Ranji Trophy: When was the first match of Ranji Trophy played? Who won, know the complete history

New DelhiRanji Trophy 2024-2025 season will start from October 11. The first match will be played between Mumbai and Baroda. Both teams are ready for this. The history of Ranji Trophy is very old. It is being played for the last 90 years. The main objective of Ranji Trophy is to bring new talent in front of the people. Let us know when Ranji Trophy started and between whom its first match was played.

Ranji Trophy was started in the year 1934. It was started after a meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The first match was played between Madras and Mysore on 4 November 1934. This match was played at Chepauk Stadium. Madras won this match by one innings and 23 runs. Mysore had scored 48 runs in the first innings and 59 runs in the second innings. Madras won the match by scoring 130 runs in the first innings itself.

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The match was over on the very first day
The match ended on the first day itself due to poor batting of Mysore. N.Curtis scored the maximum runs for Mysore in the first innings with 15 runs. Apart from this, Renshaw Naylor had played an inning of 14 runs. Even in the second innings, no one from his side could bat well. At the same time, good batting was seen from Madras side. He won the match on the very first day.

Mumbai has won the most titles

Till now there have been a total of 89 seasons of Ranji Trophy. Mumbai team has won the trophy the maximum number of times. Mumbai has won this tournament a total of 42 times. From 1958-59 to 1972-73 season, Mumbai had won 15 consecutive trophies. Mumbai team also won in 2023-2024. At the same time, in second place is the Karnataka team which has won a total of 8 trophies in its name.

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