Question

Ranji Cricket Trophy 2017 Winning Team ________
1. Vidarbha
2. Karnataka
3. Rajasthan
4. Gujarat

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Vidarbha

The correct answer is Vidarbha.

• Vidarbha was the Ranji Cricket Trophy 2017 Winning Team.

• Ranji Trophy:
  • The trophy is named after Ranjit Singh Ji who was the first Indian cricketer who played international cricket.
  • It was first organised in July 1934.
  • The tournament is being administered by the BCCI.
  • The 2017-18 Ranji Trophy was the 84th season of the Ranji Trophy.
  • In the 84th season, Vidarbha defeated Delhi by 9 wickets in the finals.
  • In 2020, Saurashtra won Ranji Trophy.

• Cricket:
  • The first official cricket test match was played in the year 1877 between Australia and England in Melbourne.
  • Imperial Cricket Conference was formed in 1909, which was later named as International Cricket Council.
  • The First One Day International cricket match was played in the year 1971 between England and Australia in Melbourne.
  • The apex institution of world cricket is the International Cricket Council (ICC), its headquarter is in Dubai.
  • The Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI) was formed in 1927.​​
• ​About ICC
  • Manu Sawhney- CEO
  • New Zealand's Greg Barclay has been elected as the International Cricket Council's new independent chairman(In Dec 2020)
• Current News(In Dec 2020)
• Recently, ICC Awards of the Decade has announced- 
  • Virat Kohli wins the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade.
  • Ellyse Perry wins the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award for ICC Female Cricketer of the Decade.
  • Steve Smith is ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Decade.
  • Virat Kohli is ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade.
  • Ellyse Perry is ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade.
  • Rashid Khan is ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Decade.