Page 2 - Ranji Trophy

Ranji Trophy to be held in two phases, knockouts in June: Jay Shah

Last season, Ranji Trophy was not held due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Indian cricket will be spineless if Ranji trophy is ignored: Ravi Shastri

The Ranji Trophy was scheduled to start on January 13 this year but was postponed indefinitely by the BCCI due to the third wave of the pandemic

BCCI postpones Ranji, CK Nayudu Trophy, women's T20 league due to Covid-19

The BCCI on Tuesday postponed the upcoming Ranji Trophy, Col CK Nayudu Trophy, and senior women's T20 League for the 2021-22 season in the wake of the rising COVID-19 cases in the country.

BCCI postpones Ranji Trophy and other domestic tourneys amid COVID-19 surge

India's domestic cricket schedule was thrown into chaos on Tuesday when the BCCI decided to postpone major tournaments including Ranji Trophy and the Col CK Naidu Trophy due to a surge in COVID-19 cases across the country. With as many as six members of the Bengal contingent including five players testing positive along with a few Mumbai players, it was inevitable that the blue riband tournament beginning January 13 had to be shelved indefinitely. "The Ranji Trophy & Col C K Nayudu Trophy were scheduled to begin this month while the Senior Women's T20 League was scheduled to commence in February," BCCI secretary Jay Shah stated in a press release. Shah said that BCCI didn't want to compromise on the health of its players, support staff and match officials which is the reason that for the second year in a row that the red ball competition in all probability will not be held. "The BCCI will continue to assess the situation and take a call on the start of the tournaments ...

Vijay Shankar to lead TN in Ranji Trophy; 3 newcomers in squad

The squad includes three newcomers- medium-pacers R Silambarasan and P Saravana Kumar apart from batter B Sai Sudharsan

Ranji Trophy to start from November 16, over 2100 games scheduled

The BCCI will conduct all its domestic tournaments across age-groups with the coveted Ranji Trophy

R Vinay Kumar announces retirement from 1st-class and international cricket

Veteran Karnataka medium pacer R Vinay Kumar, who also represented India and led his state team to successive Ranji Trophy titles, announced his retirement from international and first-class cricket

Sounds of silence

Wasim Jaffer quit as coach of the Uttarakhand cricket team on Feb 9 after he was accused of being communal. Big guns of Indian cricket, with few exceptions, remained silent

Ranji Trophy: Vidarbha players to start training for domestic season

After around eight months of Covid-19 enforced break, the Vidarbha Ranji Trophy probables will starting training once again, starting this week

BCCI planning domestic cricket from Jan 1, group-wise bio-bubble likely for Ranji Trophy

The much-awaited domestic cricket season will start from January 1 with the Ranji Trophy, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said on Saturday

BCCI apex council meet: No decision on IPL, Ranji games in respective zones

We cannot make an announcement on IPL 2020 till the ICC gives us a final call on the T20 World Cup, says an apex council member

Domestic cricket will only happen when travelling is safe: Ganguly

The Indian domestic season will only start when it is safe for young players to travel within the country for their Ranji Trophy matches, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said

Ranji Trophy: CAB pays Rs 1 crore runner-up prize money to Bengal team

The delay in clearing the money was raised the during an online team bonding session with head coach Arun Lal and other members of the coaching and support staff

Rajinder Goel, highest wicket-taker in Ranji, dies; condolences pour in

Goel was highest wicket-taker in history of Ranji Trophy with 637 scalps. Overall, the left-arm spinner had 750 first-class wickets from 157 games, representing Haryana, North Zone in domestic cricket

Rajinder Goel: The 'Smiling Assassin' who didn't have rub of green

During 1974-75 series vs Windies, Goel was picked for a Test match. Gavaskar in his book had recollected that Goel bought new pair of boots, kits for Test match only to find himself as the 12th man

Manoj Tiwary questions delay in Ranji payment, CAB asks for week's time

Tiwary had posed the question to the team's cricket operations manager Joydeep Mukherjee.

Kerala ready to welcome Sreesanth into Ranji team if he proves fitness

In 2018, the Kerala High Court had struck down the life ban imposed on the cricketer by the BCCI and also quashed all proceedings against him

Still believe it was India's loss not to see Amol Muzumdar in Test: Shastri

Muzumdar had an outstanding first-class career that lasted 20 years in which he amassed over 11,000 runs, including 30 centuries

Chuni Goswami: Indian football's first poster boy and a complete athlete

The former Indian skipper, who was popularly known as 'Chuni' Goswami, died on Thursday due to cardiac arrest at the age of 82 in Kolkata, West Bengal.

Umpired out

The Ranji Trophy dates back to 1934. Currently, the competition is played initially as a league, divided into three tiers.