DTVHINDIRanji Trophy 2024-25 Format Explained: Understand the new format of Ranji Trophy 2024-25 well.
The BCCI has decided to divide the Ranji Trophy league stages into two windows this season. The first leg of five league games will be played from October 11 to November 13 and then resume on January 23. Ranji Trophy 2024 (Pic Source-Twitter) Ranji Trophy 2024-25 Format Explained: After Duleep Trophy and Irani Cup, now Ranji Trophy 2024-25 season is going to start from October 11. The Board of Control for Cricket in India has decided that the tournament will be conducted in two phases. Additionally, white-ball tournaments like Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy will be held along with Ranji Trophy. According to the new structure of BCCI, each team will play five matches in the first phase of the Ranji season till November 13. Then the tournaments for Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy will be put on hold, these tournaments will be held in T20 and 50 over formats respectively. The second phase of the Ranji Trophy will then begin on January 23, comprising the knock-out stages, and the final is scheduled from February 26 to March 2. There was only a three-day gap between Ranji games but players complained about the busy schedule and the lack of rest. After which the interval between games has been increased from three days to four days for the 2024-25 season. Ranji Trophy 2024-25 Format Explained: After several matches were affected due to inclement weather during winter last season, the BCCI has decided to split the Ranji Trophy league stages into two windows this season. The first leg of five league games will be played from October 11 to November 13 and then resume on January 23. India’s oldest domestic tournament features 38 teams divided into five groups. There are four groups, Elite A, Elite B, Elite C and Elite D, with eight teams in each group. The other six teams have been placed in the plate group. The Elite Group Knockouts will begin on February 8. The Plate Group will host a separate knockout tournament to decide its winner. The finalists of the Plate Group will advance to the Elite Group in the next season. Similarly, the bottom two teams in the combined standings of the Elite Group will be relegated to the Plate Circuit next year. This year, Hyderabad and Meghalaya were promoted to the Elite Group, while Manipur and Goa were relegated to the Plate Group. Ranji Trophy Groups Elite A Elite B Elite C Elite D Plate Mumbai Vidarbha Madhya Pradesh (Madhya Pradesh) Tamil Nadu Goa Baroda Andhra Karnataka Saurashtra (Saurashtra) Manipur Services Gujarat Haryana Railways Mizoram J & K (Jammu & Kashmir) Rajasthan Bengal Delhi Nagaland Tripura Uttarakhand Kerala Jharkhand Sikkim Maharashtra Pondicherry (Puducherry) Uttar Pradesh Chhattisgarh (Chhattisgarh) Arunachal Pradesh Odisha Himachal Pradesh Punjab Assam Meghalaya (Meghalaya) Hyderabad (Hyderabad) Bihar Chandigarh (Chandigarh)
Ranji Trophy 2024-25: Karnataka announced its 16-member team, Mayank Agarwal got important responsibility again
Karnataka players would definitely like to leave their mark in the upcoming season. Mayank Agarwal (Image Credit- Twitter X) Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) has announced its squad for the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 season. The captaincy of this 16-member team has once again been handed over to Mayank Agarwal. Karnataka’s performance in domestic cricket has been quite good for some time now but the team has failed to win the trophy. However, Karnataka players would definitely like to leave their mark in the upcoming season. Apart from Mayank Agarwal, brilliant players Manish Pandey, Shreyas Gopal, Prasidh Krishna and Devdutt Padikkal will also be seen performing well in the team, while Lavneet Sisodia and Sujay Sateri have been included in the team as wicketkeeper batsmen. The fast bowling lineup of the team is also strong. However, Karnataka State Cricket Association has not included Rahul Dravid’s son Samit Dravid in the team. Here is the Karnataka squad for the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 season: Mayank Agarwal (captain), Manish Pandey (vice-captain), Lavnith Sisodia (wicketkeeper), Nikin Jose, Devdutt Padikkal, R Samaran, Shreyas Gopal, Sujay Sateri (wicketkeeper), Hardik Raj, Vijaykumar Vaishak, Kishan S Bedare, Abhilash Shetty, Vasuki Kaushik, Vidyadhar Patil, Mohsin Khan, Prasidh Krishna Karnataka team has to play its first match of the upcoming tournament against Madhya Pradesh, which is starting from October 11 at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore. Their first match at home is against Kerala. The best thing for Karnataka is that all their players are in great form at the moment. The team will play the match against Karnataka from October 18, while against Bihar they have to play the match from October 26 at Moin Ul Haq Stadium in Patna. The team will play the match against Bengal at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru from November 6, while against Uttar Pradesh they have to play an important match of Ranji Trophy from November 13 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. The batsman who scored the most runs for India in the Women’s T20 World Cup- IPL 2025: Gujarat Titans can retain these 6 players IPL 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders can retain these 6 players Bowler who took fastest 300 test wickets for India- IPL 2025: Mumbai Indians can retain these 6 players IPL 2025: 6 capped Indian players who will be retained as uncapped Virat Kohli completes 27 thousand runs in international cricket, Tendulkar’s record broken IPL 2025: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will retain these 6 players The batsman who scored the most runs in a year in T20 cricket- IPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will retain these 6 players
Tamil Nadu announced 18-member team for the upcoming season of Ranji Trophy, see which players got the place?
