1996–97 Ranji Trophy

The 1996–97 Ranji Trophy was the 63rd season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the final against Delhi on first innings lead. This match, held at Gwalior, was the first day-night first class match in India.

1996–97 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 (33rd title)
Participants	27
Most runs	Raman Lamba (Delhi) (1034)[1]
Most wickets	Rajesh Chauhan (Madhya Pradesh) (52)[2]
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Raman Lamba who scored 1034 and Ajay Sharma, 1033, bettered the previous record for most runs in a season.

Knockout Matches

Quarterfinal 1

17–21 March 1997 Scorecard

Madhya Pradesh	v	Bengal
464 (145.2 overs) Amay Khurasiya 209 Utpal Chatterjee 3/110 (45 overs)		420 (149.1) Rohan Gavaskar 109 Rajesh Chauhan 3/121 (49 overs)
425/5 d (136 overs) Jai P Yadav 108 Rohan Gavaskar 2/51 (20 overs)		54/2 (23 overs) Shibsagar Singh 86 Manish Babulal Majithia 2/16 (9 overs)

Match drawn Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground, Indore, Indore Umpires: R Radhakrishnan and KG Lakshminarayana

• Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Madhya Pradesh advanced to the semi-final

Quarterfinal 2

17–21 March 1997 Scorecard

Hyderabad	v	Maharashtra
226 (96.4 overs) V Pratap 76 Milind Shripath Kulkarni 4/71 (24.4 overs)		287 (119.3) Indrajeet Kamtekar 53 Venkatapathy Raju 3/54 (31 overs)
230 (76.3 overs) Narender Pal Singh 62 Iqbal Siddiqui 4/46 (11.3 overs)		172/3 (35.3 overs) Surendra Bhave 86 Ramakrishnan Sridhar 2/42 (7 overs)

Maharashtra won by 7 wickets Nehru Stadium, Pune Umpires: SK Bansal and MS Mahal

• Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.

Semifinal 1

27–31 March 1997 Scorecard

Madhya Pradesh	v	Mumbai
369 (153.3 overs) Manish Majithia 75 Nilesh Kulkarni 5/81 (41 overs)		532 (230.5) Amol Mazumdar 125 Rajesh Chauhan 6/191(93.5 overs)
291/7 d (101.5 overs) Abbas Ali 102 Sairaj Bahutule 4/75 (37.5 overs)		25/0 (11 overs) Wasim Jaffer 16 Sunil Lahore 0/12 (5 overs)

Match drawn Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground, Indore Umpires: S Lakshmanan and P Bhanu Prakash

• Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Mumbai advanced to the Ranji Trophy Final

Semifinal 2

27–31 March 1997 Scorecard

Delhi	v	Maharashtra
656 (213.4 overs) Raman Lamba 192 Sameer Inamdar 4/163 (40 overs)		524 (143.1) Hrishikesh Kanitkar 174 Robin Singh 3/168 (35 overs)
264/2 d (67 overs) Raman Lamba 101 Shantanu Sugwekar 2/41 (12 overs)

Match drawn Nehru Stadium, Pune Umpires: LM Thyagrajan and TN Ravi

• Delhi won the toss and elected to bat.
• Delhi advanced to the Ranji Trophy Final

Final

5–9 April 1997 Scorecard

Mumbai	v	Delhi
630 (202.2 overs) Jatin Paranjpe 111, Amol Muzumdar 144 Feroze Ghayas 2/116		559 (219.1 overs) Ashu Dani 178, Ajay Sharma 176 Nilesh Kulkarni 4/143

Mumbai won on first innings lead Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior Umpires: V. K. Ramaswamy, Subroto Porel

• Mumbai won the toss and decided to bat
• Day-night match

Scorecards and averages

• CricketArchive

References

1. "Ranji Trophy, 1996/97 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
2. "Ranji Trophy, 1996/97 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 July 2015.