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Ranji Trophy (1934/35 - 2019/20)

The following teams took part in the Ranji Trophy

Team	Start Season	End Season
Andhra	1953/54	1960/61	South Zone
	1962/63	2001/02	South Zone
	2002/03	2004/05	Elite Group A
	2005/06		Elite Group B
	2006/07		Elite Group A
	2007/08	2008/09	Elite Group B
	2009/10	2010/11	Plate Group B
	2011/12		Plate Group A
	2012/13	2014/15	Group C
	2015/16		Group B
	2016/17	2017/18	Group C
	2018/19		Group B
	2019/20		Elite Group A
Army	1934/35		North Zone
Arunachal Pradesh	2018/19	2019/20	Plate
Assam	1948/49
	1949/50	1961/62	East Zone
	1963/64	1970/71	East Zone
	1972/73	2001/02	East Zone
	2002/03	2004/05	Elite Group B
	2005/06		Plate Group B
	2006/07	2007/08	Plate Group A
	2008/09		Plate Group B
	2009/10		Plate Group A
	2010/11		Elite Group A
	2011/12		Plate Group B
	2012/13	2014/15	Group C
	2015/16		Group A
	2016/17		Group B
	2017/18		Group A
	2018/19		Group C
	2019/20		Elite Group C
Baroda	1937/38	1947/48	West Zone
	1948/49
	1949/50	2001/02	West Zone
	2002/03		Elite Group B
	2003/04		Elite Group A
	2004/05	2005/06	Elite Group B
	2006/07		Elite Group A
	2007/08	2011/12	Elite Group B
	2012/13	2013/14	Group B
	2014/15		Group A
	2015/16		Group B
	2016/17		Group A
	2017/18		Group C
	2018/19		Group A
	2019/20		Elite Group B
Bengal	1935/36	1947/48	East Zone
	1948/49
	1949/50	2001/02	East Zone
	2002/03		Elite Group A
	2003/04		Elite Group B
	2004/05	2005/06	Elite Group A
	2006/07	2009/10	Elite Group B
	2010/11		Elite Group A
	2011/12		Elite Group B
	2012/13		Group A
	2013/14		Group B
	2014/15	2016/17	Group A
	2017/18		Group D
	2018/19		Group B
	2019/20		Elite Group A
Bihar	1936/37	1947/48	East Zone
	1948/49
	1949/50	2001/02	East Zone
	2002/03		Plate Group B
	2003/04		Plate Group A
	2018/19	2019/20	Plate
Bombay	1934/35	1941/42	West Zone
	1943/44	1947/48	West Zone
	1948/49
	1949/50	1995/96	West Zone
Central India	1934/35	1940/41	East Zone
Central Provinces and Berar	1934/35	1935/36	East Zone
	1936/37		South Zone
	1940/41	1941/42	South Zone
	1943/44	1947/48	South Zone
	1948/49
	1949/50		South Zone
Chandigarh	2019/20		Plate
Chhattisgarh	2016/17		Group C
	2017/18		Group D
	2018/19		Group A
	2019/20		Elite Group C
Delhi	1934/35	1940/41	North Zone
	1942/43	1947/48	North Zone
	1948/49
	1949/50	2001/02	North Zone
	2002/03	2008/09	Elite Group A
	2009/10		Elite Group B
	2010/11		Elite Group A
	2011/12		Elite Group B
	2012/13		Group B
	2013/14		Group A
	2014/15		Group B
	2015/16		Group A
	2016/17		Group B
	2017/18		Group A
	2018/19		Group B
	2019/20		Elite Group A
Eastern Punjab	1950/51	1959/60	North Zone
Goa	1985/86	2001/02	South Zone
	2002/03		Plate Group A
	2003/04	2004/05	Plate Group B
	2005/06	2006/07	Plate Group A
	2007/08		Plate Group B
	2008/09	2010/11	Plate Group A
	2011/12		Plate Group B
	2012/13	2016/17	Group C
	2017/18		Group D
	2018/19		Group C
	2019/20		Plate
Gujarat	1934/35	1941/42	West Zone
