1996–97 Ranji Trophy

1996–97 Ranji Trophy
	The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	League and knockout
Champions	Mumbai (33rd title)
Participants	27
Most runs	Raman Lamba (Delhi) (1034)
Most wickets	Rajesh Chauhan (Madhya Pradesh) (52)
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 Ranji Trophy was the 63rd season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the final against Delhi on first innings lead. This match, held at Gwalior, was the first day-night first class match in India.

Raman Lamba who scored 1034 and Ajay Sharma, 1033, bettered the previous record for most runs in a season.

Knockout Matches

Quarterfinal 1

17–21 March 1997
Scorecard

Madhya Pradesh	v	Bengal
464 (145.2 overs) Amay Khurasiya 209 Utpal Chatterjee 3/110 (45 overs)		420 (149.1) Rohan Gavaskar 109 Rajesh Chauhan 3/121 (49 overs)
425/5 d (136 overs) Jai P Yadav 108 Rohan Gavaskar 2/51 (20 overs)		54/2 (23 overs) Shibsagar Singh 86 Manish Babulal Majithia 2/16 (9 overs)

Match drawn
Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground, Indore, Indore
Umpires: R Radhakrishnan and KG Lakshminarayana

Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
Madhya Pradesh advanced to the semi-final

Quarterfinal 2

17–21 March 1997
Scorecard

Hyderabad	v	Maharashtra
226 (96.4 overs) V Pratap 76 Milind Shripath Kulkarni 4/71 (24.4 overs)		287 (119.3) Indrajeet Kamtekar 53 Venkatapathy Raju 3/54 (31 overs)
230 (76.3 overs) Narender Pal Singh 62 Iqbal Siddiqui 4/46 (11.3 overs)		172/3 (35.3 overs) Surendra Bhave 86 Ramakrishnan Sridhar 2/42 (7 overs)

Maharashtra won by 7 wickets
Nehru Stadium, Pune
Umpires: SK Bansal and MS Mahal

Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.

Semifinal 1

27–31 March 1997
Scorecard

Madhya Pradesh	v	Mumbai
369 (153.3 overs) Manish Majithia 75 Nilesh Kulkarni 5/81 (41 overs)		532 (230.5) Amol Mazumdar 125 Rajesh Chauhan 6/191(93.5 overs)
291/7 d (101.5 overs) Abbas Ali 102 Sairaj Bahutule 4/75 (37.5 overs)		25/0 (11 overs) Wasim Jaffer 16 Sunil Lahore 0/12 (5 overs)

Match drawn
Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground, Indore
Umpires: S Lakshmanan and P Bhanu Prakash

Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
Mumbai advanced to the Ranji Trophy Final

Semifinal 2

27–31 March 1997
Scorecard

Delhi	v	Maharashtra
656 (213.4 overs) Raman Lamba 192 Sameer Inamdar 4/163 (40 overs)		524 (143.1) Hrishikesh Kanitkar 174 Robin Singh 3/168 (35 overs)
264/2 d (67 overs) Raman Lamba 101 Shantanu Sugwekar 2/41 (12 overs)

Match drawn
Nehru Stadium, Pune
Umpires: LM Thyagrajan and TN Ravi

Delhi won the toss and elected to bat.
Delhi advanced to the Ranji Trophy Final

Final

5–9 April 1997
Scorecard

Mumbai	v	Delhi
630 (202.2 overs) Jatin Paranjpe 111, Amol Muzumdar 144 Feroze Ghayas 2/116		559 (219.1 overs) Ashu Dani 178, Ajay Sharma 176 Nilesh Kulkarni 4/143