R Sai Kishore will take command of the team Tamil Nadu (Image Credit- Twitter X) Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) has announced the 18-member squad for the upcoming Ranji Trophy season today, Wednesday, October 2. In the upcoming tournament, Tamil Nadu is going to face Saurashtra in its first match from 11 to 14 October. It is noteworthy that in the last season of Ranji Trophy, Tamil Nadu reached the semi-finals, but had to exit the tournament after losing against Mumbai. Apart from this, the command of the team in the upcoming season has been handed over to R Sai Kishore, who was the captain of the team last season also. Under Kishore’s captaincy, Tamil Nadu reached the semi-finals for the first time since the 2016–17 season. Also, to help Kishore, wicketkeeper batsman N Jagadishan has been made his deputy. Last season, Jagadishan’s bat was very powerful, he scored a total of 816 runs in the tournament. Also, C. Andre Siddharth has been included in the team for the first time because of his excellent performance in the Buchi Babu Tournament. However, regarding Sandeep Warrier and Baba Aparajit, who are returning from injury in this team, TNCA Selection Committee Chairman Vasudeva Das quoted Sportstar as saying – At present, they (Warrier and Aparajit) are completing their rehab at the TNCA Academy (in Chepauk). Have been. He is being monitored by our physios, and he is also being monitored by the National Cricket Academy (NCA). So, they are doing whatever necessary protocols they have to follow to rehab and get ready. Tamil Nadu’s 18-member squad for the upcoming season of Ranji Trophy R Sai Kishore (captain), N Jagadeesan (vice-captain), Baba Inderjit, Sai Sudarshan, Vijay Shankar, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Shahrukh Khan, Bupathi Vaishna Kumar, S. Mohammed Ali, C. Andre Siddharth, S. Ajit Ram, S. Lokeshwar, S. Lakshya Jain, Sandeep Warrier, Gurjapaneet Singh, M. Mohammed, R. Sonu Yadav, M. Siddharth.
Big news has come out about Mohammed Shami’s return, he will be able to become a part of Team India only by playing Ranji Trophy
Team India’s star fast bowler Mohammed Shami has been away from cricket for the last several months due to injury. Meanwhile, a big report has come out regarding his return. It is expected that Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami will return to competitive cricket with the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy. It is believed that he will represent Bengal in one of his first two matches against Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Since there is only a two-day gap between the matches, it does not seem possible for him to play in both the matches. It has also been reported that if his recovery is good as per the BCCI standards, Shami may well make a comeback to international cricket for the upcoming series against New Zealand. The Kiwi team will tour India for a three-match Test series starting in mid-October. Given Shami’s recovery speed, he is expected to play in at least one of the three Test matches against the Kiwi team before Rohit Sharma and Co. begin their tour for the Border-Gavaskar series. Let us tell you that in November, India has to play a five-match Test series against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar series. The aggressive fast bowler had a stellar performance with the ball in the 50-over World Cup last year. After that, he was all set to be a part of the T20 World Cup 2024 team. In the ODI World Cup, he emerged as the leading wicket-taker with 24 wickets in just seven innings. However, Shami had to stay away from the game due to injury.
