Ex India Star Wants Ranji Trophy Scrapped, Goes On Explosive Social Media Rant

11.02.2024 - 05:17 sports.ndtv.com

The Ranji Trophy remains India's premier First Class cricket tournament, a platform for budding cricketers to showcase their talent and knock on the senior national team's doors.

However, former India cricketer Manoj Tiwary isn't entirely happy with how the Ranji Trophy is being organised, and has highlighted various challenges with the the marquee event.

Tiwary, in an explosive rant on social media, has asked for the tournament to be scrapped from the next season. The Bengal star, however, didn't highlight the specific reason for such a suggestion on social media. "Ranji trophy should be scrapped from the calendar from the next season onwards.

So many things going wrong in the tournament. So many things need to be looked into in order to save this prestigious tournament which has a rich history.

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