All you Need to Know about Ranji Trophy 2024 season

The pinnacle of all of the home competitions within the Indian circuit is again because the Ranji Trophy will get underway as a 38-team occasion from January 5 onwards. The newest season of the Ranji Trophy will witness two swimming pools – Elite and Plate. While the Elite group has 32 groups divided into 4 teams of eight, the Plate group contains six groups in complete.

The prime two groups from every of the 4 teams within the Elite division will enter the quarterfinals after taking part in a complete of seven video games every whereas the 2 groups that can end on the backside of in every group might be relegated. On the opposite hand, the highest 4 groups within the Plate competitors will qualify for the knockouts and the finalists might be promoted to the Elite division within the subsequent version.

The Elite division might be performed throughout 48 venues within the nation whereas the Plate competitors might be contested at 5 venues. The Elite closing might be staged from March 10 and the summit conflict within the Plate class might be performed from February 17 onwards.

The defending champions Saurashtra discover themselves in Group A alongside Haryana, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Manipur, Rajasthan, Services, and Vidarbha whereas Bengal, who completed because the runners-up within the earlier season have been positioned in Group B together with Andhra, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Mumbai, and Uttar Pradesh.

With India slated to host England in a five-match Test collection at residence, the preliminary few video games within the match might be a key alternative for gamers to impress the Indian selectors and make a case for Test choice.

Elite Divison:

Group A: 

Haryana, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Manipur, Rajasthan, Saurashtra, Services, Vidarbha

Group B:

Andhra, Assam, Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh

Group C:

Chandigarh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Punjab, Railways, Tamil Nadu, Tripura

Group D:

Baroda, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Puducherry, Uttarakhand

Plate Division:

 

Hyderabad, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Sikkim