The

2018–19 Ranji Trophy The 2018–19 Ranji Trophy was the 85th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament that took place in India between November 2018 and February 2019. Vidarbha were the defending champions. The final took place between ...

was the 85th season of the

Ranji Trophy The Ranji Trophy (also known as Mastercard Ranji Trophy for sponsorship reasons) is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between multiple teams representing regional and state cricket associations. Board of Control for Cr ...

, the

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...

tournament that took place in India. It was contested by 37 teams, divided into four groups, with nine teams in the Plate Group. The group stage ran from 1 November 2018 to 10 January 2019. The top team from the Plate Group progressed to the

quarter-finals A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...

of the competition. The teams in the Plate Group were allowed to have up to three professional players in their squads. All of the matches in the first round of fixtures reached a result within three days, with

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beating

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in two days.

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beat

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by an innings and 333 runs, the biggest winning margin for a team making its debut in the Ranji Trophy.

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made their debut in the second round of the tournament, against

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. In fifth round match between

and

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scored his eighth double century. He broke

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's record of the most double centuries by a batsman in the Ranji Trophy. In the sixth round of fixtures,

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became the first batsman to score 1,000 runs in this edition of the tournament. He did so in the match against

, in his ninth innings of the competition. In round seven of the tournament,

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became the first bowler to take 50 wickets in this years' Ranji Trophy tournament. He went on to finish the tournament with 68 wickets, breaking the previous record of 64 dismissals set by

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in the 1974–75 tournament. Round eight saw Pankaj Singh of

become the first

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to take 400 wickets in the Ranji Trophy.

won the Plate Group and advanced to the quarter-finals.

Points table

Fixtures

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References

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