The 2018/19 edition of most prestigious domestic tournaments in India, Ranji Trophy will see 37 teams participating with new teams including Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Sikkim and Uttarakhand. The tournament begins on November 1st and finishes onĀ 2nd February.
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This is the 85th edition of Ranji Trophy history. Group A and B consist of nine teams each while Group C consists of 10 teams. New teams have been clubbed in the plate group. Five teams from Group A and B will qualify for the quarter-finals while top two teams from Group and the top team from plate Group would enter into knockout stages.
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Vidarbha is the defending champions of Ranji Trophy 2017/18 edition. Here we look at the groups of Ranji Trophy 2018/19 edition.
Group A –Ā Baroda, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Railways, Saurashtra, Vidarbha
Group B –Ā Andhra, Bengal, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Hyderabad, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu
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Group C –Ā Assam, Goa, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Odisha, Rajasthan, Services, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh
Group D –Ā Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Sikkim, Uttarakhand
Here we now look at the schedule of Ranji Trophy 2018/19
November 1st– 4th
Baroda vs. Gujarat (Elite Group A)- TBC
Maharashtra vs. Vidarbha (Elite Group A)- TBC
Railways vs. Mumbai ( Elite Group A)- TBC
Saurashtra vs. Chhattisgarh ( Elite Group A)- TBC
Andhra vs. Punjab (Elite Group B)- TBC
Himachal Pradesh vs. Bengal (Elite Group B)- TBC
Kerala vs. Hyderabad (Elite Group B)- TBC
Tamil Nadu vs. Madhya Pradesh (Elite Group B)- TBC
Jharkhand vs. Assam (Elite Group C)- TBC
Odisha vs. Haryana (Elite Group C)- TBC
Rajasthan vs. Jammu and Kashmir (Elite Group C)- TBC
Tripura vs. Services (Elite Group C)- TBC
Uttar Pradesh vs. Goa ( Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Manipur vs. Sikkim ( Plate Group)- Venue TBC
Meghalaya vs. Arunachal Pradesh ( Plate Group)- Venue TBC
Nagaland vs. Mizoram ( Plate Group)- Venue TBC
Uttarakhand vs. Bihar ( Plate Group)- Venue TBC
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2nd round (November 12th– 15th)
Baroda vs. Maharastra ( Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Gujarat vs. Chhattisgarh ( Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Saurashtra vs. Railways (Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Vidarbha vs. Karnataka (Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Bengal vs. Madhya Pradesh (Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Delhi vs. Himachal Pradesh (Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Kerala vs. Andhra (Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Tamil Nadu vs. Hyderabad ( Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Goa vs. Jammu and Kashmir ( Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Haryana vs. Jharkhand ( Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Odisha vs. Uttar Pradesh ( Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Rajasthan vs. Services ( Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Tripura vs. Assam ( Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Mizoram vs. Arunachal Pradesh (Plate Group)- Venue TBC
Nagaland vs. Sikkim ( Plate Group)- Venue TBC
Puducherry vs. Meghalaya ( Plate Group)- Venue TBC
Uttarakhand vs. Manipur ( Plate Group)- Venue TBC
3rd round- November 20th– 23rd
Chhattisgarh vs. Railways (Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Gujarat vs. Saurashtra (Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Karnataka vs. Mumbai (Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Vidarbha vs. Baroda (Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Bengal vs. Kerala (Elite Group B) – Venue TBC
Hyderabad vs. Delhi (Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Madhya Pradesh vs. Punjab (Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Assam vs. Odisha (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Haryana vs. Goa (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Jammu and Kashmir vs. Tripura (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Jharkhand vs. Rajasthan (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Services vs. Uttar Pradesh (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Meghalaya vs. Nagaland (Plate Group)- Venue TBC
Mizoram vs. ManipurĀ ( Plate Group )- Venue TBC
Puducherry vs. Bihar (Plate Group) – Venue TBC
Sikkim vs. Uttarakhand (Plate Group)- Venue TBC
4th round- November 28th-1st December
Chhattisgarh vs. Vidarbha ( Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Karnataka vs. Maharastra (Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Mumbai vs. Gujarat (Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Saurashtra vs. Baroda (Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Delhi vs. Punjab (Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Hyderabad vs. Himachal Pradesh (Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Kerala vs. Madhya Pradesh (Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Tamil Nadu vs. Bengal (Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Assam vs. Haryana (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Goa vs. Jharkhand (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Odisha vs. Tripura (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Services vs. Jammu and Kashmir (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Uttar Pradesh vs. Rajasthan (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Arunachal Pradesh vs. Uttarakhand (Plate Group)- Venue TBC
Bihar vs. Sikkim (Plate Group)- Venue TBC
Manipur vs. Meghalaya (Plate Group)- Venue TBC
Puducherry vs. Mizoram ( Plate Group)- Venue TBC
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5th round- 6th-9th December
