2017 -- 18 Ranji Trophy - wikipedia 2017 -- 18 Ranji Trophy 2017 -- 18 Ranji Trophy The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners Dates 6 October 2017 -- 2 January 2018 Administrator ( s ) BCCI Cricket format First - class cricket Tournament format ( s ) Round - robin then knockout Host ( s ) India Champions Vidarbha ( 1st title ) Participants 28 Matches played 91 Most runs Mayank Agarwal ( 1,160 ) Most wickets Jalaj Saxena ( 44 ) ← 2016 -- 17 2018 -- 19 → 2017 -- 18 Indian domestic cricket season Men 2017 -- 18 Duleep Trophy 2017 -- 18 Ranji Trophy ( Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D ) 2017 -- 18 Vijay Hazare Trophy ( Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D ) 2017 -- 18 Deodhar Trophy 2017 -- 18 Zonal T20 League 2017 -- 18 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2017 -- 18 Irani Cup Women 2017 - 18 Senior women 's cricket inter zonal three day game 2017 -- 18 Senior women 's challenger trophy 2017 -- 18 Senior women 's one day league 2017 -- 18 Senior women 's T20 league The 2017 -- 18 Ranji Trophy was the 84th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first - class cricket tournament that took place in India between October 2017 and January 2018. Vidarbha won the tournament, beating Delhi by 9 wickets in the final, to win their first Ranji Trophy title. Vidarbha made their Ranji Trophy debut in the 1957 -- 58 season, making it the third - longest wait before a team won their maiden title. Vidarbha 's captain, Faiz Fazal, said that `` winning the Ranji Trophy has been the biggest achievement in my career ''. The previous season was played at neutral venues. For this season, the Board of Control for Cricket in India ( BCCI ) agreed to return to playing fixtures at home and away venues after the neutral venue trial was unpopular with domestic captains. However, the knock - out phase of the tournament was still played at neutral venues. The other change from the previous season was an increase in the number of groups from three to four, with each team playing six fixtures in the group stage. The top two teams from each group progressed to the quarter - finals. Gujarat were the defending champions. The season started on 6 October 2017, with the quarter - finals taking place on 7 December 2017, the semi-finals on 17 December 2017, and the final being held from 29 December 2017 to 2 January 2018. The final was played at the Holkar Stadium, Indore for the second consecutive year. In November 2017, Mumbai, the most successful team in the history of the Ranji Trophy, played their 500th match in the competition. Following the conclusion of the sixth round of group - stage fixtures, Karnataka and Delhi from Group A and Vidarbha from Group D had all progressed to the knockout stage of the tournament. After the final group - stage matches, they were joined by Gujarat and Kerala from Group B, Madhya Pradesh and Mumbai from Group C and Bengal from Group D. It was the first time that Kerala had progressed to the quarter - finals of the Ranji Trophy. In the quarter - finals, Karnataka beat Mumbai by an innings and 20 runs. It was only the fifth time that Mumbai had lost a match by an innings in the history of the Ranji Trophy. Defending champions Gujarat drew their match with Bengal, with Bengal progressing to the semi-finals with a first - innings lead. In the other quarter - final matches, Delhi beat Madhya Pradesh by seven wickets and Vidarbha beat Kerala by 412 runs to advance. In the first semi-final, Delhi beat Bengal by an innings and 26 runs to reach their first final since the 2007 -- 08 tournament. In the second semi-final, Vidarbha beat Karnataka by 5 runs to reach the final for the first time in their history. Contents 1 Player transfers 2 Teams 3 Group A 4 Group B 5 Group C 6 Group D 7 Knockout stage 7.1 Quarter - finals 7.2 Semi-finals 7.3 Final 8 References 9 External links Player transfers