A tweaked format which will see the promotion and relegation of one team from the plate group instead of the current two sides from next season's Ranji Trophy.
Mumbai skittled out Punjab for 202 in their first innings before rattling up 90 for 1 in reply, at stumps on the first day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Elite Division Group A match in Mumbai on Thursday. Left-arm pacer Rahil Shaikh led the demolition job with a haul of four for 50.
Captain Wasim Jaffer and in-form Ajinkya Rahane stitched together an 82-run stand off 57 balls to help Mumbai thrash Punjab by nine wickets in their Ranji Trophy Elite Division Group A match at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. Needing 149 to win, Mumbai rattled up 151 for the loss of opener Vinayak Samant's wicket.
Mumbai pipped Punjab by nine wickets, in Mumbai, on Saturday, on the fourth and final day of their concluding Ranji Trophy Elite Division league tie to rocket to the top of Group A with 25 points.
A summary of the second day's play in the Elite division matches of the Ranji Trophy.
An interesting battle for the first innings lead is on cards as hosts Mumbai trail visitors Assam by 201 runs with seven wickets in hand on the penultimate day of the Group-A Ranji Trophy Elite division match in Mumbai, on Friday.
Mumbai's overwhelming innings and 108-run victory over Hyderabad helped the 37-time winners shoot past fellow-West Zoners Saurashtra and Gujarat and go top of the table with 21 points to their credit. With three teams each from Group 'A' and 'B' qualifying for the quarter-final rounds, Gujarat and Saurashtra 18 points each -- are all set to join Mumbai unless there's a dramatic change in fortunes.
A round-up of the opening day's play in the Ranji Trophy Elite division matches.
Talented wicketkeeper-batter Abishek Porel has been named vice-captain, while the pace department will receive a major boost with the inclusion of India fast bowling duo of Mohammed Shami and Akash Deep.
The opening round of Ranji Trophy matches will begin from February 17 following a five-day quarantine and the squad size, including support staff, has been capped at 30.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has postponed the Ranji Trophy knock-out stage matches by a day, to December 26. The knock-out stage will be played between the top three team from the Elite 'A' and 'B' groups and the top two teams from the plate division.
First phase from Feb 10, knockouts from May 30.
The Indian skipper who missed the last two Tests due to a groin strain, attended the Ranji Trophy match between Bengal and Karnataka in Kolkata.
The medium pacer claimed five wickets as Maharashtra restricted Mumbai to 175 in the first innings and took a lead of 38 runs, on day 2 of the Ranji Trophy match.
Following on, Maharashtra were 148 for 6 in their second innings, still 177 behind Mumbai's first innings of 515 in the Ranji Trophy match.
The trio will represent the 36-time champions in the last round Ranji Trophy match against Maharashtra.
Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly responded in the affirmative to an SOS from his beleaguered state side.
Jammu & Kashmir scripted history by beating the 40-time champions Mumbai in their first meeting in 80 years of the Ranji Trophy tournament at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday.
Round up of Ranji Trophy matches being played throughout the country.
Mumbai beat Rajasthan by an innings and 31 runs to keep themselves in the race for a semi-final berth in the Ranji Trophy.
Baroda off-spinner Ajit Bhoite justified his inclusion in the team with a four-wicket haul.
A wrap-up of the second day action of the Ranji Trophy Elite division matches across the country on Wednesday.
Round up of the ranji matches being played on Tuesday.
Three early strikes by pacer Rohan Raje and a four-wicket haul by spinner Iqbal Abdullah helped hosts Mumbai restrict Railways to 201 on day one of the Group A Ranji Trophy Elite division match.
The left arm spinner replaces the injured Sairaj Bahutule as captain for the West Zone limited-overs tournament.
Dhiraj Jadhav hit his eighth Ranji hundred as Maharashtra took a 32-run lead over Tamil Nadu on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A' match.
Opener Ravi Teja scored an unbeaten century for Hyderabad but Mumbai were in sight of a huge victory on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Division Group 'A match in Mumbai. Mumbai dismissed Hyderabad for a paltry 251 after posting a first innings total of 602 for 6 declared and then, after making the visitors follow-on, reduced them to 166-4 by close.
Medium pacers Vinay Kumar and Narvanda Aiyappa shared seven wickets to skittle out Maharashtra for a meagre 276 on the first day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Division Group A tie.
Middle order batsman Rajat Bhatia cracked a century as Delhi took a first innings lead of 190 runs over Maharashtra on the third and penultimate day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Division Group A match in Nagothane on Tuesday.
Medium pacer Rajat Bhatia and leg spinner Chaitanya Nanda shared eight wickets to help Delhi bundle out Maharashtra for a meagre 219 runs on the first day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Division Group A tie.
A brilliant unbeaten century by Ramesh Powar (102 batting) and his 185-run partnership for the seventh wicket with Ajit Agarkar (95) kept Mumbai in the game against Maharashtra
Rahul Dravid scored an unbeaten 77 as Karnataka scored 195 for one in the second innings against Mumbai.
A summary of the day's play in the Elite division matches of the Ranji Trophy.
Opener Sahil Kukreja scored his maiden ton to lead Mumbai to 302 for three against Maharashtra in the Ranji Trophy.
Mumbai beat Gujarat by an innings and 163 runs with more than a day to spare in the Ranji Trophy tie.
Mumbai amassed a mammoth first innings total of 602 for 6 declared and then took two early wickets before Hyderabad recovered on the second day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Elite Division Group A match in Mumbai on Wednesday. At stumps, Hyderabad were 82 for 2, still 520 runs behind Mumbai, with eight wickets in hand.
The opener hit 122 as Mumbai finished the third day at 350 for 3 in reply to Delhi's first innings tally of 394.
Sairaj Bahutule slammed an unbeaten century amidst controversy to lift Mumbai from 67 for six to 264 for 8 against Karnataka in the Ranji Trophy match.
Mumbai collapsed from 129 for one to 273 for eight on the opening day of their four-day Ranji Trophy Elite Division Group 'A' league match.
Bengal registered a modest 229 for 7 on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy Elite division Group 'A' match.
