1984–85 Ranji Trophy

The 1984–85 Ranji Trophy was the 51st season of the Ranji Trophy. The season was preceded by celebrations on the completion of fifty years and a one-day series by Australia. Mumbai won their 30th title defeating Delhi in the final considered one of the best in the history of Ranji Trophy. During the tournament, Ravi Shastri batting for Mumbai against Baroda, scored a double-century in 113 minutes, a record that would stand for more than thirty years.[3][4]

1984-85 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)League and knockout
ChampionsBombay (30th title)
Participants24
Most runsGhulam Parkar (Bombay) (660)[1]
Most wicketsRajinder Goel (Haryana) (39)[2]

Group stage

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Knockout stage

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Pre-Quarter-finalsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinals
 
              
 
22 Feb 1985 — Delhi
 
 
Railways213& 168/2
 
7 Mar 1985 — Faridabad
 
Haryana341 & 335/9d
 
Haryana223 & 148
 
 
Bombay195 & 177/2
 
 
23 Mar 1985 — Bombay
 
 
Bombay548
 
 
Tamil Nadu409 & 276/8d
 
 
7 Mar 1985 — Madras
 
 
Tamil Nadu362 & 197/0
 
 
Bihar297 & 261
 
 
1 Apr 1985 — Bombay
 
 
Bombay333 & 364/7d
 
 
Delhi398 & 209
 
 
7 Mar 1985 — Bangalore
 
 
Karnataka489 & 261/1d
 
 
Orissa276 & 231
 
 
23 Mar 1985 — Bangalore
 
 
Karnataka189 & 307/8
 
 
Delhi376
 
 
7 Mar 1985 — Delhi
 
 
Delhi404
 
22 Feb 1985 — Agra
 
Uttar Pradesh124 & 179
 
Uttar Pradesh157 & 176
 
 
Saurashtra176 & 102
 

Final

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1–6 April 1985
Scorecard
Bombay (H)
v
333 (102.5 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 106
Madan Lal 4/42
398 (138 overs)
Ajay Sharma 131
Raju Kulkarni 5/106
364/7 decl (91.3 overs)
Ravi Shastri 76
Maninder Singh 4/132
209 (85.5 overs)
Bhaskar Pillai 60
Ravi Shastri 8/91
Bombay won on by 90 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: Bhairab Ganguli, V. K. Ramaswamy
  • Bombay won the toss and decided to bat

Scorecards and averages

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References

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  1. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1984/85 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1984/85 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Ranji Trophy West Zone League, 1984-85:Bombay v Baroda". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  4. ^ Acscricket.com, Fastest double centuries in first class cricket