 The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners | |
| Dates | 1 November 2018 (2018-11-01) – 10 January 2019 (2019-01-10) |
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| Administrator | BCCI |
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format | Round-robin |
| Host |  India |
| Participants | 9 |
| Matches | 36 |
| 2018–19 Indian domestic cricket season |
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The2018–19 Ranji Trophy was the 85th season of theRanji Trophy, thefirst-class cricket tournament that took place in India. It was contested by 37 teams, divided into four groups, with nine teams in Group B.[1] The group stage ran from 1 November 2018 to 10 January 2019.[1] The top five teams acrossGroup A and Group B progressed to thequarter-finals of the competition.[2]
Ahead ofDelhi's first match, in round two of the tournament,Gautam Gambhir stepped down as captain of the side.[3]Nitish Rana was appointed as the new captain of the team.[4] In December 2018, Gambhir announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.[5] Gambhir went on to score 112 in his final innings, his 43rd century in first-class cricket.[6]
In round five of the tournament,Ajay Rohera set a new record for the highest score on debut in a first-class match.[7] Batting forMadhya Pradesh againstHyderabad, he scored 267not out, breaking the record of 260 runs set byAmol Mazumdar in 1994.[8]Naman Ojha became the most successful wicket-keeper in the Ranji Trophy. He brokeVinayak Samant's record of 355 dismissals as a wicket-keeper.[9][10]
On the final day of the group stage,Kerala qualified from Group B for the quarter-finals.[11]
| Pos | Pld | W | L | D | T | NR | Pts | Quot | |
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| 4 | Kerala | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1.156 |
| 7 | Madhya Pradesh | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1.144 |
| 8 | Bengal | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1.076 |
| 9 | Punjab | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1.017 |
| 10 | Himachal Pradesh | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1.042 |
| 12 | Andhra | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.900 |
| 13 | Hyderabad | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.840 |
| 14 | Tamil Nadu | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1.016 |
| 16 | Delhi | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.822 |
1–4 November 2018 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium,Visakhapatnam Umpires: Mukund Mandale andSadashiv Iyer Player of the match:Ricky Bhui (Andhra) |
1–4 November 2018 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium,Nadaun Umpires:Ulhas Gandhe and Amit Bansal Player of the match:Aamir Gani (Bengal) |
1–4 November 2018 Scorecard |
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Match drawn St Xavier's College Ground,Thumba Umpires:Vineet Kulkarni and GS Ananth Ramakrishnan Player of the match:VA Jagadeesh (Kerala) |
1–4 November 2018 Scorecard |
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Match drawn NPR College Ground,Dindigul Umpires:K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan andNand Kishore Player of the match:Rajat Patidar (Madhya Pradesh) |
12–15 November 2018 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Feroz Shah Kotla Ground,Delhi Umpires:Tapan Sharma andNavdeep Singh Player of the match:Dhruv Shorey (Delhi) |
12–15 November 2018 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Eden Gardens,Kolkata Umpires: Amit Bansal andSadashiv Iyer Player of the match:Manoj Tiwary (Bengal) |
12–15 November 2018 Scorecard |
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Kerala won by 9 wickets St Xavier's College Ground,Thumba Umpires:Krishnaraj Srinath and Rajesh Timaney Player of the match:Jalaj Saxena (Kerala) |
12–15 November 2018 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Indian Cement Company Ground,Tirunelveli Umpires:Sivasubramaniyan Shankar andPashchim Pathak Player of the match:Akshath Reddy (Hyderabad) |
20–23 November 2018 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium,Hyderabad Umpires:Krishnaraj Srinath andPuttarangaiah Jayapal Player of the match:Tanay Thyagarajan (Hyderabad) |
20–23 November 2018 Scorecard |
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Kerala won by 9 wickets Eden Gardens,Kolkata Umpires:Nitin Pandit andChirra Ravikanthreddy Player of the match:Jalaj Saxena (Kerala) |
20–23 November 2018 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Holkar Cricket Stadium,Indore Umpires:Saiyed Khalid andSteve O'Shaughnessy Player of the match:Kuldeep Sen (Madhya Pradesh) |
20–23 November 2018 Scorecard |
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7/0 (7 overs) Ashwin Hebbar 5* (23) |
28 November–1 December 2018 Scorecard |
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Madhya Pradesh won by 5 wickets St Xavier's College Ground,Thumba Umpires: Abhijit Bengeri andAbhijit Deshmukh Player of the match:Vishnu Vinod (Madhya Pradesh) |
28 November–1 December 2018 Scorecard |
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97/0 (28.2 overs) Tanmay Agarwal 48* (87) |
Hyderabad won by 10 wickets Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium,Hyderabad Umpires:Yeshwant Barde andSadashiv Iyer Player of the match:Ravi Kiran (Hyderabad) |
