Season Highlights
The Ranji Trophy 2024-25 season has been a run-fest, with several batters and bowlers showing dominance throughout the season. Vidarbha's team won its third Ranji Trophy title based on its first-innings lead after a drawn match against Kerala in the final at their home ground of Nagpur. The 22-year-old left-arm spinner from Vidarbha, Harsh Dubey, broke the record for most wickets in a single Ranji Trophy season during the final against Kerala, surpassing Bihar's spinner Ashutosh Aman's 2018-19 record of 68 wickets.
Record-Breaking Performances
Harsh Dubey picked up 69 wickets in 10 matches at an average of 16.98 with the help of seven five-wicket hauls this season and was awarded the player of the tournament. Yash Rathod from Vidarbha scored 960 runs in just 18 innings at an impressive average of 53.33 with five hundreds this season and helped his side clinch the trophy. The Goa cricketers Snehal Kauthankar and Kashyap Bakle created history with the highest-ever partnership in Ranji Trophy history against Arunachal Pradesh at Porvorim in the Ranji plate group, surpassing the 594-run stand by Maharashtra's SM Gugale and AR Bawne against Delhi in 2016.
Notable Achievements
Jalaj Saxena, the Kerala off-spin all-rounder, has set a new Ranji Trophy record by taking five-wicket hauls against most opponents (19), surpassing Pankaj Singh's (18) tally. Anshul Kamboj from Haryana became only the 3rd bowler and the first in 39 years to claim all 10 wickets in an innings in Ranji Trophy when he picked (10/49) during the match against Kerala in Rohtak. Paras Dogra became the second-highest run-scorer (9505) in Ranji Trophy history during the third-round match against Services at Srinagar, surpassing Devendra Bundela (9201) and Amol Muzumdar (9202). Karun Nair scored 8000 runs in first-class cricket during the final against Kerala and had a dream domestic season in 2024-25, scoring 779 runs in the Vijay Hazare One-day Trophy in just 8 innings with an impressive average of 389.5.