1994–95 Ranji Trophy

The 1994–95 Ranji Trophy was the 61st season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament that took place in India between December 1994 and March 1995.^[3] Bombay won the tournament defeating Punjab in the final on first innings lead.

1994-95 Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Dates	10 December 1994 – 31 March 1995
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	League and knockout
Champions	Bombay (32nd title)
Participants	27
Most runs	Sachin Tendulkar (Bombay) (856)[1]
Most wickets	Prasad Rao (Bihar) (36)[2]
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

Teams

The teams were drawn in the following groups:^[4]

Central Zone Madhya Pradesh Railways Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Vidarbha

East Zone Assam Bengal Bihar Orissa Tripura

North Zone Delhi Haryana Services Punjab Himachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir

South Zone Andhra Hyderabad Karnataka Kerala Tamil Nadu Goa

West Zone Baroda Gujarat Maharashtra Bombay Saurashtra

Group stage

The teams in each group were ranked according to points. 6 points were awarded for an 'out-right win', 3 for a tied, 2 when first-innings lead was retained despite being beaten 'out-right' and when scores of first innings were tied in a 'no out-right result' game, 1 when match was lost 'out-right' after a first innings tie or abandoned without a ball being bowled or when a match ended in a draw without a first innings result. No points were awarded when a team lost on first innings score and later the match.^[5]

Central Zone points table Team[6] Pld Wo W1 A Lo L1 W2 Pts Madhya Pradesh 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 15 Uttar Pradesh 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 13 Rajasthan 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 8 Railways 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 6 Vidarbha 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 2

East Zone points table Team[6] Pld Wo W1 A Lo L1 W2 Pts Bengal 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 20 Bihar 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 12 Assam 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 10 Orissa 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 Tripura 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0

North Zone points table Team[6] Pld Wo W1 A Lo L1 W2 Pts Haryana 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 20 Punjab 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 18 Delhi 5 3 0 0 0 2 0 18 Services 5 2 0 0 2 1 0 12 Jammu & Kashmir 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 Himachal Pradesh 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 1

South Zone points table Team[6] Pld Wo W1 A Lo L1 W2 Pts Karnataka 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 24 Kerala 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 16 Tamil Nadu 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 13 Andhra 5 1 1 1 1 1 0 9 Hyderabad 5 1 0 0 1 2 1 8 Goa 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 0

West Zone points table

Team[6]	Pld	Wo	W1	A	Lo	L1	W2	Pts
Bombay	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	20
Maharashtra	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	10
Saurashtra	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	8
Baroda	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	2
Gujarat	4	0	0	0	2	2	0	0

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

26 February – 2 March 1995 Quarter-final 1 Scorecard

Tamil Nadu	v	Bombay
118 (40.1 overs) V. B. Chandrasekhar 22 Paras Mhambrey 5/53 (15.1 overs)		330 (81.4 overs) Sachin Tendulkar 166 Divakar Vasu 5/107 (26.4 overs)
190 (61.3 overs) Robin Singh 67 Nilesh Kulkarni 5/71 (19 overs)

Bombay won by an innings and 22 runs Wankhede Stadium, Bombay Umpires: N. Menon and MSS Ranawat

• Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sairaj Bahutule (Bombay) reached 100 wickets in first-class matches.^[7]

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26 February – 2 March 1995 Quarter-final 2 Scorecard

Delhi	v	Bihar
402 (172.4 overs) Raman Lamba 160 Avinash Kumar 4/129 (62.4 overs)		229 (48 overs) Tariq-ur-Rehman 83* Ajay Sharma 4/10 (7 overs)
238 (104.4 overs) Manoj Prabhakar 116* Avinash Kumar 3/54 (31.4 overs)		156/4 (59.3 overs) Tariq-ur-Rehman 50* Shakti Singh 1/17 (8 overs)

Match drawn (Delhi won on 1st innings) Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur Umpires: S. Balachandran and Tirumalasetti Sreedhar

• Delhi won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ajay Sharma and Atul Wassan (both Delhi) passed 6,000 and 1,000 runs respectively in first-class matches.^[8]

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26 February – 2 March 1995 Quarter-final 3 Scorecard

Rajasthan	v	Uttar Pradesh
237 (102.1 overs) Anil Parmar 79 Ashish Zaidi 5/92 (39 overs)		487 (154 overs) Vijay Yadav 141 Mohammad Aslam 4/130 (45 overs)
417/5 (126 overs) Gagan Khoda 237* S. R. Kesarwani 3/125 (35 overs)

Match drawn (Uttar Pradesh won on 1st innings) Ordinance Equipment Factory Ground, Kanpur Umpires: S. K. Bansal and Vijay Chopra

• Rajasthan won the toss and elected to bat.

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26 February – 2 March 1995 Quarter-final 4 Scorecard

Punjab	v	Madhya Pradesh
294 (97.1 overs) Pankaj Dharmani 114 Devashish Nilosey 3/67 (19 overs)		189 (91.2 overs) Amay Khurasiya 43 Obaid Kamal 5/39 (23 overs)
353/5 (102 overs) B. S. Krishna Mohan 101* Harvinder Sodhi 1/38 (13 overs)

Match drawn (Punjab won on 1st innings) Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Umpires: V. K. Ramaswamy and Subroto Porel

• Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
• Dinesh Chopra (Madhya Pradesh) made his first-class debut.^[9]
• Navjot Singh Sidhu and Ajay Mehra (both Punjab) passed 6,000 and 1,000 runs in first-class matches.^[9]

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Semi-finals

12–16 March 1995 1st Semi-final Scorecard

Uttar Pradesh	v	Bombay
144 (40.3 overs) Saurabh Shukla 72 Paras Mhambrey 3/43 (9 overs)		486 (117.5 overs) Sachin Tendulkar 109 Ashish Zaidi 4/107 (34 overs)
109 f/o (37.1 overs) Vijay Yadav 63 Nilesh Kulkarni 3/6 (3.1 overs)

Bombay won by an innings and 233 runs Wankhede Stadium, Bombay Umpires: S. Choudhary and SJ Sambandam

• Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
• Sameer Dighe (Bombay) passed 2,000 runs in first-class matches.^[10]

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12–16 March 1995 2nd Semi-final Scorecard

Delhi	v	Punjab
554 (197.1 overs) Ajay Sharma 240 Bhupinder Singh 3/101 (35 overs)		780/8 (244.2 overs) Bhupinder Singh 297 Kartar Nath 3/195 (66 overs)

Match drawn Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Suresh Shastri and Arani Jayaprakash

• Delhi won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

27–31 March 1995 Scorecard

Bombay (H)	v	Punjab
690/6d (168.4 overs) Sanjay Manjrekar 224 Sandeep Sharma 4/155 (38.4 overs)		372 (115.3 overs) Vikram Rathour 177 Abey Kuruvilla 2/41 (16 overs)
513/6d (89.3 overs) Sachin Tendulkar 139 Bharati Vij 3/177 (33.3 overs)		141/2 (28 overs) Pankaj Dharmani 65* Paras Mhambrey 1/17 (4 overs)

Bombay won on first innings lead Wankhede Stadium, Bombay Umpires: S. Balachandran and Subroto Porel

• Punjab won the toss and elected to field.