India’s premier domestic cricket tournament, the Ranji Trophy, has undergone a revamp for the 2024-25 season. The new format introduces a promotion and relegation system to enhance competition and provide opportunities for teams to move between divisions.

Promotion and Relegation System

A key aspect of this season is the introduction of the promotion and relega??tion system:

Promotion: The t?wo finalists from the Plate group will be promoted to the Elite c??ategory for the 2025�6 season.

Relegation: The two lowest-performing teams from the Elite groups, based o??n their points and quotient, w?ill be relegated to the Plate category for the following season.

The 90th edition of the Ranji Trophy will kickstart on October 11 and continue till March 2025. 

Groups

Elite Category Groups

• Group A: Baroda, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mumbai, Odisha, Services, Tripura
• Group B: Andhra, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Hyderabad, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Vidarbha
• Group C: Bengal, Bihar, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh
• Group D: Assam, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Jharkhand, Railways, Saurashtra, Tamil Nadu

Plate Group: Arunachal Pradesh, Goa,?? Manipur??, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim

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Squads announced so far

Meghalaya: Aryan Borah, Akash Kumar Choudhary, Arpit Bhatewara, Bamanbha Shangplia?ng, Bijon Dey, Chengkam Sangma, Dippu Sangma, Jaskirat Singh Sachdeva, Kishan Lyngdoh, Ram Gurung, Roshan Warbah, Swarajeet Das

Maharashtra: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Nikhil Naik (wk), Ankeet Bawane, Sachin Dhas, Arshin Kulkarni, Murtaza Trunkwalla, Siddhesh Veer, Mukesh Choudhary, Hitesh Walunj, Pradeep Dadhe, Rajnish Gurbani, Harshal Kate, Prashant Solanki, Satyajeet Bachhav,? Mandar Bhandari, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Azim Kazi

Mumbai: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Prithvi Shaw, A?yush Mhatre, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer, Siddhessh Lad, Suryansh Shedge, Hardik Ta?more (wk), Sidhaant Addhatrao (wk), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Himanshu Singh, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Avasthi, Mohd. Juned Khan, Royston Dias.

Odisha: Govinda Poddar (c), Shantanu Mishra, Anurag Sarangi, Sandeep Pattanaik, Biplab Samantaray, Kartik Biswal, Swastik Samal, Rajesh Dhupar, Aashirwad Swain (wk), Anil Parida, Suryakant Pra??dhan, Sunil Kumar Roul, Raje??sh Mohanty, Debaprata Pradhan, Tarani Sa, Harshit Rathod, Sumit Sharma

Andhra: Ricky Bhui (c), Shaikh Rasheed (vc), KS Bharat (wk), Hanuma Vihari, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Maheep Kumar, Vamsi K?rishna (wk), Abishek Reddy, KV Sasikanth, Ashwin Hebbar, CH Stephen, Satyanarayana Raju, A Lalith Mohan, G Manish, T Vijay, M Hemanth Reddy

Mizoram: Bobby Zothansanga (c), Vikash Kumar, KC Cariappa, Jehu Anderson, Agni Chopra, Mohit Jangra, G Lalbiakvela, Lalhriatrenga, C L?alrinsanga, Joseph Lalthankhuma, Lalhruai Ralte, Rosiamliana Ralte, Moses Ramhlunmawia, Andrew?? Vanlalhruaia

Hyderabad: Tilak Varma (c), Rahul Singh G (vc), CV M??ilind, Tanmay Agarwal, Rohit Rayudu, Tanay Thyagarajan, Aniketh Reddy, Nitesh K??annala, Abhirath Reddy, Himateja, Rahul Radesh, Rakshann Readdi, Kartikeya Kak, Saranu Nishant, Dheeraj Goud

Gujarat: Priyank Panchal, Arya Desai, Het Patel, Urvil Patel, Chintan Gaja, Arzan Nagwaswalla, Umang Kumar, Siddharth Desai, Manan Hingrajia, Priyajitsinh Jadej??a, Tejas Patel, Jaymeet Patel, Rishi Patel, Rinkesh Vag??hela, Vishal Jayswal

Madhya Pradesh: Shubham Sharma (c), Yash Dubey, Himanshu Mantri, Shubranshu Senapati, Rajat Patidar, Harpreet B?hatia, Venkatesh Iyer, Harsh Gawali, Kumar Kartikeya, Saransh Jain, Sagar Solanki, Avesh Khan, Kulwant Khejroliya, Anubhav Agarwal, Aryan Pandey.

Karnataka (first 2 rounds): Mayank Agarwal (c), Nikin Jose, Devdutt Padikkal, R Smaran, Manish Pandey, Shreyas Gopal, Sujay Sateri, Hardik Raj, Vyshak Vijayakumar, Pra?sidh Krishna, Vasuki Koushik, Luvnith Sisodia, Mohsin Khan, Vidyadhar Patil, Kishan Bedare, Abhilash Shetty

Kerala (first round): Sachin Baby (c), Rohan Kunnummal, Krishna Prasad, Baba Aparajith, Akshay Chandran, Mohammed Azharuddeen (wk), Salman Nizar, Vathsal Govind, Vishnu Vinod, Jalaj Saxena, Aditya Sarvate, Basil Thampi, Nidheesh MD, KM Asif, Fano??os F

Bengal (first 2 rounds): Anustup Majumdar, Wriddhiman Saha, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sudip Gharami, Sudip Chatterjee, Abishek Porel, Shahbaz Ahmed, Writtick Chatterjee, Avilin Ghosh, Suvam Dey, Amir Gani, Pradipta Pramanik, Akash Deep, Mukesh Kumar, Md. Kaif, Suraj Jaiswal, Rishav Vivek, Yudhajit Guha??, Rohit Kumar

Tamil Nadu (1st round): R. Sai Kishore (c), N. Jagadeesan (Vice Captain), B. Indrajith, B. Sai Sudharsan, Vijay Shankar, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, M. Shahrukh Khan, Boopathi Vaishna Kumar, S. Moha?med Ali, C. Andre Siddarth, S. Ajith Ram, S. Lokeshwar, S. Lakshay Jain, Sandeep Warrier, Gurjapneet Singh, M. Mohammed, R. Sonu Yadav, M. Siddharth.