The following player transfers were approved ahead of the season : Player / Coach From To Piyush Chawla Uttar Pradesh Gujarat Robin Uthappa Karnataka Saurashtra KB Arun Karthik Assam Kerala Karn Sharma Railways Vidarbha Ambati Rayudu Vidarbha Hyderabad Pragyan Ojha Bengal Hyderabad Amit Verma Assam Karnataka Balchander Anirudh Hyderabad Tamil Nadu Jatin Saxena Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh Rahul Chahar Rajasthan Services Robin Bist Himachal Pradesh Rajasthan Gonnabattula Chiranjeevi Andhra Pradesh Railways Teams The teams were drawn in the following groups, with the groupings based on the average points for each side in the previous three years : Group A Assam Delhi Hyderabad Karnataka Maharashtra Railways Uttar Pradesh Group B Gujarat Haryana Jammu & Kashmir Jharkhand Kerala Rajasthan Saurashtra Group C Andhra Pradesh Baroda Madhya Pradesh Mumbai Odisha Tamil Nadu Tripura Group D Bengal Chhattisgarh Goa Himachal Pradesh Punjab Services Vidarbha Group A Main article : 2017 -- 18 Ranji Trophy Group A Points table Team Pld Pts NRR Karnataka 6 0 0 32 + 0.479 Delhi 6 0 0 27 + 0.333 Maharashtra 6 16 + 0.084 Hyderabad 6 16 -- 0.156 Railways 6 0 14 -- 0.312 Uttar Pradesh 6 0 5 + 0.508 Assam 6 0 0 -- 0.977 Top two teams advanced to the knockout stage Group B Main article : 2017 -- 18 Ranji Trophy Group B Points table Team Pld Pts NRR Gujarat 6 5 0 0 34 + 0.097 Kerala 6 5 0 0 31 + 0.636 Saurashtra 6 0 26 + 0.245 Jammu & Kashmir 6 0 9 -- 0.077 Haryana 6 0 9 -- 0.506 Jharkhand 6 0 8 -- 0.049 Rajasthan 6 0 0 6 -- 0.294 Top two teams advanced to the knockout stage Group C Main article : 2017 -- 18 Ranji Trophy Group C Points table Team Pld Pts NRR Madhya Pradesh 6 0 21 -- 0.116 Mumbai 6 0 0 21 + 0.228 Andhra 6 0 5 0 19 + 0.326 Baroda 6 0 16 + 0.508 Tamil Nadu 6 0 5 0 11 -- 0.112 Odisha 6 0 0 6 -- 0.648 Tripura 6 0 0 -- 0.426 Top two teams advanced to the knockout stage Group D Main article : 2017 -- 18 Ranji Trophy Group D Points table Team Pld Pts NRR Vidarbha 6 0 0 31 + 0.358 Bengal 6 0 23 + 0.367 Punjab 6 0 18 + 0.609 Himachal Pradesh 6 0 14 + 0.300 Chhattisgarh 6 0 13 -- 0.514 Services 6 0 10 -- 0.273 Goa 6 0 0 6 -- 0.700 Top two teams advanced to the knockout stage Knockout stage The draw for the quarter - finals were made after the final group - stage match, with the following fixtures announced. The fixtures in the knockout stage of the tournament are played across five days, instead of four days in the group stage. Quarterfinals Semifinals Final B1 Gujarat 224 D2 Bengal 354 & 695 / 6 D2 Bengal 286 & 86 A2 Delhi 398 A2 Delhi 405 & 217 / 3 C1 Madhya Pradesh 338 & 283 A2 Delhi 295 & 280 D1 Vidarbha 547 & 32 / 1 B2 Kerala 176 & 165 D1 Vidarbha 246 & 507 / 9d D1 Vidarbha 185 & 313 A1 Karnataka 301 & 192 C2 Mumbai 173 & 377 A1 Karnataka 570 Quarter - finals 7 -- 11 December 2017 Quarter - final 1 Scorecard Bengal Gujarat 354 ( 111.5 overs ) Abhimanyu Easwaran 129 ( 346 ) Ishwar Chaudhary 5 / 87 ( 31 overs ) 224 ( 74.5 overs ) Bhargav Merai 67 ( 116 ) Ishan Porel 3 / 64 ( 24.5 overs ) 695 / 6 ( 231 overs ) Writtick Chatterjee 216 ( 370 ) Ishwar Chaudhary 2 / 95 ( 35 overs ) Match drawn Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires : Yeshwant Barde and Jayaraman Madanagopal Player of the match : Abhimanyu Easwaran ( Bengal ) Gujarat won the toss and elected to field. Writtick Chatterjee ( Bengal ) scored his maiden double - century in first - class cricket. 7 -- 11 December 2017 Quarter - final 2 Scorecard Madhya Pradesh Delhi 338 ( 124.1 overs ) Harpreet Singh 107 * ( 200 ) Manan Sharma 4 / 46 ( 15.1 overs ) 405 ( 119.4 overs ) Kunal Chandela 81 ( 179 ) Mihir Hirwani 5 / 89 ( 27.4 overs ) 283 ( 105.5 overs ) Harpreet Singh 78 ( 126 ) Vikas Mishra 4 / 59 ( 31.5 overs ) 217 / 3 ( 51.4 overs ) Gautam Gambhir 95 ( 129 ) Ishwar Pandey 1 / 18 ( 6 overs ) Delhi won by 7 wickets Dr. Gokaraju Liala Gangaaraju ACA Cricket Ground, Vijayawada Umpires : Gerard Abood and Anil Dandekar Player of the match : Harpreet Singh ( Madhya Pradesh ) Delhi won the toss and elected to field. 