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1997–98 Ranji Trophy

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{{Infobox cricket tournament

| name = 1997–98 Ranji Trophy

| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg

| imagesize = 299px

| fromdate =

| todate =

| caption = The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.

| administrator = BCCI

| cricket format = First-class cricket

| tournament format = League and knockout

| host =

| champions = Karnataka

| count = 5

| participants = 27

| matches =

| attendance =

| player of the series =

| most runs = Vinod Kambli (Bombay) (880){{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1997/98 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1997-98/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=23 July 2015}}

| most wickets = Paras Mhambrey (Bombay) (48){{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1997/98 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1997-98/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=23 July 2015}}

| website =

| previous_year = 1996–97

| previous_tournament = 1996–97 Ranji Trophy

| next_year = 1998–99

| next_tournament = 1998–99 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.

Super League

;Group A

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="width:120px"|Team{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/RJI-SL/RJI-SL_1997-98_SUMMARY.html |title=Ranji Trophy, 1997-98: Super League Summary |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 January 2022}}

! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Played| Matches played}}

! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}

! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Drawn}}

! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}

! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No result}}

! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Points|Points}}

style="background:#cfc;"

|style="text-align:left"|Karnataka

| 4

310027
style="background:#cfc;"

|style="text-align:left"|Mumbai

| 4

310026
style="text-align:left"|Orissa

| 4

310013
style="text-align:left"|Punjab

| 4

31009
style="text-align:left"|Railways

| 4

31005

  • {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} 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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="width:120px"|Team{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/RJI-SL/RJI-SL_1997-98_SUMMARY.html |title=Ranji Trophy, 1997-98: Super League Summary |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 January 2022}}

! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Played| Matches played}}

! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}

! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Drawn}}

! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}

! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No result}}

! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Points|Points}}

style="background:#cfc;"

|style="text-align:left"|Uttar Pradesh

| 2

01017
style="background:#cfc;"

|style="text-align:left"|Bengal

| 2

01017
style="text-align:left"|Maharashtra

| 2

02006
style="text-align:left"|Delhi

| 2

01003
style="text-align:left"|Tamil Nadu

| 2

01003

  • {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} 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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="width:120px"|Team{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/RJI-SL/RJI-SL_1997-98_SUMMARY.html |title=Ranji Trophy, 1997-98: Super League Summary |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 January 2022}}

! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Played| Matches played}}

! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}

! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Drawn}}

! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}

! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No result}}

! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Points|Points}}

style="background:#cfc;"

|style="text-align:left"|Uttar Pradesh

| 4

130019
style="background:#cfc;"

|style="text-align:left"|Haryana

| 4

130019
style="text-align:left"|Madhya Pradesh

| 4

040018
style="text-align:left"|Baroda

| 4

031013
style="text-align:left"|Bihar

| 4

031011

  • {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Hyderabad and Haryana qualified for the Knockout Stage.

Knockout stage

{{8TeamBracket

| seed-width = 25px

| team-width = 125px

| score-width = 80px

| RD1 = Quarterfinals

| RD2 = Semifinals

| RD3 = Final

| RD1-seed1 =

| RD1-team1 = Hyderabad

| RD1-score1 = 209 & 244

| RD1-seed2 =

| RD1-team2 = Bengal

| RD1-score2 = 244 & 166

| RD1-seed3 =

| RD1-team3 = Karnataka

| RD1-score3 =

| RD1-seed4 =

| RD1-team4 = bye

| RD1-score4 =

| RD1-seed5 =

| RD1-team5 = Mumbai

| RD1-score5 =

| RD1-seed6 =

| RD1-team6 = bye

| RD1-score6 =

| RD1-seed7 =

| RD1-team7 = Haryana

| RD1-score7 = 156 & 423

| RD1-seed8 =

| RD1-team8 = Uttar Pradesh

| RD1-score8 = 613

| RD2-seed1 =

| RD2-team1 = Karnataka

| RD2-score1 = 309 & 157/9

| RD2-seed2 =

| RD2-team2 = Hyderabad

| RD2-score2 = 283 & 179

| RD2-seed3 =

| RD2-team3 = Mumbai

| RD2-score3 = 94 & 328

| RD2-seed4 =

| RD2-team4 = Uttar Pradesh

| RD2-score4 = 293 & 135/7

| RD3-seed1 =

| RD3-team1 = Karnataka

| RD3-score1 = 617/9d

| RD3-seed2 =

| RD3-team2 = Uttar Pradesh

| RD3-score2 = 134 & 416/7

}}

=Quarterfinal 1=

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 30 March - 3 April 1998

| team1 = Hyderabad

| team2 = Bengal

| score-team1-inns1 = 209 (110.5 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Daniel Manohar 44

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Ajay Varma 4/31 (15.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 243 (115.3 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Saba Karim 69

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Narender Singh 7/103 (36 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 244 (92.4 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Daniel Manohar 66

