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India’s premier domestic cricket tournament, the Ranji Trophy, has undergone a revamp for the 2024-25 season. The new format introduces a promotion and relegation system to enhance competition and provide opportunities for teams to move between divisions.
Promotion and Relegation System
A key aspect of this season is the introduction of the prom🐭otion and relegation system:
Promotion: The two finalists from ღthe Plate group will be promoted to the Elite category for the 2025–26 s♋eason.
Relegation: The two lowest-perfor💎ming teams from the Elite groups, based on their points and quotient, will be relegated to the Plate category for the following se🐻ason.
The 90th edition of the Ranji Trophy will kickstart on October 11 and continue till March 2025.
Groups
Elite Category Groups
- Group A: Baroda, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mumbai, Odisha, Services, Tripura
- Group B: Andhra, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Hyderabad, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Vidarbha
- Group C: Bengal, Bihar, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh
- Group D: Assam, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Jharkhand, Railways, Saurashtra, Tamil Nadu
Plate Group: Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, Mizora🧸m, Nagaland, Sikkim
Also READ: Ranji Trophy 2024/25 Schedule: Date, M🎃atch Time, Broadcast & Live Streaming Details
Squads announced so far
Meghalaya: Aryan Borah, Akash Kumar Choudhary, Arpit Bhatewara, Bamanbha Shangpliang, Bijon Dey, Chengkam Sangma, Dippu Sangma, Jaskirat Singh Sachdeva, Kish🥂an Lyngdoh, Ram Gurung, Roshan Warbah, Swarajeet Das
Maharashtra: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Nikhil Naik (wk), Ankeet Bawane, Sachin Dhas,♔ Arshin Kulkaꦏrni, Murtaza Trunkwalla, Siddhesh Veer, Mukesh Choudhary, Hitesh Walunj, Pradeep Dadhe, Rajnish Gurbani, Harshal Kate, Prashant Solanki, Satyajeet Bachhav, Mandar Bhandari, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Azim Kazi
Mumbai: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Prith𒈔vi Shaw, Ayush Mhatre, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer, Siddhessh Lad, Suryansh Shedge, Hardik Tamore (wk), Si🎉dhaant Addhatrao (wk), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Himanshu Singh, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Avasthi, Mohd. Juned Khan, Royston Dias.
Odisha: Govinda Poddar (c), Shantanu Mishra, Anurag Sarangi, Sandeep Pattanaik, Biplab Samantaray, Kartik Biswal, Swastik Samal, Ra💜jesh Dhupar, Aashirwad Swain (wk), Anil Parida, Suryakant Pradhan, Sunil Kumar Roul, Rajesh Mohanty, Debaprata Pradhan, Tarani Sa, Harshit Rathod, Sumit Sharma
Andhra: Ricky Bhui (c), Shaikh Rasheed (vc), KS Bharat (wk), Hanuma Vihari, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Maheep Kumar, Vamsi Krishna (wk), Abishek Reddy, KV Sasikanth, Ashwin Hebbar, CH Stephen, Satyanarayana Raju, A Lalith Mohan, G𝔉 Manish, T Vijaꦜy, M Hemanth Reddy
Mizoram: Bobby Zothansanga (c), Vikash Kumar, KC Cariappa, Jehu Ander𓂃son, Agni Chopra, Mohit Jangra, G Lal✅biakvela, Lalhriatrenga, C Lalrinsanga, Joseph Lalthankhuma, Lalhruai Ralte, Rosiamliana Ralte, Moses Ramhlunmawia, Andrew Vanlalhruaia
Hyderabad: Tilak Varma (c), Rahul Singh G (vc), CV Milind, T🎉anmay Agarwal, Rohit Rayudu, Tanay Thyagarajan, Aniketh Reddy, Nitesh Kannala, Abhirath Reddy, Himate❀ja, Rahul Radesh, Rakshann Readdi, Kartikeya Kak, Saranu Nishant, Dheeraj Goud
Gujarat: Priyank Panchal, Arya Desai, Het Patel, Urvᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚil Patel, Chintan Gaja, Arzan Nagwaswalla, Umang Kumar, Siddharth Desai, Manan Hingrajia, Priyajitsinh Jadeja, Tejas Patel, Jaymeet Patel, Rishi Patel, Rinkesh Vaghela, Vishal Jayswal
Madhya Pradesh: Shubham Sharma (c), Yash Dubey, Hi⛎manshu Mantri, Shubranshu Senapati, Rajat Patidar, Harpreet Bhatia, Venkatesh Iyer, Harsh Gawali, Kumar Kartikeya,﷽ Saransh Jain, Sagar Solanki, Avesh Khan, Kulwant Khejroliya, Anubhav Agarwal, Aryan Pandey.
