Ranji Trophy: Teams, Groups, Format, Live Streaming - All You Need To Know

A new season of Indian domestic cricket is set to commence with the Ranji Trophy on 5 January. Similar to the previous editions, a total of 38 teams will compete in the red-ball tournament. The participating teams are divided into four Elite groups and a Plate group. While each of the Elite groups features four teams, the remaining six are placed in the Plate group. The inaugural day of the 2023-24 Ranji Trophy will see as many as 16 teams across the Elite and Plate groups begin their campaign. Eyes will be on Bihar and Manipur, who have been promoted to the Elite  group after finishing top of the Plate group last season. Saurashtra are the reigning Ranji Trophy champions . The Jaydev Unadkat-led side triumphed over Bengal in the Ranji Trophy final last season, registering a dominant 9-wicket win. Saurashtra have been placed in Elite Group A alongside strong teams like Vidarbha and Haryana. In their maiden fixture, Saurashtra will take on Jharkhand at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot. Meanwhile, last season’s runners-up Bengal also have some good competitors like Mumbai, Andra and Assam in Group B. They are slated to play Andra in the opening clash, which will take place at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. Ranji Trophy 2023-24 Groups Elite Group A: Saurashtra, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Vidarbha, Haryana, Services, Manipur Elite Group B: Bengal, Andhra, Mumbai, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Bihar Elite Group C: Karnataka, Punjab, Railways, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Gujarat, Tripura, Chandigarh Elite Group D: Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Baroda, Delhi, Odisha, Pondicherry, Jammu & Kashmir Plate Group: Nagaland, Hyderabad, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh Ranji Trophy 2023-24 Tournament Format Each team from the Elite groups is set to play seven matches during the league stage. The top eight teams from the Elite groups will progress to the knockout stage, which will have four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and a final, scheduled for March 10. The two worst-performing sides among 32 Elite teams will be relegated, featuring in the Plate group of the 2024-25 season. The teams securing the top two places in the Plate group will play as Elites in the next Ranji Trophy. Ranji Trophy 2023-24 Fixtures January 5-8: Elite Group C – Gujarat v Tamil Nadu, Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium, Valsad January 5-8: Elite Group B – Bihar v Mumbai, Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna January 5-8: Elite Group B – Kerala v Uttar Pradesh, TBC January 5-8: Elite Group B – Chhattisgarh v Assam, Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur January 5-8: Elite Group C – Karnataka v Punjab, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru January 5-8: Elite Group C – Chandigarh v Railways, Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh January 5-8: Plate – Nagaland v Hyderabad, Nagaland Cricket Stadium, Sovima, Dimapur January 5-8: Plate – Arunachal Pradesh v Meghalaya, TBC January 5-8: Plate – Mizoram v Sikkim, GS Patel Stadium, Nadiad January 5-8: Elite Group D – Delhi v Puducherry, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi January 5-8: Elite Group B – Andhra v Bengal, Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam January 5-8: Elite Group C – Tripura v Goa, Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala January 5-8: Elite Group A – Maharashtra v Manipur, TBC January 5-8: Elite Group D – Uttarakhand v Madhya Pradesh, Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Dehradun January 5-8: Elite Group A – Haryana v Rajasthan, Ch Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak January 5-8: Elite Group D – Jammu and Kashmir v Himachal Pradesh, Hostel Ground JKCA, Jammu January 5-8: Elite Group A – Vidarbha v Services, Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur January 5-8: Elite Group D – Baroda v Odisha, Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara January 5-8: Elite Group A – Saurashtra v Jharkhand, Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot January 12-15: Elite Group A – Services v Rajasthan, Palam A Stadium, Delhi January 12-15: Elite Group D – Himachal Pradesh v Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala January 12-15: Elite Group A – Manipur v Vidarbha, ADSA Railways Cricket Ground, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand January 12-15: Elite Group D – Baroda v Puducherry, Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara January 12-15: Plate – Arunachal Pradesh v Sikkim, TBC January 12-15: Plate – Meghalaya v Hyderabad, Meghalaya Cricket Association Cricket Ground, Shillong January 12-15: Plate – Mizoram v Nagaland, GS Patel Stadium, Nadiad January 12-15: Elite Group D – Madhya Pradesh v Odisha, TBC January 12-15: Elite Group A – Maharashtra v Jharkhand, Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune January 12-15: Elite Group B – Uttar Pradesh v Bengal, Green Park, Kanpur January 12-15: Elite Group D – Jammu and Kashmir v Delhi, Hostel Ground JKCA, Jammu January 12-15: Elite Group B – Mumbai v Andhra, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai January 12-15: Elite Group B – Assam v Kerala, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati January 12-15: Elite Group B – Bihar v Chhattisgarh, TBC January 12-15: Elite Group C – Gujarat v Karnataka, Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad January 12-15: Elite Group A – Saurashtra v Haryana, Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium C, Rajkot January 12-15: Elite Group C – Punjab v Railways, Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali January 12-15: Elite Group C – Tripura v Tamil Nadu, Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala January 12-15: Elite Group C – Goa v Chandigarh, Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim January 19-22: Elite Group C – Karnataka v Goa, Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore January 19-22: Elite Group C – Punjab v Tripura, Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali January 19-22: Plate – Meghalaya v Nagaland, TBC January 19-22: Plate – Hyderabad v Sikkim, TBC January 19-22: Plate – Arunachal Pradesh v Mizoram, TBC January 19-22: Elite Group B – Uttar Pradesh v Bihar, Victoria Park Stadium, Meerut January 19-22: Elite Group B – Kerala v Mumbai, St Xavier’s College Ground, Thumba, Thiruvananthapuram January 19-22: Elite Group B – Assam v Andhra, Jalan Outdoor Stadium, Dibrugarh January 19-22: Elite Group C – Tamil Nadu v Railways, SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore January 19-22: Elite Group A – Vidarbha v Saurashtra, Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur January 19-22: Elite Group C – Chandigarh v Gujarat, Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh January 19-22: Elite Group A – Services v Jharkhand, Palam A Stadium, Delhi January 19-22: Elite Group D – Madhya Pradesh v Delhi, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore January 19-22: Elite Group A – Rajasthan v Maharashtra, Barkatullah Khan Stadium, Jodhpur January 19-22: Elite Group D – Uttarakhand v Puducherry, Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Dehradun January 19-22: Elite Group A – Manipur v Haryana, ADSA Railways Cricket Ground, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand January 19-22: Elite Group D – Himachal Pradesh v Baroda, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala January 19-22: Elite Group B – Bengal v Chhattisgarh, Eden Gardens, Kolkata January 19-22: Elite Group D – Odisha v Jammu and Kashmir, DRIEMS Ground, Cuttack January 26-29: Elite Group D – Puducherry v Madhya Pradesh, Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry January 26-29: Elite Group A – Haryana v Maharashtra, Ch Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak January 26-29: Elite Group D – Delhi v Uttarakhand, Roshanara Club Ground, Delhi January 26-29: Elite Group A – Manipur v Rajasthan, Gujarat College Ground, Ahmedabad January 26-29: Elite Group D – Odisha v Himachal Pradesh, DRIEMS Ground, Cuttack January 26-29: Plate – Sikkim v Nagaland, SICA ground, Rangpo January 26-29: Plate – Hyderabad v Arunachal Pradesh, TBC January 26-29: Plate – Mizoram v Meghalaya, TBC January 26-29: Elite Group A – Jharkhand v Vidarbha, JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi January 26-29: Elite Group C – Tamil Nadu v Chandigarh, SCF Cricket Ground, Salem January 26-29: Elite Group A – Services v Saurashtra, Palam A Stadium, Delhi January 26-29: Elite Group B – Assam v Bengal, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati January 26-29: Elite Group D – Baroda v Jammu and Kashmir, Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara January 26-29: Elite Group B – Chhattisgarh v Andhra, Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur January 26-29: Elite Group B – Mumbai v Uttar Pradesh, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai January 26-29: Elite Group B – Bihar v Kerala, TBC January 26-29: Elite Group C – Tripura v Karnataka, Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala January 26-29: Elite Group C – Goa v Punjab, Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim January 26-29: Elite Group C – Railways v Gujarat, Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium, Valsad February 2-5: Elite Group B – Bihar v Andhra, TBC February 2-5: Elite Group B – Chhattisgarh v Kerala, Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur February 2-5: Elite Group B – Uttar Pradesh v Assam, Green Park, Kanpur February 2-5: Elite Group C – Railways v Karnataka, Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat February 2-5: Elite Group C – Chandigarh v Punjab, Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh February 2-5: Plate – Nagaland v Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland Cricket Stadium, Sovima, Dimapur February 2-5: Plate – Hyderabad v Mizoram, TBC