1977–78 Ranji Trophy

1977-78 Ranji Trophy
	The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	League and knockout
Champions	Karnataka (2nd title)
Participants	24
Most runs	Venkat Sunderam (Delhi) (608)
Most wickets	Rajinder Singh Hans (Uttar Pradesh) (52)
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 Ranji Trophy was the 44th season of the Ranji Trophy. Karnataka won their second title defeating Uttar Pradesh.

Highlights

Bombay finished third in the West Zone and failed to qualify for the knockout stage. Gujarat won all their four matches in the West Zone, a rare feat.
Bombay were dismissed for 42 by Gujarat.^[3] This is their lowest total in Ranji Trophy.
The loss against Gujarat ended a sequence of 124 matches without defeat for Bombay. Their previous defeat was against Baroda in 1957/58.^[4] During these twenty years, Bombay won the Ranji Trophy 18 times.
Karnataka defeated Kerala without losing a wicket. Kerala scored 141 and 124, and Karnataka 451/0 decl.^[5] The partnership between Sanjay Desai and Roger Binny was then an Indian record for the first wicket.^[6]
Rajinder Goel took 7 wickets for 4 runs in the second innings as Haryana bowled out Jammu Kashmir for 23. Goel's match figures were 13 for 29.^[7]

Group stage

South Zone

Team	Pld	W	L	D	Pts	Q
Karnataka	4	3	0	1	27	2.481
Hyderabad	4	2	0	2	25	2.247
Tamil Nadu	4	1	1	2	19	1.099
Andhra	4	0	2	2	8	0.547
Kerala	4	0	3	1	3	0.232

West Zone

Team	Pld	W	L	D	Pts	Q
Gujarat	4	4	0	0	32	2.062
Maharashtra	4	1	1	2	17	0.733
Bombay	4	0	1	3	13	1.086
Baroda	4	0	1	3	11	0.818
Saurashtra	4	0	2	2	8	0.692

North Zone

Team	Pld	W	L	D	Pts	Q
Delhi	4	3	0	1	30	3.149
Punjab	4	3	1	0	24	1.306
Haryana	4	2	1	1	19	1.731
Services	4	1	3	0	8	0.640
Jammu and Kashmir	4	0	4	0	0	0.171

Central Zone

Team	Pld	W	L	D	NR	Pts	Q
Uttar Pradesh	4	2	0	2	0	26	1.512
Rajasthan	4	2	1	1	0	19	1.272
Madhya Pradesh	4	1	1	1	1	15	0.903
Vidarbha	4	0	1	3	0	9	0.662
Railways	4	0	2	1	1	7	0.757

East Zone

Team	Pld	W	L	D	Pts	Q
Bengal	3	2	0	1	22	3.236
Bihar	3	2	0	1	19	1.437
Assam	3	0	2	1	5	0.559
Orissa	3	0	2	0	3	0.431

Knockout stage

Pre-Quarter-finals

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

11 Feb 1978 — Ghaziabad

Uttar Pradesh

407 & 41/0

24 Feb 1978 — Ghaziabad

Punjab

287 & 275/9d

Uttar Pradesh

186 & 280

Gujarat

154 & 252

17 Mar 1978 — Ghaziabad

Uttar Pradesh

267 & 159/3

Hyderabad

247 & 175

17 Feb 1978 — Hyderabad

Hyderabad

317

Bengal

197 & 108/8

4 Apr 1978 — Ghaziabad

Uttar Pradesh

129 & 112

Karnataka

434

26 Feb 1978 — Delhi

Delhi

522/9d

21 Feb 1978 — Karad

Rajasthan

223 & 196

Maharashtra

237 & 258

17 Mar 1978 — Delhi

Rajasthan

220 & 284/6

Delhi

332 & 195/7d

Karnataka

391 & 94/5

18 Feb 1978 — Bangalore

Karnataka

486

Bihar

255 & 162

Final

4–6 April 1978
Scorecard

Uttar Pradesh (H)	v	Karnataka
129 (50.5 overs) Anand Shukla 32 B. S. Chandrasekhar 6/57 (19.5 overs)		434 (136.4 overs) Gundappa Viswanath 247 Rajinder Hans 9/152 (55.4 overs)
112 (56.2 overs) Shashikant Srivastava 22 B. S. Chandrasekhar 6/24 (17.2 overs)

Karnataka won by an innings and 193 runs
Narendra Mohan Sports Stadium, Mohan Nagar, Uttar Pradesh
Umpires: P. D. Reporter and Har Prasad Sharma

Uttar Pradesh won the toss and decided to bat.

Scorecards and averages

CricketArchive

References

^ "Ranji Trophy, 1977/78 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 13 December 2014.
^ "Ranji Trophy, 1977/78 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 13 December 2014.
^ Gujarat v Bombay, Bulsar, 1977/78
^ Baroda v Bombay, Solapur, 1957/58
^ Karnataka v Kerala, Chickmagalur, 1977/78
^ "How many batters have made their first two centuries in the same Test?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ Haryana v Jammu Kashmir, Rai, 1977/78

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[1] "Ranji Trophy, 1977/78 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 13 December 2014.

[2] "Ranji Trophy, 1977/78 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 13 December 2014.

[3] Gujarat v Bombay, Bulsar, 1977/78

[4] Baroda v Bombay, Solapur, 1957/58

[5] Karnataka v Kerala, Chickmagalur, 1977/78

[6] "How many batters have made their first two centuries in the same Test?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

[7] Haryana v Jammu Kashmir, Rai, 1977/78

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