The 2025–26 Ranji Trophy (also known as the IDFC First Bank Ranji Trophy for sponsorship reasons) was the 91st season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It took place from 15 October 2025 to 28 February 2026. Vidarbha were the defending champions. Jammu and Kashmir defeated Karnataka in the final to win their maiden Ranji title.
Format The teams are divided into two categories: one named the Elite category, which has 32 teams split into four groups, and one called the Plate category, which has 6 teams in one group. The Elite category teams play each other once, with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the quarter-finals. In the Plate Group, teams also play each other once, but the top four teams qualify for the plate group knockouts, with the bottom two teams playing for the fifth and sixth positions, and another playoff for the third and fourth positions with the semi-final losers. The Plate winner will be promoted to the Elite group for the next season, 2025–26, while the bottom team of all four Elite groups combined, factoring in both points and the quotient, will be relegated to the Plate group.
+Points system Match result Points earned Win 6 Tie 3 Draw (first innings lead) 3 Draw (first innings deficit or first innings unfinished) 1 No result 1 Bonus (win with innings or by 10-wickets) 1 Loss 0
Teams Group A Group B Group C Group D Plate Group
Result by teams Team Group Matches Knockouts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 QF SF F Group A 7 8 15 18 18 25 31 Lcolspan=2 1 2 9 15 22 28 31 Lcolspan=2 7 10 13 19 25 25 31 colspan=3 6 7 8 9 9 16 17colspan=3 3 6 7 14 17 17 17colspan=3 0 3 4 4 5 11 14colspan=3 0 1 1 1 7 7 7colspan=3 0 1 1 1 1 1 2colspan=3 Group B 3 6 9 15 16 22 28 Lcolspan=2 1 4 11 14 21 21 27 W W L 3 4 5 6 13 19 25colspan=3 3 9 10 11 18 24 24colspan=3 7 8 11 11 11 11 11colspan=3 1 4 5 11 11 11 11colspan=3 0 0 1 1 1 8 8colspan=3 1 2 2 5 8 8 14colspan=3 Group C 6 12 13 20 23 30 36 W L colspan=1 0 3 9 16 16 22 29 W L colspan=1 6 12 18 18 18 24 24colspan=3 7 13 13 13 19 19 19colspan=3 0 1 4 4 11 17 23colspan=3 3 3 3 9 15 15 15colspan=3 0 0 3 6 6 6 12colspan=3 1 1 2 3 4 4 4colspan=3 Group D 6 9 10 17 24 30 33 Lcolspan=2 0 7 8 14 20 21 24 W W W 0 1 4 11 14 17 17 colspan=3 6 6 9 10 13 14 14 colspan=3 1 4 10 13 13 13 16 colspan=3 3 6 7 7 8 9 9 colspan=3 3 4 4 4 5 8 9 colspan=3 1 2 5 5 5 6 12 colspan=3 Plate Group 3 4 11 17 18 colspan=4 L 7 8 9 10 16 colspan=4 W 1 4 5 12 15 colspan=5 1 2 5 8 15 colspan=5 1 7 1 0 9 colspan=5 0 0 0 0 0 colspan=5
Note: Win = Loss = No Result = Draw = Tie =
Standings Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Plate Group
Fixtures Group A Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Group B Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Group C Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Group D Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Plate group Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Plate Final
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Individual statistics Most Runs Runs Batter Average SR 100s 50s 950R Smaran (Karnataka) 8 13 3 95.00 62.58 227* 4 3 949Ayush Doseja (Delhi) 7 12 3 105.44 65.22 209 4 5 828Sanat Sangwan (Delhi) 7 14 2 69.00 46.28 211* 3 3 797Sudip Kumar Gharami (Bengal) 9 13 0 61.30 53.88 299 3 3 788Abhinav Tejrana (Goa) 7 12 1 71.63 68.52 205 4 2Source: ESPNcricinfo *=not out Last updated: 28 February 2026
