The Ranji Trophy 2024-25 season will mark the 90th edition of India’s premier domestic red-ball cricket tournament.

Renowned for showcasing exceptional talent and fierce competition, the tournament is set to kick off on October 11, 2024, with a total of 38 teams participating. These teams are divided into two categories: 32 teams in the Elite group and 6 teams in the Plate group. This season is particularly significant as Mumbai will aim to defend their title after clinching their 42nd Ranji Trophy last year, defeating Vidarbha in a thrilling final at the iconic Wankhede Stadium.

Ranji Trophy 2024/25: Structure and Schedule Changes

To enhance the tournament’s flow and address past weather disruptions, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has implemented a two-window system for the league stages. The first leg of league matches will run from October 11 to November 13, 2024, followed by a break before the action resumes on January 23, 2025. The knockout stages for the Elite Group will commence on February 8.

Elite Group overview

The Elite Group in the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy season comprises four divisions: A, B, C, and D. This group features some of the most prestigious and competitive teams in Indian domestic cricket, reflecting a rich history of performance and talent.

Structure:

Composition: The Elite Group consists of 32 teams divided into four groups (A, B, C, and D).
Knockout Stage: The top teams from these groups will progress to the knockout stages, which are scheduled to begin on February 8, 2025.

Key Teams:

Group A: This group includes powerhouses such as Mumbai, Baroda, and Maharashtra. Mumbai, known for its rich cricketing legacy, aims to defend its title after clinching its 42nd Ranji Trophy last season.
Group B: Features strong teams like Vidarbha, Rajasthan, and Gujarat, all of whom have shown competitive spirit in previous seasons.
Group C: Home to formidable teams such as Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, and Punjab, this group is expected to showcase some intense rivalries.
Group D: Comprises teams like Tamil Nadu, Saurashtra, and Delhi, known for their historical significance and competitiveness in the tournament.

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Ranji Trophy 2024/25: Complete Schedule and Fixtures

Elite Group A Match Schedule

Date
Time (IST)
Time (GMT)
Venue
Teams

October 11-14
9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara
Baroda vs Mumbai

Sher E Kashmir Cricket Stadium, Srinagar
Jammu & Kashmir vs Maharashtra

Airforce Complex Ground, Palam, Delhi
Services vs Meghalaya

MBB Stadium, Agartala
Tripura vs Odisha

October 18-21
9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Palam A Ground, Delhi
Services vs Baroda

Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Odisha vs Jammu & Kashmir

Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy, Mumbai
Mumbai vs Maharashtra

Polo Ground, Shillong
Meghalaya vs Tripura

October 26-29
9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara
Baroda vs Odisha

Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, Srinagar
Jammu & Kashmir vs Services

TBD
Maharashtra vs Meghalaya

Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala
Tripura vs Mumbai

November 6-9
9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala
Tripura vs Baroda

Polo Ground, Shillong
Meghalaya vs Jammu & Kashmir

Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Maharashtra vs Services

Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy, Mumbai
Mumbai vs Odisha

November 13-16
9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara
Baroda vs Meghalaya

Hostel Ground JKCA, Jammu
Jammu & Kashmir vs Tripura

Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Odisha vs Maharashtra

Palam A Stadium, Delhi
Services vs Mumbai

January 23-26
9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Golf Club Ground, Nasik
Maharashtra vs Baroda

Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy, Mumbai
Mumbai vs Jammu & Kashmir

Polo Ground, Shillong
Meghalaya vs Odisha

Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala
Tripura vs Services

January 30-February 2
9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara
Baroda vs Jammu & Kashmir

Indira Gandhi Stadium, Solapur
Maharashtra vs Tripura

Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy, Mumbai
Mumbai vs Meghalaya

DRIEMS Ground, Cuttack
Odisha vs Services

Elite Group B Match Schedule

Date
Time (IST)
Time (GMT)
Venue
Teams

October 11-14
9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Gymkhana Ground, Hyderabad
Hyderabad vs Gujarat

HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala
Himachal Pradesh vs Uttarakhand

Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Rajasthan vs Puducherry

VCA Stadium, Nagpur
Vidarbha vs Andhra

October 18-21
9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Gujarat vs Andhra

HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala
Himachal Pradesh vs Rajasthan

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Dehradun
Uttarakhand vs Hyderabad

Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground
Puducherry vs Vidarbha

October 26-29
9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Dehradun
Uttarakhand vs Vidarbha

Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Rajasthan vs Gujarat

Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Andhra vs Himachal Pradesh

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Hyderabad vs Puducherry

November 6-9
9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram
Andhra vs Uttarakhand

Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Gujarat vs Puducherry

Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Vidarbha vs Himachal Pradesh

Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Rajasthan vs Hyderabad

November 13-16
9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Dehradun
Uttarakhand vs Rajasthan

Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Vidarbha vs Gujarat

HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala
Himachal Pradesh vs Puducherry

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Hyderabad vs Andhra

January 23-26
9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Rajasthan vs Vidarbha

Gujarat College Ground, Ahmedabad
Gujarat vs Uttarakhand

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Hyderabad vs Himachal Pradesh

Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground
Puducherry vs Andhra

January 30-February 2
9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram
Andhra vs Rajasthan

Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Gujarat vs Himachal Pradesh

Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Vidarbha vs Hyderabad

Cricket Association Puducherry Ground, Puducherry
Puducherry vs Uttarakhand

Elite Group C Match Schedule

Date
Time (IST)
Match
Venue

Friday, October 11
9:30 AM
Madhya Pradesh vs Karnataka
Holkar Stadium, Indore

9:30 AM
Uttar Pradesh vs Bengal
Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow

9:30 AM
Haryana vs Bihar
Chaudhry Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Lahli

9:30 AM
Kerala vs Punjab
St. Xavier’s KCA Cricket Ground, Trivandrum

Friday, October 18
9:30 AM
Karnataka vs Kerala
KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur

9:30 AM
Bengal vs Bihar
Eden Gardens, Kolkata

9:30 AM
Uttar Pradesh vs Haryana
Dr. Akhilesh Das Stadium, Lucknow

9:30 AM
Punjab vs Madhya Pradesh
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur

Saturday, October 26
9:30 AM
Bihar vs Karnataka
Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna

9:30 AM
Bengal vs Kerala
Eden Gardens, Kolkata

9:30 AM
Madhya Pradesh vs Haryana
Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore

9:30 AM
Uttar Pradesh vs Punjab
Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow

Wednesday, November 6
9:30 AM
Bihar vs Madhya Pradesh
Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna

9:30 AM
Haryana vs Punjab
Ch Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak

9:30 AM
Kerala vs Uttar Pradesh
St Xavier’s College Ground, Thumba

9:30 AM
Karnataka vs Bengal
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Wednesday, November 13
9:30 AM
Madhya Pradesh vs Bengal
Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore

9:30 AM
Punjab vs Bihar
I.S. Bindra Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali

9:30 AM
Uttar Pradesh vs Kerala
Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow

9:30 AM
Haryana vs Chhattisgarh
CH Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Lahli

Thursday, January 23
9:30 AM
Maharashtra vs Madhya Pradesh
Golf Club Ground, Nasik

9:30 AM
Uttar Pradesh vs Bihar
Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna

9:30 AM
Kerala vs Karnataka
St Xavier’s College Ground, Thumba

9:30 AM
Punjab vs Haryana
I.S. Bindra Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali

Thursday, January 30
9:30 AM
Bengal vs Karnataka
Eden Gardens, Kolkata

9:30 AM
Madhya Pradesh vs Uttar Pradesh
Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore

9:30 AM
Kerala vs Bihar
St Xavier’s College Ground, Thumba

9:30 AM
Saurashtra vs Delhi
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot

Elite Group D Match Schedule

Date
Time (IST)
Match
Venue

Friday, October 11
9:30 AM
Tamil Nadu vs Assam
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

9:30 AM
Goa vs Tripura
GCA Ground, Goa

9:30 AM
Delhi vs Services
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

9:30 AM
Chandigarh vs Vidarbha
IS Bindra PCA Stadium, Mohali

Friday, October 18
9:30 AM
Assam vs Chandigarh
Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati

9:30 AM
Tamil Nadu vs Vidarbha
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

9:30 AM
Goa vs Delhi
GCA Ground, Goa

9:30 AM
Tripura vs Services
Saheed Keshar Chandra Das Stadium, Agartala

Saturday, October 26
9:30 AM
Delhi vs Goa
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

9:30 AM
Assam vs Vidarbha
Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati

9:30 AM
Services vs Chandigarh
Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar Cricket Stadium, Mandi

9:30 AM
Tamil Nadu vs Tripura
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Wednesday, November 6
9:30 AM
Vidarbha vs Goa
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur

