2001–02 Ranji Trophy

The 2001–02 Ranji Trophy was the 68th season of the Ranji Trophy. Baroda and Railways played the final again but Railways won their first Ranji title.

2001–02 Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy, which the winners receive
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	League and knockout
Champions	Railways (1st title)
Participants	27
Most runs	Amit Pagnis (Railways) (800)[1]
Most wickets	Utpal Chatterjee (Bengal) (39)[2]
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

This was the last season played under the zonal format.

Zonal stage

Central Zone

Team[3]	Pld	W	L	D	A	Pts
Railways	4	2	0	2	0	26
Uttar Pradesh	4	2	1	1	0	19
Rajasthan	4	1	1	2	0	16
Madhya Pradesh	4	0	1	3	0	13
Vidarbha	4	0	2	2	0	8

•   Top three teams advanced to the knockout stage.

East Zone Team[4] Pld W L D A Pts Bengal 4 3 0 0 1 27 Orissa 4 3 0 0 1 27 Assam 4 0 2 2 0 10 Bihar 4 0 2 2 0 8 Tripura 4 0 2 2 0 6   Top three teams advanced to the knockout stage. North Zone Team[5] Pld W L D A Pts Delhi 5 3 0 2 0 34 Punjab 5 2 0 3 0 27 Himachal Pradesh 5 2 1 2 0 24 Haryana 5 1 1 3 0 19 Jammu & Kashmir 5 0 3 2 0 10 Services 5 0 3 2 0 6   Top three teams advanced to the knockout stage.

West Zone Team[6] Pld W L D A Pts Mumbai 4 3 0 1 0 23 Baroda 4 2 2 0 0 16 Gujarat 4 1 1 2 0 16 Saurashtra 4 0 1 3 0 11 Maharashtra 4 0 2 2 0 8   Top three teams advanced to the knockout stage. South Zone Team[7] Pld W L D A Pts Andhra 5 1 0 4 0 28 Tamil Nadu 5 1 0 4 0 26 Hyderabad 5 1 0 4 0 24 Karnataka 5 2 1 2 0 22 Goa 5 1 2 2 0 14 Kerala 5 0 3 2 0 6   Top three teams advanced to the knockout stage.

Knockout stage

The draw for the quarter-finals were made after the final zonal-stage match, with the following fixtures announced.^[8] The fixtures in the knockout stage of the tournament are played across five days, instead of four days in the zonal stage.^[8]

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

SZ2

Tamil Nadu

182 & 272

WZ1

Mumbai

186 & 129

SZ2

Tamil Nadu

276 & 326/6d

CZ1

Railways

423 & 180/2

CZ1

Railways

497 & 314/4

NZ1

Delhi

395

CZ1

Railways

557 & 380/3d

EZ1

Bengal

325

CZ3

Rajasthan

321 & 146

EZ1

Bengal

518

EZ1

Bengal

353 & 483/6d

WZ3

Gujarat

321 & 69/5

WZ3

Gujarat

499 & 175/8

SZ1

Andhra

456

CZ1

Railways

253 & 306

WZ2

Baroda

169 & 113

NZ3

Himachal Pradesh

192 & 238

SZ3

Hyderabad

403 & 31/0

SZ3

Hyderabad

290 & 127

WZ2

Baroda

673

WZ2

Baroda[nb 1]

bye

WZ2

Baroda

222 & 233

NZ2

Punjab

237 & 82

EZ3

Assam

170 & 200

NZ2

Punjab

357 & 15/0

NZ2

Punjab

207 & 460

EZ2

Orissa

205 & 219

CZ2

Uttar Pradesh

231 & 369/9d

EZ2

Orissa

320 & 284/7

Final

6–10 March 2002 Scorecard

Railways	v	Baroda
253 (82.4 overs) Jai Prakash Yadav 84 (170) Ajit Bhoite 3/52 (20 overs)		169 (74 overs) Satyajit Parab 53 (78) Murali Kartik 5/51 (22 overs)
306 (107.4 overs) Murali Kartik 69 (127) Tushar Arothe 3/49 (10 overs)		113 (36.3 overs) Atul Bedade 59 (73) Murali Karthik 3/7 (6 overs)

Railways won by 277 runs Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash, Francis Gomes

• Railways won the toss and decided to bat

Scorecards and averages

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