1997–98 Ranji Trophy

The 1997–98 Ranji Trophy was the 64th season of the Ranji Trophy cricket championship. Karnataka won the final match against Uttar Pradesh on first innings lead.

1997–98 Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	League and knockout
Champions	Karnataka (5th title)
Participants	27
Most runs	Vinod Kambli (Bombay) (880)[1]
Most wickets	Paras Mhambrey (Bombay) (48)[2]
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Super League

Group A

Team[3]	Played	W	D	L	NR	Points
Karnataka	4	3	1	0	0	27
Mumbai	4	3	1	0	0	26
Orissa	4	3	1	0	0	13
Punjab	4	3	1	0	0	9
Railways	4	3	1	0	0	5

•   Karnataka and Mumbai qualified for the Knockout Stage.
• Karnataka received a bye to the semifinals as the group winner.
• Mumbai received a bye to the semifinals as the defending champions.

Group B

Team[4]	Played	W	D	L	NR	Points
Uttar Pradesh	2	0	1	0	1	7
Bengal	2	0	1	0	1	7
Maharashtra	2	0	2	0	0	6
Delhi	2	0	1	0	0	3
Tamil Nadu	2	0	1	0	0	3

•   Uttar Pradesh and Bengal qualified for the Knockout Stage.
• Delhi and Tamil Nadu were suspended from the tournament on February 21, 1998. Points against them were not considered for the remaining teams.

Group C

Team[5]	Played	W	D	L	NR	Points
Uttar Pradesh	4	1	3	0	0	19
Haryana	4	1	3	0	0	19
Madhya Pradesh	4	0	4	0	0	18
Baroda	4	0	3	1	0	13
Bihar	4	0	3	1	0	11

•   Hyderabad and Haryana qualified for the Knockout Stage.

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Hyderabad

209 & 244

Bengal

244 & 166

Karnataka

309 & 157/9

Hyderabad

283 & 179

Karnataka

bye

Karnataka

617/9d

Uttar Pradesh

134 & 416/7

Mumbai

bye

Mumbai

94 & 328

Uttar Pradesh

293 & 135/7

Haryana

156 & 423

Uttar Pradesh

613

Quarterfinal 1

30 March - 3 April 1998 Scorecard

Hyderabad	v	Bengal
209 (110.5 overs) Daniel Manohar 44 Ajay Varma 4/31 (15.5 overs)		243 (115.3 overs) Saba Karim 69 Narender Singh 7/103 (36 overs)
244 (92.4 overs) Daniel Manohar 66 Subroto Banerjee 5/58 (22.4 overs)		166 (67.4 overs) Saba Karim 59* Daniel Manohar 4/48 (14)

Hyderabad won by 44 runs Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad, Secunderabad Umpires: KS Giridharan and N Menon

• Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.

Quarterfinal 2

30 March - 3 April 1998 Scorecard

Haryana	v	Uttar Pradesh
156 (63.3 overs) Vijay Yadav 23 Obaid Kamal 3/37 (17 overs)		613 (224.5 overs) Saurabh Shukla 189 Dhanraj Singh 3/77 (30.5 overs)
423 (115.3 overs) Jitender Sharma 149 Ashish Zaidi 4/111 (25.3 overs)

Uttar Pradesh won by an innings and 34 runs Ordnance Equipment Factory Ground, Kanpur Umpires: CR Vijayaraghavan and S Dandapani

• Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.

Semifinal 1

9–12 April 1998 Scorecard

Mumbai (H)	v	Uttar Pradesh
94 (34.3 overs) Jatin Paranjpe 42 Ashish Zaidi 6/29 (11.3 overs)		293 (99.4 overs) Gyanendra Pandey 109 Paras Mhambrey 3/48 (21 overs)
328 (112 overs) Amol Muzumdar 87 Obaid Kamal 5/58 (31 overs)		135/7 (60.2 overs) Gyanendra Pandey 45* Nilesh Kulkarni 4/46 (23.2 overs)

Uttar Pradesh won by 3 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Francis Gomes and Arani Jayaprakash

• Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
• Amol Muzumdar (Mumbai) passed 4,000 runs in first-class cricket.^[6]

Semifinal 2

9–12 April 1998 Scorecard

Hyderabad (H)	v	Karnataka
283 (126.1 overs) G Arvind Kumar Dodda Ganesh 5/74 (28.1 overs)		309 (135.3 overs) J. Arunkumar 85 Kanwaljit Singh 7/62 (39.3 overs)
179 (62.2 overs) A Nand Kishore 39 Dodda Ganesh 4/74 (21 overs)		157/9 (75 overs) Fazal Khaleel 51 Kanwaljit Singh 7/38 (32 overs)

Karnataka won by 1 wicket Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad Umpires: M. R. Singh and Chandra Sathe

• Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
• Prahladrao Srinivasa Murthy (Karnataka) made his first-class debut.^[7]
• Both J. Arunkumar and Sunil Joshi (Karnataka) passed 2,000 runs in first-class cricket.^[7]
• Rahul Dravid (Karnataka) passed 7,000 runs in first-class cricket and 1,000 runs for the season.^[7]

Final

19–23 April 1998 Scorecard

Uttar Pradesh	v	Karnataka (H)
134 (67.1 overs) Jyoti Yadav 36 Sunil Joshi 4/37 (23.1 overs)		617/9d (211.3 overs) Rahul Dravid 215 Obaid Kamal 4/99 (45.3 overs)
416/7 (171 overs) Saurabh Shukla 91 Sunil Joshi 3/112 (61 overs)

Match drawn (Karnataka won on first innings lead) M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Aloke Bhattacharjee and Suresh Deo Player of the match: Rahul Dravid (Karnataka)

• Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Gyanendra Pandey (Uttar Pradesh) and Sujith Somasunder (Karnataka) passed and 3,000 and 2,000 runs respectively in first-class cricket.^[8]

Scorecards and averages

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