Ranji Trophy winners list: Vidarbha win 3rd title in seven years

The 90th season of the Ranji Trophy will close on March 2, 2025 as Vidarbha secured their third title over Kerala at their home ground at the VCA Stadium in Jamtha, Nagpur on Sunday. India’s premier red-ball tournament was established in the 1934-35 season and initially called as the Cricket Championship of India before being renamed the year after.

Bombay were the inaugural champions of the red-ball championship and has since established a staggering record with 42 title wins, the latest of them coming last year when they beat Vidarbha in the final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Karnataka (formerly Mysore) are the second most successful team in the Ranji Trophy with eight titles.

Vidarbha made their maiden appearance in the Ranji Trophy final in the 2017-18. The Faiz Fazal-led side beat Delhi and proceeded to defend the title over Saurashtra the following season. Since 2001, only Mumbai (twice),  Rajasthan, Karnataka and Vidarbha have won the title in successive years.

Ranji Trophy winners by edition

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