1996–97 Ranji Trophy

The 1996–97 Ranji Trophy was the 63rd season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the final against Delhi on first innings lead. This match, held at Gwalior, was the first day-night first class match in India.

1996–97 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)League and knockout
ChampionsMumbai (33rd title)
Participants27
Most runsRaman Lamba (Delhi) (1034)[1]
Most wicketsRajesh Chauhan (Madhya Pradesh) (52)[2]

Raman Lamba who scored 1034 and Ajay Sharma, 1033, bettered the previous record for most runs in a season.

Knockout Matches

Quarterfinal 1
17–21 March 1997
Scorecard
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464 (145.2 overs)
Amay Khurasiya 209
Utpal Chatterjee 3/110 (45 overs)
420 (149.1)
Rohan Gavaskar 109
Rajesh Chauhan 3/121 (49 overs)
425/5 d (136 overs)
Jai P Yadav 108
Rohan Gavaskar 2/51 (20 overs)
54/2 (23 overs)
Shibsagar Singh 86
Manish Babulal Majithia 2/16 (9 overs)
Match drawn
Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground, Indore, Indore
Umpires: R Radhakrishnan and KG Lakshminarayana
  • Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Madhya Pradesh advanced to the semi-final

Quarterfinal 2
17–21 March 1997
Scorecard
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226 (96.4 overs)
V Pratap 76
Milind Shripath Kulkarni 4/71 (24.4 overs)
287 (119.3)
Indrajeet Kamtekar 53
Venkatapathy Raju 3/54 (31 overs)
230 (76.3 overs)
Narender Pal Singh 62
Iqbal Siddiqui 4/46 (11.3 overs)
172/3 (35.3 overs)
Surendra Bhave 86
Ramakrishnan Sridhar 2/42 (7 overs)
Maharashtra won by 7 wickets
Nehru Stadium, Pune
Umpires: SK Bansal and MS Mahal
  • Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.

Semifinal 1
27–31 March 1997
Scorecard
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369 (153.3 overs)
Manish Majithia 75
Nilesh Kulkarni 5/81 (41 overs)
111 (230.5)
Amol Mazumdar 125
Rajesh Chauhan 6/191(93.5 overs)
291/7 d (101.5 overs)
Abbas Ali 102
Sairaj Bahutule 4/75 (37.5 overs)
25/0 (11 overs)
Wasim Jaffer 16
Sunil Lahore 0/12 (5 overs)
Match drawn
Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground, Indore
Umpires: S Lakshmanan and P Bhanu Prakash
  • Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Mumbai advanced to the Ranji Trophy Final

Semifinal 2
27–31 March 1997
Scorecard
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656 (213.4 overs)
Raman Lamba 192
Sameer Inamdar 4/163 (40 overs)
524 (143.1)
Hrishikesh Kanitkar 174
Robin Singh 3/168 (35 overs)
264/2 d (67 overs)
Raman Lamba 101
Shantanu Sugwekar 2/41 (12 overs)
Match drawn
Nehru Stadium, Pune
Umpires: LM Thyagrajan and TN Ravi
  • Delhi won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Delhi advanced to the Ranji Trophy Final

Final
5–9 April 1997
Scorecard
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630 (202.2 overs)
Jatin Paranjpe 111, Amol Muzumdar 144
Feroze Ghayas 2/116
559 (219.1 overs)
Ashu Dani 178, Ajay Sharma 176
Nilesh Kulkarni 4/143
Mumbai won on first innings lead
Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior
Umpires: V. K. Ramaswamy, Subroto Porel
  • Mumbai won the toss and decided to bat
  • Day-night match

Scorecards and averages

References
  1. "Ranji Trophy, 1996/97 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. "Ranji Trophy, 1996/97 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
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