2002–03 Ranji Trophy
{{short description|Cricket tournament}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2002–03 Ranji Trophy
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg
| imagesize = 285px
| fromdate =
| todate =
| caption = The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
| administrator = BCCI
| cricket format = First-class cricket
| tournament format = League and knockout
| host =
| champions = Mumbai
| count = 35
| participants = 27
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = Gautam Gambhir (Delhi) (833){{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 2002/03 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_2002-03/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=25 July 2015}}
| most wickets = Lakshmipathy Balaji (Tamil Nadu) and Sunil Joshi (Karnataka) (47){{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 2002/03 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_2002-03/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=25 July 2015}}
| website =
| previous_year = 2001–02
| previous_tournament = 2001–02 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 2003–04
| next_tournament = 2003–04 Ranji Trophy
}}
The 2002–03 Ranji Trophy was the 69th season of the Ranji Trophy. Mumbai defeated Tamil Nadu by 141 runs in the final.
Format
The major change in the format of the tournament was the introduction of the Elite and Plate divisions. The 15 teams which qualified from the Zonal league in the previous season were placed in two groups in the upper Elite division. The top two teams from each group qualified for the semifinal and then played for the Ranji title. The remaining twelve teams played each other in two groups in the Plate division. They played the Plate semifinal and the final. The finalists qualified for the Elite division in the next year while the two lowest placed teams in the Elite division were demoted.
Karnataka and Kerala were promoted to the Elite division for 2003–04. This meant that five of the six South Zone teams played in the Elite division. Himachal Pradesh and Orissa were demoted to the Plate.
Scorecards and averages
- [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_2002-03.html CricketArchive]
Group Matches
=Elite Group=
;Group A
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||
| style="width:120px"|Team{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2002-03/IND_LOCAL/RJI/ELITE/RJI-ELITE_2002-03_TABLE.html |title=Ranji Trophy, 2002/03 Elite Group Points Table |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=30 December 2021}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Played| Matches played}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|FL|First innings lead}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|FD|First innings deficit}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No result}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Bonus|Bonus points}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Points|Points}} | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|Mumbai | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|Delhi | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| style="text-align:left"|Andhra Pradesh
| 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| style="text-align:left"|Hyderabad
| 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| style="text-align:left"|Rajasthan
| 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| style="text-align:left"|Bengal
| 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| style="text-align:left"|Railways
| 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| style="text-align:left"|Himachal Pradesh
| 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
- {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Mumbai and Delhi qualified for the Elite Group knockout stage.
;Group B
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||
| style="width:120px"|Team{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2002-03/IND_LOCAL/RJI/ELITE/RJI-ELITE_2002-03_TABLE.html |title=Ranji Trophy, 2002/03 Elite Group Points Table |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=30 December 2021}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Played| Matches played}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|FL|First innings lead}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|FD|First innings deficit}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No result}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Bonus|Bonus points}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Points|Points}} | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|Tamil Nadu | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|Baroda | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| style="text-align:left"|Punjab
| 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| style="text-align:left"|Assam
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| style="text-align:left"|Rajasthan
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| style="text-align:left"|Uttar Pradesh
| 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| style="text-align:left"|Orissa
| 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
- {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Tamil Nadu and Baroda qualified for the Elite Group knockout stage.
- Baroda qualified to the knockouts ahead of Punjab on a better run-quotient.
=Plate Group=
;Group A
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||
| style="width:120px"|Team{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2002-03/IND_LOCAL/RJI/PLATE/RJI-PLATE_2002-03_TABLE.html |title=Ranji Trophy, 2002/03 Plate Group Points Table |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=30 December 2021}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Played| Matches played}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|FL|First innings lead}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|FD|First innings deficit}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No result}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Bonus|Bonus points}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Points|Points}} | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|Kerala | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|Vidarbha | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| style="text-align:left"|Goa
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| style="text-align:left"|Saurashtra
| 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| style="text-align:left"|Services
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| style="text-align:left"|Tripura
| 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
- {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Kerala and Vidarbha qualified for the Plate Group knockout stage.
;Group B
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||
| style="width:120px"|Team{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2002-03/IND_LOCAL/RJI/PLATE/RJI-PLATE_2002-03_TABLE.html |title=Ranji Trophy, 2002/03 Plate Group Points Table |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=30 December 2021}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Played| Matches played}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|FL|First innings lead}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|FD|First innings deficit}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No result}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Bonus|Bonus points}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Points|Points}} | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|Karnataka | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|Madhya Pradesh | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| style="text-align:left"|Haryana
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| style="text-align:left"|Maharashtra
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| style="text-align:left"|Jammu and Kashmi
| 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| style="text-align:left"|Bihar
| 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
- {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh qualified for the Elite Group knockout stage.