28 November–1 December 2018 Scorecard |
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8/0 (2.1 overs) Jiwanjot Singh 6* (7) |
Punjab won by 10 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla Ground,Delhi Umpires:Rohan Pandit andShawn Craig Player of the match:Mandeep Singh (Punjab) |
28 November–1 December 2018 Scorecard |
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Bengal won by 1 wicket M. A. Chidambaram Stadium,Chennai Umpires:Virender Sharma andBrad White Player of the match:Abhishek Raman (Bengal) |
6–9 December 2018 Scorecard |
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Himachal Pradesh won by an innings and 107 runs Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium,Mohali Umpires:Sanjay Hazare andSudhir Asnani |
6–9 December 2018 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Feroz Shah Kotla,Delhi Umpires:Ulhas Gandhe andSteve O'Shaughnessy Player of the match:Ricky Bhui (Andhra) |
6–9 December 2018 Scorecard |
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Tamil Nadu won by 151 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium,Chennai Umpires:Anil Dandekar andNitin Menon Player of the match:T. Natarajan (Tamil Nadu) |
6–9 December 2018 Scorecard |
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Madhya Pradesh won by an innings and 253 runs Holkar Cricket Stadium,Indore Umpires:Amiesh Saheba andVirender Sharma Player of the match:Ajay Rohera (Madhya Pradesh) |
14–17 December 2018 Scorecard |
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Kerala won by an innings and 27 runs St Xavier's College Ground,Thumba Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya andVinod Seshan Player of the match:Jalaj Saxena (Kerala) |
14–17 December 2018 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium,Hyderabad Umpires: Sai Darshan Kumar andPuttarangaiah Jayapal Player of the match:Abhimanyu Easwaran (Bengal) |
14–17 December 2018 Scorecard |
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Himachal Pradesh won by an innings and 3 runs Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium,Nadaun Umpires:K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Rajesh Timaney Player of the match:Pankaj Jaswal (Himachal Pradesh) |
14–17 December 2018 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium,Mohali Umpires:Yeshwant Barde andVirender Sharma Player of the match:Shubman Gill (Punjab) |
22–25 December 2018 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium,Visakhapatnam Umpires:Nitin Pandit andKrishnamachari Srinivasan Player of the match:K. V. Sasikanth (Andhra) |
22–25 December 2018 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium,Hyderabad Umpires:K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan andSudhir Asnani Player of the match:Ravi Teja (Hyderabad) |
22–25 December 2018 Scorecard |
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Himachal Pradesh won by 9 wickets Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium,Dharamsala Umpires:Anil Dandekar andNitin Menon Player of the match:Rishi Dhawan (Himachal Pradesh) |
22–25 December 2018 Scorecard |
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Delhi won by 9 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla,Delhi Umpires:Sanjay Hazare andVirender Sharma Player of the match:Anuj Rawat (Delhi) |
30 December 2018 – 2 January 2019 Scorecard |
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Madhya Pradesh won by 140 runs Holkar Cricket Stadium,Indore Umpires:Vineet Kulkarni andYeshwant Barde Player of the match:Kumar Kartikeya (Madhya Pradesh) |
30 December 2018 – 2 January 2019 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex,Vizianagaram Umpires:Nitin Pandit andKrishnamachari Srinivasan Player of the match:Srikar Bharat (Andhra) |
30 December 2018 – 2 January 2019 Scorecard |
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Bengal won by 7 wickets Eden Gardens,Kolkata Umpires:Anil Dandekar andSaiyed Khalid Player of the match:Abhimanyu Easwaran (Bengal) |
30 December 2018 – 2 January 2019 Scorecard |
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131/0 (27.4 overs) Shubman Gill 69* (73) |
Punjab won by 10 wickets Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium,Mohali Umpires:Jayaraman Madanagopal andRohan Pandit Player of the match:Siddarth Kaul (Punjab) |
7–10 January 2019 Scorecard |
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Match drawn M. A. Chidambaram Stadium,Chennai Umpires:Saiyed Khalid andPashchim Pathak Player of the match:Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore (Tamil Nadu) |
7–10 January 2019 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Eden Gardens,Kolkata Umpires:Ulhas Gandhe andVineet Kulkarni Player of the match:Abhimanyu Easwaran (Bengal) |
7–10 January 2019 Scorecard |
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Kerala won by 5 wickets Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium,Nadaun Umpires:Sadashiv Iyer andC. K. Nandan Player of the match:Vinoop Manoharan (Kerala) |
7–10 January 2019 Scorecard |
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Andhra won by 307 runs Holkar Cricket Stadium,Indore Umpires:Nitin Pandit andVirender Sharma Player of the match:Karan Shinde (Andhra) |