1985–86 Ranji Trophy

The 1985–86 Ranji Trophy was the 52nd season of the Ranji Trophy. Delhi defeated Haryana by an innings and 141 runs in the final.

1985-86 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)League and knockout
ChampionsDelhi (4th title)
Participants27
Most runsKirti Azad (Delhi) (834)[1]
Most wicketsSarkar Talwar (Haryana) (45)[2]

Expansion

Three teams participated for the first time: Goa in the South Zone, Himachal Pradesh in the North Zone and Tripura in the East Zone. This raised the number of teams from 24 to 27.[3]

Highlights
  • Playing for Rajasthan against Vidarbha, Pradeep Sunderam took all 10 wickets for 78 runs, and 16 wickets for 154 runs. This was the second (and till 2021, the last) instance of a bowler taking 10 wickets in an innings in Ranji trophy.[4]

Group stage

Knockout stage
 
Pre-Quarter-finalsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinals
 
              
 
 
 
 
14 Feb 1986 — Jaipur
 
 
Rajasthan431
 
 
Andhra185 & 227/4
 
 
15 Mar 1986 — Kota
 
 
Rajasthan169 & 177
 
7 Feb 1986 — Pune
 
Delhi192 & 358
 
Maharashtra585 & 278/4
 
14 Feb 1986 — Pune
 
Bengal373
 
Maharashtra352 & 64/3
 
 
Delhi604 & 160/4d
 
 
28 Mar 1986 — Delhi
 
 
Delhi638
 
7 Feb 1986 — Kanpur
 
Haryana288 & 209
 
Uttar Pradesh149/1
 
14 Feb 1986 — Madras
 
Tamil Nadu (T) 508
 
Tamil Nadu233 & 212/5
 
 
Bombay380
 
 
15 Mar 1986 — Bombay
 
 
Bombay296 & 229
 
 
Haryana423 & 252
 
 
14 Feb 1986 — Jamshedpur
 
 
Bihar268
 
 
Haryana270 & 385
 
 
 
 

(T) - Advanced to next round by spin of coin.

Final
29 March - 1 April 1986
Scorecard
v
Delhi (H)
288 (109.5 overs)
Ashwini Kumar 74
Maninder Singh 3/66
638 (186.2 overs)
Manoj Prabhakar 113, Kirti Azad 107, Mohinder Amarnath 194, Ajay Sharma 110
Sarkar Talwar 4/194
209 (79.1 overs)
Ashok Malhotra 98
Maninder Singh 8/54
Delhi won by an innings and 141 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: Subrata Banerjee, V. K. Ramaswamy
  • Haryana won the toss and decided to bat

Scorecards and averages

References
  1. "Ranji Trophy, 1985/86 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. "Ranji Trophy, 1985/86 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  3. P. N. Sundaresan, "Cricket in India, 1985-86", Wisden 1987, pp. 1138–53.
  4. Most wickets in an innings in India
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