji Trophy, but no longer do so : 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 ) North West Frontier Province ( 1937 / 38 -- 1946 / 47 ) Holkar ( 1941 / 42 -- 1954 / 55 ) Gwalior ( 1943 / 44 ) Kathiawar ( 1946 / 47 -- 1949 / 50 ) 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 ) Format From its inception until the 2001 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. 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. 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. 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 competition the BCCI decided that all games would be staged at a neutral venue. Points summary Points in the league stages of both divisions are currently awarded as follows : Scenario Points Win outright 6 Bonus point ( for innings or 10 wicket wins ) 1st innings lead in a drawn match No result 1st innings deficit in a drawn match Lost Outright 0 Tournament Records Main article : List of Ranji Trophy records Team records Most wins 41 Mumbai Highest team score 944 / 6 decl. Hyderabad v Andhra 1993 -- 94 Lowest team score 21 Hyderabad v Rajasthan Individual match records Highest individual innings 443 * B.B. Nimbalkar Maharashtra v Kathiawar 1948 -- 49 Best innings bowling 10 / 20 Premangsu Chatterjee Bengal v Assam 1956 -- 57 Best match bowling 16 / 99 Anil Kumble Karnataka v Kerala 1994 -- 95 Individual season records Most runs in a season 1415 V.V.S. Laxman Hyderabad 1999 -- 2000 Most centuries in a season 8 V.V.S. Laxman Hyderabad 1999 -- 2000 Most wickets in a season 64 Bishan Bedi Delhi 1974 -- 75 Individual career records Most career runs 10665 Wasim Jaffer 1996 -- present Most career centuries 36 Wasim Jaffer 1996 -- present Highest career batting average 98.35 Vijay Merchant 1934 -- 51 Most career wickets 637 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 : Season Winner Runner - up 1934 -- 35 Bombay Northern India 1935 -- 36 Bombay Madras 1936 -- 37 Nawanagar Bengal 1937 -- 38 Hyderabad Nawanagar 1938 -- 39 Bengal Southern Punjab 1939 -- 40 Maharashtra United Provinces 1940 -- 41 Maharashtra Madras 1941 -- 42 Bombay Mysore 1942 -- 43 Baroda Hyderabad 1943 -- 44 Western India Bengal 1944 -- 45 Bombay Holkar 1945 -- 46 Holkar Baroda 1946 -- 47 Baroda Holkar 1947 -- 48 Holkar Bombay 1948 -- 49 Bombay Baroda 1949 -- 50 Baroda Holkar 1950 -- 51 Holkar Gujarat 1951 -- 52 Bombay Holkar 1952 -- 53 Holkar Bengal 1953 -- 54 Bombay Holkar 1954 -- 55 Madras Holkar 1955 -- 56 Bombay Bengal 1956 -- 57 Bombay Services 1957 -- 58 Baroda Services 1958 -- 59 Bombay Bengal 1959 -- 60 Bombay Mysore 1960 -- 61 Bombay Rajasthan 1961 -- 62 Bombay Rajasthan 1962 -- 63 Bombay Rajasthan 1963 -- 64 Bombay Rajasthan 1964 -- 65 Bombay Hyderabad 1965 -- 66 Bombay Rajasthan 1966 -- 67 Bombay Rajasthan 1967 -- 68 Bombay Madras 1968 -- 69 Bombay Bengal 1969 -- 70 Bombay Rajasthan 1970 -- 71 Bombay Maharashtra 1971 -- 72 Bombay Bengal 1972 -- 73 Bombay Tamil Nadu 1973 -- 74 Karnataka Rajasthan 1974 -- 75 Bombay Karnataka 1975 -- 76 Bombay Bihar 1976 -- 77 Bombay Delhi 1977 -- 78 Karnataka Uttar Pradesh 1978 -- 79 Delhi Karnataka 1979 -- 80 Delhi Bombay 1980 -- 81 Bombay Delhi 1981 -- 82 Delhi Karnataka 1982 -- 83 Karnataka Bombay 1983 -- 84 Bombay Delhi 1984 -- 85 Bombay Delhi 1985 -- 86 Delhi Haryana 1986 -- 87 Hyderabad Delhi 1987 -- 88 Tamil Nadu Railways 