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Ranji Trophy 

The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between different city and state sides, equivalent to the County Championship in England and the Sheffield Shield in Australia. The competition is named after Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji (Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, also known as "Ranji").
The Ranji Trophy consists of 4 day games with the finals being a 5 day affair. In the 2011-12 season, Rajasthan were crowned champions for the second year in a row after they managed to get a first innings lead against Tamil Nadu in the drawn final. Haryana and 39 time Ranji champions, Mumbai were the two other semi-finalists who were defeated by Rajasthan and TN respectively. Karnataka, another side which played really well, was run down by Haryana in the quarters. 

History:

The competition was launched as "The Cricket Championship of India" following a meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India in July 1934, with the first fixtures taking place in 1934–35. The trophy was donated by Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala. The first Ranji Trophy Championship was won by Bombay after they defeated North India in the final. Syed Mohammed Hadi ofHyderabad was the first batsman to score a hundred.

Mumbai (formerly Bombay) have been the dominant team in the Championship so far, with 39 wins, including 15 back-to-back wins from 1958–59 to 1972–73.

Batsmen in Ranji Trophy 2011:-
Rajasthan, a side which was considered quite weak, managed to win the premiere competition for the second consecutive year. They were able to achieve this feat despite the lack of big ticket players. The team management had hired India discards like Aakash Chopra and Hrishikesh Kanitkar to play as professionals and that seemed to bring a much-needed solidity to the side. The following table lists the top 12 run scorers of this season.

Batsmen	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	100s	50s
Robin Bist (RAJ)	10	16	1034	86.16	4	4
Vineet Saxena (RAJ)	10	18	897	52.76	2	5
Abhinav Mukund (TN)	9	15	872	72.66	2	3
Suryakumar Yadav (MUM)	9	11	754	68.54	2	5
Stuart Binny (KAR)	8	11	742	67.45	3	3
Naman Ojha (MP)	7	11	668	60.72	3	2

Bowler in Ranji Trphy 2011:-

Bowler	Matches	Innings	Wickets	Average	5WI	10WM
TP Sudhindra (MP)	7	14	40	18.70	4	1
AB Dinda (BEN)	6	10	37	20.64	4	2
Pankaj Singh (RAJ)	10	15	34	30.32	2	0
HV Patel (HAR)	7	12	28	21.57	2	1
J Kaushik (TN)	7	12	28	21.78	1	0

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Keepers 

Since there has been limited coverage of the Ranji trophy, it has been impossible to judge the skills of the wicketkeepers. But the total effectiveness of a keeper can be judged by the number of dismissals and the amount of runs he scores

Keeper	Matches	Dismissals	Runs
CM Gautam (KAR)	8	29	237
N Ojha (MP)	7	29	668
N Saini (HAR)	8	25	631
M Rawat (RAIL)	7	22	371
P Bisht (DEL)	6	21	502

Record Book Of Ranji-----

1)   Most career runs-

Rank	Score	Player	Teams	Career span
1	8320	Wasim Jaffer	Bombay/Mumbai	1996/97 - 2011/12
2	8237	Amol Muzumdar	Bombay/Mumbai, Assam	1993/94 - 2010/11
3	7623	Amarjit Kaypee	Punjab, Haryana	1980/81 - 1999/00
4	7621	Pankaj Dharmani	Punjab	1992/93 - 2010/11
5	7463	Hrishikesh Kanitkar	Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan	1994/95 - 2011/12
6	7438	Ajay Sharma	Delhi, Himachal Pradesh	1984/85 - 2000/01
7	7329	Jacob Martin	Baroda, Railways, Assam	1991/92 - 2009/10

2)   Highest Individual Scores-

Rank	Score	Player	Team	Opponent	Season
1	443*	B. B. Nimbalkar	Maharashtra	Kathiawar	1948/49
2	377	Sanjay Manjrekar	Bombay	Hyderabad	1990/91
3	366	M. V. Sridhar	Hyderabad	Andhra	1993/94
4	359*	Vijay Merchant	Bombay	Maharashtra	1943/44
5	353	V. V. S. Laxman	Hyderabad	Karnataka	1999/00

3)   Most Career Centuries-

Rank	Score	Player	Teams	Career span
1	31	Ajay Sharma	Delhi, Himachal Pradesh	1984/85 - 2000/01
2	29	Wasim Jaffer	Bombay/Mumbai	1996/97 - 2011/12
3	27	Amarjit Kaypee	Punjab, Haryana	1980/81 - 1999/00
4	26	Brijesh Patel	Mysore, Karnataka	1969/70 - 1987/88
	26	Surendra Bhave	Maharashtra	1986/87 - 2000/01
	26	Hrishikesh Kanitkar	Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan	1994/95 - 2011/12

4)   Highest Career Averages-

Qualification: 3000 runs
Rank	Average	Player	Teams	Runs
1	98.75	Vijay Merchant	Bombay	3639
2	89.02	Sachin Tendulkar	Bombay/Mumbai	3739
3	80.61	V. V. S. Laxman	Hyderabad	5240
4	78.29	Ajay Sharma	Delhi, Himachal Pradesh	7438
5	76.08	Ashok Mankad	Bombay	6619

5)   Most Runs in a Season-

Rank	Score	Player	Team	Season
1	1415	V. V. S. Laxman	Hyderabad	1999/00
2	1280	Vijay Bharadwaj	Karnataka	1998/99
3	1260	Wasim Jaffer	Mumbai	2008/09
4	1089	Ajinkya Rahane	Mumbai	2008/09
5	1075	Sridharan Sriram	Tamil Nadu	1999/00

6)   Most Career Wickets-

Rank	Wickets	Player	Teams	Career span
1	637	Rajinder Goel	Southern Punjab, Delhi, Haryana	1958/59 - 1984/85[1]
2	530	Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan	Madras, Tamil Nadu	1963/64 - 1984/85
3	479	Sunil Joshi	Karnataka	1992/93 - 2010/11
4	441	Narendra Hirwani	Madhya Pradesh, Bengal	1984/85 - 2005/06
5	437	Bhagwat Chandrasekhar	Mysore, Karnataka	1963/64 - 1979/807[2]

7)   Most Wickets in a Season-

Rank	Score	Player	Team	Season
1	64	Bishan Singh Bedi	Delhi	1974/75
2	62	Dodda Ganesh	Karnataka	1998/99
	62	Kanwaljit Singh	Hyderabad	1999/00
4	58	Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan	Tamil Nadu	1972/73
	58	Maninder Singh	Delhi	1991/92

8)   Highest Innings Total-

Rank	Score	Team	Opponent	Season
1	944/6 declared	Hyderabad	Andhra	1993/94
2	912/6 declared	Tamil Nadu	Goa	1988/89
3	912/8 declared	Holkar	Mysore	1945/46[4]
4	855/6	Bombay	Hyderabad	1990/91[5]
5	826/4	Maharashtra	Kathiawar	1948/49