1997–98 Ranji Trophy

1997-98 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
Most runs	Vinod Kambli (Bombay) (880)
Most wickets	Paras Mhambrey (Bombay) (48)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Ranji Trophy was the 64th season of the Ranji Trophy. Karnataka won the final against Uttar Pradesh on first innings lead.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final



Karnataka	309 & 157/9

Hyderabad	283 & 179
		Karnataka	617/9d

		Uttar Pradesh	134 & 416/7
Mumbai	94 & 328

Uttar Pradesh	293 & 135/7

Semi-finals

9–12 April 1998
1st Semi-final
Scorecard

Mumbai (H)	v	Uttar Pradesh
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.^[3]

9–12 April 1998
2nd Semi-final
Scorecard

Hyderabad (H)	v	Karnataka
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

Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
Prahladrao Srinivasa Murthy (Karnataka) made his first-class debut.^[4]
Both J. Arunkumar and Sunil Joshi (Karnataka) passed 2,000 runs in first-class cricket.^[4]
Rahul Dravid (Karnataka) passed 7,000 runs in first-class cricket and 1,000 runs for the season.^[4]

Final

19–23 April 1998
Scorecard

Uttar Pradesh	v	Karnataka (H)
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.^[5]

Scorecards and averages

Cricketarchive

References

^ "Ranji Trophy, 1997/98 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 July 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
^ "Ranji Trophy, 1997/98 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 July 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
^ 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

Ranji Trophy, 1997-98 at ESPN Cricinfo
Tournament home at ESPN Cricinfo archives
Ranji Trophy 1997/98 at CricketArchive (subscription required)

[1] "Ranji Trophy, 1997/98 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 July 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

[2] "Ranji Trophy, 1997/98 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 July 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

[3] Mumbai v Uttar Pradesh at CricketArchive (subscription required)

[SF2-4] Hyderabad v Karnataka at CricketArchive (subscription required)

[5] Karnataka v Uttar Pradesh at CricketArchive (subscription required)

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