	1943/44	1947/48	West Zone
	1948/49
	1949/50	2001/02	West Zone
	2002/03	2003/04	Elite Group B
	2004/05	2005/06	Elite Group A
	2006/07		Elite Group B
	2007/08		Plate Group A
	2008/09	2010/11	Elite Group A
	2011/12		Elite Group B
	2012/13	2013/14	Group A
	2014/15	2015/16	Group B
	2016/17		Group A
	2017/18		Group B
	2018/19		Group A
	2019/20		Elite Group A
Gwalior	1943/44		North Zone
Haryana	1970/71	2001/02	North Zone
	2002/03		Plate Group B
	2003/04		Plate Group A
	2004/05		Plate Group B
	2005/06		Elite Group B
	2006/07		Elite Group A
	2007/08		Plate Group B
	2008/09		Plate Group A
	2009/10		Plate Group B
	2010/11	2011/12	Elite Group B
	2012/13		Group B
	2013/14		Group A
	2014/15		Group B
	2015/16		Group A
	2016/17		Group C
	2017/18		Group B
	2018/19		Group C
	2019/20		Elite Group C
Himachal Pradesh	2002/03		Elite Group A
	2003/04		Plate Group B
	2004/05	2005/06	Plate Group A
	2006/07		Plate Group B
	2007/08		Elite Group A
	2008/09		Plate Group A
	2009/10		Elite Group A
	2010/11		Elite Group B
	2011/12		Plate Group A
	2012/13	2016/17	Group C
	2017/18		Group D
	2018/19		Group B
	2019/20		Elite Group B
Holkar	1941/42	1947/48	East Zone
	1948/49
	1949/50	1951/52	East Zone
	1952/53	1954/55	Central Zone
Hyderabad	1934/35	1936/37	South Zone
	1938/39	1947/48	South Zone
	1948/49
	1949/50	2001/02	South Zone
	2002/03		Elite Group A
	2003/04	2007/08	Elite Group B
	2008/09	2009/10	Elite Group A
	2010/11		Plate Group A
	2011/12		Plate Group B
	2012/13		Group A
	2013/14	2016/17	Group C
	2017/18		Group A
	2018/19		Group B
	2019/20		Elite Group A
Jammu and Kashmir	1959/60	1966/67	North Zone
	1968/69	1970/71	North Zone
	1972/73	1991/92	North Zone
	1993/94	1994/95	North Zone
	1996/97	2001/02	North Zone
	2002/03		Plate Group B
	2003/04	2004/05	Plate Group A
	2005/06	2007/08	Plate Group B
	2008/09		Plate Group A
	2009/10	2011/12	Plate Group B
	2012/13	2013/14	Group C
	2014/15		Group A
	2015/16	2016/17	Group C
	2017/18		Group B
	2018/19		Group C
	2019/20		Elite Group C
Jharkhand	2004/05		Plate Group A
	2005/06	2007/08	Plate Group B
	2008/09	2010/11	Plate Group A
	2011/12		Plate Group B
	2012/13		Group C
	2013/14		Group A
	2014/15	2015/16	Group C
	2016/17	2017/18	Group B
	2018/19		Group C
	2019/20		Elite Group C
Karnataka	1973/74	2001/02	South Zone
	2002/03		Plate Group B
	2003/04		Elite Group B
	2004/05	2007/08	Elite Group A
	2009/10	2010/11	Elite Group B
	2012/13		Group B
	2013/14	2015/16	Group A
	2016/17		Group B
	2017/18	2018/19	Group A
	2019/20		Elite Group B
Kathiawar	1946/47	1947/48	West Zone
	1948/49
	1949/50		West Zone
Kerala	1957/58	2001/02	South Zone
	2002/03		Plate Group A
	2003/04		Elite Group A
	2004/05		Plate Group A
	2005/06		Plate Group B
	2006/07	2008/09	Plate Group A
	2009/10	2010/11	Plate Group B
	2011/12		Plate Group A
	2012/13	2016/17	Group C
	2017/18	2018/19	Group B
	2019/20		Elite Group A
Madhya Bharat	1955/56	1956/57	Central Zone
