1987–88 Ranji Trophy

The 1987–88 Ranji Trophy was the 54th season of the Ranji Trophy. Tamil Nadu defeated Railways by an innings in the final.

1987-88 Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	League and knockout
Champions	Tamil Nadu (2nd title)
Most runs	Brijesh Patel (Karnataka) (596)[1]
Most wickets	M. Venkataramana (Tamil Nadu) (35)[2]
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

Group stage

North Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Delhi 5 3 0 2 0 0 83 3.367 Punjab 5 2 0 3 0 0 68 2.361 Haryana 5 2 0 3 0 0 64 1.172 Services 5 1 2 2 0 0 50 0.864 Jammu and Kashmir 5 1 2 2 0 0 48 0.763 Himachal Pradesh 5 0 5 0 0 0 9 0.203 Central Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Railways 4 2 0 2 0 0 53 1.521 Uttar Pradesh 4 0 0 4 0 0 51 1.252 Rajasthan 4 1 0 3 0 0 47 0.995 Vidarbha 4 0 2 2 0 0 38 0.772 Madhya Pradesh 4 0 1 3 0 0 36 0.768 West Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Baroda 4 1 0 3 0 0 53 1.237 Bombay 4 1 0 3 0 0 46 1.548 Maharashtra 4 0 0 4 0 0 45 1.103 Gujarat 4 0 1 3 0 0 37 0.669 Saurashtra 4 0 1 3 0 0 30 0.780

South Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Tamil Nadu 5 3 1 1 0 0 79 1.479 Karnataka 5 2 0 3 0 0 78 1.358 Hyderabad 5 1 0 4 0 0 69 1.534 Andhra 5 0 1 4 0 0 53 0.813 Kerala 5 0 2 3 0 0 41 0.729 Goa 5 0 2 3 0 0 34 0.584 East Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Bihar 4 2 0 2 0 0 66 2.328 Bengal 4 1 0 3 0 0 60 2.194 Orissa 4 2 0 2 0 0 58 1.026 Assam 4 1 2 1 0 0 42 0.732 Tripura 4 0 4 0 0 0 9 0.219

Knockout stage

Pre-Quarter-finals

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

29 Feb 1988 — Madras

Tamil Nadu (F)

578 & 493/8d

12 Feb 1988 — Varanasi

Uttar Pradesh

190 & 31/0

Uttar Pradesh (T)

301

11 Mar 1988 — Madras

Baroda

7/0

Tamil Nadu (F)

601 & 157/6

Punjab

416

27 Feb 1988 — Chandigarh

Punjab (Q)

391/4

Bengal

414/6

25 Mar 1988 — Madras

Tamil Nadu

709

Railways

317 & 248

27 Feb 1988 — Delhi

Railways (F)

483/4d & 49/0

Bihar

320

11 Mar 1988 — Delhi

Railways (Q)

140/3

Delhi

230/5

27 Feb 1988 — Delhi

Delhi (F)

508

12 Feb 1988 — Bombay

Bombay

329 & 203/5

Bombay (F)

408 & 137/4

Karnataka

396

(F) - Advanced to next round on First Innings Lead.
(T) - Advanced to next round on Coin Toss.
(Q) - Advanced to next round on better Quotient.

Final

25–30 March 1988 Scorecard

Railways	v	Tamil Nadu (H)
317 (114.3 overs) Naresh Churi 112 M. Venkataramana 7/94		709 (234 overs) Robin Singh 131 Hyder Ali 3/139
248 (85 overs) Prakash Karkera 48 S. Vasudevan 7/59

Tamil Nadu won by an innings and 144 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras Umpires: M. G. Deshpande, B. Jamula Player of the match: M. Venkataramana

• Railways won the toss and decided to bat

Scorecards and averages

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