Courtesy: BCCI
On Sunday, March 2, Vidarbha won their third Ranji Trophy title at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium in Nagpur after defeating first-time finalists Kerala in a pulsating contest. Vidarbha were crowned the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 champions by virtue of a slender but highly important first innings lead of 37 runs, and the star of the show for them in the final were Danish Malewar and veteran Karun Nair with hundreds in the first and second innings respectively.
With the 90th season of the Ranji Trophy, which began in 1934, in the books, Mumbai are still the greatest team in the history of this tournament with a whopping 42 titles, with their previous championship win coming against Vidarbha last season. The second place in the all-time list of Ranji Trophy winners belongs to Karnataka, who have won it eight times, while Delhi have clinched it seven times.
The likes of Baroda and Madhya Pradesh have gotten their hands on the coveted Ranji Trophy five times each, while there have been 17 different champions in the history of the tournament.
Here is the list of Ranji Trophy winners from 1934 onwards till 2025:
|
Season |
Winner |
Runner-up |
Winning Captain |
|
1934–35 |
Bombay |
Northern India |
L. P. Jai |
|
1935–36 |
Bombay |
Madras |
Hormasji Vajifdar |
|
1936–37 |
Bengal |
Bengal |
Albert Wensley |
|
1937–38 |
Hyderabad |
Nawanagar |
SM Hussain |
|
1938–39 |
Bengal |
Southern Punjab |
Tom Longfield |
|
1939–40 |
Maharashtra |
United Provinces |
D. B. Deodhar |
|
1940–41 |
Maharashtra |
Madras |
D. B. Deodhar |
|
1941–42 |
Bombay |
Mysore |
Vijay Merchant |
|
1942–43 |
Baroda |
Hyderabad |
W.Ghorpade |
|
1943–44 |
Western India |
Bengal |
Herbert Barritt |
|
1944–45 |
Bombay |
Holkar |
Vijay Merchant |
|
1945–46 |
Holkar |
Baroda |
C. K. Nayudu |
|
1946–47 |
Baroda |
Holkar |
Raosaheb Nimbalkar |
|
1947–48 |
Holkar |
Bombay |
C. K. Nayudu |
|
1948–49 |
Bombay |
Baroda |
K. C. Ibrahim |
|
1949–50 |
Baroda |
Holkar |
Raosaheb Nimbalkar |
|
1950–51 |
Holkar |
Gujarat |
C. K. Nayudu |
|
1951–52 |
Bombay |
Holkar |
Madhav Mantri |
|
1952–53 |
Holkar |
Bengal |
C. K. Nayudu |
|
1953–54 |
Bombay |
Holkar |
Ranga Sohoni |
|
1954–55 |
Madras |
Holkar |
Balu Alaganan |
|
1955–56 |
Bombay |
Bengal |
Madhav Mantri |
|
1956–57 |
Bombay |
Services |
Madhav Mantri |
|
1957–58 |
Baroda |
Services |
Datta Gaekwad |
|
1958–59 |
Bombay |
Bengal |
Madhav Apte |
|
1959–60 |
Bombay |
Mysore |
Polly Umrigar |
|
1960–61 |
Bombay |
Rajasthan |
Polly Umrigar |
|
1961–62 |
Bombay |
Rajasthan |
Madhav Apte |
|
1962–63 |
Bombay |
Rajasthan |
Polly Umrigar |
|
1963–64 |
Bombay |
Rajasthan |
Bapu Nadkarni |
|
1964–65 |
Bombay |
Hyderabad |
Bapu Nadkarni |
|
1965–66 |
Bombay |
Rajasthan |
Bapu Nadkarni |
|
1966–67 |
Bombay |
Rajasthan |
Manohar Hardikar |
|
1967–68 |
Bombay |
Madras |
Manohar Hardikar |
|
1968–69 |
Bombay |
Bengal |
Ajit Wadekar |
|
1969–70 |
Bombay |
Rajasthan |
Ajit Wadekar |
|
1970–71 |
Bombay |
Maharashtra |
Sudhir Naik |
|
1971–72 |
Bombay |
Bengal |
Ajit Wadekar |
|
1972–73 |
Bombay |
Tamil Nadu |
