1985–86 Ranji Trophy

The 1985–86 Ranji Trophy was the 52nd season of the Ranji Trophy. Delhi defeated Haryana by an innings and 141 runs in the final.^[3]

1985-86 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 (4th title)
Participants	27
Most runs	Kirti Azad (Delhi) (834)[1]
Most wickets	Sarkar Talwar (Haryana) (45)[2]
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

Expansion

Three teams participated for the first time: Goa in the South Zone, Himachal Pradesh in the North Zone and Tripura in the East Zone. This raised the number of teams from 24 to 27.^[4]

Highlights

• Playing for Rajasthan against Vidarbha, Pradeep Sunderam took all 10 wickets for 78 runs, and 16 wickets for 154 runs. This was the second (and till 2021, the last) instance of a bowler taking 10 wickets in an innings in Ranji trophy.^[5]

Group stage

North Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Delhi 5 3 0 2 0 0 100 4.035 Haryana 5 3 1 1 0 0 98 1.595 Punjab 5 2 1 2 0 0 75 1.473 Jammu and Kashmir 5 1 2 2 0 0 51 0.649 Services 5 1 1 3 0 0 50 0.736 Himachal Pradesh 5 0 5 0 0 0 17 0.254 Central Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Uttar Pradesh 4 2 0 2 0 0 70 2.367 Rajasthan 4 2 2 0 0 0 67 0.861 Madhya Pradesh 4 1 0 3 0 0 45 0.879 Vidarbha 4 0 1 3 0 0 32 0.941 Railways 4 0 2 2 0 0 26 0.733 West Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Maharashtra 4 2 0 2 0 0 69 1.727 Bombay 4 1 0 3 0 0 56 2.000 Saurashtra 4 0 1 3 0 0 34 0.830 Gujarat 4 0 2 2 0 0 32 0.576 Baroda 4 0 0 4 0 0 25 0.714

South Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Andhra 5 2 0 3 0 0 86 1.448 Tamil Nadu 5 2 0 3 0 0 82 1.558 Hyderabad 5 2 0 3 0 0 81 1.834 Karnataka 5 1 0 4 0 0 61 1.146 Kerala 5 1 3 1 0 0 52 0.684 Goa 5 0 5 0 0 0 28 0.429 East Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Bihar 4 3 0 1 0 0 101 2.377 Bengal 4 2 0 2 0 0 73 1.570 Orissa 4 2 1 1 0 0 72 1.558 Assam 4 1 3 0 0 0 44 0.558 Tripura 4 0 4 0 0 0 14 0.321

Knockout stage

Pre-Quarter-finals

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

14 Feb 1986 — Jaipur

Rajasthan

431

Andhra

185 & 227/4

15 Mar 1986 — Kota

Rajasthan

169 & 177

7 Feb 1986 — Pune

Delhi

192 & 358

Maharashtra

585 & 278/4

14 Feb 1986 — Pune

Bengal

373

Maharashtra

352 & 64/3

Delhi

604 & 160/4d

28 Mar 1986 — Delhi

Delhi

638

7 Feb 1986 — Kanpur

Haryana

288 & 209

Uttar Pradesh

149/1

14 Feb 1986 — Madras

Tamil Nadu (T)

508

Tamil Nadu

233 & 212/5

Bombay

380

15 Mar 1986 — Bombay

Bombay

296 & 229

Haryana

423 & 252

14 Feb 1986 — Jamshedpur

Bihar

268

Haryana

270 & 385

(T) - Advanced to next round by spin of coin.

Final

29 March - 1 April 1986 Scorecard

Haryana	v	Delhi (H)
288 (109.5 overs) Ashwini Kumar 74 Maninder Singh 3/66		638 (186.2 overs) Manoj Prabhakar 113, Kirti Azad 107, Mohinder Amarnath 194, Ajay Sharma 110 Sarkar Talwar 4/194
209 (79.1 overs) Ashok Malhotra 98 Maninder Singh 8/54

Delhi won by an innings and 141 runs Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Subrata Banerjee, V. K. Ramaswamy

• Haryana won the toss and decided to bat

Scorecards and averages

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