The competition is named after the first Indian cricketer who played international cricket, Ranjitsinhji (the ruler of Nawanagar), who was also known as ‘Ranji’. The first match of the competition was held on 4 November 1934 between Madras and Mysore.
| Season | Winner | Runner | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Saurashtra | Bengal | Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot |
| 2018-19 | Vidharbha | Saurashtra | Vidharbha Cricket Association, Nagpur |
| 2017-18 | Vidharbha | Vidharbha | Holkar Cricket Stadium |
| 2016-17 | Gujarat | Mumbai | Holkar Cricket Stadium |
| 2015-16 | Mumbai | Saurashtra | Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium |
| 2014-15 | Karnataka | Tamil Nadu | Wankhede Stadium |
| 2013-14 | Karnataka | Maharashtra | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal |
| 2012-13 | Mumbai | Saurashtra | Wankhede Stadium |
| 2011-12 | Rajasthan | Tamil Nadu | Chepauk |
| 2010-11 | Rajasthan | Baroda | Moti Bagh Stadium |
| 2009-10 | Mumbai | Karnataka | Gangothri Glades Cricket Ground |
| 2008-09 | Mumbai | Uttar Pradesh | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal |
| 2007-08 | Delhi | Uttar Pradesh | Wankhede Stadium |
| 2006-07 | Mumbai | Bengal | Wankhede Stadium |
| 2005-06 | Uttar Pradesh | Bengal | KD Singh Babu Stadium |
| 2004-05 | Railways | Punjab | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali |
| 2003-04 | Mumbai | Tamil Nadu | Chepauk |
| 2002-03 | Mumbai | Tamil Nadu | Wankhede Stadium |
| 2001-02 | Railways | Baroda | Feroz Shah Kotla |
| 2000-01 | Baroda | Railways | Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation Ground |
| 1999-00 | Mumbai | Hyderabad | Wankhede Stadium |
| 1998-99 | Karnataka | Madhya Pradesh | M Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 1997-98 | Karnataka | Uttar Pradesh | M Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 1996-97 | Mumbai | Delhi | Captain Roop Singh Stadium |
| 1995-96 | Karnataka | Tamil Nadu | Chepauk |
| 1994-95 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Punjab | Chepauk |
| 1993-94 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Bengal | Wankhede Stadium |
| 1992-93 | Punjab | Maharashtra | Punjab Agricultural University Ground |
| 1991-92 | Delhi | Tamil Nadu | Feroz Shah Kotla |
| 1990-91 | Haryana | Bombay (Mumbai) | Wankhede Stadium |
| 1989-90 | Bengal | Delhi | Eden Gardens |
| 1988-89 | Delhi | Bengal | Feroz Shah Kotla |
| 1987-88 | Tamil Nadu | Railways | Chepauk |
| 1986-87 | Hyderabad | Delhi | Feroz Shah Kotla |
| 1985-86 | Delhi | Haryana | Feroz Shah Kotla |
| 1984-85 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Delhi | Wankhede Stadium |
| 1983-84 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Delhi | Wankhede Stadium |
| 1982-83 | Karnataka | Bombay (Mumbai) | Wankhede Stadium |
| 1981-82 | Delhi | Karnataka | Feroz Shah Kotla |
| 1980-81 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Delhi | Wankhede Stadium |
| 1979-80 | Delhi | Bombay (Mumbai) | Feroz Shah Kotla |
| 1978-79 | Delhi | Karnataka | M Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 1977-78 | Karnataka | Uttar Pradesh | Narendra Mohan Sports Stadium |
| 1976-77 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Delhi | Feroz Shah Kotla |
| 1975-76 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Bihar (Jharkhand) | Keenan Stadium |
| 1974-75 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Karnataka | Wankhede Stadium |
| 1973-74 | Karnataka | Rajasthan | Sawai Mansigh Stadium |
| 1972-73 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Tamil Nadu | Chepauk |
| 1971-72 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Bengal | Brabourne Stadium |
| 1970-71 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Maharashtra | Brabourne Stadium |
| 1969-70 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Rajasthan | Brabourne Stadium |
| 1968-69 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Bengal | Brabourne Stadium |
| 1967-68 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Madras (Tamil Nadu) | Brabourne Stadium |
| 1966-67 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Rajasthan | Brabourne Stadium |
| 1965-66 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Rajasthan | Railway Cricket Ground |
| 1964-65 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Hyderabad | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium |
| 1963-64 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Rajasthan | Brabourne Stadium |
| 1962-63 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Rajasthan | Maharaja College Ground |
| 1961-62 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Rajasthan | Brabourne Stadium |
| 1960-61 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Rajasthan | Bhupal Noble’s College Ground |
| 1959-60 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Mysore (Karnataka) | Brabourne Stadium |
| 1958-59 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Bengal | Brabourne Stadium |
| 1957-58 | Baroda | Services | Moti Bagh Stadium |
| 1956-57 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Services | Roshanara Club Ground |
| 1955-56 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Bengal | Eden Gardens |
| 1954-55 | Madras (Tamil Nadu) | Holkar (Madhya Pradesh) | Yeshawant Club Ground |
| 1953-54 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Holkar (Madhya Pradesh) | Yeshawant Club Ground |
| 1952-53 | Holkar (Madhya Pradesh) | Bengal | Eden Gardens |
| 1951-52 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Holkar (Madhya Pradesh) | Brabourne Stadium |
| 1950-51 | Holkar (Madhya Pradesh) | Gujarat | Yeshawant Club Ground |
| 1949-50 | Baroda | Holkar (Madhya Pradesh) | Maharaja Pratapsingh Coronation Gymkhana Ground |
| 1948-49 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Baroda | Brabourne Stadium |
| 1947-48 | Holkar (Madhya Pradesh) | Bombay (Mumbai) | Yeshawant Club Ground |
| 1946-47 | Baroda | Holkar (Madhya Pradesh) | Central College Ground, Baroda |
| 1945-46 | Holkar (Madhya Pradesh) | Baroda | Yeshawant Club Ground |
| 1944-45 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Holkar (Madhya Pradesh) | Brabourne Stadium |
| 1943-44 | Western India (Saurashtra) | Bengal | Brabourne Stadium |
| 1942-43 | Baroda | Hyderabad | Railways Recreation Club Ground |
| 1941-42 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Mysore (Karnataka) | Brabourne Stadium |
| 1940-41 | Maharashtra | Madras (Tamil Nadu) | Chepauk |
| 1939-40 | Maharashtra | United Province (Uttar Pradesh) | Poona Gymkhana |
| 1938-39 | Bengal | Southern Punjab (Punjab) | Eden Gardens |
| 1937-38 | Hyderabad | Nawanagar (Saurashtra) | Brabourne Stadium |
| 1936-37 | Nawanagar (Saurashtra) | Bengal | Bombay Gymkhana |
| 1935-36 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Madras (Tamil Nadu) | Feroz Shah Kotla |
| 1934-35 | Bombay (Mumbai) | Northern India () | Bombay Gymkhana |
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