2023–24 Ranji Trophy Group A
| Dates | 5 January – 19 February 2024 |
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| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin then knockout |
| Host(s) |  India |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 28 |
| Most runs | Cheteshwar Pujara (Saurashtra) (780) |
| Most wickets | Hitesh Walunj (Maharashtra) (41) |
The 2023–24 Ranji Trophy is the 89th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India.[1] It is contested by 38 teams, divided into four elite groups and a plate group, with eight teams in Group A. It took place between 5 January to 19 February 2024.[2] Group A was topped by Vidarbha while defending champions Saurashtra stood second after the seven rounds of the group stage matches. The two teams proceeded to the knockout stages.[3] Cheteshwar Pujara of Saurashtra and Hitesh Walunj of Maharashtra topped the charts from the group in the runs (780) and wickets (41) respectively.[4]
Points table[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | D | NR | Pts | Quot |
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| 1 | Vidarbha | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1.351 |
| 2 | Saurashtra | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 1.592 |
| 3 | Services | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1.625 |
| 4 | Haryana | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1.616 |
| 5 | Rajasthan | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1.028 |
| 6 | Jharkhand | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0.717 |
| 7 | Maharashtra | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0.914 |
| 8 | Manipur | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.224 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo
Advances to Quarter-final Relegated to Plate Group for next season
Fixtures[edit]
Round 1[edit]
5–8 January 2024
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- Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
- Aditya Singh (Jharkhand) and Aditya Jadeja (Saurashtra) made their first-class debut.
- Chirag Jani (Saurashtra) claimed his first five-wicket haul in first-class matches.[5]
- Points: Jharkhand 1, Saurashtra 3
5–8 January 2024
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- Manipur won the toss and elected to bat.
- Onkar Khatpe and Hitesh Walunj (both Maharashtra) made their first-class debut.
- Points: Maharashtra 7, Manipur 0
5–8 January 2024
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- Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
- Vedant Bhardwaj (Haryana) made his first-class debut.
- No play was held on days 1, 2 and 4 due to bad weather.
- Points: Haryana 1, Rajasthan 1
5–8 January 2024
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- Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
- Varun Choudhary, Vineet Dhankhar (Services) and Shubham Dubey (Vidarbha) all made their first-class debut.
- Points: Vidarbha 6, Services 0
Round 2[edit]
12–15 January 2024
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- Services won the toss and elected to bat.
- 15-20 overs were lost on all days due to low visibility from fog.[6]
- Points: Services 3, Rajasthan 1
12–15 January 2024
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- Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Vidarbha 7, Manipur 0
12–15 January 2024
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- Maharashtra won the toss and elected to field.
- Ramakrishna Ghosh (Maharashtra) made his first-class debut.
- Points: Jharkhand 1, Maharashtra 3
12–15 January 2024
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- Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Haryana 6, Saurashtra 0
Round 3[edit]
19–22 January 2024
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106/0 (30.3 overs)
Abhijeet Tomar 53* (89) |
- Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Rajasthan 7, Maharashtra 0
19–22 January 2024
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- Services won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Jharkhand 1, Services 3
19–22 January 2024
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- Manipur won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Haryana 7, Manipur 0
19–22 January 2024
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- Vidarbha won the toss and elect to field.
- Kevin Jivrajani (Saurashtra) made his first-class debut.
- Points: Saurashtra 6, Vidarbha 0
Round 4[edit]
26–29 January 2024
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- Services won the toss elected to bat.
- Ankur Panwar (Saurashtra) made his first-class debut.
- Points: Services 3, Saurashtra 1
26–29 January 2024
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- Jharkhand won the toss elected to field.
- Vikas Kumar (Jharkhand) made his first-class debut.
- Points: Vidarbha 6, Jharkhand 0
26–29 January 2024
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- Maharashtra won the toss and elected to field.
- Dhanraj Shinde and Om Bhosale (both Maharashtra) made their first-class debut.
- Points: Haryana 3, Maharashtra 1
26–29 January 2024
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- Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Rajasthan 7, Manipur 0
Round 5[edit]
2–5 February 2024
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- Manipur won the toss elected to bat.
- Pankaj Raunak (Jharkhand) made his first-class debut.
- Points: Jharkhand 7, Manipur 0
2–5 February 2024
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- Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
- Siddharth Mhatre (Maharashtra) made his first-class debut.
- Points: Saurashtra 6, Maharashtra 0
2–5 February 2024
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- Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
- Sumit Godara (Rajasthan) made his first-class debut.
- Points: Rajasthan 3, Vidarbha 1
2–5 February 2024
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Round 6[edit]
9–11 February 2024
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- Manipur won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Services 7, Manipur 0
9–11 February 2024
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- Haryana won the toss elected to bat.
- Saurabh Shekhar (Jharkhand) made his first-class debut.
- Points: Haryana 7, Jharkhand 0
9–11 February 2024
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28/0 (6 overs)
Dhruv Shorey 22* (23) |
- Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
- Digvijay Patil (Maharashtra) made his first-class debut.
- Points: Vidarbha 7, Maharashtra 0
9–11 February 2024
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- Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Saurashtra 6, Rajasthan 0
Round 7[edit]
16–19 February 2024
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- Jharkhand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Zubair Ali (Rajasthan) made his first-class debut.
- Points: Jharkhand 6, Rajasthan 0
16–19 February 2024
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- Manipur won the toss and elected to bat.
- Chongtham Mehul (Manipur) made his first-class debut.
- Points: Saurashtra 7, Manipur 0
16–19 February 2024
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- Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
- Anurag Kawade, Arshin Kulkarni and Sachin Dhas (all Maharashtra) made their first-class debut.
- Points: Maharashtra 1, Services 3
16–19 February 2024
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- Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Vidarbha 6, Haryana 0
References[edit]
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- ^ "New Ranji schedule runs into a fog problem". Hindustan Times. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ "Ranji round-up: Services and Karnataka win thrillers; Dube-led Mumbai crush Bengal". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2024.