1988 -- 89 Delhi Bengal 1989 -- 90 Bengal Delhi 1990 -- 91 Haryana Bombay 1991 -- 92 Delhi Tamil Nadu 1992 -- 93 Punjab Maharashtra 1993 -- 94 Bombay Bengal 1994 -- 95 Bombay Punjab 1995 -- 96 Karnataka Tamil Nadu 1996 -- 97 Mumbai Delhi 1997 -- 98 Karnataka Uttar Pradesh 1998 -- 99 Karnataka Madhya Pradesh 1999 -- 00 Mumbai Hyderabad 2000 -- 01 Baroda Railways 2001 -- 02 Railways Baroda 2002 -- 03 Mumbai Tamil Nadu 2003 -- 04 Mumbai Tamil Nadu 2004 -- 05 Railways Punjab 2005 -- 06 Uttar Pradesh Bengal 2006 -- 07 Mumbai Bengal 2007 -- 08 Delhi Uttar Pradesh 2008 -- 09 Mumbai Uttar Pradesh 2009 -- 10 Mumbai Karnataka 2010 -- 11 Rajasthan Baroda 2011 -- 12 Rajasthan Tamil Nadu 2012 -- 13 Mumbai Saurashtra 2013 -- 14 Karnataka Maharashtra 2014 -- 15 Karnataka Tamil Nadu 2015 -- 16 Mumbai Saurashtra 2016 -- 17 Gujarat Mumbai 2017 -- 18 Vidarbha Delhi Finals appearances by team Bombay / Mumbai have played in 46 of the 83 finals till 2016 -- 17 and have won 41 Ranji Trophy championships, the most by any team. Team Wins Appearances Win % Last win Bombay / Mumbai 41 46 89.1 2016 Karnataka / Mysore 8 14 57.1 2015 Delhi 7 15 46.7 2008 Baroda 5 9 55.6 Madhya Pradesh / Holkar 11 36.4 1953 Bengal 13 15.4 Tamil Nadu / Madras 12 16.7 Rajasthan 10 20.0 2012 Hyderabad 5 40.0 Maharashtra 5 40.0 1941 Railways 50.0 2005 Western India / Nawanagar / Saurashtra 50.0 1944 Uttar Pradesh / United Provinces 6 16.7 2006 Southern Punjab / Punjab 5 20.0 Haryana 50.0 1991 Gujarat 50.0 2017 Vidarbha 100.0 2018 Services 0 00.0 Bihar 0 00.0 Northern India 0 00.0 See also India portal Cricket portal Cricket in India History of cricket List of Ranji Trophy records List of hat - tricks in the Ranji Trophy References and notes ^ Jump up to : `` The Ranji Trophy ''. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2017. Jump up ^ `` Ranji Trophy to be held at neutral venues, confirms BCCI ''. The Times of India. Retrieved 2 January 2017. ^ Jump up to : Compiled from Overall First - Class Records at CricketArchive. Jump up ^ The Home of CricketArchive. Cricketarchive.co.uk ( 1994 - 01 - 11 ). Retrieved on 2013 - 12 - 06. Jump up ^ The Home of CricketArchive. Cricketarchive.co.uk ( 1935 - 02 - 06 ). Retrieved on 2013 - 12 - 06. Jump up ^ The Home of CricketArchive. Cricketarchive.co.uk ( 1948 - 12 - 18 ). Retrieved on 2013 - 12 - 06. Jump up ^ The Home of CricketArchive. Cricketarchive.co.uk ( 1957 - 01 - 29 ). Retrieved on 2013 - 12 - 06. Jump up ^ The Home of CricketArchive. Cricketarchive.co.uk ( 1995 - 01 - 17 ). Retrieved on 2013 - 12 - 06. Jump up ^ From Indian Cricket 2004, published by The Hindu, 2004. Jump up ^ `` Most Runs in Ranji Trophy ''. Cricket Archive. Retrieved 17 January 2013. Jump up ^ Partab Ramchand ( 19 February 2000 ). `` Wasim Jaffer in elite company ''. Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2007. Jump up ^ Partab Ramchand ( 19 February 2000 ). `` Ajay Sharma in elite company ''. Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2007. Jump up ^ Anil Gulati ( 30 June 2001 ). `` I was born at the wrong time : Rajinder Goel ''. Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2007. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ranji Trophy. 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Question: in whose memory is the ranji trophy tournament played
Answer: Ranjitsinhji