Ranji Trophy 2024 starts today. The tournament will be played across 48 venues in India among 38 teams with matches divided into two categories: Elite and Plate division. The tournament has seen many great knocks. In this story, we are going to list down the top 10 batters with most runs in Ranji Trophy history.
With 7861 runs, Naman Ojha sits at number 10 in the list of batters with most runs in Ranji Trophy history. The wicketkeeper and batter from MP could have had a good international career had Dhoni not happened to Indian cricket.
Hrishikesh Kanitkar played for 3 teams in his first-class career, namely Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Railways and finished with 8059 runs.
Bengal's Manoj Tiwary has had an outstanding Ranji Trophy career spanning decades in which he made 8348 runs. He is also among the cricketers with massive batting talent who could not have a decent international career.
Faiz Yakub Fazal, who played first-class cricket for Vidarbha and Railways, score 8374 runs in Ranji Trophy.
Mithun Manhas was a wonderful batter, who had a long run in Ranji Trophy, scoring 8554 runs in the tournament while playing for Delhi and Jammi and Kashmir.
Yashpal Singh, who played for Services, Tripura, Manipur and Sikkim, made 8700 runs in Ranji Trophy.
Himchal Pradesh and Puducherry batter Paras Dogra is also in the list with a total of 8872 runs in Ranji Trophy.
The difference of runs between MP's Devendrasingh Bundela and No 2 batter in the list is of 1 run. Bundela had a very long Ranji career, making 9201 run.
Amol Muzumdar is one of the unluckiest cricketers who made tons of runs in first-class cricket but never played for India. Muzumdar made 9202 runs in Ranji Trophy, playing for three teams. Mumbai, Assam and Andhra Pradesh.
Former India opener Wasim Jaffer played for two teams Mumbai and Vidarbha and accumulated 12038 runs, becoming the most successful batter in history of Ranji Trophy.