1998–99 Ranji Trophy

1998-99 Ranji Trophy
	The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	League and knockout
Champions	Karnataka
Participants	27
Most runs	Vijay Bharadwaj (Karnataka) (1280)[1]
Most wickets	Dodda Ganesh (Karnataka) (62)[2]

The 1998–99 Ranji Trophy was the 65th season of the Ranji Trophy. Karnataka won their third title in four years defeating Madhya Pradesh by 96 runs in the final.

In the final, Madhya Pradesh gained a first innings lead of 75 runs. The match was interrupted by rain on the fourth day, at the end of which Karnataka declared their second innings at 321 for 7. Madhya Pradesh needed 247 or alternately bat through the last day to win on first innings lead. They chose the latter option and were 130 for 4 wickets at tea. Vijay Bharadwaj dismissed the captain Chandrakant Pandit in the first over after tea and Raja Ali with the first ball of his next over. Harvinder Sodhi scored a 30-minute duck while Bharadwaj had 7-0-13-3 in this spell. In the second over with the new ball, taken after 80 overs, Sunil Joshi dismissed Abbas Ali and Bharadwaj took the last two wickets in a single over.

Bharadwaj's 1280 runs in the season was a new record and as of 2015, is the second highest aggregate.

Final

19–23 April 1999
Scorecard

Karnataka	v	Madhya Pradesh
304 (95.2 overs) Vijay Bharadwaj 86 (145) Harvinder Sodhi 5/78 (27.2 overs)		379 (100 overs) Santosh Sahu 130 (165) Dodda Ganesh 5/103 (30 overs)
321/7d (105 overs) J. Arunkumar 147 (250) Jai Prakash Yadav 3/45 (22 overs)		150 (84.5 overs) Abbas Ali 47 (204) Vijay Bharadwaj 6/24 (14.5 overs)

Karnataka won by 96 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Francis Gomes and S. K. Sharma
Player of the match: Vijay Bharadwaj (Karnataka)

Karnataka won the toss and decided to bat
J. Arunkumar (Karnataka) and Devendra Bundela (Madhya Pradesh) passed 3,000 and 1,000 runs respectively in first-class matches.[3]
Rajesh Chauhan (Madhya Pradesh) reached 300 wickets in first-class matches.[3]

Scorecards and averages

Cricketarchive

References

"Ranji Trophy, 1998/99 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
"Ranji Trophy, 1998/99 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
"Karnataka v Madhya Pradesh, Ranji Trophy 1998/99 (Final)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 30 January 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

External links

Ranji Trophy, 1998-99 at ESPN Cricinfo archive

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[1] "Ranji Trophy, 1998/99 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 July 2015.

[2] "Ranji Trophy, 1998/99 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 July 2015.

[final-3] "Karnataka v Madhya Pradesh, Ranji Trophy 1998/99 (Final)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 30 January 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

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