1986–87 Ranji Trophy

The 1986–87 Ranji Trophy was the 53rd season of the Ranji Trophy. Hyderabad won their second title defeating Delhi on first innings lead.

1986-87 Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	League and knockout
Champions	Hyderabad (2nd title)
Participants	27
Most runs	Carlton Saldanha (Karnataka) (782)[1]
Most wickets	Sunil Lahore (Madhya Pradesh) (32)[2]
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

Highlights

• Carlton Saldanha, who was the top scorer of the season, scored 89, 77, 70, 74, 84, 70 and 142 in his first seven innings.

Group stage

North Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Haryana 5 2 0 3 0 0 75 2.491 Delhi 5 1 0 4 0 0 73 2.016 Punjab 5 2 0 3 0 0 65 1.619 Jammu and Kashmir 5 1 2 2 0 0 42 0.601 Services 5 1 3 1 0 0 39 0.648 Himachal Pradesh 5 0 2 3 0 0 33 0.379 Central Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Rajasthan 4 2 0 2 0 0 54 1.239 Railways 4 1 1 2 0 0 44 1.359 Vidarbha 4 0 0 4 0 0 43 0.859 Uttar Pradesh 4 1 0 3 0 0 35 0.923 Madhya Pradesh 4 0 3 1 0 0 31 0.775 West Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Bombay 4 2 0 2 0 0 62 1.669 Gujarat 4 0 1 3 0 0 44 0.903 Baroda 4 1 2 1 0 0 41 1.002 Maharashtra 4 1 0 3 0 0 40 0.881 Saurashtra 4 0 1 3 0 0 36 0.789

South Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Karnataka 5 0 0 5 0 0 75 1.458 Hyderabad 5 1 0 4 0 0 61 1.229 Tamil Nadu 5 1 0 4 0 0 59 0.948 Kerala 5 0 0 5 0 0 56 1.012 Andhra 5 0 1 4 0 0 48 0.966 Goa 5 0 1 4 0 0 37 0.552 East Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Bengal 4 1 0 3 0 0 69 1.729 Bihar 4 1 0 3 0 0 50 1.939 Assam 4 1 0 3 0 0 45 1.039 Orissa 4 0 0 4 0 0 41 1.298 Tripura 4 0 3 1 0 0 17 0.258

Knockout stage

Pre-Quarter-finals

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

31 Jan 1987 — Calcutta

Bengal

614/7d & 17/2

22 Feb 1987 — Calcutta

Rajasthan

465

Bengal

464/9

Delhi (Q)

545/7d

07 Mar 1987 — Delhi

Delhi

711/3d & 247/1

Karnataka

440

14 Feb 1987 — Bangalore

Karnataka

465 & 166/6

Bombay

404

21 Mar 1987 — Delhi

Delhi

433

Hyderabad

457 & 480/7

14 Feb 1987 — Hyderabad

Hyderabad

605/7d & 224/6d

Gujarat

314 & 129/2

07 Mar 1987 — Secunderabad

Hyderabad

783/8d

Bihar

468 & 87/0

14 Feb 1987 — Faridabad

Haryana

234

1 Feb 1987 — Patna

Bihar

360 & 283/4

Bihar

422 & 90/1

Railways

210 & 394/7d

(Q) - Advanced to next round on better Quotient.

Final

21–26 March 1987 Scorecard

Hyderabad	v	Delhi (H)
457 (138 overs) Abdul Azeem 114, Arshad Ayub 174 Mohinder Amarnath 3/48		433 (128 overs) Bhaskar Pillai 160* Rajesh Yadav 5/114
480/7 (138.5 overs) Vijay Mohanraj 211* Jaspal Singh 4/132

Hyderabad won on first innings lead Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: N. N. Patwardhan, Joydeb Roy

• Hyderabad won the toss and decided to bat

Scorecards and averages

• Espncricinfo