Full List Of Ranji Trophy Winners
Here's a look at the full list of Ranji Trophy winners after Vidarbha beat Kerala in Nagpur on Sunday (March 2) to bag the third Ranji Trophy title.

Vidarbha beat Kerala on the basis of their first-innings lead on Sunday (March 2) to win the final match of he Ranji Trophy 2024-25 season played between the two teams at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur.
The fate of the contest was all but sealed on the third evening when Vidarbha edged ahead with a slender lead of 37 runs in the first innings, having dismissed a doughty Kerala for 342 after putting on 379 runs batting first.
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It is for the third time that Vidarbha have won the Ranji Trophy title, having done so earlier with their two consecutive wins in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons.
Vidarbha’s win now also makes them one of the strongest outfits in the Indian domestic cricket, for they had also finished as the runner-up in the Ranji Trophy last season.
Full list of Ranji Trophy winners
Season | Winner | Runner-up | Winning Captain |
1934–35 | Bombay | Northern India | LP Jai |
1935–36 | Bombay | Madras | Hormasji Vajifdar |
1936–37 | Nawanagar | Bengal | Albert Wensley |
1937–38 | Hyderabad | Nawanagar | SM Hussain |
1938–39 | Bengal | Southern Punjab | Tom Longfield |
1939–40 | Maharashtra | United Provinces | DB Deodhar |
1940–41 | Maharashtra | Madras | DB 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 | CK Nayudu |
1946–47 | Baroda | Holkar | Raosaheb Nimbalkar |
1947–48 | Holkar | Bombay | CK Nayudu |
1948–49 | Bombay | Baroda | KC Ibrahim |
1949–50 | Baroda | Holkar | Raosaheb Nimbalkar |
1950–51 | Holkar | Gujarat | CK Nayudu |
1951–52 | Bombay | Holkar | Madhav Mantri |
1952–53 | Holkar | Bengal | CK 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 | Erapalli Prasanna |
1974–75 | Bombay | Karnataka | Ashok Mankad |
1975–76 | Bombay | Bihar | Ashok Mankad |
1976–77 | Bombay | Delhi | Sunil Gavaskar |
1977–78 | Karnataka | Uttar Pradesh | Erapalli 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 | MV 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 |
The Vidarbha team under the captaincy of Akshay Wadkar and head coach Usman Ghani produced dominant performances throughout the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 season which was, for the first time in its 90-year history, split into two halves.
Vidarbha emerged as the best team across all the four groups in the league stage with six wins in seven matches giving them 40 points.
Vidarbha crushed Tamil Nadu, last year’s semifinalists, by 198 runs in the quarterfinal and went on to pummel defending champions Mumbai by 80 runs in the semifinal.
Overall, Vidarbha won nine of the 10 matches they played in the Ranji Trophy this season, which reflects the dominance of the team in India’s premier domestic competition.
(With inputs from PTI)
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