1978–79 Ranji Trophy

The 1978–79 Ranji Trophy was the 45th season of the Ranji Trophy. Delhi won their first title defeating Karnataka.

1978-79 Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	League and knockout
Champions	Delhi (1st title)
Participants	24
Most runs	Brijesh Patel (Karnataka) (850)[1]
Most wickets	Rajinder Goel (Haryana) (41)[2]
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

Group stage

North Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Delhi 4 3 0 1 0 0 31 2.391 Haryana 4 3 1 0 0 0 25 1.570 Punjab 4 1 1 2 0 0 17 1.173 Services 4 0 2 2 0 0 8 0.711 Jammu and Kashmir 4 0 3 1 0 0 3 0.307 West Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Bombay 4 2 0 2 0 0 27 2.607 Baroda 4 1 0 3 0 0 19 0.901 Gujarat 4 1 1 2 0 0 18 1.002 Maharashtra 4 1 1 2 0 0 14 0.781 Saurashtra 4 0 3 1 0 0 3 0.645 South Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Tamil Nadu 4 2 0 2 0 0 25 2.114 Karnataka 4 2 0 2 0 0 25 1.890 Hyderabad 4 2 0 2 0 0 24 1.483 Kerala 4 1 3 0 0 0 8 0.493 Andhra 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.410

Central Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Uttar Pradesh 4 2 0 2 0 0 27 1.764 Madhya Pradesh 4 1 0 3 0 0 21 1.017 Rajasthan 4 1 0 3 0 0 16 1.196 Vidarbha 4 0 1 3 0 0 8 0.448 Railways 4 0 3 1 0 0 5 0.793 East Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Bengal 3 3 0 0 0 0 24 1.501 Bihar 3 2 1 0 0 0 16 1.509 Orissa 3 0 2 1 0 0 2 0.717 Assam 3 0 2 1 0 0 2 0.469

Knockout stage

Pre-Quarter-finals

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

24 Feb 1979 — Bangalore

Karnataka

371 & 265/4d

12 Feb 1979 — Calcutta

Bengal

128 & 272

Bengal

245 & 162/4

9 Mar 1979 — Bangalore

Haryana

253 & 152

Karnataka

582/8d

Baroda

237 & 322

24 Feb 1979 — Baroda

Baroda

346

Madhya Pradesh

193 & 150

17 Mar 1979 — Bangalore

Karnataka

411 & 122

21 Feb 1979 — Bombay

Delhi

516 & 416/8d

Bombay

577/9d

24 Feb 1979 — Bombay

Bihar

284 & 180

Bombay

565

Uttar Pradesh

154 & 165

8 Mar 1979 — Bombay

Bombay

329

Delhi

359 & 436/6

24 Feb 1979 — Delhi

Delhi

316 & 92/5

Tamil Nadu

197 & 210

Final

24–29 March 1979 Scorecard

Delhi	v	Karnataka (H)
516 (165.1 overs) Surinder Amarnath 132, Surinder Khanna 111 A. V. Jayaprakash 3/38		411 (99 overs) Brijesh Patel 166 Madan Lal 3/50
416/8 decl (132 overs) Mohinder Amarnath 178*, Surinder Khanna 128 B. Vijayakrishna 2/100		122 (34 overs) Syed Kirmani 33 Madan Lal 5/30

Delhi won by 399 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Dara Dotiwalla and Jiban Ghosh

• Delhi won the toss and decided to bat

Scorecards and averages

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