Ranji Trophy 2024: Sulakshan Kulkarni leaves the post of head coach of Tamil Nadu after the controversy in the semi-finals: Reports
In the semi-final match, Tamil Nadu was defeated by Mumbai, who later became the champion of the season. Sulakshan Kulkarni (Image Credit- Twitter Tamil Nadu cricket team head coach Sulakshan Kulkarni has left his post. It is noteworthy that some time ago, Kulkarni had blamed team captain R Sai Kishore for Tamil Nadu’s defeat in the semi-final match of Ranji Trophy 2024. Let us tell you that it was not easy for Kulkarni to leave the coaching post of Tamil Nadu cricket team, because he had signed a coaching deal for several years with Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA). Also, it was the result of the coaching of this former Mumbai cricketer that Tamil Nadu was successful in reaching the semi-finals after the 2016-17 Ranji season. Sulakshan Kulkarni has terminated his contract with Tamil Nadu Cricket Association. But let us tell you that after the defeat in the semi-final match, some players of the team had said that Sai Kishore’s decision was against the team plan. So, after Tamil Nadu’s defeat in the semi-final match of Ranji Trophy, Kulkarni said – I always talk straight, we lost the match at 9 o’clock on the very first day of the match. Everything was set, we won the toss, as a coach, as a Mumbaikar, I know the conditions very well. We should have bowled but the captain had different ideas. After all he is the leader of the team. I can give my feedback and input as to what kind of wickets there are. On the other hand, let us tell you that Tamil Nadu was defeated by Mumbai by a margin of innings and 70 runs in the semi-final match. So, by defeating Tamil Nadu in this match, Mumbai also became the champion of the Ranji season. Also, let us tell you that after Kulkarni left the post of head coach, former Indian cricketer Lakshmipathy Balaji has become the new coach of the Tamil Nadu team.
Ranji Trophy 2024: Vivek Razdan’s poem for centurion Mushir Khan in Ranji Trophy final goes viral
Musheer Khan achieved this feat at the age of 19 years and 14 days, breaking the record of the great batsman. Musheer Khan and Vivek Razdan. (Image Source: BCCI) Ranji Trophy 2024: Former Indian cricketer and commentator Vivek Razdan, young batsman Mushir Khan, who scored a century in the final of Ranji Trophy 2024 being played between Vidarbha and Mumbai at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.Musheer Khan) became a poet in the commentary box itself. Vivek Razdan praised Musheer Khan for his tremendous batting performance against Vidarbha in a wonderful poem, which is now going viral. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) shared a clip on its social media handle Won everyone’s heart with poetry. Vivek Razdan made a special offer to Musheer Khan Vivek Razdan praised Musheer with this poem: “Sitaron ki age jahaan aur bhi hai, isk khel ke itehan aur bhi hain, tu shaheen hai, parvaaz hai kaam tera, hey tere saamne aasman abhi aur bhi hain.” Razdan’s art in the BCCI clip won everyone’s hearts and now it is being liked a lot by the fans. Watch the video shared by BCCI here: Poetic A superb knock from Musheer Khan complimented by a lovely 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑟𝑖 by Vivek Razdan 🙌 Don’t miss it📽️🔽#RanjiTrophy , @IDFCFIRSTBank , #Final , #MUMvVID Follow the match ▶️ pic.twitter.com/9SaF5eT18D — BCCI Domestic (@BCCIDomestic) March 12, 2024 Let us tell you, Musheer Khan has broken a record of great batsman Sachin Tendulkar during the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2024 final against Vidarbha. Musheer scored a patient century in Mumbai’s second innings and thus became the youngest Mumbai batsman to score a century in a Ranji final. Sachin Tendulkar was 21 years old when he played a memorable inning of 140 against Punjab in the 1994-95 Ranji Trophy final. At the same time, Musheer Khan broke the record of the great batsman by achieving this feat at the age of 19 years and 14 days.
‘We celebrated it as if it was a century’ Shams Mulani on Rahane’s half-century in the Ranji Trophy final
The final of Ranji Trophy is being played between Mumbai and Vidarbha. Ajinkya Rahane (Image Credit- Twitter X) The final match of the ongoing season of Ranji Trophy is being played between Mumbai and Vidarbha at Wankhede Stadium from March 10. Let us tell you that the third day of the game is going on today on March 12, and after the third day of play, it seems that Mumbai has got a strong hold on Vidarbha. On the other hand, on the second day of play before the third day’s play, Mumbai captain Ajinkya Rahane not only handled the innings after losing two early wickets but also scored a brilliant score of 71 runs in 143 balls with the help of 5 fours and 1 six. Has played an innings. So now a big statement from Mumbai Ranji team all-rounder Shams Mulani has come out regarding this innings of Rahane. Mulani says that the team has celebrated this half-century of Rahane like a century. Shams Mulani gave a big statement regarding Rahane’s innings Let us tell you that after the end of the second day’s play, during the post match, Shams Mulani was quoted by Sportstar as saying – We celebrated his half-century as if it was a century. We knew how important this little record was to him. It was very important for the team and him that he remained on the wicket. Apart from this, Mulani said about the young cricketer Musheer Khan, who played a brilliant inning of 136 runs in the match, last year when Musheer made his debut, Sarfaraz Khan had said in the dressing room that this boy is much better than what other people do. Can do. He knew what kind of talent Musheer had. After the knockout in the Under 19 World Cup, he has shown his brilliant performance here.
