1988–89 Ranji Trophy

The 1988–89 Ranji Trophy was the 55th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament that took place in India between October 1988 and March 1989.[3] Delhi defeated Bengal by an innings and 210 runs in the final.

1988-89 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Dates13 October 1988 – 28 March 1989
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)League and knockout
ChampionsDelhi
Participants27
Most runsWoorkeri Raman (Tamil Nadu) (1,018)[1]
Most wicketsManoj Prabhakar (Delhi) (39)[2]

Sachin Tendulkar made his first-class debut in this season, in December 1988. Playing for Bombay at home in the Wankhede Stadium against Gujarat, he made a century in his debut innings, scoring 100 not out off 129 balls, becoming the youngest Indian to do to so.[4]

Teams

The teams were drawn in the following groups:[5]

Knockout stage
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Tamil Nadu 507 & 247
Maharashtra 382 & 333
Tamil Nadu 535
Bengal 596/8 & 76/1
Bengal 594/8 & 66/2
Punjab 551
Bengal 167 & 344
Delhi 721
Bombay 234 & 422
Uttar Pradesh 137 & 295
Bombay 321
Delhi 409 & 176/5
Orissa 161 & 262
Delhi 638/6

Quarter-finals
17–20 February 1989
Quarter-final 1
Scorecard
v
507 (135.5 overs)
Woorkeri Raman 200*
Sunil Gudge 5/122 (28.5 overs)
382 (96 overs)
Surendra Bhave 128
Sunil Subramaniam 7/107 (31.1 overs)
247 (69 overs)
Arjan Kripal Singh 89
Ramesh Hazare 7/68 (27 overs)
333 (64.1 overs)
Shrikant Jadhav 86
Bharat Arun 4/75 (14.1 overs)
Tamil Nadu won by 39 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Nilay Dutta and Ram Babu Gupta
  • Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Woorkeri Raman and V. Sivaramakrishan (both Tamil Nadu) and Shrikant Jadhav (Maharashtra) passed 2,000, 6,000 and 1,000 runs respectively in first-class matches.[6]
  • Bharat Arun (Tamil Nadu) reached 100 wickets in first-class matches.[6]
17–20 February 1989
Quarter-final 2
Scorecard
v
594/8d (171 overs)
Ashok Malhotra 200*
Bhupinder Singh 3/115 (43 overs)
551 (174.1 overs)
Gursharan Singh 298*
Satyendra Singh 4/94 (36.1 overs)
66/2 (16 overs)
Indu Bhushan Roy 31*
Rajdeep Kalsi 1/9 (2 overs)
Match drawn
(Bengal won on 1st innings)
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Umpires: B. Jamula and B. R. Keshavamurthy
17–20 February 1989
Quarter-final 3
Scorecard
v
234 (67.1 overs)
Shishir Hattangadi 140
Gopal Sharma 4/81 (23 overs)
137 (59.4 overs)
Sunil Chaturvedi 47
Kiran Mokashi 4/34 (18.4 overs)
422 (138.5 overs)
Sanjay Manjrekar 131
Gopal Sharma 7/113 (51.5 overs)
295 (111.5 overs)
Rahul Sapru 92*
Kiran Mokashi 4/104 (38.5 overs)
Bombay won by 224 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: S. K. Bansal and Soumendra Basu
  • Bombay won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Satish Kesherwani (Uttar Pradesh) made his first-class debut.[8]
17–20 February 1989
Quarter-final 4
Scorecard
v
161 (65 overs)
Asjit Jaiprakasham 35
Manoj Prabhakar 6/65 (24 overs)
638/6d (161 overs)
Raman Lamba 180
Sushil Kumar Prasad 3/220 (61 overs)
262 (87 overs)
Soumitra Chowdhury 79
Manoj Prabhakar 4/42 (14 overs)
Delhi won by an innings and 215 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: M. G. Deshpande and S. B. Kulkarni

Semi-finals

Delhi qualified for the final for the tenth time by virtue of a first innings lead after its match against Bombay ended in a draw. Requiring 152 runs to surpass Delhi's first innings score of 409, Bombay were dismissed for 321, that included a fighting 78 off 171 balls by Sachin Tendulkar.[10]

Bengal made it to their ninth final, their first since the 1971–72 competition, also by virtue of a first innings lead, against Tamil Nadu. Earlier in Tamil Nadu's innings, Woorkeri Raman scored 238, recording his third double century in as many matches. In the process, he broke the 45-year-old record of Rusi Modi for most runs in a single season of the competition (1,008). Gautam Shome, who played his first game of the season for Bengal, removed Raman and P. C. Prakash before Tamil Nadu were dismissed 61 runs short of Bengal's first innings tally.[11]

3–6 March 1989
1st Semi-final
Scorecard
v
409 (170.3 overs)
Manoj Prabhakar 123
Raju Kulkarni 5/90 (30.3 overs)
321 (99.2 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 78 (171)
Maninder Singh 7/105 (37 overs)
176/5 (75 overs)
Bhaskar Pillai 49
Ravi Thakkar 2/54 (24 overs)
Match drawn
(Delhi won on 1st innings)
Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: R. V. Ramani and Ivaturi Shivram
  • Delhi won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sanjay Sharma (Delhi) made his first-class debut.[12]
  • Shishir Hattangadi (Bombay) passed 3,000 runs in first-class matches.[12]
3–6 March 1989
2nd Semi-final
Scorecard
v
596/8d (182 overs)
Rajinder Singh 148
Divakar Vasu 3/149 (50 overs)
535 (140 overs)
Woorkeri Raman 238
Gautam Shome 4/135 (33 overs)
76/1 (23 overs)
Indu Roy 52
Arjan Kripal Singh 1/15 (4 overs)
Match drawn
(Bengal won on 1st innings)
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Umpires: S. B. Kulkarni and Piloo Reporter

Final
22–26 March 1989
Scorecard
v
Delhi (H)
167 (62.2 overs)
Sambaran Banerjee 55
Manoj Prabhakar 4/40
721 (191.1 overs)
Bhaskar Pillai 199
Sagarmoy Sensharma 3/94
344 (74.4 overs)
Rajinder Singh 79
Kirti Azad 3/28
Delhi won by an innings and 210 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: Dara Dotiwalla and R. S. Rathore
Player of the match: Bhaskar Pillai (Delhi)[14]
  • Bengal won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Kirti Azad (Delhi) passed 5,000 runs in first-class matches.[14]

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