Ajit Wadekar |
|
1973–74 |
Karnataka |
Rajasthan |
E. A. S. Prasanna |
|
1974–75 |
Bombay |
Karnataka |
Ashok Mankad |
|
1975–76 |
Bombay |
Bihar |
Ashok Mankad |
|
1976–77 |
Bombay |
Delhi |
Sunil Gavaskar |
|
1977–78 |
Karnataka |
Uttar Pradesh |
E. A. S. Prasanna |
|
1978–79 |
Delhi |
Karnataka |
Bishan Singh Bedi |
|
1979–80 |
Delhi |
Bombay |
Bishan Singh Bedi |
|
1980–81 |
Bombay |
Delhi |
Eknath Solkar |
|
1981–82 |
Delhi |
Karnataka |
Mohinder Amarnath |
|
1982–83 |
Karnataka |
Bombay |
Brijesh Patel |
|
1983–84 |
Bombay |
Delhi |
Sunil Gavaskar |
|
1984–85 |
Bombay |
Delhi |
Sunil Gavaskar |
|
1985–86 |
Delhi |
Haryana |
Madan Lal |
|
1986–87 |
Hyderabad |
Delhi |
M. V. Narasimha Rao |
|
1987–88 |
Tamil Nadu |
Railways |
Krishnamachari Srikkanth |
|
1988–89 |
Delhi |
Bengal |
Madan Lal |
|
1989–90 |
Bengal |
Delhi |
Sambaran Banerjee |
|
1990–91 |
Haryana |
Bombay |
Kapil Dev |
|
1991–92 |
Delhi |
Tamil Nadu |
Ajay Sharma |
|
1992–93 |
Punjab |
Maharashtra |
Gursharan Singh |
|
1993–94 |
Bombay |
Bengal |
Ravi Shastri |
|
1994–95 |
Bombay |
Punjab |
Sachin Tendulkar |
|
1995–96 |
Karnataka |
Tamil Nadu |
Anil Kumble |
|
1996–97 |
Mumbai |
Delhi |
Sanjay Manjrekar |
|
1997–98 |
Karnataka |
Uttar Pradesh |
Rahul Dravid |
|
1998–99 |
Karnataka |
Madhya Pradesh |
Sunil Joshi |
|
1999–00 |
Mumbai |
Hyderabad |
Sameer Dighe |
|
2000–01 |
Baroda |
Railways |
Jacob Martin |
|
2001–02 |
Railways |
Baroda |
Abhay Sharma |
|
2002–03 |
Mumbai |
Tamil Nadu |
Paras Mhambrey |
|
2003–04 |
Mumbai |
Tamil Nadu |
Sairaj Bahutule |
|
2004–05 |
Railways |
Punjab |
Sanjay Bangar |
|
2005–06 |
Uttar Pradesh |
Bengal |
Mohammad Kaif |
|
2006–07 |
Mumbai |
Bengal |
Amol Muzumdar |
|
2007–08 |
Delhi |
Uttar Pradesh |
Gautam Gambhir |
|
2008–09 |
Mumbai |
Uttar Pradesh |
Wasim Jaffer |
|
2009–10 |
Mumbai |
Karnataka |
Wasim Jaffer |
|
2010–11 |
Rajasthan |
Baroda |
Hrishikesh Kanitkar |
|
2011–12 |
Rajasthan |
Tamil Nadu |
Hrishikesh Kanitkar |
|
2012–13 |
Mumbai |
Saurashtra |
Ajit Agarkar |
|
2013–14 |
Karnataka |
Maharashtra |
Vinay Kumar |
|
2014–15 |
Karnataka |
Tamil Nadu |
Vinay Kumar |
|
2015–16 |
Mumbai |
Saurashtra |
Aditya Tare |
|
2016–17 |
Gujarat |
Mumbai |
Parthiv Patel |
|
2017–18 |
Vidarbha |
Delhi |
Faiz Fazal |
|
2018–19 |
Vidarbha |
Saurashtra |
Faiz Fazal |
|
2019–20 |
Saurashtra |
Bengal |
Jaydev Unadkat |
|
2021–22 |
Madhya Pradesh |
Mumbai |
Aditya Shrivastava |
|
2022–23 |
Saurashtra |
Bengal |
Jaydev Unadkat |
|
2023–24 |
Mumbai |
Vidarbha |
Ajinkya Rahane |
|
2024–25 |
Vidarbha |
Kerala |
Akshay Wadkar |
Last updated on 3rd March 2025
Here is the list of all the teams winning the Ranji Trophy title on one or more occasion:
|
Teams |
No. of Ranji Trophy titles |
|
Mumbai/Bombay |
42 |
|
Karnataka/ Mysore |
8 |
|
Delhi |
7 |
|
Baroda |
5 |
|
Madhya Pradesh/Holkar |
5 |
|
Saurashtra/Western India/Nawanagar |
4 |
|
Vidarbha |
3 |
|
Tamil Nadu/Madras |
2 |
|
Rajasthan/Rajputana |
2 |
|
Railways |
2 |
|
Maharashtra |
2 |
|
Hyderabad |
2 |
|
Bengal |
2 |
|
Uttar Pradesh/United Provinces |
1 |
|
Punjab/Southern Punjab |
1 |
|
Haryana |
1 |
|
Gujarat |
1 |
