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 (3rd title)
Participants24
Most runsSunil Gavaskar (Bombay) (632)[1]
Most wicketsRaghuram Bhat (Karnataka) (41)[2]

Highlights

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  • 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]

Group stage

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Knockout stage

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Pre-Quarter-finalsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinals
 
              
 
 
 
 
25 Feb 1982 — Jamshedpur
 
 
Bihar581/5d
 
 
Saurashtra383 & 155/1
 
 
11 Mar 1982 — Jamshedpur
 
 
Bihar180 & 133
 
11 Feb 1982 — Madras
 
Delhi483/8d
 
Tamil Nadu287 & 378
 
25 Feb 1982 — Madras
 
Uttar Pradesh195 & 229
 
Tamil Nadu298 & 213
 
 
Delhi414 & 117
 
 
24 Mar 1982 — Delhi
 
 
Delhi707/8
 
 
Karnataka705
 
 
25 Feb 1982 — Bangalore
 
 
Karnataka422
 
 
Punjab130 & 125
 
 
11 Mar 1982 — Bangalore
 
 
Karnataka470
 
 
Bombay271 & 200/9d
 
 
25 Feb 1982 — Bombay
 
 
Bombay652/6d
 
15 Feb 1982 — Delhi
 
Bengal252 & 219
 
Railways171 & 325
 
 
Bengal244 & 253/4
 

Final

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24–29 March 1982
Scorecard
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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

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References

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  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". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  4. ^ "What's the lowest total successfully defended in the IPL?". ESPNcricinfo. 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