The 1988–89 Ranji Trophy was the 55th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament that took place in India between October 1988 and March 1989.[3] Delhi defeated Bengal by an innings and 210 runs in the final.
 The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get. | |
| Dates | 13 October 1988 – 28 March 1989 |
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| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | League and knockout |
| Champions | Delhi (5th title) |
| Participants | 27 |
| Most runs | Woorkeri Raman (Tamil Nadu) (1,018)[1] |
| Most wickets | Manoj Prabhakar (Delhi) (39)[2] |
Sachin Tendulkar made his first-class debut in this season, in December 1988. Playing for Bombay at home in the Wankhede Stadium against Gujarat, he made a century in his debut innings, scoring 100 not out off 129 balls, becoming the youngest Indian to do to so.[4]
Group stage edit
North Zone edit
Central Zone edit
East Zone edit
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South Zone edit
West Zone edit
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Knockout stage edit
| Pre-Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||
| 3 Feb 1989 — Secunderabad | ||||||||||||||
| Hyderabad | 270 & 268 | |||||||||||||
| 17 Feb 1989 — Bombay | ||||||||||||||
| Bombay | 283 & 256/4 | |||||||||||||
| Bombay | 234 & 422 | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 137 & 295 | |||||||||||||
| 3 Mar 1989 — Bombay | ||||||||||||||
| Bombay | 321 | |||||||||||||
| Delhi (F) | 409 & 176/5 | |||||||||||||
| 17 Feb 1989 — Delhi | ||||||||||||||
| Delhi | 638/6d | |||||||||||||
| Orissa | 161 & 262 | |||||||||||||
| 22 Mar 1989 — Delhi | ||||||||||||||
| Delhi | 721 | |||||||||||||
| Bengal | 167 & 344 | |||||||||||||
| 17 Feb 1989 — Calcutta | ||||||||||||||
| Bengal (F) | 594/8d & 66/2 | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | 551 | |||||||||||||
| 3 Mar 1989 — Calcutta | ||||||||||||||
| Bengal (F) | 596/8d & 76/1 | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 535 | |||||||||||||
| 17 Feb 1988 — Madras | ||||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 507 & 247 | |||||||||||||
| 3 Feb 1989 — Pune | ||||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 382 & 333 | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 700 | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 261 & 177 | |||||||||||||
(F) - Advanced to next round on First Innings Lead.
Pre-quarter-finals edit
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- Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
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Prashant Dwivedi 50 Gregory D'Monte 5/60 (15 overs) |
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
Quarter-finals edit
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- Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat.
- Woorkeri Raman and V. Sivaramakrishan (both Tamil Nadu) and Shrikant Jadhav (Maharashtra) passed 2,000, 6,000 and 1,000 runs respectively in first-class matches.[5]
- Bharat Arun (Tamil Nadu) reached 100 wickets in first-class matches.[5]
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- Bengal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sukhvinder Tinku (Punjab) made his first-class debut.[6]
- Indu Bhushan Roy (Bengal) and Gursharan Singh (Punjab) passed 1,000 and 3,000 runs respectively in first-class matches.[6]
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- Bombay won the toss and elected to bat.
- Satish Kesherwani (Uttar Pradesh) made his first-class debut.[7]
Semi-finals edit
Delhi qualified for the final for the tenth time by virtue of a first innings lead after its match against Bombay ended in a draw. Requiring 152 runs to surpass Delhi's first innings score of 409, Bombay were dismissed for 321, that included a fighting 78 off 171 balls by Sachin Tendulkar.[9]
Bengal made it to their ninth final, their first since the 1971–72 competition, also by virtue of a first innings lead, against Tamil Nadu. Earlier in Tamil Nadu's innings, Woorkeri Raman scored 238, recording his third double century in as many matches. In the process, he broke the 45-year-old record of Rusi Modi for most runs in a single season of the competition (1,008). Gautam Shome, who played his first game of the season for Bengal, removed Raman and P. C. Prakash before Tamil Nadu were dismissed 61 runs short of Bengal's first innings tally.[10]
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- Delhi won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sanjay Sharma (Delhi) made his first-class debut.[11]
- Shishir Hattangadi (Bombay) passed 3,000 runs in first-class matches.[11]
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- Bengal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Arup Bhattacharya (Bengal) passed 1,000 runs in first-class matches.[12]
- Woorkeri Raman (Tamil Nadu) scored his third successive double century.[10]
- P. C. Prakash and Raman set a record for the highest partnership for the third wicket for Tamil Nadu, surpassing C. D. Gopinath and A. G. Milkha Singh's 248.[10]
Final edit
22–26 March 1989
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- Bengal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kirti Azad (Delhi) passed 5,000 runs in first-class matches.[13]
References edit
- ^ "Batting - Most Runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Bowling - Most Wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1988-89 Schedule". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Tendulkar hits ton on debut". The Indian Express. Press Trust of India. 12 December 1988. p. 16.
- ^ a b "Tamil Nadu v Maharashtra, Ranji Trophy 1988/89 (Quarter-Final)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 31 January 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Bengal v Punjab, Ranji Trophy 1988/89 (Quarter-Final)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Bombay v Uttar Pradesh, Ranji Trophy 1988/89 (Quarter-Final)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Delhi v Orissa, Ranji Trophy 1988/89 (Quarter-Final)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 8 November 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ Natarajan, H. (7 March 1989). "Bombay fail to make it". Sport. The Indian Express. Vol. LVII, no. 123. Madras. p. 16. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ a b c Menon, Suresh (7 March 1989). "Gautam Shome swings it for Bengal". Sport. The Indian Express. Vol. LVII, no. 123. Madras. p. 16. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Bombay v Delhi, Ranji Trophy 1988/89 (Semi-Final)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Bengal v Tamil Nadu, Ranji Trophy 1988/89 (Semi-Final)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Delhi v Bengal, Ranji Trophy 1988/89 (Final)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
External links edit
- Ranji Trophy, 1988-89 at ESPNcricinfo
- Ranji Trophy 1988/89 at CricketArchive (subscription required)