1997–98 Ranji Trophy

The 1997–98 Ranji Trophy was the 64th season of the Ranji Trophy. Karnataka won the final 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
Participants27
Most runsVinod Kambli (Bombay) (880)[1]
Most wicketsParas Mhambrey (Bombay) (48)[2]

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Karnataka309 & 157/9
 
 
 
Hyderabad283 & 179
 
Karnataka617/9d
 
 
 
Uttar Pradesh134 & 416/7
 
Mumbai94 & 328
 
 
Uttar Pradesh293 & 135/7
 

Semi-finals
9–12 April 1998
1st Semi-final
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.[3]
9–12 April 1998
2nd Semi-final
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.[4]
  • Both J. Arunkumar and Sunil Joshi (Karnataka) passed 2,000 runs in first-class cricket.[4]
  • Rahul Dravid (Karnataka) passed 7,000 runs in first-class cricket and 1,000 runs for the season.[4]

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.[5]

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. Mumbai v Uttar Pradesh at CricketArchive (subscription required)
  4. Hyderabad v Karnataka at CricketArchive (subscription required)
  5. Karnataka v Uttar Pradesh at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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