Madhya Pradesh	1950/51	1951/52	South Zone
	1952/53	2001/02	Central Zone
	2002/03		Plate Group B
	2003/04		Plate Group A
	2004/05		Elite Group A
	2005/06		Elite Group B
	2006/07		Plate Group A
	2007/08	2009/10	Plate Group B
	2010/11		Plate Group A
	2011/12		Elite Group B
	2012/13		Group A
	2013/14		Group B
	2014/15		Group A
	2015/16		Group B
	2016/17		Group A
	2017/18		Group C
	2018/19		Group B
	2019/20		Elite Group B
Madras	1934/35	1941/42	South Zone
	1943/44	1947/48	South Zone
	1948/49
	1949/50	1969/70	South Zone
Maharashtra	1934/35	1947/48	West Zone
	1948/49
	1949/50	2001/02	West Zone
	2002/03	2003/04	Plate Group B
	2004/05		Elite Group B
	2005/06		Elite Group A
	2006/07		Elite Group B
	2007/08		Elite Group A
	2008/09	2009/10	Elite Group B
	2010/11	2011/12	Plate Group B
	2012/13		Group B
	2013/14		Group C
	2014/15		Group B
	2015/16		Group A
	2016/17		Group B
	2017/18	2018/19	Group A
	2019/20		Elite Group C
Manipur	2018/19	2019/20	Plate
Meghalaya	2018/19	2019/20	Plate
Mizoram	2018/19	2019/20	Plate
Mumbai	1996/97	2001/02	West Zone
	2002/03	2005/06	Elite Group A
	2006/07		Elite Group B
	2007/08	2011/12	Elite Group A
	2012/13	2014/15	Group A
	2015/16		Group B
	2016/17		Group A
	2017/18		Group C
	2018/19		Group A
	2019/20		Elite Group B
Mysore	1934/35	1947/48	South Zone
	1948/49
	1949/50	1972/73	South Zone
Nagaland	2018/19	2019/20	Plate
Nawanagar	1936/37	1947/48	West Zone
North West Frontier Province	1937/38	1941/42	North Zone
	1945/46	1946/47	North Zone
Northern India	1934/35	1938/39	North Zone
	1940/41	1941/42	North Zone
	1943/44	1946/47	North Zone
Northern Punjab	1960/61	1967/68	North Zone
Odisha	2011/12		Elite Group A
	2012/13		Group B
	2013/14		Group A
	2014/15		Group B
	2015/16		Group A
	2016/17		Group B
	2017/18	2018/19	Group C
	2019/20		Elite Group C
Orissa	1949/50	2001/02	East Zone
	2002/03		Elite Group B
	2003/04		Plate Group B
	2004/05	2005/06	Plate Group A
	2006/07		Plate Group B
	2007/08		Elite Group B
	2008/09	2009/10	Elite Group A
	2010/11		Elite Group B
Patiala	1948/49
	1953/54		North Zone
	1955/56		North Zone
	1957/58	1958/59	North Zone
Patiala and Eastern Punjab States Union	1956/57		North Zone
Puducherry	2018/19	2019/20	Plate
Punjab	1968/69	2001/02	North Zone
	2002/03		Elite Group B
	2003/04		Elite Group A
	2004/05	2007/08	Elite Group B
	2008/09	2009/10	Elite Group A
	2010/11		Elite Group B
	2011/12		Elite Group A
	2012/13	2013/14	Group A
	2014/15	2015/16	Group B
	2016/17		Group A
	2017/18		Group D
	2018/19		Group B
	2019/20		Elite Group A
Railways	1958/59	1961/62	North Zone
	1963/64	1974/75	North Zone
	1975/76	2001/02	Central Zone
	2002/03	2006/07	Elite Group A
	2007/08		Plate Group B
	2008/09		Elite Group B
	2009/10	2011/12	Elite Group A
	2012/13		Group A
	2013/14		Group B
	2014/15		Group A
	2015/16		Group B
	2016/17	2018/19	Group A
	2019/20		Elite Group B
Rajasthan	1951/52		North Zone
	1956/57	2001/02	Central Zone
	2002/03		Elite Group A
