1997–98 Ranji Trophy

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.

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]

Super League
Group A
Team[3] Played W D L NR Points
Karnataka 4310027
Mumbai 4310026
Orissa 4310013
Punjab 431009
Railways 431005
  •   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 201017
Bengal 201017
Maharashtra 202006
Delhi 201003
Tamil Nadu 201003
  •   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 4130019
Haryana 4130019
Madhya Pradesh 4040018
Baroda 4031013
Bihar 4031011
  •   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
  • 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
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. Hyderabad v Karnataka at CricketArchive (subscription required)
  8. Karnataka v Uttar Pradesh at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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