| 2018–19 Ranji Trophy Plate Group | |
| Administrator: | BCCI |
| Cricket Format: | First-class cricket |
| Tournament Format: | Round-robin |
| Host: |  India |
| Participants: | 9 |
| Matches: | 36 |
| Previous Year: | 2017–18 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2017–18 Ranji Trophy |
The 2018–19 Ranji Trophy was the 85th season of the Ranji Trophy, the first-class cricket tournament that took place in India. It was contested by 37 teams, divided into four groups, with nine teams in the Plate Group.[1] The group stage ran from 1 November 2018 to 10 January 2019.[1] The top team from the Plate Group progressed to the quarter-finals of the competition.[2] The teams in the Plate Group were allowed to have up to three professional players in their squads.[3]
All of the matches in the first round of fixtures reached a result within three days,[4] with Uttarakhand beating Bihar in two days.[5] Nagaland beat Mizoram by an innings and 333 runs, the biggest winning margin for a team making its debut in the Ranji Trophy.[6] Pondicherry made their debut in the second round of the tournament, against Meghalaya.[7]
In fifth round match between Pondicherry and Arunachal Pradesh, Paras Dogra scored his eighth double century. He broke Ajay Sharma's record of the most double centuries by a batsman in the Ranji Trophy.
In the sixth round of fixtures, Milind Kumar of Sikkim became the first batsman to score 1,000 runs in this edition of the tournament.[8] He did so in the match against Mizoram, in his ninth innings of the competition.[9] In round seven of the tournament, Ashutosh Aman of Bihar became the first bowler to take 50 wickets in this years' Ranji Trophy tournament.[10] He went on to finish the tournament with 68 wickets, breaking the previous record of 64 dismissals set by Bishan Singh Bedi in the 1974–75 tournament.[11] Round eight saw Pankaj Singh of Pondicherry become the first seam bowler to take 400 wickets in the Ranji Trophy.[12]
Uttarakhand won the Plate Group and advanced to the quarter-finals.[13]
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