Ranji Trophy 2024: Musheer Khan breaks Sachin Tendulkar’s 29-year-old record in the final
Musheer Khan becomes the youngest player to score a century for Mumbai in a Ranji Trophy final Musheer Khan and Sachin Tendulkar Sarfaraz Khan’s younger brother Musheer Khan (Musheer Khan) has created history by scoring a century in the final of Ranji Trophy 2024. He has broken the 29-year-old record of great batsman Sachin Tendulkar and became the youngest player to score a century for Mumbai in a Ranji Trophy final. On the third day of play, Musheer completed his century in 255 balls. He scored this century at the age of 19 years and 14 days. On the other hand, the legendary Sachin Tendulkar played a brilliant inning of 140 runs against Punjab in the Ranji Trophy final at Wankhede in 1994-95, when he was 21 years old. Talking about the final match being played between Mumbai and Vidarbha, Mumbai, batting first, scored 224 runs in the first innings. Where Shardul Thakur batted brilliantly in the lower order and scored 75 runs. After this, Mumbai bowlers wreaked havoc and bowled out Vidarbha for just 105 runs in their first innings. After taking a lead of 119 runs in the first innings, Mumbai suffered initial setbacks in its second innings on the second day. Prithvi Shaw and Bhupesh Lalwani were out cheaply. After this Musheer Khan and captain Ajinkya Rahane took charge. Both the batsmen took the team’s score to 141/2 by the end of play on the second day. During this, both of them completed their respective half-centuries. On the third day, Musheer Khan maintained his rhythm from the beginning and led the innings with Shreyas Iyer after Rahane was out for 73 runs. Tendulkar present in the stadium during record breaking Since 1995, the record of the youngest batsman to score a century in a Ranji Trophy final was held by Sachin Tendulkar. During that final, Tendulkar played a brilliant inning of 140 runs for his team and Mumbai declared their first innings at a huge score of 690/6. His innings helped the team win another title. Coincidentally, today when Musheer broke his record, the legendary player was present in the stadium.
Ranji Trophy Final 2024: Ajinkya Rahane and Musheer Khan scored excellent half-centuries on the second day of the game, Mumbai is in a very strong position.
The second day of play was entirely in the name of Mumbai. Ranji Trophy 2024 Final (Pic Source-X) Currently, the final of Ranji Trophy 2023-24 is being played between Mumbai and Vidarbha at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Till now Mumbai has maintained its lead in this final match. The second day of play was entirely in the name of Mumbai. By the end of the second day of the final of this season of Ranji Trophy, Mumbai had scored 141 runs after losing two wickets in their second innings. Ajinkya Rahane is batting on 58* runs in 109 balls with the help of four fours and one six, while Mushir Khan has scored 51* runs in 135 balls with the help of 3 fours. So far, both of them have made a partnership of 107* runs for the third wicket. In this match, Mumbai had scored 224 runs after losing all the wickets in its first innings. In the first innings, Shardul Thakur scored 75 runs for Mumbai while Prithvi Shaw played an inning of 46 runs. Vidarbha failed to bat well in their first innings and were all out for 105 runs. For Vidarbha, Yash Rathod scored 27 runs while Atharva Tayde scored 23 runs. Aditya Thackeray contributed 19 runs while Yash Thakur played an inning of 16 runs. For Mumbai, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shams Mulani and Tanush Kotian took 3 wickets each while Shardul Thakur took 1 wicket. By the end of the second day’s play in its second innings, Mumbai had scored 141 runs after losing 2 wickets. In the second innings, Prithvi Shaw failed to bat well and was out after scoring 11 runs. Not only this, Bhupen Lalwani also scored only 18 runs. After the fall of two wickets for 34 