7 -- 11 December 2017 Quarter - final 3 Scorecard Vidarbha Kerala 246 ( 105.3 overs ) Akshay Wadkar 53 ( 147 ) KC Akshay 5 / 66 ( 31 overs ) 176 ( 61.5 overs ) Jalaj Saxena 40 ( 117 ) Aditya Sarwate 1 / 16 ( 11 overs ) 507 / 9 d ( 146.4 overs ) Faiz Fazal 119 ( 209 ) KC Akshay 4 / 118 ( 44.4 overs ) 165 ( 52.2 overs ) Salman Nizar 64 ( 104 ) Aditya Sarwate 6 / 41 ( 16.2 overs ) Vidarbha won by 412 runs Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat Umpires : Vineet Kulkarni and Virender Sharma Player of the match : Rajneesh Gurbani ( Vidarbha ) Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat. No play was possible before tea on day 1. 7 -- 11 December 2017 Quarter - final 4 Scorecard Mumbai Karnataka 173 ( 56 overs ) Dhawal Kulkarni 43 ( 80 ) Vinay Kumar 6 / 34 ( 15 overs ) 570 ( 163.3 overs ) Shreyas Gopal 150 * ( 274 ) Shivam Dubey 5 / 98 ( 37 overs ) 377 ( 114.5 overs ) Suryakumar Yadav 108 ( 180 ) Krishnappa Gowtham 6 / 104 ( 35.5 overs ) Karnataka won by an innings and 20 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Umpires : Abhijit Deshmukh and Nitin Pandit Player of the match : Vinay Kumar ( Karnataka ) Karnataka won the toss and elected to field. Shivam Dubey and Shivam Malhotra ( Mumbai ) both made their first - class debuts. Vinay Kumar ( Karnataka ) took a hat - trick in the first innings and the became the first captain to take a hat - trick in the knockout stage of the Ranji Trophy. Shivam Dubey ( Mumbai ) took his maiden five - wicket haul in first - class cricket. Semi-finals 17 -- 21 December 2017 Semi-final 1 Scorecard Bengal Delhi 286 ( 94.2 overs ) Sudip Chatterjee 83 ( 162 ) Navdeep Saini 3 / 55 ( 21 overs ) 398 ( 117 overs ) Gautam Gambhir 127 ( 216 ) Mohammed Shami 6 / 122 ( 39 overs ) 86 ( 24.4 overs ) Sudip Chatterjee 21 ( 32 ) Navdeep Saini 4 / 35 ( 12 overs ) Delhi won by an innings and 26 runs Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune Umpires : Abhijit Deshmukh and Nand Kishore Player of the match : Navdeep Saini ( Delhi ) Bengal won the toss and elected to bat. 17 -- 21 December 2017 Semi-final 2 Scorecard Vidarbha Karnataka 185 ( 61.4 overs ) Aditya Sarwate 47 ( 64 ) Abhimanyu Mithun 5 / 45 ( 16 overs ) 301 ( 100.5 overs ) Karun Nair 153 ( 287 ) Rajneesh Gurbani 5 / 94 ( 34 overs ) 313 ( 84.1 overs ) Ganesh Satish 81 ( 168 ) Vinay Kumar 3 / 71 ( 18.1 overs ) 192 ( 59.1 overs ) Vinay Kumar 36 ( 48 ) Rajneesh Gurbani 7 / 68 ( 23.1 overs ) Vidarbha won by 5 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires : Vineet Kulkarni and Pashchim Pathak Player of the match : Rajneesh Gurbani ( Vidarbha ) Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat. Final 29 December 2017 -- 2 January 2018 Final Scorecard Delhi Vidarbha 295 ( 102.5 overs ) Dhruv Shorey 145 ( 294 ) Rajneesh Gurbani 6 / 59 ( 24.4 overs ) 547 ( 163.4 overs ) Akshay Wadkar 133 ( 262 ) Navdeep Saini 5 / 135 ( 36.3 overs ) 280 ( 76 overs ) Nitish Rana 64 ( 113 ) Akshay Wakhare 4 / 95 ( 28 overs ) 32 / 1 ( 5 overs ) Wasim Jaffer 17 * ( 17 ) Kulwant Khejroliya 1 / 21 ( 3 overs ) Vidarbha won by 9 wickets Holkar Stadium, Indore Umpires : Anil Dandekar and Nitin Menon Player of the match : Rajneesh Gurbani ( Vidarbha ) Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field. Aditya Thakare ( Vidarbha ) made his first - class debut. Rajneesh Gurbani ( Vidarbha ) became the second bowler to take a hat - trick in the final of the Ranji Trophy. Akshay Wadkar ( Vidarbha ) scored his maiden first - class century. References Jump up ^ `` Reports : Ranji Trophy to be back to its home and away format as per the BCCI ''. Sportskeeda. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017. 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Question: who won the ranji trophy 2018 cricket tournament
Answer: Vidarbha