Knockout Matches
=Plate Semifinal 1=
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 18–21 January 2003
| team1 = Kerala
| team2 = Madhya Pradesh
| score-team1-inns1 = 156 (68.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = C Hemanth Kumar 43 (79)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Harvinder Sodhi 3/26 (10 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 112 (70.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Amay Khurasiya 42 (88)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan 3/29 (14 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 185 (81.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Suresh Kumar 58 (111)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Narendra Hirwani 4/58 (31.4 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 161 (69.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Amay Khurasiya 77 (113)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Sreekumar Nair 5/66 (13 overs)
| result = Kerala won by 68 runs
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2002-03/IND_LOCAL/RJI/KNOCK-OUTS/KERALA_MP_RJI_PLATE-SF1_18-22JAN2003.html Scorecard]
| venue = Nehru Stadium, Kochi
| umpires = VM Gupte and SM Bandedkar
| motm =
| toss = Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Kerala advances to the Ranji Trophy Plate final
}}
=Plate Semifinal 2=
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 27–31 January 2003
| team1 = Karnataka
| team2 = Vidarbha
| score-team1-inns1 = 364 (139.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Barrington Rowland 124 (306)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Chandrashekar Atram 3/71 (19 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 236 (76.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Vivek Naidu 43 (101)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Sunil Joshi 5/45 (26.5 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 607/9d (147 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Deepak Chougule 166 (282)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Alind Naidu 2/42 (7 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 270 (78.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Ranjit Paradkar 70 (160)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Sunil Joshi 4/51 (28 overs)
| result = Karnataka won by 465 runs
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2002-03/IND_LOCAL/RJI/KNOCK-OUTS/VIDAR_KNTKA_RJI_PLATE-SF2_27-31JAN2003.html Scorecard]
| venue = Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
| umpires = V Chopra and Devendra Sharma
| motm =
| toss =
| rain =
| notes = Karnataka advances to the Ranji Trophy Plate final
}}
=Plate Final=
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 4–6 March 2003
| team1 = Kerala
| team2 = Karnataka
| score-team1-inns1 = 190 (77.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Hemanth Kumar 48 (128)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Sunil Joshi 6/62 (30 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 405 (129.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Sudhindra Shinde 84 (136)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan 5/118 (37 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 204 (59.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Hemanth Kumar 44 (130)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Sunil Joshi 6/75 (23.3 overs)
| result = Karnataka won by an innings and 11 runs
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2002-03/IND_LOCAL/RJI/KNOCK-OUTS/KNTKA_KERALA_RJI_PLATE-FINAL_04-08MAR2003.html Scorecard]
| venue = M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
| umpires = SK Sharma and Jasbir Singh
| motm =
| toss = Kerala won the toss and elected to bat
| rain =
| notes = Karnataka won the Plate Division
}}
=Elite Semifinal 1=
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 25–29 April 2003
| team1 = Tamil Nadu
| team2 = Delhi
| score-team1-inns1 = 327 (128.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Sadagoppan Ramesh 82 (244)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Rahul Sanghvi 3/26 (13 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 256 (95.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Narender Negi 44(135)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = MR Shrinivas 4/47 (23.1 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 261 (93 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Sridharan Sharath 75 (175)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = NS Negi 3/41 (12 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 200 (53.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Virender Sehwag 99 (114)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Lakshmipathy Balaji 5/49 (16 overs)
| result = Tamil Nadu won by 132 runs
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2002-03/IND_LOCAL/RJI/KNOCK-OUTS/DELHI_TN_RJI_ELITE-SF1_25-29APR2003.html Scorecard]
| venue = Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
| umpires = F Gomes and AM Saheba
| motm =
| toss = Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat
| rain =
| notes = Tamil Nadu qualified for the Ranji Trophy Final
}}
=Elite Semifinal 2=
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 25–29 April 2003
| team1 = Baroda
| team2 = Mumbai
| score-team1-inns1 = 130 (43.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Rakesh Solanki 43 (114)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Ajit Agarkar 5/46 (15 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 390 (122.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Bhavin Thakkar 76 (254)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Zaheer Khan 5/46 (23.3 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 122 (51.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Rakesh Solanki 38 (142)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Sairaj Bahutule 5/21 (13.2 overs)
| result = Mumbai won by an innings and 138 runs
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2002-03/IND_LOCAL/RJI/KNOCK-OUTS/BARODA_BOM_RJI_ELITE-SF2_25-29APR2003.html Scorecard]
| venue = Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation Ground, Vadodara
| umpires = Devendra Sharma and K Hariharan
| motm =
| toss = Mumbai Nadu won the toss and elected to field
| rain =
| notes = Mumbai qualified for the Ranji Trophy Final
}}
Final
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 4–8 May 2003
| team1 = Mumbai
| team2 = Tamil Nadu
| score-team1-inns1 = 260 (91 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Wasim Jaffer 83 (154)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Somasetty Suresh 3/51 (18 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 271 (115.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Sadagoppan Ramesh 85 (202)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Ajit Agarkar 4/57 (29 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 387/7 d (105 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Nishit Shetty 100 (133)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = MR Shrinivas 3/73 (21 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 235 (100.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Hemang Badani 109 (220)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Sairaj Bahutule 5/70 (30.4 overs)
| result = Mumbai won by 141 runs
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2002-03/IND_LOCAL/RJI/KNOCK-OUTS/BOM_TN_RJI_ELITE-FINAL_04-08MAY2003.html Scorecard]
| venue = Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
| umpires = V Chopra and NN Menon
| motm =
| toss = Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
References
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{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ranji Trophy, 2002-03}}
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