1997–98 Ranji Trophy
Appearance
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Administrator(s) | BCCI |
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Cricket format | First-class cricket |
Tournament format(s) | League and knockout |
Champions | Karnataka (5th title) |
Participants | 27 |
Most runs | Vinod Kambli (Bombay) (880)[1] |
Most wickets | Paras Mhambrey (Bombay) (48)[2] |
The 1997–98 Ranji Trophy was the 64th season of the Ranji Trophy cricket championship. Karnataka won the final match against Uttar Pradesh on first innings lead.
Super League
[edit]- Group A
Team[3] | Played | W | D | L | NR | Points |
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Karnataka | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
Mumbai | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
Orissa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Punjab | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Railways | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
- Karnataka and Mumbai qualified for the Knockout Stage.
- Karnataka received a bye to the semifinals as the group winner.
- Mumbai received a bye to the semifinals as the defending champions.
- Group B
Team[4] | Played | W | D | L | NR | Points |
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Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Bengal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Maharashtra | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Delhi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Tamil Nadu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
- Uttar Pradesh and Bengal qualified for the Knockout Stage.
- Delhi and Tamil Nadu were suspended from the tournament on February 21, 1998. Points against them were not considered for the remaining teams.
- Group C
Team[5] | Played | W | D | L | NR | Points |
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Uttar Pradesh | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
Haryana | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
Madhya Pradesh | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Baroda | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
Bihar | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
- Hyderabad and Haryana qualified for the Knockout Stage.
Knockout stage
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Hyderabad | 209 & 244 | |||||||||||||
Bengal | 244 & 166 | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 309 & 157/9 | |||||||||||||
Hyderabad | 283 & 179 | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | ||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||
Karnataka | 617/9d | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | 134 & 416/7 | |||||||||||||
Mumbai | ||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||
Mumbai | 94 & 328 | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | 293 & 135/7 | |||||||||||||
Haryana | 156 & 423 | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | 613 |
Quarterfinal 1
[edit]30 March - 3 April 1998
Scorecard |
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209 (110.5 overs)
Daniel Manohar 44 Ajay Varma 4/31 (15.5 overs) |
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244 (92.4 overs)
Daniel Manohar 66 Subroto Banerjee 5/58 (22.4 overs) |
- Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
Quarterfinal 2
[edit]Semifinal 1
[edit]9–12 April 1998
Scorecard |
Mumbai (H)
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- Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
- Amol Muzumdar (Mumbai) passed 4,000 runs in first-class cricket.[6]
Semifinal 2
[edit]9–12 April 1998
Scorecard |
Hyderabad (H)
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- Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
- Prahladrao Srinivasa Murthy (Karnataka) made his first-class debut.[7]
- Both J. Arunkumar and Sunil Joshi (Karnataka) passed 2,000 runs in first-class cricket.[7]
- Rahul Dravid (Karnataka) passed 7,000 runs in first-class cricket and 1,000 runs for the season.[7]
Final
[edit]19–23 April 1998
Scorecard |
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Karnataka (H)
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- Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Gyanendra Pandey (Uttar Pradesh) and Sujith Somasunder (Karnataka) passed and 3,000 and 2,000 runs respectively in first-class cricket.[8]
Scorecards and averages
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1997/98 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1997/98 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1997-98: Super League Summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1997-98: Super League Summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1997-98: Super League Summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Mumbai v Uttar Pradesh at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- ^ a b c Hyderabad v Karnataka at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- ^ Karnataka v Uttar Pradesh at CricketArchive (subscription required)
External links
[edit]- Ranji Trophy, 1997-98 at ESPNcricinfo
- Tournament home at ESPNcricinfo archives
- Ranji Trophy 1997/98 at CricketArchive (subscription required)