9:30 AM
Services vs Tamil Nadu
Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar Cricket Stadium, Mandi

9:30 AM
Assam vs Delhi
Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati

9:30 AM
Tripura vs Chandigarh
Saheed Keshar Chandra Das Stadium, Agartala

Wednesday, November 13
9:30 AM
Goa vs Tamil Nadu
GCA Ground, Goa

9:30 AM
Chandigarh vs Assam
IS Bindra PCA Stadium, Mohali

9:30 AM
Vidarbha vs Services
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur

9:30 AM
Delhi vs Tripura
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

Thursday, January 23
9:30 AM
Tamil Nadu vs Chandigarh
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

9:30 AM
Goa vs Assam
GCA Ground, Goa

9:30 AM
Services vs Delhi
Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar Cricket Stadium, Mandi

9:30 AM
Tripura vs Vidarbha
Saheed Keshar Chandra Das Stadium, Agartala

Thursday, January 30
9:30 AM
Assam vs Tamil Nadu
Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati

9:30 AM
Chandigarh vs Goa
IS Bindra PCA Stadium, Mohali

9:30 AM
Delhi vs Services
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

9:30 AM
Vidarbha vs Tripura
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur

Ranji Trophy 2024/25: Elite Group Knockout Stage Schedule

Quarterfinals

Date
Time (IST)
Time (GMT)
Match
Venue

Saturday, February 8
TBA
TBA
1st Quarterfinal
TBA

TBA
TBA
2nd Quarterfinal
TBA

TBA
TBA
3rd Quarterfinal
TBA

TBA
TBA
4th Quarterfinal
TBA

Semifinals

Date
Time (IST)
Time (GMT)
Match
Venue

Monday, February 17
TBA
TBA
1st Semifinal
TBA

TBA
TBA
2nd Semifinal
TBA

Final

Date
Time (IST)
Time (GMT)
Match
Venue

Wednesday, February 26
TBA
TBA
Final
TBA

* TBA: to be announced

Plate Group Overview

The Plate Group serves as a platform for emerging teams to compete at a high level, aiming for promotion to the Elite Group. This group is crucial for nurturing talent and providing opportunities for less-established teams in Indian cricket.

Structure:

Composition: The Plate Group consists of six teams, including Goa, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh.
Promotion and Relegation: This season introduces a significant change where the finalists from the Plate Group will earn promotion to the Elite Group for the following season. Conversely, the bottom two teams from the Elite Groups will be relegated to the Plate circuit, adding an extra layer of competition.

Competitive Landscape:

The Plate Group promises intense competition, as teams will battle not only for pride but also for the opportunity to advance to the prestigious Elite Group. The fixtures will take place across various venues in India, providing exposure to different playing conditions.

Ranji Trophy 2024/25: Plate Group Match Schedule

Date
Time (IST)
Time (GMT)
Match
Venue

Friday, October 11
9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Nagaland vs Arunachal Pradesh
Nagaland Cricket Stadium, Sovima

9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Goa vs Manipur
Goa Cricket Association Academy, Porvorim

9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Sikkim vs Mizoram
SICA Ground, Rangpo

Friday, October 18
9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Arunachal Pradesh vs Mizoram
Gujarat College Cricket Ground ‘A’, Ahmedabad

9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Sikkim vs Goa
SICA Ground, Rangpo

9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Nagaland vs Manipur
Nagaland Cricket Stadium, Sovima

Saturday, October 26
9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Arunachal Pradesh vs Sikkim
Narendra Modi Stadium Ground ‘B’, Motera, Ahmedabad

9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Goa vs Nagaland
Panjim Gymkhana Ground, Panaji

9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Manipur vs Mizoram
Gokulbhai Somabhai Patel Stadium, Nadiad

Wednesday, November 6
9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Arunachal Pradesh vs Manipur
ADSA Railways Cricket Ground, Ahmedabad

9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Mizoram vs Goa
Narendra Modi Stadium Ground ‘B’, Motera, Ahmedabad

9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Nagaland vs Sikkim
Nagaland Cricket Stadium, Sovima

Wednesday, November 13
9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Goa vs Arunachal Pradesh
Goa Cricket Association Academy, Porvorim

9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Manipur vs Sikkim
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Anand

9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Mizoram vs Nagaland
Gokulbhai Somabhai Patel Stadium, Nadiad

Thursday, January 23
9:30 AM
4:00 AM
Final
TBA

* TBA: to be announced

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