Excitement Builds for the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy
The 90th season of Ranji Trophy is starting from Friday. In such a situation, Mumbai captain Shreyas Iyer will want to get his international career back on track, while Jharkhand captain Ishan Kishan will also be focused on changing people’s perception about him.
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Career Crossroads for Iyer and Kishan
Last year, both these players had to lose BCCI’s central contract due to not playing Ranji Trophy. By advising both the stars, BCCI had given a strict message that those who are sold off immediately in IPL auction will also have to respect Ranji Trophy, the foundation of the country’s cricket.
Iyer had scored 1321 runs in the 2015-16 Ranji season before becoming a part of the Indian team. Amidst the decreasing relevance of the ODI format, Iyer is standing at such a crossroads of career where it will not take long for the selectors to lose focus on him. At the same time, Ishan has given a signal to the selectors by accepting the captaincy of Jharkhand.
Key Expectations for the Season
Meanwhile, Saurashtra will also expect Cheteshwar Pujara to score runs while his one-time teammates in the Indian team are well aware that he will be missed in Australia. Half of the Ranji Trophy season will be without the top 60 players. The country’s top 17-18 players will not be seen in the Ranji Trophy, who will play eight Test matches between October 16 and January 7.
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Ranji Trophy 1st Round Schedule
| Elite Group | Match | Venue |
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| A | Baroda vs Mumbai | Cotambi Stadium, Vadodara |
| A | Jammu & Kashmir vs Maharashtra | Sher e Kashmir Cricket Stadium, Srinagar |
| A | Services vs Meghalaya | Air Force Complex Ground, New Delhi |
| A | Tripura vs Odisha | MBB Stadium, Agartala |
| B | Hyderabad vs Gujarat | Gymkhana Ground, Hyderabad |
| B | Himachal Pradesh vs Uttarakhand | HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala |
| B | Rajasthan vs Puducherry | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
| B | Vidarbha vs Andhra | VCA Stadium, Civil Lines, Nagpur |
| C | Madhya Pradesh vs Karnataka | Holkar Stadium, Indore |
| C | Uttar Pradesh vs Bengal | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow |
| C | Haryana vs Bihar | Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Lahli |
| C | Kerala vs Punjab | St Xavier’s KCA Cricket Ground, Trivandrum |
| D | Assam vs Jharkhand | ACA Stadium, Barsapara, Guwahati |
| D | Chandigarh vs Railways | GMSSS Sector-26 Cricket Ground, Chandigarh |
| D | Chhattisgarh vs Delhi | Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur |
| D | Tamil Nadu vs Saurashtra | Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science Ground, Coimbatore |
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