This is a list of Ranji Trophy records, with each list containing the top five performances in the category. The Ranji Trophy is the premier first-class cricket competition in India.
Currently active players are bolded.
Batting records edit
Most career runs edit
Score | Player | Teams | Career span |
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12038 | Wasim Jaffer | Mumbai, Vidharba | 1996/97 – 2019/20 |
9205 | Amol Muzumdar | Mumbai, Assam, Andhra | 1993/94 – 2013/14 |
9201 | Devendra Bundela | Madhya Pradesh | 1995/96 – 2017/18 |
9105 | Faiz Fazal | Vidarbha, Railways | 2003/04 – 2022/23 |
8700 | Yashpal Singh | Sikkim, Services | 2001/02 – 2019/20 |
8699 | Paras Dogra | Himachal Pradesh, Pondicherry | 2001/02 – 2019/20 |
8554 | Mithun Manhas | Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir | 1997/98 – 2016/17 |
8059 | Hrishikesh Kanitkar | Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan | 1994/95 – 2013/14 |
7861 | Naman Ojha | Madhya Pradesh | 2000/01 – 2019/20 |
7850 | Subramaniam Badrinath | Tamil Nadu, Vidarbha, Hyderabad | 2000/01 – 2016/17 |
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 13 March 2020. |
Highest individual scores edit
Score | Player | For | Against | Year |
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443* | BB Nimbalkar | Maharashtra | Saurashtra | 1948/49 |
379 | Prithvi Shaw | Assam | 2022/23 | |
377 | Sanjay Manjrekar | Bombay | Hyderabad | 1990/91 |
366 | M. V. Sridhar | Hyderabad | Andhra | 1993/94 |
Tanmay Agarwal | Hyderabad | Arunachal | 2023/24 | |
359* | Vijay Merchant | Bombay | Maharashtra | 1943/44 |
Samit Gohel | Gujarat | Odisha | 2016/17 | |
353 | V. V. S. Laxman | Hyderabad | Karnataka | 1999/00 |
352 | Cheteshwar Pujara | Saurashtra | Karnataka | 2012/13 |
351* | Swapnil Gugale | Maharashtra | Delhi | 2016/17 |
343 | Puneet Bisht | Meghalaya | Sikkim | 2018/19 |
341 | Sakibul Gani | Bihar | Mizoram | 2021/22 |
340 | Sunil Gavaskar | Bombay | Bengal | 1981/82 |
338 | Prashant Chopra | Himachal Pradesh | Punjab | 2017/18 |
Most career centuries edit
Centuries | Player | Teams | Career span |
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40 | Wasim Jaffer | Mumbai, Vidarbha | 1996/97 – 2019/20 |
31 | Ajay Sharma | Delhi, Himachal Pradesh | 1984/85 – 2000/01 |
30 | Paras Dogra | Himachal Pradesh, Pondicherry | 2001/02 – 2022/23 |
28 | Hrishikesh Kanitkar | Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan | 1994/95 – 2013/14 |
Amol Muzumdar | Bombay/Mumbai, Assam, Andhra | 1993/94 – 2013/14 | |
27 | Amarjit Kaypee | Punjab, Haryana | 1980/81 – 1999/00 |
26 | Brijesh Patel | Mysore/Karnataka | 1969/70 – 1987/88 |
Surendra Bhave | Maharashtra | 1986/87 – 2000/01 | |
25 | Mithun Manhas | Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir | 1997/98 – 2016/17 |
24 | Vinod Kambli | Bombay/Mumbai | 1989/90 – 2004/05 |
Subramaniam Badrinath | Tamil Nadu, Vidarbha, Hyderabad | 2000/01 – 2016/17 | |
Devendra Bundela | Madhya Pradesh | 1995/96 – 2017/18 | |
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 16 January 2019. |
Highest career average edit
Qualification: 2000+runs
Average | Player | Teams | Runs | |
---|---|---|---|---|
98.35 | Vijay Merchant | Bombay | 3639 | |
85.62 | Sachin Tendulkar | Bombay/Mumbai | 4281 | |
80.61 | V. V. S. Laxman | Hyderabad | 5764 | |
78.29 | Ajay Sharma | Delhi, Himachal Pradesh | 7438 | |
76.08 | Ashok Mankad | Bombay | 6619 | |
72.87 | Rohit Sharma | Mumbai | 3892 | |
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 13 March 2020. |
Most runs in a season edit
Score | Player | Team | Season |
---|---|---|---|
1415 | V. V. S. Laxman | Hyderabad | 1999/00 |
1340 | Rahul Dalal | Arunachal Pradesh | 2019/20 |
1331 | Milind Kumar | Sikkim | 2018/19 |
1330 | Shreyas Iyer | Mumbai | 2015/16 |
1310 | Priyank Panchal | Gujarat | 2016/17 |
1280 | Vijay Bharadwaj | Karnataka | 1998/99 |
1260 | Wasim Jaffer | Mumbai | 2008/09 |
1223 | Kedar Jadhav | Maharashtra | 2013/14 |
1160 | Mayank Agarwal | Karnataka | 2017/18 |
1089 | Ajinkya Rahane | Mumbai | 2008/09 |
Source: . Last updated: 4 February 2020. |
Bowling records edit
Most career wickets edit
Wickets | Player | Teams | Career span | ||
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639 | Rajinder Goel | Patiala, Southern Punjab, Delhi, Haryana | 1958/59 – 1984/85[1] | ||
