1976–77 Ranji Trophy

The 1976–77 Ranji Trophy was the 43rd season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay's won their third consecutive title defeating Delhi. This was their 18th win in 19 years.

1976–77 Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	League and knockout
Champions	Bombay (27th title)
Participants	24
Most runs	Ashok Mankad (Bombay) (827)[1]
Most wickets	Karsan Ghavri (Bombay) (40)[2]
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

Group stage

North Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Delhi 4 3 0 1 0 0 29 4.003 Haryana 4 3 1 0 0 0 24 1.445 Punjab 4 2 1 1 0 0 19 1.071 Services 4 1 3 0 0 0 8 0.531 Jammu and Kashmir 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.425 South Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Tamil Nadu 4 2 0 2 0 0 25 1.635 Karnataka 4 1 0 3 0 0 22 1.463 Hyderabad 4 1 0 3 0 0 21 1.150 Andhra 4 0 1 3 0 0 13 0.886 Kerala 4 0 3 1 0 0 3 0.461 West Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Bombay 4 1 0 3 0 0 24 1.892 Baroda 4 0 0 4 0 0 16 1.095 Saurashtra 4 1 1 2 0 0 16 0.849 Maharashtra 4 0 0 4 0 0 16 0.848 Gujarat 4 0 1 3 0 0 9 0.713

Central Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Uttar Pradesh 4 1 0 3 0 0 23 1.715 Railways 4 1 0 3 0 0 18 1.154 Madhya Pradesh 4 2 2 0 0 0 16 1.046 Rajasthan 4 1 1 2 0 0 13 0.808 Vidarbha 4 0 2 2 0 0 6 0.570 East Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Bihar 3 2 0 1 0 0 22 3.258 Bengal 3 2 0 1 0 0 20 3.248 Assam 3 0 2 1 0 0 2 0.426 Orissa 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.198

Knockout stage

Pre-Quarter-finals

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

11 Mar 1977 — Bangalore

Karnataka

393 & 118/6

Delhi

440 & 284/6d

26 Mar 1977 — Delhi

Delhi

360 & 25/1

25 Feb 1977 — Ghaziabad

Uttar Pradesh

118 & 396/8d

Uttar Pradesh

327 & 121/7d

11 Mar 1977 — Ghaziabad

Baroda

212 & 53/3

Uttar Pradesh

389 & 300/5d

Bihar

235 & 126/7

8 Apr 1977 — Delhi

Delhi

291 & 121

Bombay

317 & 224

11 Mar 1977 — Bombay

Bombay

513/3d

25 Feb 1977 — Sonipat

Haryana

183 & 225

Haryana

237 & 139

26 Mar 1977 — Bombay

Bengal

135 & 58

Bombay

352 & 4/0

Tamil Nadu

197 & 156

11 Mar 1977 — Delhi

Railways

276 & 114

Tamil Nadu

191 & 248

Final

8–13 April 1977 Scorecard

Bombay	v	Delhi (H)
317 (123.4 overs) Ashok Mankad 73 Bishan Bedi 4/98		291 (114.1 overs) Surinder Amarnath 81 Karsan Ghavri 6/105
224 (82.3 overs) Karsan Ghavri 70* Bishan Bedi 5/90		121 (50 overs) Surinder Amarnath 52 Padmakar Shivalkar 6/55

Bombay won by 129 runs Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Umpires: S. N. Hanumantha Rao and K. B. Ramaswami

• Delhi won the toss and decided to field

Scorecards and averages

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