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Subroto Banerjee 5/58 (22.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 166 (67.4 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Saba Karim 59*

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Daniel Manohar 4/48 (14)

| result = Hyderabad won by 44 runs

| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/BENG_HYD_RJI-QF1_30MAR-03APR1998.html Scorecard]

| venue = Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad, Secunderabad

| umpires = KS Giridharan and N Menon

| motm =

| toss = Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes =

}}

=Quarterfinal 2=

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 30 March - 3 April 1998

| team1 = Haryana

| team2 = Uttar Pradesh

| score-team1-inns1 = 156 (63.3 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Vijay Yadav 23

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Obaid Kamal 3/37 (17 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 613 (224.5 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Saurabh Shukla 189

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Dhanraj Singh 3/77 (30.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 423 (115.3 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Jitender Sharma 149

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Ashish Zaidi 4/111 (25.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =

| runs-team2-inns2 =

| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| result = Uttar Pradesh won by an innings and 34 runs

| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/HRYNA_UP_RJI-QF2_30MAR-03APR1998.html Scorecard]

| venue = Ordnance Equipment Factory Ground, Kanpur

| umpires = CR Vijayaraghavan and S Dandapani

| motm =

| toss = Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes =

}}

= Semifinal 1 =

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 9–12 April 1998

| round =

| team1 = Mumbai (H)

| team2 = Uttar Pradesh

| score-team1-inns1 = 94 (34.3 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Jatin Paranjpe 42

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Ashish Zaidi 6/29 (11.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 293 (99.4 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Gyanendra Pandey 109

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Paras Mhambrey 3/48 (21 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 328 (112 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Amol Muzumdar 87

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Obaid Kamal 5/58 (31 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 135/7 (60.2 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Gyanendra Pandey 45*

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Nilesh Kulkarni 4/46 (23.2 overs)

| result = Uttar Pradesh won by 3 wickets

| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/BOM_UP_RJI-SEMI1_09-12APR1998.html Scorecard]

| venue = Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

| umpires = Francis Gomes and Arani Jayaprakash

| motm =

| toss = Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = Amol Muzumdar (Mumbai) passed 4,000 runs in first-class cricket.{{CricketArchive|ref=Archive/Scorecards/65/65574|name=Mumbai v Uttar Pradesh}}

}}

=Semifinal 2=

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 9–12 April 1998

| round =

| team1 = Hyderabad (H)

| team2 = Karnataka

| score-team1-inns1 = 283 (126.1 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = G Arvind Kumar

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Dodda Ganesh 5/74 (28.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 309 (135.3 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = J. Arunkumar 85

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Kanwaljit Singh 7/62 (39.3 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 179 (62.2 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = A Nand Kishore 39

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Dodda Ganesh 4/74 (21 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 157/9 (75 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Fazal Khaleel 51

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Kanwaljit Singh 7/38 (32 overs)

| result = Karnataka won by 1 wicket

| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/HYD_KNTKA_RJI-SEMI2_09-13APR1998.html Scorecard]

| venue = Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad

| umpires = M. R. Singh and Chandra Sathe

| motm =

| toss = Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = Prahladrao Srinivasa Murthy (Karnataka) made his first-class debut.{{CricketArchive|ref=Archive/Scorecards/65/65573|name=Hyderabad v Karnataka}}

  • Both J. Arunkumar and Sunil Joshi (Karnataka) passed 2,000 runs in first-class cricket.
  • Rahul Dravid (Karnataka) passed 7,000 runs in first-class cricket and 1,000 runs for the season.

}}

= Final =

{{Test match

| date = 19–23 April 1998

| team2 = Karnataka (H)

| team1 = Uttar Pradesh

| score-team1-inns1 = 134 (67.1 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Jyoti Yadav 36

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Sunil Joshi 4/37 (23.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 617/9d (211.3 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Rahul Dravid 215

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Obaid Kamal 4/99 (45.3 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 416/7 (171 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Saurabh Shukla 91

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Sunil Joshi 3/112 (61 overs)

| result = Match drawn (Karnataka won on first innings lead)

| venue = M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

| umpires = Aloke Bhattacharjee and Suresh Deo

| motm = Rahul Dravid (Karnataka)

| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/KNTKA_UP_RJI-FINAL_19-23APR1998.html Scorecard]

| toss = Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = Gyanendra Pandey (Uttar Pradesh) and Sujith Somasunder (Karnataka) passed and 3,000 and 2,000 runs respectively in first-class cricket.{{CricketArchive|ref=Archive/Scorecards/65/65608|name=Karnataka v Uttar Pradesh}}

}}

Scorecards and averages

  • [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1997-98.html CricketArchive]

References

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External links

  • [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/874417.html Ranji Trophy, 1997-98] at ESPNcricinfo
  • [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/ Tournament home] at ESPNcricinfo archives
  • {{CricketArchive|ref=Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1997-98|name=Ranji Trophy 1997/98}}

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