Delhi (first 2 rounds): Himmat Singh (c), Ayush Badoni, Anuj Rawat (wk), Sanat Sangwan, Dhruv Kaushik, Yash Dhull, Jonty Sidhu, Mayank Rawat, Kshitiz Sharma, Pranav Rajuvanshi (wk), Sumit Mathur, Navdeep Saini, Himanshu Chauhan, Simarj?eet Singh*/Divij Mehra, Hrithik Shokeen, Harsh Tyagi, Money Grewal, Shivank Vashisth

Saurashtra: Jaydev Unadkat (c), Cheteshwar Pujara, Harvik Desai (wk), Sheldon Jackson, Tarang Gohel, Arpit Vasavada, Chirag Jani, Prerak Mankad, Yuvrajsinh Dodiya, D Jadeja, Parth Bhut, Vishvaraj Jadeja, Hiten Kanbi, Navneet Vora, Parswaraj Ran??a

Chhattisgarh: Amandeep Khare, Shashank Singh, Bhupen Lalwa??ni, Eknath Kerkar, Ajay Mandal, Shubham Agarwal, Ashutosh ?Singh, Ayush Pandey, Jivesh Butte, Ashish Chouhan, Sanjeet Desai, Ravi Kiran, Rishabh Tiwari, Anuj Tiwary, Vasudev Bareth, Vishvas Malik

Railways: Pratham Singh (c), Suraj Ahuja, Vivek Singh, Upendra Yadav, Ashutosh Sharma (vc), Yuvraj Singh, Karn Sharma, Ayan Cha?udhari, Shivam Chaudhary, Kunal Yadav, Bhargav Merai, Mohammad Saif, Akash Pandey, Himanshu Sangwan, Adarsh Singh

Jammu & Kashmir: Paras Dogra (c), Shubham Khajuria (?vc), Abdul Samad, Abhinav P?uri, Shubham Pundir, Abid Mushtaq, Vivrant Sharma, Rasikh Salam, Rohit Sharma, Umran Malik, Yudhvir Singh, Auqib Nabi, Ahmed Banday, Sahil Lotra, Shivansh Sharma

Assam: Denish Das (c), Sibsankar Roy, Rahul Singh, Sidharth Sarmah, Bhargav Dutta, Rishav Das,? Mrinmoy Dutta, Sumit Ghadigaonkar, Rahul Hazarika, Mukhtar Hussain, Parvej Musaraf, Ruhinandan Pegu, Kunal Sarma, Akash Sengupta, Abhishek Thakuri

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In a breathtaking display of power-hitting, Vamshhi Krrishna, the talented wicketkeeper opener from Andhra Pradesh, stole the spotlight by smashing six consecutive sixes off Railway‘s leg-spinner Damandeep Singh. The dazzling performance came during a thrilling encounter in the Col CK Nayudu U-23 Trophy‘s Elite Group D league match at ACA-YSRR stadium in Kadapa.

Andhra Pradesh early domination

In the game, Andhra Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat first, posting a formidable score of 378 runs on the scoreboard in 93.5 overs. However, the standout moment of the game unfolded when opener Krrishna showcased a stunning display of power-hitting. He smashed Railway’s Damandeep for six sixes on the trot in an over, highlighting his aggressive intent on the way to a rapid 110-run innings off just 64 balls.

Vamshhi Krishna’s spectacular six-hitting spree lights up Col CK Nayudu Trophy 2024

During the 10th over, bowled by Railways’ Damandeep, Krrishna showcased his prowess. He slog-swept the first ball, lofted the next two over the bowler and mid-on and completed his fifty. He further continued the onslaught with two more consecutive sixes. Damandeep’s attempt to pitch short the last ball was also dispatched for a six off the back foot over mid-wicket.

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High-scoring encounter and strong response by Railways

Andhra Pradesh’s total was further bolstered by significant contributions from captain Vamsi Krishna (55), Dharani Kumar (81) and Venkata Rahul (66 not out). For Railways, SR Kumar and MD Jaiswal picked three wicket each.

Railways faced a challenging task in response, finding themselves at 20/2 before a remarkable partnership between Ansh Yadav (268) and Ravi Singh (258) unfolded, amassing a colossal 420 runs for the third wicket. Anchit Yadav‘s impressive 133 and Toufik Uddin‘s 87 further solidified Railways’ innings, leading to a declaration at a formidable 865/9 in 231 overs. Two Andhra bowlers Vasu and Tripurana Vijay, both conceded over 200 runs, the match concluded as a draw, with Railways gaining more points due to t???heir lead in the first innings.

Col CK Nayudu Trophy 2024: Nurturing India’s emerging cricket talent

The Col CK Nayudu Trophy, organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), stands as a pivotal platform for showcasing the prowess of Under-23 cricketers in India. Named after CK Nayudu, the inaugural captain of the Indian cricket team, the tournament has evolved over the years, catering to various age groups such as Under-22, Under-23, and Under-25. This prestigious competition not only honors the legacy of Indian cricket but also serves as a nurturing ground for the nation’s emerging talents, providing them with a valuable opportunity to make their mark on the cricketing stage.

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