Most Wickets Bowler Runs Overs Econ SR 60Auqib Nabi (Jammu & Kashmir) 10 17 754 284.2 7/24 12.56 2.65 28.43 2 759Mayank Mishra (Uttarakhand) 8 16 1044 376 6/84 17.69 2.77 38.23 5 446Shreyas Gopal (Karnataka) 10 17 983 350.4 8/110 19.10 2.7 42.76 1 2 45Siddharth Desai (Gujarat) 7 14 829 314.4 5/61 18.42 2.63 41.95 4 2 39Shahbaz Ahmed (Bengal) 8 15 645 225.4 7/56 16.53 2.85 34.71 2 4Source: ESPNcricinfo Last updated: 28 February 2026
Most dismissals for a wicket-keeper Dismissals Player Catches Stumping Dis/Inn 36Kanhaiya Wadhawan (Jammu & Kashmir) 9 16 35 1 6 (6ct & 0st) 2.25 33Kunal Singh Rathore (Rajasthan) 5 10 27 6 7 (7ct & 0st) 3.330Upendra Yadav (Railways) 7 11 23 7 5 (4ct & 1st) 2.72727KS Bharaat (Andhra) 8 13 26 1 5 (5ct & 0st) 2.076HS Mantri (Madhya Pradesh) 8 14 23 4 5 (4ct & 1st) 1.928Source: ESPNcricinfo Last updated: 18 February 2026
Most catches for a player Catches Player Ct/Inn 18Rajat Paliwal (Services) 7 13 4 1.384 15Ankit Kumar (Haryana) 3 1.15312SS Kauthankar (Goa) 6 10 1.211Vivek Singh (Railways) 9 1.222Dheeru Singh (Haryana) 7 13 0.846Source: ESPNcricinfo Last updated: 18 February 2026
Highest Individual Score Runs Batter Balls 4s 6s SR Opposition Venue Match date 299Sudip Kumar Gharami (Bengal) 596 31 6 50.16 Andhra Bengal Cricket Academy Ground, Kalyani 6 February 2026 248Deepak Hooda (Rajasthan) 335 22 2 74.02 Mumbai Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur 1 November 2025 247Abhishek Reddy (Andhra) 348 20 2 70.97 Jharkhand Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur 16 November 2025 234Kumar Kushagra (Jharkhand) 367 23 4 63.76 Baroda Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara 8 November 2025 233Karun Nair (Karnataka) 389 25 2 59.89 Kerala KCA Cricket Ground, Mangalapuram, Thiruvananthapuram 1 November 2025Source: ESPNcricinfo *=not out Last updated: 18 February 2026
Best bowling figures in an innings Figures Bowler Overs Maidens Opposition Venue Match date 8/27Amit Shukla (Services) 20 8 1.35 Haryana Chaudhry Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Lahli 16 November 2025 8/42Manav Suthar (Rajasthan) 22.3 4 1.86 Chhattisgarh Madan Paliwal Miraj Sports Centre, Rajsamand 15 October 2025 8/55Anukul Roy (Jharkhand) 24.5 10 2.21 Nagaland JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi 1 November 2025 8/90Md Shami (Bengal) 22.1 3 4.06 Jammu & Kashmir Bengal Cricket Academy Ground, Kalyani 15 February 2026 8/110Shreyas Gopal (Karnataka) 39.3 7 2.78 Saurashtra Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot 15 October 2025Source: ESPNcricinfo Last updated: 18 February 2026
Best bowling figures in a match Figures Bowler Overs Maidens Opposition Venue Match date 13/90Anukul Roy (Jharkhand) 40.3 14 2.22 Nagaland JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi 1 November 2025 12/110Auqib Nabi (Jammu and Kashmir) 42.5 4 2.57 Madhya Pradesh Indore 6 February 2026 11/80Shahbaz Ahmed (Bengal) 19.1 3 4.17 Haryana Chaudhry Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Lahli29 January 2026 11/83Jagadeesha Suchith (Uttarakhand) 44.5 10 1.85 8 November 2026 11/86Amit Shukla (Services) 39.4 8 2.16 16 November 2026Source: ESPNcricinfo Last updated: 18 February 2026
Best bowling averages Average Bowler Runs Balls 12.35PR Bhut (Saurashtra) 5 20 247 581 7/56 - 12.72Auqib Nabi (Jammu & Kashmir) 9 55 700 1568 7/24 10/53 15.10SR Kumar (Jammu & Kashmir) 8 29 438 1011 5/29 - 15.69Nikhil Kashyap (Haryana) 6 26 408 1081 5/53 7/63 16.41Amit Shukla (Services) 5 29 476 914 8/27 11/86 Source: ESPNcricinfo Qualification: Minimum 20 wickets Last updated: 18 February 2026
