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{{Short description|A first-class cricket championship in India}}
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{{Infobox cricket tournament main
| name = Irani Trophy
| image =
| image_size =
| country = {{cr|IND}}
| administrator = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]]
| cricket format = [[First-class cricket]]
| first = 1959–60
| last = [[2022–23 Irani Cup|2022–23]]
| next = [[2023–24 Irani Cup|2023–24]]
| tournament format = [[Playoff format|One-off]]
| participants = 2
| champions = [[Rest of India cricket team|Rest of India]] (31 titles)
| most successful = [[Rest of India cricket team|Rest of India]] (31 titles)
| qualification = [[Ranji Trophy]]
| most runs = [[Wasim Jaffer]] (1,294)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=128;type=trophy|title=Records {{!}} Irani Cup (Irani Trophy) {{!}} Most Runs |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=3 March 2019}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Padmakar Shivalkar]] (51)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=128;type=trophy|title=Records {{!}} Irani Cup (Irani Trophy) {{!}} Most Wickets |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=3 March 2019}}</ref>
| TV =
| website =
| current =[[2022–23 Irani Cup]]
}}

The '''Z.R. Irani Cup''' or simply '''Irani Trophy''', also known as the '''[[IDFC First Bank]] Irani Trophy''' due to sponsorship reasons, is a [[first-class cricket]] tournament organised by the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] (BCCI).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mastercard acquires title sponsorship rights for all BCCI international and domestic home matches |url=https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2022/news/55555921/mastercard-acquires-title-sponsorship-rights-for-all-bcci-international-and-domestic-home-matches&ved=2ahUKEwjptfzS16b6AhXJad4KHSr_BBEQFnoECBEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3mm6vHEfvESiDP4_cpq0b9 |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=www.bcci.tv |language=en}}</ref> It is played annually between the winners of the [[Ranji Trophy]] and a [[Rest of India cricket team]]. The Rest of India team includes players from Ranji teams of various states.

The tournament was conceived during the 1959–60 season to mark the completion of 25 years of the Ranji Trophy championship and was named after the late BCCI president Zal R. Irani, who was associated with the BCCI from its inception in 1928, till his death in 1970.

==History==
The first match, played between the Ranji Trophy champions and the [[Rest of India cricket team|Rest of India]] was played in 1959–60 with the trophy being instituted in the name of Zal Irani, long time treasurer and president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, and a keen patron of the game. For the first few years, it was played towards the end of the season. Realizing the importance of the fixture, the BCCI moved it to the beginning of the season, and from 1965–66 to 2012–13, it was traditionally heralded the start of the new domestic season. In 2013, it was moved to a date immediately after the Ranji Trophy final, resulting in there being two Irani Cup matches the 2012/13 season. The game has since remained at the end of the season, and is played shortly after the Ranji Trophy final.<ref>{{cite web |first=Mohandas |last=Menon |url=http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-article/irani-cup-history-perspective-2/97893 |title=Irani Cup: history and perspective |work=wisdenindia.com |access-date=18 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301172753/http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-article/irani-cup-history-perspective-2/97893 |archive-date=1 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2022, for the first time in the history of the Irani Trophy, BCCI decided to organise two seasons of the tournament back-to-back (the [[2019–20 Irani Cup|2019–20]] and [[2022–23 Irani Cup|2022–23]] trophies), with the matches to be played at [[Rajkot]] and [[Indore]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/both-saurashtra-and-madhya-pradesh-to-play-irani-cups-in-2022-23-1332739?platform=amp | title=Both Saurashtra and Madhya Pradesh to play Irani Cups in 2022-23 | date=6 September 2022 }}</ref>

