1995–96 Ranji Trophy

The 1995–96 Ranji Trophy was the 62nd season of the Ranji Trophy. Karnataka defeated Tamil Nadu on first innings lead in the finals. For the first time, three teams in the semifinals were from the same zone - Hyderabad being the third team from the South Zone.

1995-96 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)League and knockout
ChampionsKarnataka (4th title)
Participants26
Most runsM. V. Sridhar (Hyderabad) (868)[1]
Most wicketsSunil Joshi (Karnataka) (52)[2]

Sunil Joshi became the first, and as of 2015 the only, player to do the double of 500 runs and 50 wickets in a season.

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Tamil Nadu272 & 220/2
 
 
 
Delhi256 & 232
 
Tamil Nadu370 & 31/3
 
 
 
Karnataka620/8d & 277/6d
 
Karnataka423 & 312
 
 
Hyderabad188 & 363/7
 

Quarter-finals
26 February – 1 March 1996
1st Quarter-final
Scorecard
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480 (138.3 overs)
Kartik Jeshwant 138
R. A. Swaroop 4/84 (31.3 overs)
213 (66.5 overs)
Kiran More 49
David Johnson 5/91 (22 overs)
188 (57 overs)
Mukesh Narula 41*
Rangarao Ananth 4/57 (18 overs)
Karnataka won by an innings and 79 runs
Rajinder Singh Institute Ground, Bangalore
Umpires: K. S. Giridharan and Jasbir Singh
  • Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
  • Kartik Jeshwant (Karnataka) reached 100 wickets in first-class cricket.[3]
26 February – 1 March 1996
2nd Quarter-final
Scorecard
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246 (85.2 overs)
Sridharan Sharath 86
Sairaj Bahutule 5/91 (33.2 overs)
196 (127.5 overs)
Sulakshan Kulkarni 84*
Balaji Rao 4/46 (26.5 overs)
250 (135.3 overs)
Sridharan Sharath 90
Nilesh Kulkarni 3/67 (33 overs)
147 (61.3 overs)
Amol Muzumdar 58*
Robin Singh 7/54 (22 overs)
Tamil Nadu won by 153 runs
Indian Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli
Umpires: Narendra Menon and Harnarain Singh Sekhon
  • Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat.
26 February – 1 March 1996
3rd Quarter-final
Scorecard
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409 (1661.1 overs)
Umakant Phate 115
Narender Pal Singh 4/120 (40.1 overs)
620 (272.5 overs)
VVS Laxman 196
Parimal Hedaoo 2/90 (35.5 overs)
32/1 (14 overs)
Manish Dosi 14*
Vanka Pratap 1/20 (5 overs)
Match drawn
Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad
Umpires: Sekhar Choudhary and Des Raj
  • Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat.
26 February – 1 March 1996
4th Quarter-final
Scorecard
Delhi (H)
v
431 (140.4 overs)
Ajay Sharma 136
5/86 (42 overs)
223 (73.2 overs)
Vijendra Yadav 75
Atul Wassan 6/75 (21 overs)
561/9 (183 overs)
Ajay Sharma 182
Javed Alam 3/121 (39 overs)
Match Drawn
Air Force Station, Delhi
Umpires: Kutticode Murali and Rangachari Vijayaraghavan
  • Delhi won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ajay Sharma (Delhi) passed 1,000 runs in first-class cricket.[4]

Semi-finals
14–18 March 1996
1st Semi-final
Scorecard
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256 (97.2 overs)
Akash Malhotra 117
Divakar Vasu 5/71 (28 overs)
272 (103 overs)
Woorkeri Raman 85
Nikhil Chopra 4/122 (35 overs)
232 (92.2 overs)
Sumeet Dogra 97
Balaji Rao 3/46 (20 overs)
220/2 (66 overs)
Woorkeri Raman 116
Atul Wassan 1/28 (11 overs)
Tamil Nadu won by 8 wickets
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras
Umpires: Purnachandra Godbole and M. R. Singh
  • Delhi won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Padmanabhan Rajesh (Tamil Nadu) made his first-class debut.
14–18 March 1996
2nd Semi-final
Scorecard
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423 (134.5 overs)
Rahul Dravid 153
Mohammad Mohiuddin 3/101 (23 overs)
188 (67 overs)
Noel David 57
Sunil Joshi 4/58 (24 overs)
312 (116.3 overs)
Kartik Jeshwant 85
Ramakrishnan Sridhar 3/58 (43 overs)
363/7 (132 overs)
VVS Laxman 203*
Sunil Joshi 5/126 (59 overs)
Match drawn (Karnataka won on first innings lead)
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Chandra Sathe and Surinder Kumar Sharma
  • Karnataka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Mansur Ali Khan (Karnataka) made his first-class debut.
  • Sujith Somasunder and Rahul Dravid (Karnataka) passed 1,000 and 4,000 runs respectively in first-class cricket.
  • VVS Laxman (Hyderabad) passed 1,000 runs for the first-class season.

Final
27–31 March 1996
Scorecard
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620/8d (168.4 overs)
Vijay Bharadwaj 146
Balaji Rao 3/173 (54 overs)
370 (120 overs)
Krishnaraj Srinath 85
Anil Kumble 5/95 (31 overs)
277/6d (95 overs)
Avinash Vaidya 61
Divakar Vasu 2/58 (22 overs)
31/3 (15 overs)
S. Sharath 13*
Sunil Joshi 2/12 (6 overs)
Match drawn (Karnataka won on first innings lead)
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras
Umpires: Shyam Bansal and Subroto Porel

Scorecards and averages

References
  1. "Ranji Trophy, 1995/96 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. "Ranji Trophy, 1995/96 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  3. Karnataka v Baroda at CricketArchive (subscription required)
  4. Delhi v Railways at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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