The Ranji Trophy schedule and team list for the 89th season of the Ranji Trophy was released on Sunday by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The start date for the Ranji Trophy, India’s top domestic competition, is January 5, 2024. The competition will go on for about two and a half months, and the Final will be held on March 14, 2024, just a few weeks before the start of the 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The IPL 2024 season is anticipated to start in the first week of April. Due to their victory over Bengal in the previous season’s championship game, Saurashtra is currently the reigning Ranji champion. For the past few years, Saurashtra has dominated the Ranji Trophy competition.
While the runners-up Bengal are in Group B of the Elite round, the defending champions Saurashtra have been kept in Group A. According to the standings from the previous season, four elite and one plate groups have been established. The Plate group includes Nagaland, Hyderabad, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Mizoram, and Arunachal Pradesh. The teams in Group A include Saurashtra, Maharashtra, Vidarbha, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Haryana, Services, and Manipur.
The current Ranji Trophy champions, Saurashtra, defeated Bengal in the final of the previous season.
Ranji Trophy 2023-24 Teams
- Goa
- Haryana
- Assam
- Punjab
- Jharkhand
- Meghalaya
- Kerala
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Sikkim
- Bihar
- Tamil Nadu
- Mizoram
- Maharashtra
- Gujarat
- Uttar Pradesh
- Delhi
- Chandigarh
- Manipur
- Karnataka
- Services
- Uttarakhand
- Railways
- Pondicherry
- Andhra
- Rajasthan
- Himachal Pradesh
- Baroda
- Chhattisgarh
- Nagaland
- Tripura
- Mumbai
- Jammu & Kashmir
- Rajasthan
- Odisha
- West Bengal
- Madhya Pradesh
- Hyderabad
Ranji Trophy 2023-24 Groups
Elite Group A:
Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Haryana, Manipur, Services, Saurashtra, Jharkhand, Vidarbha
Elite Group B:
Mumbai, Andhra, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Kerala, Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Assam
Elite Group C:
Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Railways, Gujarat, Tripura, Karnataka, Chandigarh
Elite Group D:
Pondicherry, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Baroda, Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand
Plate Group:
Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Hyderabad, Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya
In addition to the T20 competition and Ranji Trophy, the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy will be played in October and November. The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy will begin on October 16 and end on November 6 with the final. Following the Duleep Trophy, the Deodhar Trophy will be played from July 24 through August 4. The 50-over season will begin on November 23. The Vijay Hazare Trophy 50-over competition will be contested following the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, and the final will be played on December 14 prior to the Ranji Trophy.
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