Full list of Irani Cup winners & Runners-up

Check the full history of Irani Cup winners and runners-up, including match results, scores, and notable performances from past seasons.

06 Oct 2025 12:30 IST

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Previously known as the Irani Trophy, the Irani Cup is a one-time, five-day competition between the winner of the Ranji Trophy and the Rest of India. The Irani Cup, named for the late Z.R. Irani, who was involved with the BCCI for more than 40 years until his death in 1970, was established in 1959–60 to commemorate the silver jubilee of the completion of the Ranji Trophy.

It is regarded as the highest honour in Indian first-class cricket and is played in the Test format. In 1959–60, the competition was first held in India. It has been played annually since. Rest of the India has won the most trophies of the Irani Cup, 26 of them. Mumbai, with 12 victories, comes in second on the list.

In the latest edition of the Irani Cup, the Vidarbha cricket team won their third Irani Cup title on Sunday after defeating Rest of India by 93 runs. With both bat and ball, ROI, captained by Rajat Patidar, could not compete with the Ranji Trophy winners, who easily won in Nagpur. After hitting 143 runs in the first innings, Atharva Taide was named Player of the Match. Harsh Dubey, who finished with figures of 6/131 in two innings, was Vidarbha's best bowler. Below is a list of every Irani Cup winner and runner-up over the years.

Year	Winner	Runner-up
1959/60	Bombay	Rest of India
1960/61	No competition
1961/62	No competition
1962/63	Bombay	Rest of India
1963/64	Bombay	Rest of India
1964/65	No competition
1965/66	Bombay and Rest of India (shared)
1966/67	Rest of India	Bombay
1967/68	Bombay	Rest of India
1968/69	Rest of India	Bombay
1969/70	Bombay	Rest of India
1970/71	Bombay	Rest of India
1971/72	Rest of India	Bombay
1972/73	Bombay	Rest of India
1973/74	Rest of India	Bombay
1974/75	Karnataka	Rest of India
1975/76	Bombay	Rest of India
1976/77	Bombay	Rest of India
1977/78	Rest of India	Bombay
1978/79	Rest of India	Karnataka
1979/80	Delhi and Rest of India (shared)
Several sources say that there was no competition in 1979/80, but the teams were at the ground and rain and bad weather caused the match to be abandoned
1980/81	Delhi	Rest of India
1981/82	Bombay	Rest of India
1982/83	Rest of India	Delhi
1983/84	Karnataka	Rest of India
1984/85	Rest of India	Bombay
1985/86	Bombay	Rest of India
1986/87	Rest of India	Delhi
1987/88	Hyderabad	Rest of India
1988/89	Tamil Nadu	Rest of India
1989/90	Delhi	Rest of India
1990/91	Rest of India	Bengal
1991/92	Haryana	Rest of India
1992/93	Rest of India	Delhi
1993/94	Rest of India	Punjab
1994/95	Bombay	Rest of India
1995/96	Bombay	Rest of India
1996/97	Karnataka	Rest of India
1997/98	Mumbai	Rest of India
1998/99	Karnataka	Rest of India
1999/00	Rest of India	Karnataka
2000/01	Rest of India	Mumbai
2001/02	Rest of India	Baroda
2002/03	Railways	Rest of India
2003/04	Rest of India	Mumbai
2004/05	Rest of India	Mumbai
2005/06	Railways	Rest of India
2006/07	Rest of India	Uttar Pradesh
2007/08	Rest of India	Mumbai
2008/09	Rest of India	Delhi
2009/10	Rest of India	Mumbai
2010/11	Rest of India	Mumbai
2011/12	Rest of India	Rajasthan
2012/13	Rest of India	Rajasthan
2012/13	Rest of India	Mumbai
2013/14	Karnataka	Rest of India
2014/15	Karnataka	Rest of India
2015/16	Rest of India	Mumbai
2016/17	Rest of India	Gujarat
2017/18	Vidarbha	Rest of India
2018/19	Vidarbha	Rest of India
2019/20 to 2021/22	No competition (cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
2022/23	Rest of India	Saurashtra (2019/20 Ranji winners)
2022/23	Rest of India	Madhya Pradesh (2021/22 Ranji winners)
2023/24	Rest of India	Saurashtra
2024/25	Mumbai	Rest of India
2025/26	Vidarbha	Rest of India

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