# 2023–24 Ranji Trophy Group A

The 2023–24 Ranji Trophy is the 89th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It is contested by 38 teams, divided into four elite groups and a plate group, with eight teams in Group A. It took place between 5 January to 19 February 2024. Group A was topped by Vidarbha while defending champions Saurashtra stood second after the seven rounds of the group stage matches. The two teams proceeded to the knockout stages. Cheteshwar Pujara of Saurashtra and Hitesh Walunj of Maharashtra topped the charts from the group in the runs (780) and wickets (41) respectively.

## Points table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | D | NR | Pts | Quot |
| 1 | Vidarbha | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1.351 |
| 2 | Saurashtra | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 1.592 |
| 3 | Services | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1.625 |
| 4 | Haryana | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1.616 |
| 5 | Rajasthan | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1.028 |
| 6 | Jharkhand | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0.717 |
| 7 | Maharashtra | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0.914 |
| 8 | Manipur | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.224 |
Advances to Quarter-final  Relegated to Plate Group for next season

## Fixtures
### Round 1

* 5–8 January 2024 Scorecard
* Match drawn Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot Umpires: Nand Kishore and Kamlesh Sharma Player of the match: Cheteshwar Pujara (Saurashtra)
* Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
* Aditya Singh (Jharkhand) and Aditya Jadeja (Saurashtra) made their first-class debut.
* Chirag Jani (Saurashtra) claimed his first five-wicket haul in first-class matches.
* Points: Jharkhand 1, Saurashtra 3
* 5–8 January 2024 Scorecard
* Maharashtra won by an innings and 69 runs Indira Gandhi Stadium, Solapur Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Vrinda Rathi Player of the match: Ankit Bawne (Maharashtra)
* Manipur won the toss and elected to bat.
* Onkar Khatpe and Hitesh Walunj (both Maharashtra) made their first-class debut.
* Points: Maharashtra 7, Manipur 0
* 5–8 January 2024 Scorecard
* Match drawn Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak Umpires: Saurabh Dhote and Saiyed Khalid
* Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
* Vedant Bhardwaj (Haryana) made his first-class debut.
* No play was held on days 1, 2 and 4 due to bad weather.
* Points: Haryana 1, Rajasthan 1
* 5–8 January 2024 Scorecard
* Vidarbha won by 7 wickets Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Chettithody Shamshuddin Player of the match: Aditya Thakare (Vidarbha)
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
* Varun Choudhary, Vineet Dhankhar (Services) and Shubham Dubey (Vidarbha) all made their first-class debut.
* Points: Vidarbha 6, Services 0

### Round 2

* 12–15 January 2024 Scorecard
* Match drawn Palam A Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Sundaram Ravi and Dharmesh Bhardwaj Player of the match: Anshul Gupta (Services)
* Services won the toss and elected to bat.
* 15-20 overs were lost on all days due to low visibility from fog.
* Points: Services 3, Rajasthan 1
* 12–15 January 2024 Scorecard
* Vidarbha won by an innings and 90 runs ADSA Railways Cricket Ground, Ahmedabad Umpires: Amit Bansal and Ranjeev Sharma Player of the match: Aditya Sarwate (Vidarbha)
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Vidarbha 7, Manipur 0
* 12–15 January 2024 Scorecard
* Match drawn Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Yeshwant Barde Player of the match: Hitesh Walunj (Maharashtra)
* Maharashtra won the toss and elected to field.
* Ramakrishna Ghosh (Maharashtra) made his first-class debut.
* Points: Jharkhand 1, Maharashtra 3
* 12–15 January 2024 Scorecard
* Haryana won by 4 wickets Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium Ground 'C', Rajkot Umpires: Vinod Seshan and Gayathri Venugopalan Player of the match: Nishant Sindhu (Haryana)
* Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Haryana 6, Saurashtra 0

### Round 3

* 19–22 January 2024 Scorecard
* Rajasthan won by 10 wickets Barkatullah Khan Stadium, Jodhpur Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and G. S. Ananth Ramakrishnan Player of the match: Kukna Ajay Singh (Rajasthan)
* Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Rajasthan 7, Maharashtra 0
* 19–22 January 2024 Scorecard
* Match drawn Palam A Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Milind Bhatt and Vinod Ingle Player of the match: Ravi Chauhan (Services)
* Services won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Jharkhand 1, Services 3
* 19–22 January 2024 Scorecard
* Rajasthan won by 10 wickets ADSA Railways Cricket Ground, Ahmedabad Umpires: Ashwani Kumar and Satrajit Lahiri Player of the match: Himanshu Rana (Haryana)
* Manipur won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Haryana 7, Manipur 0
* 19–22 January 2024 Scorecard
* Saurashtra won by 238 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Umpires: Nand Kishore and Parashar Joshi Player of the match: Chirag Jani (Saurashtra)
* Vidarbha won the toss and elect to field.
* Kevin Jivrajani (Saurashtra) made his first-class debut.
* Points: Saurashtra 6, Vidarbha 0

