The following player transfers were approved ahead of the season:
| Player/Coach | From | To |
| Piyush Chawla | Uttar Pradesh | Gujarat |
| Robin Uthappa | Karnataka | Saurashtra |
| KB Arun Karthik | Assam | Kerala |
| Karn Sharma | Railways | Vidarbha |
| Ambati Rayudu | Vidarbha | Hyderabad |
| Pragyan Ojha | Bengal | Hyderabad |
| Amit Verma | Assam | Karnataka |
| Balchander Anirudh | Hyderabad | Tamil Nadu |
| Jatin Saxena | Madhya Pradesh | Chhattisgarh |
| Rahul Chahar | Rajasthan | Services |
| Robin Bist | Himachal Pradesh | Rajasthan |
| Gonnabattula Chiranjeevi | Andhra Pradesh | Railways |
The teams were drawn in the following groups, with the groupings based on the average points for each side in the previous three years:
| Group A Assam , Delhi , Hyderabad , Karnataka , Maharashtra , Railways , Uttar Pradesh | Group B Gujarat , Haryana , Jammu & Kashmir , Jharkhand , Kerala , Rajasthan , Saurashtra | Group C Andhra Pradesh , Baroda , Madhya Pradesh , Mumbai , Odisha , Tamil Nadu , Tripura | Group D Bengal , Chhattisgarh , Goa , Himachal Pradesh , Punjab , Services , Vidarbha |
Top two teams advanced to the knockout stage
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts | NRR |
| Karnataka | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | +0.479 |
| Delhi | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | +0.333 |
| Maharashtra | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | +0.084 |
| Hyderabad | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | –0.156 |
| Railways | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | –0.312 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | +0.508 |
| Assam | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | –0.977 |
Top two teams advanced to the knockout stage
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts | NRR |
| Gujarat | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | +0.097 |
| Kerala | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | +0.636 |
| Saurashtra | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | +0.245 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | –0.077 |
| Haryana | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | –0.506 |
| Jharkhand | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | –0.049 |
| Rajasthan | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | –0.294 |
Top two teams advanced to the knockout stage
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts | NRR |
| Madhya Pradesh | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | –0.116 |
| Mumbai | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | +0.228 |
| Andhra | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | +0.326 |
| Baroda | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16 | +0.508 |
| Tamil Nadu | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | –0.112 |
| Odisha | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | –0.648 |
| Tripura | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | –0.426 |
Top two teams advanced to the knockout stage
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts | NRR |
| Vidarbha | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | +0.358 |
| Bengal | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23 | +0.367 |
| Punjab | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 | +0.609 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14 | +0.300 |
| Chhattisgarh | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | –0.514 |
| Services | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | –0.273 |
| Goa | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | –0.700 |
The draw for the quarter-finals were made after the final group-stage match, with the following fixtures announced. The fixtures in the knockout stage of the tournament are played across five days, instead of four days in the group stage.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
| B1 | Gujarat | 224 |
| D2 | Bengal | 354 & 695/6 |
| D2 | Bengal | 286 & 86 |
| A2 | Delhi | 398 |
| A2 | Delhi | 405 & 217/3 |
| C1 | Madhya Pradesh | 338 & 283 |
