1981–82 Ranji Trophy

The 1981–82 Ranji Trophy was the 48th season of the Ranji Trophy. The final between Delhi and Karnataka went into a sixth day before Delhi won on first innings lead.[3][4]

1981-82 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)League and knockout
ChampionsDelhi
Participants24
Most runsSunil Gavaskar (Bombay) (632)[1]
Most wicketsRaghuram Bhat (Karnataka) (41)[2]

Highlights

  • The final between Delhi and Karnataka was extended to a sixth day to allow the first innings to be decided. Delhi took the lead on the sixth day.
  • Raghuram Bhat of Karnataka took a hat-trick in the semifinal against Bombay in the semifinal. Towards the end of the match, Sunil Gavaskar batted left handed.[5]
  • Laxman Sivaramakrishnan took 7 wickets for 28 runs on his debut in first class cricket, for Tamil Nadu against Delhi in the quarter final. Delhi won by 20 runs despite being bowled out for 117 in the second innings.[6]

The Tamil Nadu - Delhi match at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium saw two crowd incidents. T. E. Srinivasan was given out off the last ball of the second day. As the players came off, the crowd invaded the ground and the pavilion shouting slogans against the umpires and the Delhi captain Mohinder Amarnath, dispersing only after an hour. On the fourth day, S. Vasudevan was given out caught off the pad the crowd again invaded the field. The "umpires were manhandled, chairs thrown on to the field and benches wrenched apart" before the police intervened.[7]

Final

24–29 March 1982
Scorecard
v
Delhi (H)
705 (255.5 overs)
Roger Binny 115, Brijesh Patel 124, Syed Kirmani 116, Ranjit Khanwilkar 113
Rakesh Shukla 3/158
707/8 (252.5 overs)
Gursharan Singh 101, Mohinder Amarnath 185
Roger Binny 3/134
Delhi won on first innings lead
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: Dara Dotiwalla, Padmakar Pandit
  • Karnataka won the toss and decided to bat
  • The match was extended to a sixth day to get a result.

Scorecards and averages

References

  1. "Ranji Trophy, 1981/82 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. "Ranji Trophy, 1981/82 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  3. "Yet another World Cup for Australia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  4. "What's the lowest total successfully defended in the IPL?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  5. Karnataka v Delhi
  6. Tamil Nadu v Delhi
  7. Partab Ramchand, The Guardians of the Game Meet, Sportworld, 4 August 1982, p.37
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