### Round 4

* 26–29 January 2024 Scorecard
* Match drawn Palam A Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin and Sud Abhiroope Player of the match: Shubham Rohilla (Services)
* Services won the toss elected to bat.
* Ankur Panwar (Saurashtra) made his first-class debut.
* Points: Services 3, Saurashtra 1
* 26–29 January 2024 Scorecard
* Vidarbha won by 308 runs JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi Umpires: Kannur Swaroopanand and Sivasubramaniyan Shankar Player of the match: Atharva Taide (Vidarbha)
* Jharkhand won the toss elected to field.
* Vikas Kumar (Jharkhand) made his first-class debut.
* Points: Vidarbha 6, Jharkhand 0
* 26–29 January 2024 Scorecard
* Match drawn Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak Umpires: Belur Ravi and Krishnaraj Srinath Player of the match: Pradeep Dadhe (Maharashtra)
* Maharashtra won the toss and elected to field.
* Dhanraj Shinde and Om Bhosale (both Maharashtra) made their first-class debut.
* Points: Haryana 3, Maharashtra 1
* 26–29 January 2024 Scorecard
* Rajasthan won by an innings and 42 runs Gujarat College Ground, Ahmedabad Umpires: Bhavesh Patel and Subrat Das Player of the match: Kunal Singh Rathore (Rajasthan)
* Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Rajasthan 7, Manipur 0

### Round 5

* 2–5 February 2024 Scorecard
* Jharkhand won by an innings and 102 runs Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur Umpires: Gajanand Vashistha and Mohamed Rafi Player of the match: Anukul Roy (Jharkhand)
* Manipur won the toss elected to bat.
* Pankaj Raunak (Jharkhand) made his first-class debut.
* Points: Jharkhand 7, Manipur 0
* 2–5 February 2024 Scorecard
* Saurashtra won by 48 runs Indira Gandhi Stadium, Solapur Umpires: Ranjeev Sharma and Virender Sharma Player of the match: Dharmendrasinh Jadeja (Saurashtra)
* Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
* Siddharth Mhatre (Maharashtra) made his first-class debut.
* Points: Saurashtra 6, Maharashtra 0
* 2–5 February 2024 Scorecard
* Match drawn Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Pashchim Pathak and Saidharshan Kumar Player of the match: Manav Suthar (Rajasthan)
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
* Sumit Godara (Rajasthan) made his first-class debut.
* Points: Rajasthan 3, Vidarbha 1
* 2–5 February 2024 Scorecard
* Services won by 1 run Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya and Vinod Ingle Player of the match: Rajat Paliwal (Services)
* Haryana won the toss and elected to field.
* Services' win was only the second instance of a team winning by a one-run margin in Ranji Trophy history, and the first since 1974–75.
* Points: Services 6, Haryana 0

### Round 6

* 9–11 February 2024 Scorecard
* Services won by an innings and 196 runs ADSA Railways Cricket Ground, Ahmedabad Umpires: Satrajit Lahiri and Tony Emmatty Player of the match: Rajat Paliwal (Services)
* Manipur won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Services 7, Manipur 0
* 9–11 February 2024 Scorecard
* Haryana won by an innings and 205 runs Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Anil Dandekar Player of the match: Jayant Yadav (Haryana)
* Haryana won the toss elected to bat.
* Saurabh Shekhar (Jharkhand) made his first-class debut.
* Points: Haryana 7, Jharkhand 0
* 9–11 February 2024 Scorecard
* Vidarbha won by 10 wickets Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune Umpires: Akshay Totre and Jayaraman Madanagopal Player of the match: Aditya Thakare (Vidarbha)
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
* Digvijay Patil (Maharashtra) made his first-class debut.
* Points: Vidarbha 7, Maharashtra 0
* 9–11 February 2024 Scorecard
* Saurashtra won by 218 runs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Saidharshan Kumar and Vaibhav Dhokre Player of the match: Sheldon Jackson (Saurashtra)
* Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Saurashtra 6, Rajasthan 0

### Round 7

* 16–19 February 2024 Scorecard
* Jharkhand won by 89 runs Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Akshay Marathe Player of the match: Aditya Singh (Jharkhand)
* Jharkhand won the toss and elected to bat.
* Zubair Ali (Rajasthan) made his first-class debut.
* Points: Jharkhand 6, Rajasthan 0
* 16–19 February 2024 Scorecard
* Saurashtra won by an innings and 243 runs Sanosara Cricket Ground A, Rajkot Umpires: Anish Sahasrabudhe and Mohamed Rafi Player of the match: Dharmendrasinh Jadeja (Saurashtra)
* Manipur won the toss and elected to bat.
* Chongtham Mehul (Manipur) made his first-class debut.
* Points: Saurashtra 7, Manipur 0
* 16–19 February 2024 Scorecard
* Match drawn Palam A Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Vikas Bhatt and Virender Sharma Player of the match: Arjun Sharma (Services)
* Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
* Anurag Kawade, Arshin Kulkarni and Sachin Dhas (all Maharashtra) made their first-class debut.
* Points: Maharashtra 1, Services 3
* 16–19 February 2024 Scorecard
* Vidarbha won by 115 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Umpires: Premdip Chatterjee and Rohan Pandit Player of the match: Aditya Sarwate (Vidarbha)
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Vidarbha 6, Haryana 0