Rest of India cricket team is a first-class cricket team in India that is composed of players from across the country except for those from the current Ranji Trophy winners.

[1][2] It competes annually against the Ranji Trophy winner for the Irani Cup, in a "The Best vs Best of the Rest" tournament.

The team was officially instituted for the 1959–60 Irani Cup, playing its first match on 18 March 1960 against the Bombay.

Rest of India has won Irani Cup 30 times (outright wins and first innings leads in drawn matches) and shared the trophy twice (with Bombay in 1965–66 and Delhi in 1979–80).

These have played tour matches against international teams, and in 1971-1972 played a series of 3 first-class matches against the Indian national cricket team to raise funds for defence forces.