Teams

Participants

Teams representing the various member associations of the BCCI take part in the tournament. There were 15 teams took part in the first tournament, Army, Bombay, Central India, Central Provinces and Berar, Delhi, Gujarat, Hyderabad, Madras, Maharashtra, Mysore, Northern India, Southern Punjab, Sind, United Provinces, and Western India.[7][13] The teams that took part in the Ranji Trophy changed over the years, with the Partition of India in 1947, Re-organisation of Indian states in 1956, and the formation of new Indian states and territories.[13][14] The tournament had 18 teams by 1936–37 season, and increased to 20 teams by 1947–48 season. By the 1959–60 season, 24 teams took part in the tournament, and which increased to 26 in 1985–86 season. Jharkhand joined for the 2004–05 season and Chhattisgarh took part for the first time in 2016–17.[14] For the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy, nine new teams were added, based on the Lodha Committee recommendations.[22] Chandigarh took part for the first time in 2019–20 season, taking the number to 38 teams.[23]

As of the 2025–26 edition, 38 teams continued to take part in the tournament.[24] There is at least one team representing each of the 28 states and five of the eight union territories.[a] Hyderabad became the representative of the Telangana state formed in 2013. Apart from these 32 teams,[a] Baroda, Mumbai, Saurashtra and Vidarbha, which are remnants from the teams fielded by the erstwhile territories and princely states before the Indian independence, continue to take part in the competition. Apart from this, Railways, and Services have representative teams in the competition..[24][25] Despite the Lodha committee recommendation to have one team representing each state or union territory, a ruling by the Supreme Court of India in 2018, resulted in the continuing participation of these teams.[25]

2025–26 season

Team[c]	First season	First title	Recent title	Titles[d]	Runners-up[e]
Andhra	1953–54			–	–
Arunachal Pradesh	2018–19			–	–
Assam	1948–49			–	–
Baroda	1937–38	1942–43	2000–01	5	4
Bengal	1935–36	1938–39	1989–90	2	13
Bihar	1936–37			–	1
Chhattisgarh	2016–17			–	–
Chandigarh	2019–20			–	–
Delhi	1934–35	1978–79	2007–08	7	8
Goa	1985–86			–	–
Gujarat	1935–36	2016–17	2016–17	1	1
Haryana	1970–71	1990–91	1990–91	1	1
Himachal Pradesh	1985–86			–	–
Hyderabad	1934–35	1937–38	1986–87	2	3
Jammu and Kashmir	1959–60			–	–
Jharkhand	2004–05			–	–
Karnataka[f]	1934–35	1973–74	2014–15	8	6
Kerala[g]	1957–58			–	1
Madhya Pradesh[h]	1941–42	1945–46	2021–22	5	7
Maharashtra	1934–35	1939–40	1940–41	2	3
Manipur	2018–19			–	–
Meghalaya	2018–19			–	–
Mizoram	2018–19			–	–
Mumbai[i]	1934–35	1934–35	2023–24	42	6
Nagaland	2018–19			–	–
Odisha	1949–50			–	–
Puducherry	2018–19			–	–
Punjab[j]	1968–69	1992–93	1992–93	1	3
Railways	1958–59	2001–02	2004–05	2	2
Rajasthan[k]	1935–36	2010–11	2011–12	2	8
Saurashtra[l]	1936–37	2019–20	2022–23	3	4
Sikkim	2018–19			–	–
Services	1949–50			–	2
Tamil Nadu[m]	1934–35	1954–55	1987–88	2	10
Tripura	1985–86			–	–
Uttar Pradesh[n]	1934–35	2005–06	2005–06	1	5
Uttarakhand	2018–19			–	–
Vidarbha	1957–58	2017–18	2024–25	3	1

Defunct teams

• Central India (1934/35 – 1940/41)
• Central Provinces and Berar (1934/35 – 1949/50)
• Northern India (1934/35 – 1946/47)
• Sind (1934/35 – 1947/48)
• Southern Punjab (1934/35 – 1951/52, 1959/60 – 1967/68)
• Western India (1934/35 – 1945/46)
• North West Frontier Province (1937/38 – 1946/47)
• Gwalior (1943/44)
• Patiala/PEPSU (1948/49, 1953/54 – 1958/59)
• Eastern Punjab (1950/51 – 1959/60)
• Travancore-Cochin (1951/52 – 1956/57)
• Northern Punjab (1960/61 – 1967/68)