531 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan | Madras/Tamil Nadu | 1963/64 – 1984/85 | ||
479 | Sunil Joshi | Karnataka | 1992/93 – 2010/11 | ||
442 | Vinay Kumar | Karnataka, Pondicherry | 2004/05 – 2019/20 | ||
441 | Narendra Hirwani | Madhya Pradesh, Bengal | 1984/85 – 2005/06 | ||
437 | Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | Mysore/Karnataka | 1963/64 – 1979/80 | ||
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 13 February 2024. |
Best bowling figures in an innings edit
Score | Player | Team | Opponent | Season |
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10/20 | Premangsu Chatterjee | Bengal | Assam | 1956/57 |
10/78 | Pradeep Sunderam | Rajasthan | Vidarbha | 1985/86 |
9/23 | Ankeet Chavan | Mumbai | Punjab | 2012/13 |
9/25 | Hyder Ali | Railways | Jammu and Kashmir | 1969/70 |
9/29 | Faisal Shaikh | Goa | Services | 2002/03 |
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 19 December 2012. |
Most wickets in a season edit
Wickets | Player | Team | Season |
---|---|---|---|
68 | Ashutosh Aman | Bihar | 2018/19 |
67 | Jaydev Unadkat | Saurashtra | 2019/20 |
64 | Bishan Singh Bedi | Delhi | 1974/75 |
62 | Dodda Ganesh | Karnataka | 1998/99 |
Kanwaljit Singh | Hyderabad | 1999/00 | |
59 | Dharmendrasinh Jadeja | Saurashtra | 2018/19 |
58 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan | Tamil Nadu | 1972/73 |
Maninder Singh | Delhi | 1991/92 | |
57 | Ranadeb Bose | Bengal | 2006/07 |
56 | Shahbaz Nadeem | Jharkhand | 2016/17 |
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 4 March 2020. |
Team records edit
Highest innings totals edit
Score | Team | Opponent | Season |
---|---|---|---|
944/6 dec | Hyderabad | Andhra | 1993/94[2] |
912/6 dec | Tamil Nadu | Goa | 1988/89[3] |
912/8 dec | Madhya Pradesh | Karnataka | 1945/46[4] |
880/10 | Jharkhand | Nagaland | 2021/22 |
855/6 dec | Mumbai | Hyderabad | 1990/91[5] |
826/4 | Maharashtra | Saurashtra | 1948/49 |
826/7 dec | Meghalaya | Sikkim | 2018/19 |
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 1 January 2019. |
Lowest innings totals edit
Score | Team | Opponent | Season |
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21 | Hyderabad | Rajasthan | 2010/11 |
22 | Southern Punjab | Northern India | 1934/35 |
23 | Sind | Southern Punjab | 1938/39 |
Jammu and Kashmir | Delhi | 1960/61 | |
Jammu and Kashmir | Haryana | 1977/78 | |
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 16 October 2016. |
Highest partnerships per wicket edit
Wicket | Score | Players | Team | Opponent | Season |
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1st | 464 | Ravi Sehgal & Raman Lamba | Delhi | Himachal Pradesh | 1994/95 |
2nd | 475 | Zahir Alam & Lalchand Rajput | Assam | Tripura | 1991/92 |
3rd | 594* | Swapnil Gugale & Ankit Bawne | Maharashtra | Delhi | 2016/17 |
4th | 577 | Vijay Hazare & Gul Mohammad | Baroda | Holkar | 1946/47 |
5th | 520* | Cheteshwar Pujara & Ravindra Jadeja | Saurashtra | Orissa | 2008/09 |
6th | 417 | Wriddhiman Saha & Laxmi Ratan Shukla | Bengal | Assam | 2010/11 |
7th | 460 | Bhupinder Singh Jr. & Pankaj Dharmani | Punjab | Delhi | 1994/95 |
8th | 392 | Amit Mishra & Jayant Yadav | Haryana | Karnataka | 2012/13 |
9th | 249* | Ankit Srivastava & Kapil Seth | Madhya Pradesh | Vidarbha | 2000/01[6][7] |
10th | 233 | Ajay Sharma & Maninder Singh | Delhi | Bombay | 1991/92 |
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: February 2013. |
See also edit
Notes edit
All lists are referenced to CricketArchive.
- ^ Indian sources usually credit Goel with 640 Ranji Trophy wickets, whereas CricketArchive has his wicket tally as 637, and Robert Brooke's The Cricketer Book of Cricket Milestones states that he took 636 wickets.
- ^ Frindall, Bill (1998). The Wisden Book of Cricket Records (4th ed.). London, United Kingdom: Headline Book Publishing. p. 7. ISBN 0747222037.
- ^ Includes 52 penalty runs
- ^ The Holkar innings included six centurions. Kamal Bhandarkar made 142, Chandu Sarwate 101, Madhavsinh Jagdale 164, C. K. Nayudu 101, B. B. Nimbalkar 172 and Pratap Singh 100.
- ^ Includes 48 penalty runs
- ^ It was Kapil Seth's only first-class match.
- ^ 276 runs were added for this wicket. After Srivastava retired hurt, Seth and Narendra Hirwani added 27 runs