Most fours and sixes Most Fours Most Sixes Fours Player Sixes Player 104Sudip Kumar Gharami (Bengal) 27Aman Hakim Khan (Puducherry) 100Ayush Doseja (Delhi)16Kartik Sharma (Rajasthan) 98Siddhesh Lad (Mumbai)Abhinav Tejrana (Goa) 85AA Loharuka (Bihar)Abdul Samad (Jammu & Kashmir) 81 Ravichandran Smaran (Karnataka) 15Robin Minz (Jharkhand) Source: ESPNcricinfo Last updated: 18 February 2026
Team statistics Highest team totals Score Team Overs RR Opposition Venue 771 Jammu and Kashmir 182.1 4.23 2 Himachal Pradesh Nadaun 29 January 2026 736 Karnataka 194.4 3.78 1 Uttarakhand Ekana Stadium, Lucknow 15 February 2026 631 Hyderabad 154 4.09 2 Chhattisgarh Hyderabad 29 January 2026 630/5d Mumbai 147 4.28 1 Puducherry Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 16 November 2025 629 Bengal 199.1 3.15 2 Andhra Bengal Cricket Academy Ground, Kalyani 6 February 2026Source: ESPNcricinfo d=Declared Last updated: 18 February 2026
Lowest team totals Score Team Overs RR Opposition Venue 47 Tripura 19.1 2.45 3 Haryana Chaudhry Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Lahli 25 October 2025 73 Arunachal Pradesh 27.4 2.63 2 Meghalaya C K Pithawala Ground, Surat 8 November 2025 75 Assam 29.3 2.54 3 Services Tinsukia District Sports Association Ground, Tinsukia 25 October 2025 84 Uttar Pradesh 27.4 3.03 Jharkhand Ekana Stadium, Lucknow 22 January 2026 88 Uttarakhand 38 2.31 Services Airforce Complex ground, Palam, New Delhi 1 November 2025Source: ESPNcricinfo Last updated: 18 February 2026
Partnership statistics Highest partnership by wicket Runs Batters Team Opposition Venue Match date 1st 321* Sanat Sangwan Arpit Rana Delhi Pondicherry Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi 01 November 2025 2nd 307 Vimal Khumar Pradosh Ranjan Paul Tamil Nadu Nagaland BCCI COE Ground 3, Bengaluru 25 October 2025 3rd 289 Kishan Lyngdoh Arpit Bhatewara Meghalaya Arunachal Pradesh C K Pithawala Ground, Surat 08 November 2025 4th 343 Ravichandran Smaran Karun Nair Karnataka Kerala KCA Cricket Ground, Mangalapuram, Thiruvananthapuram 01 November 2025 5th 263 Kartik Sharma Deepak Hooda Rajasthan Mumbai Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur 6th 230 Dega Nischal Imliwati Lemtur Nagaland Tamil Nadu BCCI COE Ground 3, Bengaluru 25 October 2025 7th 225 Mahipal Lomror Kartik Sharma Rajasthan Delhi Madan Paliwal Miraj Sports Centre, Rajsamand 16 November 2025 8th 140 Nagaho Chishi CD Bist Nagaland Andhra Sovima 29 January 2026 9th 193* Dev Aditya Singh AN Khare Chhattisgarh Hyderabad Hyderabad 10th 97 MS Grewal Ayush Doseja Delhi Chhattisgarh CoE 2, Bengaluru 22 January 2026Source: ESPNcricinfo *=not out Last updated: 18 February 2026
Highest partnership by runs Runs Batters Team Opposition Venue Match date 343 Ravichandran Smaran Karun Nair 4th Karnataka Kerala KCA Cricket Ground, Mangalapuram, Thiruvananthapuram 1 November 2025 321* Sanat Sangwan Arpit Rana 1st Delhi Pondicherry Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi 319 Ayush Doseja 4th Hyderabad NexGen Cricket Ground, Hyderabad 15 October 2025 309 Lalit Yadav Abhinav Tejrana Goa Chandigarh Goa Cricket Association Academy, Porvorim 307 Vimal Khumar Pradosh Ranjan Paul 2nd Tamil Nadu Nagaland BCCI COE Ground 3, Bengaluru 25 October 2025Source: ESPNcricinfo Last updated: 18 February 2026
References
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