1977–78 Ranji Trophy

The 1977–78 Ranji Trophy was the 44th season of the Ranji Trophy. Karnataka won their second title defeating Uttar Pradesh.

1977-78 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)League and knockout
ChampionsKarnataka (2nd title)
Participants24
Most runsVenkat Sunderam (Delhi) (608)[1]
Most wicketsRajinder Singh Hans (Uttar Pradesh) (52)[2]

Highlights
  • Bombay finished third in the West Zone and failed to qualify for the knockout stage. Gujarat won all their four matches in the West Zone, a rare feat.
  • Bombay were dismissed for 42 by Gujarat.[3] This is their lowest total in Ranji Trophy.
  • The loss against Gujarat ended a sequence of 124 matches without defeat for Bombay. Their previous defeat was against Baroda in 1957/58.[4] During these twenty years, Bombay won the Ranji Trophy 18 times.
  • Karnataka defeated Kerala without losing a wicket. Kerala scored 141 and 124, and Karnataka 451/0 decl.[5] The partnership between Sanjay Desai and Roger Binny was then an Indian record for the first wicket.[6]
  • Rajinder Goel took 7 wickets for 4 runs in the second innings as Haryana bowled out Jammu Kashmir for 23. Goel's match figures were 13 for 29.[7]

Group stage

Knockout stage
 
Pre-Quarter-finalsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinals
 
              
 
11 Feb 1978 — Ghaziabad
 
 
Uttar Pradesh407 & 41/0
 
24 Feb 1978 — Ghaziabad
 
Punjab287 & 275/9d
 
Uttar Pradesh186 & 280
 
 
Gujarat154 & 252
 
 
17 Mar 1978 — Ghaziabad
 
 
Uttar Pradesh267 & 159/3
 
 
Hyderabad247 & 175
 
 
17 Feb 1978 — Hyderabad
 
 
Hyderabad317
 
 
Bengal197 & 108/8
 
 
4 Apr 1978 — Ghaziabad
 
 
Uttar Pradesh129 & 112
 
 
Karnataka434
 
 
26 Feb 1978 — Delhi
 
 
Delhi522/9d
 
21 Feb 1978 — Karad
 
Rajasthan223 & 196
 
Maharashtra237 & 258
 
17 Mar 1978 — Delhi
 
Rajasthan220 & 284/6
 
Delhi332 & 195/7d
 
 
Karnataka391 & 94/5
 
 
18 Feb 1978 — Bangalore
 
 
Karnataka486
 
 
Bihar255 & 162
 
 
 
 

Final
4–6 April 1978
Scorecard
v
129 (50.5 overs)
Anand Shukla 32
B. S. Chandrasekhar 6/57
434 (136.4 overs)
G. R. Viswanath 247, Brijesh Patel 100
Rajinder Singh Hans 9/152
112 (56.2 overs)
Shashikant Srivastava 22
B. S. Chandrasekhar 6/24
Karnataka won by an innings and 193 runs
Narendra Mohan Sports Stadium, Mohan Nagar, Uttar Pradesh
Umpires: P. D. Reporter and Har Prasad Sharma
  • Uttar Pradesh won the toss and decided to bat

Scorecards and averages

References
  1. "Ranji Trophy, 1977/78 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. "Ranji Trophy, 1977/78 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  3. Gujarat v Bombay, Bulsar, 1977/78
  4. Baroda v Bombay, Solapur, 1957/58
  5. Karnataka v Kerala, Chickmagalur, 1977/78
  6. "How many batters have made their first two centuries in the same Test?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  7. Haryana v Jammu Kashmir, Rai, 1977/78
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