Ranji Trophy: List of winners

Vidarbha have reached the final of Ranji Trophy for the first time and will be playing Delhi at the Holkar Stadium, Indore starting December 29. Delhi have won the title seven times, the last being the 2007-08 season when they defeated Uttar Pradesh at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. This is the second time Indore will host the Ranji Trophy final. Mumbai, who hold the record of winning most number of Ranji Trophy titles, failed to qualify for the smei-final this year while other heavyweights Tamil Nadu failed to qualify for the play-offs.

Karnataka and Delhi from Group A, Gujarat and Kerela from Group B, Madhya Pradesh and Mumbai from Group C and Vidarbha and Bengal from Group D had qualified for the quarter-finals of 2017-18 season. Bengal defeated Gujarat, Delhi defeated Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha defeated Kerala and Karnataka defeated Mumbai to proceed further.

Add Cricket Country as a Preferred Source

Earlier, Vidarbha defeated heavyweights Karnataka in a close semi-final match. Apart from Umesh Yadav, who is the star of the side, Rajneesh Gurbani has performed brilliantly with the ball. Gurbani bagged 12 wickets in the semi-final that sealed the deal for Vidarbha. In the other semi-final, Delhi thrashed Bengal to enter the final.