Zal Irani

Irani Trophy or Irani Cup also known as the Mastercard Irani Trophy due to sponsorship reasons, is a first-class cricket tournament organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). . It is played annually between the winners of the Ranji Trophy and a Rest of India cricket team. Rest of India cricket team team includes players from Ranji teams of various states.

The tournament was conceived during the 1959–60 season to mark the completion of 25 years of the Ranji Trophy championship and was named after the late BCCI president Zal R. Irani, who was associated with the BCCI from its inception in 1928, till his death in 1970.

History

The first match, played between the Ranji Trophy champions and the Rest of India was played in 1959–60 with the trophy being instituted in the name of Zal Irani, long time treasurer and president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, and a keen patron of the game. For the first few years, it was played towards the end of the season. Realizing the importance of the fixture, the BCCI moved it to the beginning of the season, and from 1965–66 to 2012–13, it was traditionally heralded the start of the new domestic season. In 2013, it was moved to a date immediately after the Ranji Trophy final, resulting in there being two Irani Cup matches the 2012/13 season. The game has since remained at the end of the season, and is played shortly after the Ranji Trophy final.

First time in the history of Irani Trophy, in 2022, the BCCI decided to organise two seasons of this tournament back-to-back that is 2019-20 and 2022-23 trophies, the matches decided to organise at Rajkot and Indore respectively.

Winners

The following table shows the result of Irani Trophy from 1959–60 to 2017–18.

Appearances by team

References

External links

A brief history of the Irani TrophyBCCI Official websiteIrani Trophy on SPORT195Index of all Irani Trophy matches at CricketArchive

Indian domestic cricket competitions
First-class cricket competitions

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