2003–04 Ranji Trophy

The 2003–04 Ranji Trophy was the 70th season of the Ranji Trophy. Mumbai defeated Tamil Nadu on first innings lead. Maharashtra won the Plate division title.

2003–04 Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	League and knockout
Champions	Mumbai (36th title)
Participants	27
Most runs	Dheeraj Jadhav (Maharashtra) (1066)[1]
Most wickets	Narendra Hirwani (Madhya Pradesh) (45)[2]
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Wasim Jaffer of Mumbai took 23 catches in nine matches which is the record for most catches in a season by a fielder.

Group Matches

Elite Group

Group A

Team[3]	Played	W	L	FL	FD	NR	Bonus	Points
Mumbai	7	3	0	4	0	0	2	22
Railways	7	3	0	1	3	0	0	14
Uttar Pradesh	7	2	1	2	2	0	1	13
Punjab	7	1	0	3	3	0	1	11
Andhra Pradesh	7	1	1	1	3	1	0	6
Delhi	7	0	1	3	2	1	0	6
Baroda	7	0	4	2	1	0	0	4
Kerala	7	0	2	1	4	0	0	2

•   Mumbai and Railways qualified for the Elite Group knockout stage.

Group B

Team[4]	Played	W	L	FL	FD	NR	Bonus	Points
Tamil Nadu	6	3	0	1	2	0	1	15
Hyderabad	6	3	1	1	0	1	1	15
Karnataka	6	3	2	1	0	0	1	15
Bengal	6	1	1	2	2	0	1	9
Gujarat	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	8
Assam	6	1	2	1	1	1	0	6
Rajasthan	6	1	5	0	0	0	0	4

•   Tamil Nadu and Hyderabad qualified for the Elite Group knockout stage.

Knockout stage

	Semifinals					Final
	B2	Tamil Nadu	481 & 306
	A2	Railways	342 & 117/5
						B2	Tamil Nadu	294 & 353/4
						A1	Mumbai	613
	B1	Hyderabad	166 & 158
	A1	Mumbai	476

Final

26–30 March 2004 Scorecard

Tamil Nadu	v	Mumbai
294 (97.2 overs) Dinesh Karthik 109 (136) Nilesh Kulkarni 6/83 (32.2 overs)		613 (200.5 overs) Amol Muzumdar 146 (291) Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan 3/146 (42.5 overs)
353/4 (149 overs) Subramaniam Badrinath 110 (338) Sairaj Bahutule 2/77 (32 overs)

Match drawn M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: MS Mahal and SK Porel

• Tamil Nadu on the toss and elected to field.
• Mumbai won the 2003/04 Ranji Trophy through its first innings lead.

Scorecards and averages

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