February 2-5: Plate – Sikkim v Meghalaya, SICA ground, Rangpo February 2-5: Elite Group D – Odisha v Puducherry, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack February 2-5: Elite Group B – Bengal v Mumbai, TBC February 2-5: Elite Group D – Delhi v Baroda, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi February 2-5: Elite Group C – Goa v Tamil Nadu, Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim February 2-5: Elite Group A – Maharashtra v Saurashtra, Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune February 2-5: Elite Group C – Gujarat v Tripura, Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad February 2-5: Elite Group A – Jharkhand v Manipur, TBC February 2-5: Elite Group D – Himachal Pradesh v Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala February 2-5: Elite Group A – Rajasthan v Vidarbha, Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur February 2-5: Elite Group D – Jammu and Kashmir v Uttarakhand, Hostel Ground JKCA, Jammu February 2-5: Elite Group A – Haryana v Services, Ch Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak February 9-12: Elite Group A – Jharkhand v Haryana, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur February 9-12: Elite Group D – Madhya Pradesh v Baroda, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore February 9-12: Elite Group A – Maharashtra v Vidarbha, Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune February 9-12: Elite Group D – Odisha v Uttarakhand, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack February 9-12: Elite Group A – Manipur v Services, ADSA Railways Cricket Ground, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand February 9-12: Elite Group D – Himachal Pradesh v Delhi, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala February 9-12: Elite Group C – Chandigarh v Tripura, Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh February 9-12: Elite Group A – Rajasthan v Saurashtra, Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur February 9-12: Elite Group B – Kerala v Bengal, St Xavier’s College Ground, Thumba, Thiruvananthapuram February 9-12: Elite Group D – Puducherry v Jammu and Kashmir, Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry February 9-12: Elite Group B – Andhra v Uttar Pradesh, Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram February 9-12: Elite Group B – Chhattisgarh v Mumbai, Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur February 9-12: Elite Group B – Assam v Bihar, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati February 9-12: Elite Group C – Tamil Nadu v Karnataka, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai February 9-12: Elite Group C – Punjab v Gujarat, Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali February 9-12: Elite Group C – Railways v Goa, Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat February 9-12: Plate Semi-final 1, TBC February 9-12: Plate Semi-final 2, TBC February 16-19: Elite Group B – Bengal v Bihar, Eden Gardens, Kolkata February 16-19: Elite Group D – Delhi v Odisha, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi February 16-19: Elite Group B – Andhra v Kerala, Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram February 16-19: Elite Group B – Mumbai v Assam, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai February 16-19: Elite Group B – Uttar Pradesh v Chhattisgarh, Green Park, Kanpur February 16-19: Elite Group C – Karnataka v Chandigarh, KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli February 16-19: Elite Group C – Tamil Nadu v Punjab, SCF Cricket Ground, Salem February 16-19: Elite Group D – Puducherry v Himachal Pradesh, Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry February 16-19: Elite Group A – Vidarbha v Haryana, Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur February 16-19: Elite Group D – Uttarakhand v Baroda, Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Dehradun February 16-19: Elite Group A – Services v Maharashtra, Palam A Stadium, Delhi February 16-19: Elite Group D – Madhya Pradesh v Jammu and Kashmir, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore February 16-19: Elite Group A – Jharkhand v Rajasthan, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur February 16-19: Elite Group C – Goa v Gujarat, Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim February 16-19: Elite Group A – Saurashtra v Manipur, Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium C, Rajkot February 16-19: Elite Group C – Tripura v Railways, Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala February 17-21: Plate Final, TBC February 23-27: Quarter-final 1, TBC February 23-27: Quarter-final 2, TBC February 23-27: Quarter-final 3, TBC February 23-27: Quarter-final 4, TBC March 2-6: Semi-final 1, TBC March 2-6: Semi-final 2, TBC March 10-14: Final, TBC (All matches will begin at 9:30 AM IST) Ranji Trophy 2023-24 Telecast and Live Streaming All matches of the Ranji Trophy will be televised on the Sports18 Network in India. 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