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

Ranji Trophy 2025: Vidarbha, who won the title twice between 2017-19, won their third title in the 2024-25 edition over Kerala in the final in Nagpur.

Vidarbha are closing in on their third Ranji Trophy title in the 2024-25 season. (PTI)Vidarbha are closing in on their third Ranji Trophy title in the 2024-25 season. (PTI)

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
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
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

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