runs, Mumbai captain Ajinkya Rahane and Musheer Khan batted very well and have put the team on a strong position. So far, Yash Thakur and Harsh Dubey have taken one wicket each from Vidarbha. Mumbai has taken control of the match and if Vidarbha has to make a comeback in this, then they will have to dismiss Mumbai batsmen as soon as possible. Sunil Gavaskar praising Rahane and Musheer after the end of the second day of Ranji Trophy 2024 final 👏#AjinkyaRahane #MusheerKhan #RanjiTrophyFinal pic.twitter.com/8i1MXT2PAs — Cricket Uncut (@CricketUncutOG) March 11, 2024 Ajinkya Rahane has every shot in his book, don’t know why he is dropped from Indian Test Team 🤔#RanjiTrophyFinal #MUMvVID #AjinkyaRahane #RanjiTrophypic.twitter.com/5Cqn7Z3PCF — Richard Kettleborough (@RichKettle07) March 11, 2024 No rest day Ajju bhai😭🙌🏻,#rahane #RanjiTrophyFinal pic.twitter.com/eSPr8fhAqU — Avnish Tiwari (@avnishtiwari26) March 11, 2024 Yash Thakur to Prithvi Shaw#RanjiTrophyFinalpic.twitter.com/IODS3OYVEo — Don Cricket 🏏 (@doncricket_) March 11, 2024 100 run partnership between Rahane and Musheer. Mumbai lead by 254 runs in the #RanjiTrophyFinal Rahane has played a captain’s inning with 58* — Mandar Manmohan Sawant (@MandarSawant184) March 11, 2024 Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer and Prithvi Shaw showed Great gesture by signing Autographs for School Kids Visiting Mumbai vs Vidarbha Ranji Trophy 2023-24 Final.#RanjiTrophyFinal pic.twitter.com/SMwxheNU6b — Don Cricket 🏏 (@doncricket_) March 10, 2024 Ajinkya Rahane…
Ranji Trophy Final 2024, Day 1 Review: Mumbai vs Vidarbha, read the situation of the first day of the Ranji Trophy final match
Mumbai’s first innings was limited to 224 runs only. Shardul Thakur (Image Credit- Twitter X) The final match of the ongoing season of Ranji Trophy between Mumbai and Vidarbha has started today, Sunday, March 10, at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Let us tell you that in the match, Vidarbha won the toss and decided to bowl. So while batting first in the match, Mumbai had a good start. But after this, Koppells was seen in batting. Mumbai’s strong batting got Vidarbha all out for 224 runs in 64.3 overs. For Mumbai, openers Prithvi Shaw and Bhupen Lalwani made a partnership of 81 runs for the first wicket. But after Bhupen was out for 37, Mumbai lost wickets at frequent intervals. Inform Musheer Khan was out after scoring 6 runs, captain Ajinkya Rahane 7, Shresus Iyer 7 and wicketkeeper Hardik Taimor was out after scoring 5 runs. However, in the end all-rounder Shardul Thakur played a brilliant inning of 75 runs in 69 balls, due to which Mumbai was successful in crossing the 200 mark. Shardul hit 8 fours and 3 brilliant sixes during his innings. Apart from this, Tushar Deshpande contributed 14 runs. So if we talk about Vidarbha’s bowling, Harsh Dubey and Yash Thakur got three wickets each. Apart from this, experienced Umesh Yadav got 2 wickets and Aditya Thackeray got 1 wicket. A fascinating opening day of the #RanjiTrophy Final comes to an end! Vidarbha reached 31/3 in response to Mumbai’s 224. See you tomorrow for Day 2 action. Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/L6A9dXYmZA#MUMvVID , #Final , @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/jYjjwSyDgg — BCCI Domestic (@BCCIDomestic) March 10, 2024 Vidarbha still behind by 193 runs After this, by the end of the first day of the final match, Vidarbha had scored 31 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in its first innings after 13 overs. Vidarbha’s start in the match has not been anything special. Two players of the team, Dhruv Shorey and Karun Nair have returned to the pavilion after getting out without opening the account. Whereas Aman Mokhade could not extend his innings beyond 8 runs. Mokhade was caught behind by Dhawal Kulkarni behind the wicket. So far, Kulkarni has taken 2 wickets and Shardul Thakur has taken 1 wicket in bowling for Mumbai.
