Rest of India cricket team


Rest of India cricket team is a first-class cricket team in India that continually changes, being composed from players across the country except for those from the season's current Ranji Trophy winner. It annually competes against the Ranji Trophy winner for the Irani Cup, "The Best vs Best of the Rest" tournament. The team was officially instituted in season 1959-60, playing its first match on 18 March 1960 against the Bombay cricket team. Rest of India has won the tournament 27 times and shared the trophy twice.

Captains

Current Team (for [2018–19 [Irani Cup]])

NameRanji Team
Ajinkya Rahane Mumbai
Mayank AgarwalKarnataka
Anmolpreet SinghPunjab
sai ganeshHyderabad
Shreyas IyerMumbai
Ishan Kishan Jharkhand
Krishnappa GowthamKarnataka
Dharmendrasinh JadejaGujarat
Rahul ChaharRajasthan
Ankit RajpootUttar Pradesh
Tanvir Mashart Ul-HaqRajasthan
Ronit MoreKarnataka
Sandeep WarrierKerala
Rinku SinghUttar Pradesh
Snell PatelGujarat

Other forms

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has named other Rest of India teams. These have played tour matches against international teams, and in 1971-1972 played a series of 3 first-class matches against the Indian national cricket team to raise funds for defence forces. A List A "Best vs Best of the Rest" match was organized between Rest of India and the winner of 1989-90 Deodhar Trophy, West Zone, on 2 October 1989.