2020–21 Ranji Trophy

2020–21 Ranji Trophy
	The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners
Dates	2020 –
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin then knockout
Host(s)	India

The 2020–21 Ranji Trophy is scheduled to be the 87th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. Before the COVID-19 pandemic started, a change to the format of the tournament was submitted to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), splitting the elite teams into five groups, instead of three, therefore reducing the number of matches.[1] However, in June 2020, the BCCI denied that any changes to the tournament's structure would be taking place.[2] Also in June, Rahul Dravid, the head of cricket at the National Cricket Academy, suggested that the Indian domestic season could start later or be shortened due to the pandemic.[3] Saurashtra are the defending champions.[4]

References

"BCCI mulls change in Ranji Trophy format". SportStar. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
"Not considering any change in Ranji Trophy format, says BCCI GM Cricket Operations Saba Karim". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
"'Don't think we are in a position to resume cricket in India' - Rahul Dravid". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
"Saurashtra's focus on 'one goal' brings Ranji Trophy home". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

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[1] "BCCI mulls change in Ranji Trophy format". SportStar. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

[2] "Not considering any change in Ranji Trophy format, says BCCI GM Cricket Operations Saba Karim". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

[3] "'Don't think we are in a position to resume cricket in India' - Rahul Dravid". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2020.

[4] "Saurashtra's focus on 'one goal' brings Ranji Trophy home". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

Ranji Trophy
Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
Current teams	Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Baroda Bengal Bihar Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Hyderabad Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Mumbai Nagaland Odisha Puducherry Punjab Railways Rajasthan Saurashtra Services Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand Vidarbha
Former teams	Army Central Provinces and Berar Eastern Punjab Northern India Northern Punjab Patiala Sindh Southern Punjab Travancore-Cochin Western India
Records	List of Ranji Trophy records Triple centuries Hat-tricks

Domestic cricket in 2020–21
First-class	Australia India New Zealand West Indies
List A	Australia New Zealand West Indies
Twenty20	Australia New Zealand