== Winners ==
The following table shows the result of Irani Trophy from 1959–60 to 2022–23.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/313354.html|title=Irani Trophy}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Season !! Winner !! Result !! Against !! Host
|-
| 1959-60 ||Bombay || 1st Innings Lead
||Rest of India|| [[Karnail Singh Stadium]]
|-
| 1960-61 ||colspan=4|Not held
|-
| 1962-63 || Bombay || 1st Innings Lead || Rest of India || [[Brabourne Stadium]]
|-
| 1963-64 || Bombay || Won by 109 runs || Rest of India || [[Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy Stadium]]
|-
| 1964-65 ||colspan=4| Not held
|-
| 1965-66 || Bombay / Rest of India ''(shared)'' ||
|| ||[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)]]
|-
| 1966-67 || Rest of India|| 6 Wickets || Bombay
|[[Eden Gardens]]
|-
| 1967-68 || Bombay || 1st Innings Lead || Rest of India
|[[Brabourne Stadium]]
|-
| 1968-69 || Rest of India || Won by 119 runs || Bombay
|[[Brabourne Stadium]]
|-
| 1969-70 || Bombay || 1st Innings Lead || Rest of India
|[[Pune Club Ground]]
|-
| 1970-71 || Bombay || 1st Innings Lead || Rest of India
|[[Eden Gardens]]
|-
| 1971-72 || Rest of India || Won by 119 runs || Bombay
|[[Brabourne Stadium]]
|-
| 1972-73 || Bombay || Won by 220 runs || Rest of India || [[Nehru Stadium, Pune]]
|-
| 1973-74 || Rest of India || 1st Innings Lead || Bombay || [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]]
|-
| 1974-75 || Karnataka ||1st Innings Lead || Rest of India
|[[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad]]
|-
| 1975-76 || Bombay ||1st Innings Lead || Rest of India
|[[Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground]]
|-
| 1976-77 || Bombay || 10 Wickets || Rest of India
|[[Feroz Shah Kotla]]
|-
| 1977-78 || Rest of India || Innings and 168 runs || Bombay
|[[Wankhede Stadium]]
|-
| 1978-79 || Rest of India || 9 Wickets || Karnataka
|[[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]]
|-
| 1979-80 ||colspan=4|Not held
|-
| 1980-81 || Delhi || 1st Innings Lead || Rest of India
|[[Feroz Shah Kotla]]
|-
| 1981-82 || Bombay ||1st Innings Lead || Rest of India
|[[Nehru Stadium, Indore]]
|-
| 1982-83 || Rest of India || 5 Wickets || Delhi || [[Feroz Shah Kotla]]
|-
| 1983-84 || Karnataka ||1st Innings Lead || Rest of India || [[Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground]]
|-
| 1984-85 || Rest of India || 4 Wickets || Bombay
|[[Feroz Shah Kotla]]
|-
| 1985-86 || Bombay || 1st Innings Lead || Rest of India
|[[Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground]]
|-
| 1986-87 || Rest of India|| Innings and 232 runs|| Delhi
|[[Barkatullah Khan Stadium]]
|-
| 1987-88 || Hyderabad || 1st Innings Lead || Rest of India
|[[Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad]]
|-
| 1988-89 || Tamil Nadu || 3 Wickets || Rest of India
|[[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium]]
|-
| 1989-90 || Delhi || 309 Runs || Rest of India
|[[Wankhede Stadium]]
|-
| 1990-91 || Rest of India ||1st Innings Lead || Bengal || [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]]
|-
| 1991-92 || Haryana || 4 Wickets ||Rest of India || [[Nahar Singh Stadium]]
|-
| 1992-93 || Rest of India || Innings and 122 runs|| Delhi || [[Feroz Shah Kotla]]
|-
| 1993-94 || Rest of India || 181 Runs || Punjab || [[Punjab Agricultural University Stadium]]
|-
| 1994-95 || Bombay || 1st Innings Lead || Rest of India || [[Wankhede Stadium]]
|-
| 1995-96 || Bombay || 9 Wickets || Rest of India || [[Wankhede Stadium]]
|-
| 1996-97 || Karnataka || 5 Wickets ||Rest of India || [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]]
|-
| 1997-98 ||Mumbai|| 54 Runs || Rest of India || [[Wankhede Stadium]]
|-
| 1998-99 || Karnataka || 1st Innings Lead || Rest of India || [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]]
|-
| 1999-00 || Rest of India || Innings and 60 runs|| Karnataka || [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]]
|-
| 2000-01 || Rest of India || 10 Wickets || Mumbai
|[[Wankhede Stadium]]
|-
| 2001-02 || Rest of India || 6 Wickets || Baroda
|[[Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground]]
|-
| 2002-03 || Railways || 5 Wickets ||Rest of India || [[Karnail Singh Stadium]]
|-
| 2003-04 || Rest of India || 3 Wickets || Mumbai || [[MA Chidambaram Stadium]]
|-
| 2004-05 || Rest of India || 290 Runs || Mumbai
|[[Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium]]
|-
| 2005-06 || Railways || 9 Wickets || Rest of India
|[[Karnail Singh Stadium]]
|-
| 2006-07 || Rest of India || 9 Wickets || Uttar Pradesh
|[[Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground]]
|-
| 2007-08 || Rest of India || 9 Wickets || Mumbai
|[[Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground]]
|-
| 2008-09 || Rest of India || 187 Runs || Delhi
|[[Reliance Cricket Stadium]]
|-
| 2009-10 || Rest of India ||1st Innings Lead || Mumbai
|[[Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium]]
|-
| 2010-11 || Rest of India || 361 Runs || Mumbai
|[[Sawai Mansingh Stadium]]
|-
| 2011-12 || Rest of India || 404 Runs || Rajasthan ||[[Sawai Mansingh Stadium]]
|-
| [[2012–13 Irani Cup|2012-13]] || Rest of India<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.wisdenindia.com/match-report/roi-rout-rajasthan-win-irani-cup/26917| title=ROI rout Rajasthan to win Irani Cup| publisher=Wisden India| date=24 September 2012| access-date=3 October 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102739/http://www.wisdenindia.com/match-report/roi-rout-rajasthan-win-irani-cup/26917| archive-date=4 March 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref>
|| Innings and 79 Runs || Rajasthan || [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]]
|-
| [[2013 Irani Cup|2013]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/irani-cup-2012/content/current/story/604357.html| title= Irani cup 2012-13 | publisher = Cricinfo | date=10 February 2013}}</ref> || Rest of India<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.wisdenindia.com/match-report/jaffer-ton-vain-rest-win-irani-cup/50210| title=Jaffer's ton in vain as Rest win Irani| publisher=Wisden India| date=10 February 2013| access-date=10 February 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000929/http://www.wisdenindia.com/match-report/jaffer-ton-vain-rest-win-irani-cup/50210| archive-date=4 March 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref>||1st Innings Lead || Mumbai || [[Wankhede Stadium]]
|-
| [[2013–14 Irani Cup|2013-14]] || Karnataka ||Innings and 222 runs ||Rest of India || [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]]
|-
| [[2014–15 Irani Cup|2014-15]] || Karnataka<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/irani-cup-2014-15/engine/match/776117.html|title=Irani Cup at Bengaluru, Mar 17-20 2015 - Match Summary - ESPNCricinfo|website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> || 246 Runs || Rest of India || [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]]
|-
| [[2015–16 Irani Cup|2015-16]] || Rest of India<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/irani-cup-2015-16/engine/match/902251.html|title=Irani Cup at Mumbai, Mar 6-10 2016 - Match Summary - ESPNCricinfo|website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> ||4 Wicket || Mumbai || [[Brabourne Stadium]]
|-
| [[2016-17 Irani Cup|2016-17]] ||Rest of India<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/irani-cup-2016-17/engine/match/1053705.html|title=Irani Cup at Mumbai, Jan 20-24 2017 - Match Summary - ESPNCricinfo|website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>||6 Wickets || Gujarat|| [[Brabourne Stadium]]
|-
| [[2017–18 Irani Cup|2017–18]]
||Vidarbha || 1st Innings Lead
||Rest Of India
|[[Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium]]
|-
| [[2018–19 Irani Cup|2018–19]]
||Vidarbha ||1st Innings Lead ||Rest Of India
|[[Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium]]
|-
| [[2019–20 Irani Cup|2019–20]]
|| Rest of India ||Won by 8 wickets || Saurashtra
||[[Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium]]
|-
| 2020–21 ||colspan=4|Not held due to COVID-19
|-
| [[2022–23 Irani Cup|2022–23]]
|| Rest of India ||Won by 238 runs || Madhya Pradesh || [[Captain Roop Singh Stadium]]
|-
| [[2023–24 Irani Cup|2023–24]]
|| Rest of India ||Won by 175 runs || Saurashtra || [[Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium]]
|}

