<Tr> <Th> Irani Cup wins </Th> <Td> 26 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 2016--17 Irani Cup </Td> </Tr> <P> Rest of India cricket team is a First - class cricket team in India . The team was officially instituted in season 1959 - 60 and played its first match on 18 March 1960 against Bombay (Mumbai). The team competes annually against the winner of the Ranji Trophy for Irani Cup, the tournament being forged as to be "The Best vs Best of the Rest". Rest of India has won the tournament 26 times and shared the trophy 1 time with Bombay in season 1965 - 66 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> 2003 </Td> <Td> Saurav Ganguly </Td> <Td> Kolkata </Td> <Td> Bengal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dinesh Mongia </Td> <Td> Chandigarh </Td> <Td> Punjab </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> Gautam Gambhir </Td> <Td> Delhi </Td> <Td> Delhi </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> Wasim Jaffer </Td> <Td> Mumbai </Td> <Td> Mumbai </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> Mohammad Kaif </Td> <Td> Allahabad </Td> <Td> Uttar Pradesh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> Anil Kumble </Td> <Td> Bangalore </Td> <Td> Karnataka </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Virender Sehwag </Td> <Td> Najafgarh </Td> <Td> Delhi </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Yuvraj Singh </Td> <Td> Chandigarh </Td> <Td> Punjab </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011 </Td> <Td> Parthiv Patel </Td> <Td> Ahmedabad </Td> <Td> Gujarat </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2012 </Td> <Td> Cheteshwar Pujara </Td> <Td> Rajkot </Td> <Td> Saurashtra </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> Virender Sehwag </Td> <Td> Najafgarh </Td> <Td> Delhi </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> Harbhajan Singh </Td> <Td> Jalandhar </Td> <Td> Punjab </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> Manoj Tiwary </Td> <Td> Howrah </Td> <Td> Bengal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> Naman Ojha </Td> <Td> Ujjain </Td> <Td> Madhya Pradesh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2017 </Td> <Td> Cheteshwar Pujara </Td> <Td> Rajkot </Td> <Td> Saurashtra </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2018 </Td> <Td> Karun Nair </Td> <Td> Jodhpur </Td> <Td> Karnataka </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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