	2003/04		Elite Group B
	2004/05	2005/06	Plate Group B
	2006/07		Elite Group B
	2007/08	2009/10	Elite Group A
	2010/11		Plate Group A
	2011/12		Elite Group A
	2012/13		Group A
	2013/14	2014/15	Group B
	2015/16		Group A
	2016/17	2017/18	Group B
	2018/19		Group C
	2019/20		Elite Group A
Rajputana	1935/36	1937/38	East Zone
	1939/40		North Zone
	1942/43		North Zone
	1945/46		North Zone
	1947/48		North Zone
	1949/50	1950/51	North Zone
	1952/53	1955/56	Central Zone
Saurashtra	1950/51	2001/02	West Zone
	2002/03		Plate Group A
	2003/04		Plate Group B
	2004/05	2005/06	Plate Group A
	2006/07	2008/09	Elite Group A
	2009/10		Elite Group B
	2010/11	2011/12	Elite Group A
	2012/13		Group A
	2013/14	2014/15	Group B
	2015/16		Group C
	2016/17	2017/18	Group B
	2018/19		Group A
	2019/20		Elite Group B
Services	1949/50	1961/62	North Zone
	1963/64	1970/71	North Zone
	1972/73	2001/02	North Zone
	2002/03		Plate Group A
	2004/05		Plate Group B
	2005/06		Elite Group B
	2006/07		Plate Group B
	2007/08		Plate Group A
	2008/09	2010/11	Plate Group B
	2011/12		Plate Group A
	2012/13		Group C
	2013/14		Group B
	2014/15	2016/17	Group C
	2017/18		Group D
	2018/19		Group C
	2019/20		Elite Group C
Sikkim	2018/19	2019/20	Plate
Sind	1934/35	1947/48	West Zone
Southern Punjab	1934/35	1941/42	North Zone
	1943/44	1946/47	North Zone
	1949/50	1951/52	North Zone
	1959/60	1967/68	North Zone
Tamil Nadu	1970/71	2001/02	South Zone
	2002/03	2004/05	Elite Group B
	2005/06	2007/08	Elite Group A
	2008/09		Elite Group B
	2009/10	2010/11	Elite Group A
	2011/12		Elite Group B
	2012/13	2013/14	Group B
	2014/15		Group A
	2015/16		Group B
	2016/17		Group A
	2017/18		Group C
	2018/19		Group B
	2019/20		ELite Group B
Travancore-Cochin	1951/52	1956/57	South Zone
Tripura	1985/86	2001/02	East Zone
	2002/03	2003/04	Plate Group A
	2004/05		Plate Group B
	2005/06		Plate Group A
	2006/07		Plate Group B
	2007/08		Plate Group A
	2008/09		Plate Group B
	2009/10	2011/12	Plate Group A
	2012/13	2018/19	Group C
	2019/20		Elite Group C
United Provinces	1934/35	1938/39	North Zone
	1939/40	1947/48	East Zone
	1948/49
Uttar Pradesh	1949/50	1951/52	East Zone
	1952/53	1966/67	Central Zone
	1968/69	2001/02	Central Zone
	2002/03		Elite Group B
	2003/04		Elite Group A
	2004/05	2005/06	Elite Group B
	2006/07		Elite Group A
	2009/10	2010/11	Elite Group B
	2011/12		Elite Group A
	2012/13	2013/14	Group B
	2014/15		Group A
	2015/16		Group B
	2016/17	2017/18	Group A
	2018/19		Group C
	2019/20		Elite Group B
Uttarakhand	2018/19		Plate
	2019/20		Elite Group C
Vidarbha	1957/58	2001/02	Central Zone
	2002/03	2003/04	Plate Group A
	2004/05		Plate Group B
	2005/06	2007/08	Plate Group A
	2008/09	2009/10	Plate Group A
	2010/11		Plate Group B
	2011/12		Plate Group A
	2012/13		Group B
	2013/14		Group A
	2014/15		Group B
	2015/16		Group A
	2016/17		Group B
	2017/18		Group D
	2018/19		Group A
	2019/20		Elite Group A
Western India	1934/35	1945/46	West Zone