=== Appearances by team ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Team !!Appearances !! Win !! Loss !!Draw!! Last win !! Last Appearance
|-
| Rest of India || 59 || 26 || 25 || 8 || 2023 || 2023
|-
| Mumbai (Bombay)|| 29 || 12 || 12 || 5 || 1997 || 2016
|-
| Karnataka || 8 || 6 || 2 || 0 || 2014 ||2015
|-
| Delhi || 6 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 1989 || 2008
|-
| Railways || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0|| 2005 || 2005
|-
|Vidarbha || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2|| - || 2019
|-
|Rajasthan || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0|| - ||2012
|-
|Hyderabad || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0|| 1987 || 1987
|-
|Tamil Nadu || 1 || 1 || 0 ||0 || 1988 || 1988
|-
| Haryana || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0|| 1991 || 1991
|-
| Bengal || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || - || 1990
|-
| Punjab || 1 ||0 || 1 || 0|| - || 1993
|-
| Baroda || 1 || 0 || 1 ||0 || - || 2001
|-
| Uttar Pradesh || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || - || 2006
|-
| Gujarat || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || - || 2017
|-
| Madhya Pradesh || 1 || 0|| 1 || 0 || - || 2023
|}

== Broadcasters ==
BCCI's official broadcasters [[Sports18]], [[JioCinema]] air it live on TV and internet respectively. BCCI's website bcci.tv airs match highlights and scores.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Irani Cup live streaming info... |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/irani-cup-2023-live-streaming-madhya-pradesh-vs-rest-of-india-tv-channel-squads/article66555955.ece/amp/&ved=2ahUKEwi8moXOxL39AhU_9zgGHVUbAfoQtwJ6BAg9EAE&usg=AOvVaw3zIsTFR0JGMEltwcs7QexE |access-date=2 March 2023 |website=[[The Hindu]]| date=28 February 2023 }}</ref>

==References==

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==External links==
*[http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2003/sep/18irani1.htm A brief history of the Irani Trophy]
*[http://www.bcci.tv BCCI Official website]
*[http://www.sport195.com/leagues/irani_trophy_11061 Irani Trophy on SPORT195]
*[https://cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/search2.cgi Index of all Irani Trophy matches at CricketArchive]

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