| A2 | Delhi | 295 & 280 |
| D1 | Vidarbha | 547 & 32/1 |
| B2 | Kerala | 176 & 165 |
| D1 | Vidarbha | 246 & 507/9d |
| D1 | Vidarbha | 185 & 313 |
| A1 | Karnataka | 301 & 192 |
| C2 | Mumbai | 173 & 377 |
| A1 | Karnataka | 570 |
Gujarat won the toss and elected to field. , Writtick Chatterjee (Bengal) scored his maiden double-century in first-class cricket. Delhi won the toss and elected to field. Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat. , No play was possible before tea on day 1. Karnataka won the toss and elected to field. , Shivam Dube and Shivam Malhotra (Mumbai) both made their first-class debuts. , Vinay Kumar (Karnataka) took a hat-trick in the first innings and became the first captain to take a hat-trick in the knockout stage of the Ranji Trophy. , Shivam Dube (Mumbai) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
| 7–11 December 2017 Quarter-final 1 Scorecard |
| Bengal | v | Gujarat |
| 354 (111.5 overs)Abhimanyu Easwaran 129 (346)Ishwar Chaudhary 5/87 (31 overs) | 224 (74.5 overs)Bhargav Merai 67 (116)Ishan Porel 3/64 (24.5 overs) | |
| 695/6 (231 overs)Writtick Chatterjee 216 (370)Ishwar Chaudhary 2/95 (35 overs) |
| Match drawnSawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Jayaraman Madanagopal Player of the match: Abhimanyu Easwaran (Bengal) |
| 7–11 December 2017 Quarter-final 2 Scorecard |
| Madhya Pradesh | v | Delhi |
| 338 (124.1 overs)Harpreet Singh 107* (200)Manan Sharma 4/46 (15.1 overs) | 405 (119.4 overs)Kunal Chandela 81 (179)Mihir Hirwani 5/89 (27.4 overs) | |
| 283 (105.5 overs)Harpreet Singh 78 (126)Vikas Mishra 4/59 (31.5 overs) | 217/3 (51.4 overs)Gautam Gambhir 95 (129)Ishwar Pandey 1/18 (6 overs) |
| Delhi won by 7 wicketsDr. Gokaraju Liala Gangaaraju ACA Cricket Ground, Vijayawada Umpires: Gerard Abood and Anil Dandekar Player of the match: Harpreet Singh (Madhya Pradesh) |
| 7–11 December 2017 Quarter-final 3 Scorecard |
| Vidarbha | v | Kerala |
| 246 (105.3 overs)Akshay Wadkar 53 (147)KC Akshay 5/66 (31 overs) | 176 (61.5 overs)Jalaj Saxena 40 (117)Rajneesh Gurbani 5/38 (14 overs) | |
| 507/9d (146.4 overs)Faiz Fazal 119 (209)KC Akshay 4/118 (44.4 overs) | 165 (52.2 overs)Salman Nizar 64 (104)Aditya Sarwate 6/41 (16.2 overs) |
| Vidarbha won by 412 runsLalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni and Virender Sharma Player of the match: Rajneesh Gurbani (Vidarbha) |
| 7–11 December 2017 Quarter-final 4 Scorecard |
| Mumbai | v | Karnataka |
| 173 (56 overs)Dhawal Kulkarni 75 (132)Vinay Kumar 6/34 (15 overs) | 570 (163.3 overs)Shreyas Gopal 150* (274)Shivam Dube 5/98 (37 overs) | |
| 377 (114.5 overs)Suryakumar Yadav 108 (180)Krishnappa Gowtham 6/104 (35.5 overs) |
| Karnataka won by an innings and 20 runsVidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Nitin Pandit Player of the match: Vinay Kumar (Karnataka) |
Bengal won the toss and elected to bat. Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat.
| 17–21 December 2017 Semi-final 1 Scorecard |
| Bengal | v | Delhi |
| 286 (94.2 overs)Sudip Chatterjee 83 (162)Navdeep Saini 3/55 (21 overs) | 398 (117 overs)Gautam Gambhir 127 (216)Mohammed Shami 6/122 (39 overs) | |
| 86 (24.4 overs)Sudip Chatterjee 21 (32)Navdeep Saini 4/35 (12 overs) |
| Delhi won by an innings and 26 runsMaharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Nand Kishore Player of the match: Navdeep Saini (Delhi) |
| 17–21 December 2017 Semi-final 2 Scorecard |
| Vidarbha | v | Karnataka |
| 185 (61.4 overs)Aditya Sarwate 47 (64)Abhimanyu Mithun 5/45 (16 overs) | 301 (100.5 overs)Karun Nair 153 (287)Rajneesh Gurbani 5/94 (34 overs) | |
| 313 (84.1 overs)Ganesh Satish 81 (168)Vinay Kumar 3/71 (18.1 overs) | 192 (59.1 overs)Vinay Kumar 36 (48)Rajneesh Gurbani 7/68 (23.1 overs) |
Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field. , Aditya Thakare (Vidarbha) made his first-class debut. , Rajneesh Gurbani (Vidarbha) became the second bowler to take a hat-trick in the final of the Ranji Trophy. , Akshay Wadkar (Vidarbha) scored his maiden first-class century.
Source: Wikipedia