The league has the following divisions.

Division	Start Season	End Season

Single division (16 teams)	1948/49

Central Zone (4 teams)	1952/53	1966/67
Central Zone (3 teams)	1967/68
Central Zone (4 teams)	1968/69	1974/75
Central Zone (5 teams)	1975/76	2000/01

East Zone (2 teams)	1934/35
East Zone (4 teams)	1935/36	1937/38
East Zone (3 teams)	1938/39
East Zone (4 teams)	1939/40	1947/48
East Zone (6 teams)	1949/50	1951/52
East Zone (4 teams)	1952/53	1961/62
East Zone (3 teams)	1962/63
East Zone (4 teams)	1963/64	1970/71
East Zone (3 teams)	1971/72
East Zone (4 teams)	1972/73	1984/85
East Zone (5 teams)	1985/86	2000/01

Elite Group A (4 teams)	2002/3	2003/4
Elite Group A (6 teams)	2004/5
Elite Group A (4 teams)	2005/6	2007/8
Elite Group A (6 teams)	2008/9
Elite Group A (9 teams)	2009/10
Elite Group A (8 teams)	2010/11
Elite Group A (7 teams)	2011/12
Elite Group A (9 teams)	2019/20

Elite Group B (3 teams)	2002/3	2003/4
Elite Group B (4 teams)	2004/5
Elite Group B (2 teams)	2005/6
Elite Group B (3 teams)	2006/7	2008/9
Elite Group B (7 teams)	2009/10	2011/12
Elite Group B (9 teams)	2019/20

Elite Group C (10 teams)	2019/20

Group A (9 teams)	2012/13	2016/17
Group A (7 teams)	2017/18
Group A (9 teams)	2018/19

Group B (9 teams)	2012/13	2016/17
Group B (7 teams)	2017/18
Group B (9 teams)	2018/19

Group C (9 teams)	2012/13	2015/16
Group C (10 teams)	2016/17
Group C (7 teams)	2017/18
Group C (10 teams)	2018/19

Group D (7 teams)	2017/18

North Zone (5 teams)	1934/35
North Zone (4 teams)	1935/36	1936/37
North Zone (5 teams)	1937/38	1938/39
North Zone (4 teams)	1939/40	1940/41
North Zone (3 teams)	1941/42
North Zone (2 teams)	1942/43
North Zone (4 teams)	1943/44
North Zone (3 teams)	1944/45
North Zone (5 teams)	1945/46
North Zone (4 teams)	1946/47
North Zone (2 teams)	1947/48
North Zone (4 teams)	1949/50
North Zone (5 teams)	1950/51	1951/52
North Zone (3 teams)	1952/53
North Zone (4 teams)	1953/54
North Zone (3 teams)	1954/55
North Zone (4 teams)	1955/56	1957/58
North Zone (5 teams)	1958/59
North Zone (6 teams)	1959/60	1961/62
North Zone (4 teams)	1962/63
North Zone (6 teams)	1963/64	1966/67
North Zone (5 teams)	1967/68	1969/70
North Zone (6 teams)	1970/71
North Zone (4 teams)	1971/72
North Zone (6 teams)	1972/73	1974/75
North Zone (5 teams)	1975/76	1991/92
North Zone (4 teams)	1992/93
North Zone (5 teams)	1993/94	1994/95
North Zone (4 teams)	1995/96
North Zone (5 teams)	1996/97	2000/01

Plate (9 teams)	2018/19
Plate (10 teams)	2019/20

Plate Group A (2 teams)	2002/3
Plate Group A (1 teams)	2003/4
Plate Group A (3 teams)	2004/5
Plate Group A (2 teams)	2005/6
Plate Group A (3 teams)	2006/7
Plate Group A (1 teams)	2007/8
Plate Group A (3 teams)	2008/9
Plate Group A (5 teams)	2009/10
Plate Group A (6 teams)	2010/11	2011/12

Plate Group B (1 teams)	2002/3	2004/5
Plate Group B (2 teams)	2005/6	2006/7
Plate Group B (1 teams)	2007/8
Plate Group B (2 teams)	2008/9
Plate Group B (6 teams)	2009/10	2011/12

South Zone (3 teams)	1934/35	1935/36
South Zone (4 teams)	1936/37
South Zone (2 teams)	1937/38
South Zone (3 teams)	1938/39	1939/40
South Zone (4 teams)	1940/41	1941/42
South Zone (2 teams)	1942/43
South Zone (4 teams)	1943/44	1947/48
South Zone (4 teams)	1949/50	1950/51
South Zone (5 teams)	1951/52
South Zone (4 teams)	1952/53
South Zone (5 teams)	1953/54	1960/61
South Zone (4 teams)	1961/62
South Zone (5 teams)	1962/63	1984/85
South Zone (6 teams)	1985/86	2000/01

West Zone (5 teams)	1934/35	1935/36
West Zone (6 teams)	1936/37
West Zone (7 teams)	1937/38	1941/42
West Zone (5 teams)	1942/43
West Zone (7 teams)	1943/44	1947/48
West Zone (5 teams)	1949/50	2000/01