Karnataka (first 2 rounds): Mayank Agarwal (c), Nikin Jose, Devdutt Padikkal, R Smaran, Manish Pandey, Shreyas Gopal, Sujay Sateri, Hard♑ik Raj, Vyshak Vijayakumar, Prasidh Krishna, Vasuki Ko𝔍ushik, Luvnith Sisodia, Mohsin Khan, Vidyadhar Patil, Kishan Bedare, Abhilash Shetty
Kerala (first round): Sachin Baby (c), Rohan Kunnummal, Krishna Prasad, Baba Aparajith, Akshay Chandran, Mohammed Azharuddeen (wk), Salman Nizar, Vathsal Govind, Vishnu Vinod, Jalaj Saxena, Aditya Sarvate, Basi🌃l Thampi, Nid𓂃heesh MD, KM Asif, Fanoos F
Bengal (first 2 rounds): Anustup Majumdar, Wriddhiman Saha, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sudip Gharami, Sudip Chatterjee, Abishek Porel, Shahbaz Ahmed, Writtick Chatterjee, Avilin Ghosh, Suvam Dey, Amꦕir Gani, Pradipta Pramanik, Akash Deep, Mukesh Kumar, Md. Kaif, Suraj Jaiswal, Rishav Vi🌞vek, Yudhajit Guha, Rohit Kumar
Tamil Nadu (1st round): R. Sai Kishore (c), N. Jagadeesan (Vice Captain), B. Indrajith, B. Sai Sudharsan, Vijay Sha🌃nkar, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, M. Shahrukh Khan, Boopathi Vais✃hna Kumar, S. Mohamed Ali, C. Andre Siddarth, S. Ajith Ram, S. Lokeshwar, S. Lakshay Jain, Sandeep Warrier, Gurjapneet Singh, M. Mohammed, R. Sonu Yadav, M. Siddharth.
Delhi (first 2 rounds): Himmat Singh (c), Ayush Badoni, Anuj Rawat (wk), Sanat Sangwan, Dhruv Kaushik, Yash D𒊎hull, Jonty🎉 Sidhu, Mayank Rawat, Kshitiz Sharma, Pranav Rajuvanshi (wk), Sumit Mathur, Navdeep Saini, Himanshu Chauhan, Simarjeet Singh*/Divij Mehra, Hrithik Shokeen, Harsh Tyagi, Money Grewal, Shivank Vashisth
Saurashtra: Jaydev Unadkat (c), Cheteshwar Pujara, Harvik Desai (wk), Sheldon Jackson, Tarang Gohel, Arpit Vasavada, Chirag Jani, Prerak Mankad, Yuvrajsinh Dodiya, D Jadeja, Parth Bhut, Vishvaraj Jade꧂ja, Hiten Kanbi, Navneet Vora, Parswaraj Rana
Chhattisgarh: Amandeep Khare, Shas🌳hank Singh, Bhupen Lalwani, Eknath Kerkar, Ajay Mandal, Shubham Agarwal, Ashutosh Singh, Ayush Pandey, Jivesh Butte, Ashish Chouhan, Sanjeet Desai, ☂Ravi Kiran, Rishabh Tiwari, Anuj Tiwary, Vasudev Bareth, Vishvas Malik
Railways: Pratham Singh (c), Suraj Ahuja, Vivek Singh, Upendra Yadav, Ashutosh Sharma (vc), Yuvraj S𒐪ingh, Karn Sharma, Ayan Chaudhari, Shivam Chaudhary, Kunal Yadav, Bhargav Merai, Mohammad Saif, Akash Pandey, ꦉHimanshu Sangwan, Adarsh Singh
Jammu & Kashmir: Paras Dogra (c), Shubham Khajuria (vc), Abdul Samad, Abhinav Puri, Shubham Pundir, Abid Mushtaq, Vivrant Sharma, Rasikh Salam, Rohit Sharma, Umran Maꦚlik, Yudhvir Singh, Auqib Nabi, Ahmed Banday, Sahil Lotra, Shivansh Sharma
Assam: Denish Das (c), Sibsankar Roy, Rahul Singh, Sidharth Sarmah, Bhargav Dutta, Rishav Das, Mrinmoy Dutta, Sumit Ghadigaonkar, Rahul Hazarika, Mukhtar Hussain, Parvej Musaraf, Ruhinandan Pegu,🐎 Kunal Sarma, Akash Sengupta, Abhishek Thakuri
