# Rest of India cricket team

Rest of India cricket team is a first-class cricket team in India that is composed of players from across the country except for those from the current Ranji Trophy winners. It competes annually against the Ranji Trophy winner for the Irani Cup, in a "The Best vs Best of the Rest" tournament. The team was officially instituted for the 1959–60 Irani Cup, playing its first match on 18 March 1960 against the Bombay.
Rest of India has won Irani Cup 30 times (outright wins and first innings leads in drawn matches) and shared the trophy twice (with Bombay in 1965–66 and Delhi in 1979–80).

## Honours

* Irani Cup (30) – 1966–67, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2019–20, 2022–23, 2023–24; (2 shared) – 1965–66, 1979–80

## Captains

| Year | Captain | Ranji Team |
| 1959 | Nari Contractor | Gujarat |
| 1962 | Pankaj Roy | Bengal |
| 1963 | Chandu Borde | Maharashtra |
| 1965 | Chandu Borde | Maharashtra |
| 1966 | Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi | Hyderabad |
| 1967 | Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi | Hyderabad |
| 1968 | Hanumant Singh | Hyderabad |
| 1969 | Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi | Hyderabad |
| 1970 | Chandu Borde | Baroda |
| 1971 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan | Madras |
| 1972 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan | Madras |
| 1973 | Erapalli Prasanna | Karnataka |
| 1974 | Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi | Hyderabad |
| 1975 | Bishan Singh Bedi | Delhi |
| 1976 | Bishan Singh Bedi | Delhi |
| 1977 | Parthasarathy Sharma | Rajasthan |
| 1978 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan | Madras |
| 1979 | — | — |
| 1980 | Sunil Gavaskar | Bombay |
| 1981 | Gundappa Viswanath | Karnataka |
| 1982 | Sunil Gavaskar | Bombay |
| 1983 | Mohinder Amarnath | Delhi |
| 1984 | Kapil Dev | Haryana |
| 1985 | Kapil Dev | Haryana |
| 1986 | Dilip Vengsarkar | Bombay |
| 1987 | Arun Lal | Bengal |
| 1988 | Arun Lal | Bengal |
| 1989 | Lalchand Rajput | |
| 1990 | Ravi Shastri | Bombay |
| 1991 | Syed Kirmani | Karnataka |
| 1992 | Woorkeri Raman | Tamil Nadu |
| 1993 | Sanjay Manjrekar | Bombay |
| 1994 | Pravin Amre | |
| 1995 | Nayan Mongia | Baroda |
| 1996 | Navjot Singh Sidhu | Punjab |
| 1997 | Anil Kumble | Karnataka |
| 1998 | VVS Laxman | Hyderabad |
| 1999 | Nayan Mongia | Baroda |
| 2000 | VVS Laxman | Hyderabad |
| 2001 | VVS Laxman | Hyderabad |
| 2002 | Yuvraj Singh | Punjab |
| 2003 | Saurav Ganguly | Bengal |
| 2004 | Dinesh Mongia | Punjab |
| 2005 | Gautam Gambhir | Delhi |
| 2006 | Wasim Jaffer | Mumbai |
| 2007 | Mohammad Kaif | Uttar Pradesh |
| 2008 | Anil Kumble | Karnataka |
| 2009 | Virender Sehwag | Delhi |
| 2010 | Yuvraj Singh | Punjab |
| 2011 | Parthiv Patel | Gujarat |
| 2012 | Cheteshwar Pujara | Saurashtra |
| 2013 | Virender Sehwag | Delhi |
| 2014 | Harbhajan Singh | Punjab |
| 2015 | Manoj Tiwary | Bengal |
| 2016 | Naman Ojha | Madhya Pradesh |
| 2017 | Cheteshwar Pujara | Saurashtra |
| 2018 | Karun Nair | Karnataka |
| 2019 | Ajinkya Rahane | Mumbai |
| 2020 | Hanuma Vihari | Andhra |
| 2022 | Mayank Agarwal | Karnataka |
| 2023 | Hanuma Vihari | Andhra |
| 2024 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | Maharashtra |

## Current Team (for 2024–25 Irani Cup)

| Name | Ranji Team |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad (c) | Maharashtra |
| Mayank Agarwal | Karnataka |
| Khaleel Ahmed | Rajasthan |
| Ricky Bhui | Andhra |
| Rahul Chahar | Rajasthan |
| Yash Dayal | Uttar Pradesh |
| Saransh Jain | Madhya Pradesh |
| Dhruv Jurel | Uttar Pradesh |
| Ishan Kishan | Jharkhand |
| Prasidh Krishna | Karnataka |
| Mukesh Kumar | Bengal |
| Devdutt Padikkal | Karnataka |
| Shashwat Rawat | Baroda |
| Sai Sudharsan | Tamil Nadu |
| Manav Suthar | Rajasthan |

## Other forms

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has named other Rest of India teams. These have played tour matches against international teams, and in 1971-1972 played a series of 3 first-class matches against the Indian national cricket team to raise funds for defence forces. A List A "Best vs Best of the Rest" match was organized between Rest of India and the winner of 1989-90 Deodhar Trophy, West Zone, on 2 October 1989.