Baroda vs. Chhattisgarh (Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Gujarat vs. Railways (Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Maharashtra vs. Mumbai (Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Saurashtra vs. Karnataka (Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Delhi vs. Andhra (Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Madhya Pradesh vs. Hyderabad ( Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Punjab vs. Himachal Pradesh ( Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Tamil Nadu vs. Kerala (Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Goa vs. Services (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Jammu and Kashmir vs. Uttar Pradesh (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Jharkhand vs. Odisha (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Rajasthan vs. Assam (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Tripura vs. Haryana (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Bihar vs. Arunachal Pradesh (Plate Group)- Venue TBC
Nagaland vs. Manipur (Plate Group)- Venue TBC
Sikkim vs. Puducherry (Plate Group)- Venue TBC
Uttarakhand vs. Meghalaya (Plate Group)- Venue TBC
6th round- 14th-17th December
Gujarat vs. Karnataka ( Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Maharastra vs. Saurashtra ( Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Mumbai vs. Baroda ( Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Railways vs. Vidarbha ( Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Himachal Pradesh vs. Andhra ( Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Hyderabad vs. Bengal ( Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Kerala vs. Delhi ( Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Punjab vs. Tamil Nadu ( Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Haryana vs. Jammu and Kashmir ( Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Odisha vs. Rajasthan ( Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Services vs. Assam ( Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Tripura vs. Goa ( Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Uttar Pradesh vs. Jharkhand ( Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Arunachal Pradesh vs. Puducherry ( Plate Group)- Venue TBC
Meghalaya vs. Bihar ( Plate Group)- Venue TBC
Mizoram vs. Sikkim ( Plate Group)- Venue TBC
Uttarakhand vs. Nagaland ( Plate Group)- Venue TBC
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7th round- December 22nd-25th
Chhattisgarh vs. Maharastra (Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Karnataka vs. Railways (Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Mumbai vs. Saurashtra (Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Vidarbha vs. Gujarat (Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Delhi vs. Madhya Pradesh (Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Himachal Pradesh vs. Tamil Nadu (Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Hyderabad vs. Punjab (Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Assam vs. Goa (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Jammu and Kashmir vs. Odisha (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Jharkhand vs. Services (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Rajasthan vs. Haryana (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Uttar Pradesh vs. Tripura (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Manipur vs. Arunachal Pradesh ( Plate Group)- Venue TBC
Puducherry vs. Uttarakhand ( Plate Group)- Venue TBC
Meghalaya vs. Mizoram ( Plate Group)- Venue TBC
8th round- 30th December- 2nd January
Karnataka vs. Chhattisgarh ( Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Maharastra vs. Gujarat ( Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Railways vs. Baroda ( Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Vidarbha vs. Mumbai ( Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Andhra vs. Hyderabad (Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Bengal vs. Delhi ( Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Madhya Pradesh vs. Himachal Pradesh ( Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Punjab vs. Kerala ( Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Assam vs. Jammu and Kashmir (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Goa vs. Rajasthan (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Haryana vs. Uttar Pradesh (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Jharkhand vs. Tripura (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Services vs. Odisha (Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Mizoram vs. Bihar (Plate Group)- Venue TBC
Nagaland vs. Arunachal Pradesh (Plate Group)- Venue TBC
Puducherry vs. Manipur (Plate Group)- Venue TBC
Sikkim vs. Meghalaya (Plate Group)- Venue TBC
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Round 9- 7th-10th January
Baroda vs. Karnataka (Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Mumbai vs. Chhatisgarh (Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Railways vs. Maharastra ( Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Saurashtra vs. Vidarbha ( Elite Group A)- Venue TBC
Bengal vs. Punjab ( Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Himachal Pradesh vs. Kerala (Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Madhya Pradesh vs. Andhra ( Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Tamil Nadu vs. Delhi ( Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Haryana vs. Services ( Elite Group B)- Venue TBC
Jammu and Kashmir vs. Jharkhand ( Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Odisha vs. Goa ( Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Tripura vs. Rajasthan ( Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Uttar Pradesh vs. Assam ( Elite Group C)- Venue TBC
Arunachal Pradesh vs. Sikkim ( Plate Group)- Venue TBC
Bihar vs. Manipur ( Plate Group)- Venue TBC
Puducherry vs. Nagaland ( Plate Group)- Venue TBC
Uttarakhand vs. Mizoram ( Plate Group)- Venue TBC
15th January
Quarterfinals 1 (TBC vs. TBC)
Quarterfinals 2 (TBC vs. TBC)
Quarterfinals 3 (TBC vs. TBC)
Quarterfinals 4 (TBC vs. TBC)
24th January
Semi-finals 1 ( TBC vs. TBC)
Semi-finals 2 ( TBC vs. TBC)-
2nd FebruaryĀ
Finals (TBC vs. TBC)