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1997–98 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)League and knockout
ChampionsKarnataka (5th title)
Participants27
Most runsVinod Kambli (Bombay) (880)[1]
Most wicketsParas 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

Group A
Team[3] Played W D L NR Points
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
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
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

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
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

30 March - 3 April 1998
Scorecard
v
209 (110.5 overs)
Daniel Manohar 44
Ajay Varma 4/31 (15.5 overs)
243 (115.3 overs)
Saba Karim 69
Narender Singh 7/103 (36 overs)
244 (92.4 overs)
Daniel Manohar 66
Subroto Banerjee 5/58 (22.4 overs)
166 (67.4 overs)
Saba Karim 59*
Daniel Manohar 4/48 (14)
Hyderabad won by 44 runs
Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad, Secunderabad
Umpires: KS Giridharan and N Menon
  • Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.


Quarterfinal 2

30 March - 3 April 1998
Scorecard
v
156 (63.3 overs)
Vijay Yadav 23
Obaid Kamal 3/37 (17 overs)
613 (224.5 overs)
Saurabh Shukla 189
Dhanraj Singh 3/77 (30.5 overs)
423 (115.3 overs)
Jitender Sharma 149
Ashish Zaidi 4/111 (25.3 overs)
Uttar Pradesh won by an innings and 34 runs
Ordnance Equipment Factory Ground, Kanpur
Umpires: CR Vijayaraghavan and S Dandapani
  • Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.

Semifinal 1

9–12 April 1998
Scorecard
Mumbai (H)
v
94 (34.3 overs)
Jatin Paranjpe 42
Ashish Zaidi 6/29 (11.3 overs)
293 (99.4 overs)
Gyanendra Pandey 109
Paras Mhambrey 3/48 (21 overs)
328 (112 overs)
Amol Muzumdar 87
Obaid Kamal 5/58 (31 overs)
135/7 (60.2 overs)
Gyanendra Pandey 45*
Nilesh Kulkarni 4/46 (23.2 overs)
Uttar Pradesh won by 3 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Francis Gomes and Arani Jayaprakash
  • Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Amol Muzumdar (Mumbai) passed 4,000 runs in first-class cricket.[6]

Semifinal 2

9–12 April 1998
Scorecard
v
283 (126.1 overs)
G Arvind Kumar
Dodda Ganesh 5/74 (28.1 overs)
309 (135.3 overs)
J. Arunkumar 85
Kanwaljit Singh 7/62 (39.3 overs)
179 (62.2 overs)
A Nand Kishore 39
Dodda Ganesh 4/74 (21 overs)
157/9 (75 overs)
Fazal Khaleel 51
Kanwaljit Singh 7/38 (32 overs)
Karnataka won by 1 wicket
Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad
Umpires: M. R. Singh and Chandra Sathe

Final

19–23 April 1998
Scorecard
v
134 (67.1 overs)
Jyoti Yadav 36
Sunil Joshi 4/37 (23.1 overs)
617/9d (211.3 overs)
Rahul Dravid 215
Obaid Kamal 4/99 (45.3 overs)
416/7 (171 overs)
Saurabh Shukla 91
Sunil Joshi 3/112 (61 overs)
Match drawn (Karnataka won on first innings lead)
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Aloke Bhattacharjee and Suresh Deo
Player of the match: Rahul Dravid (Karnataka)
  • 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

References

  1. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1997/98 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1997/98 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1997-98: Super League Summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1997-98: Super League Summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1997-98: Super League Summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  6. ^ Mumbai v Uttar Pradesh at CricketArchive (subscription required)
  7. ^ a b c Hyderabad v Karnataka at CricketArchive (subscription required)
  8. ^ Karnataka v Uttar Pradesh at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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