Ranji Trophy 2018-19: Top 3 favorites to win the trophy

#2 Karnataka

Karnataka will look to repeat their performances 3 years ago

Karnataka has probably been the best domestic team in recent times as they have completed a double of all the domestic competitions 3 years ago. Although last year's Vijay Hazare was the only major trophy after the historic double, Karnataka has always failed at the final stages of the Ranji season. Last year, they lost to eventual winners Vidharba in the semi-final and that has been the story in the past few seasons.

KL Rahul, Manish Pandey, Karun Nair and Mayank Agarwal have all been on the fringes of national call-up and some of them will be part of some of the Ranji matches this season.

Experienced players such as Vinay Kumar, A Mithun, Stuart Binny, and CM Gautham would look to clinch one more Ranji trophy before the end of their career.

A new breed of youngsters such as R Samarth, Prasidh Krishna and T Pradeep will try to fall on the eyes on the national selectors with their performances in this edition.

Karnataka will be one of the favourites again this time and they should avoid faltering at the final stages to avoid another disappointment.