1981–82 Ranji Trophy Explained

1981-82 Ranji Trophy
Administrator:	BCCI
Cricket Format:	First-class cricket
Tournament Format:	League and knockout
Champions:	Delhi
Count:	3
Participants:	24
Most Runs:	Sunil Gavaskar (Bombay) (632)^[1]
Most Wickets:	Raghuram Bhat (Karnataka) (41)^[2]
Previous Year:	1980–81
Previous Tournament:	1980–81 Ranji Trophy
Next Year:	1982–83
Next Tournament:	1982–83 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]}

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]

Group stage

South Zone

Team
Tamil Nadu	4	2	0	2	0	0	27	1.617
Karnataka	4	2	0	2	0	0	26	1.414
Hyderabad	4	2	0	2	0	0	23	1.166
Kerala	4	1	3	0	0	0	8	0.609
Andhra	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.708

West Zone

Team
Bombay	4	2	0	2	0	0	27	3.892
Saurashtra	4	2	0	2	0	0	22	0.848
Baroda	4	1	1	2	0	0	14	1.010
Maharashtra	4	0	1	3	0	0	13	0.909
Gujarat	4	0	3	1	0	0	5	0.428

North Zone

Team
Delhi	4	1	0	3	0	0	24	2.218
Punjab	4	2	0	2	0	0	24	1.738
	4	2	0	2	0	0	24	1.649
	4	1	2	1	0	0	11	0.628
	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.222

Central Zone

Team
Railways	4	2	0	2	0	0	27	1.649
Uttar Pradesh	4	2	0	2	0	0	22	1.227
Rajasthan	4	2	2	0	0	0	16	0.955
Madhya Pradesh	4	0	1	3	0	0	13	0.817
Vidarbha	4	0	3	1	0	0	3	0.554

East Zone

Team
	3	2	0	1	0	0	18	2.039
Bengal	3	1	0	2	0	0	15	1.723
	3	1	1	1	0	0	11	0.711
	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.489

Knockout stage

Final

Scorecards and averages

• CricketArchive

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ranji Trophy, 1981/82 / Records / Most runs . subscription . 13 December 2014.
2. Web site: Ranji Trophy, 1981/82 / Records / Most wickets . subscription . 13 December 2014.
3. Web site: Yet another World Cup for Australia . 29 March 2017 . ESPNcricinfo.
4. Web site: What's the lowest total successfully defended in the IPL? . ESPNcricinfo . 6 October 2021.
5. http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1981-82/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/KNTKA_BOM_RJI-SEMI2_11-14MAR1982.html Karnataka v Delhi
6. http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1981-82/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/TN_DELHI_RJI-QF2_25-28FEB1982.html Tamil Nadu v Delhi
7. Partab Ramchand, The Guardians of the Game Meet, Sportworld, 4 August 1982, p.37