Wikipedia - Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy is a premier domestic first-class cricket championship played in India and organized annually by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The teams representing regional and state cricket associations participate. BCCI founded the championship in 1934, Since then it has been organised across various grounds and stadiums in India.

The competition currently consists of 38 teams, with all 28 states in India and four of the eight union territories with at least one team from each. When the tournament was founded, it was named "the Cricket Championship of India", in 1935 it was renamed after Ranjitsinhji, who was the first ever Indian to play international cricket. He played for England from 1896 to 1902.

The Mumbai cricket team is the most successful team of the tournament, with a record 42 titles to their name.

The Mumbai cricket team holds the present title of the 2023–24 edition. It defeated Vidharbha cricket team in the final at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

History

Ranjitsinhji, after whom the tournament is named

The idea of a national level, first class championship tournament was proposed by BCCI's founder A.S. De Mello. The competition was launched following BCCI's meeting at Shimla in July 1934, with the first fixtures taking place in 1934–35 .Initially the tournament was named as 'The cricket championship of India', it later was renamed. The trophy was donated by Bhupinder Singh, the Maharaja of Patiala in memory of Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, Jam Sahib of Nawanagar who had died the previous year. The first match of the competition was held on 4 November 1934 between Madras and Mysore at the Chepauk ground in Madras (Now Chennai). Mumbai (Bombay) has won the tournament the most times with 42 wins including 15 back-to-back wins from 1958–59 to 1972–73.

In 2015 Paytm became the first company to hold the tournament's title sponsorship right by virtue of BCCI's title sponsorship deal.

The 2020–21 Ranji Trophy tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first season since the tournament's inception that it was not held.

インド・ランジ・トロフィーは、インドのクリケットトーナメントであり、インド国内の州や地域のクリケットチームが参加する最も権威ある大会の一つです。このトーナメントは、1934年に始まり、毎年12月から2月にかけて開催されます。

インド・ランジ・トロフィーは、インドのクリケット界で最も重要なトーナメントの一つであり、国内のクリケット選手たちにとっては、インド代表チーム入りのための重要なステップとなっています。この大会では、各州や地域のクリケットチームが対戦し、優勝を目指します。

インド・ランジ・トロフィーは、4つのグループに分かれて行われます。各グループのチームは、ラウンドロビン形式で対戦し、上位チームがプレーオフに進出します。プレーオフでは、準々決勝、準決勝、そして決勝が行われ、最終的な優勝チームが決定されます。

このトーナメントは、インドのクリケットファンにとっても非常に人気があり、各試合は多くの観客を集めます。また、インド・ランジ・トロフィーは、若手選手の発掘や才能の育成にも重要な役割を果たしており、多くの有望な若手選手がこの大会で腕を磨いています。

インド・ランジ・トロフィーは、インドのクリケット界における伝統と歴史を持つ大会であり、インドのクリケットの未来を担う選手たちにとっては、夢の舞台となっています。