1982–83 Ranji Trophy Explained

1982-83 Ranji Trophy
Administrator:BCCI
Cricket Format:First-class cricket
Tournament Format:League and knockout
Champions:Karnataka
Count:3
Participants:24
Most Runs:Anshuman Gaekwad (Baroda) (731)[1]
Most Wickets:Raghuram Bhat (Karnataka) (42)[2]
Previous Year:1981–82
Previous Tournament:1981–82 Ranji Trophy
Next Year:1983–84
Next Tournament:1983–84 Ranji Trophy

The 1982–83 Ranji Trophy was the 49th season of the Ranji Trophy. Karnataka won the final against Bombay on first innings lead.

Bombay scored 534 runs in the final. Karnataka lost their sixth wicket at 293 but were revived by a seventh wicket partnership of 154 between Roger Binny and J. Abhiram. They still lost their ninth wicket at 526. Raghuram Bhat and B. Vijayakrishna took the score to 535 when the latter was out. On the final day, Sandeep Patil scored 121* before lunch.[3] Bombay declared setting Karnataka to score 197 in two sessions. Karnataka instead played out 70 overs to score 179 for 5 and win the title on first innings lead.

Highlights

Group stage

North Zone

Team
4 2 0 2 0 0 25 1.744
Delhi4 2 0 2 0 0 24 1.385
Punjab4 1 0 3 0 0 21 1.243
4 1 3 0 0 0 9 0.676
4 0 3 1 0 0 3 0.585

West Zone

Team
Baroda4 2 0 2 0 0 27 2.059
Bombay4 1 0 3 0 0 22 1.985
Maharashtra4 1 1 2 0 0 16 0.956
Saurashtra4 1 1 2 0 0 15 0.754
Gujarat4 0 3 1 0 0 3 0.401

South Zone

Team
Karnataka4 2 0 2 0 0 26 1.818
Tamil Nadu4 2 0 2 0 0 26 1.763
Hyderabad4 2 0 2 0 0 26 1.615
Andhra4 1 3 0 0 0 8 0.696
Kerala4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.267

Central Zone

Team
Uttar Pradesh4 2 0 2 0 0 25 1.790
Rajasthan4 1 0 3 0 0 23 1.237
Railways4 1 0 3 0 0 20 1.024
Madhya Pradesh4 1 1 2 0 0 14 0.760
Vidarbha4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.640

East Zone

Team
3 1 0 2 0 0 15 1.270
Bengal3 0 0 3 0 0 14 2.548
3 0 0 3 0 0 11 0.936
3 0 1 2 0 0 6 0.265

Knockout stage

Final

Scorecards and averages

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ranji Trophy, 1982/83 / Records / Most runs . subscription . 13 December 2014.
  2. Web site: Ranji Trophy, 1982/83 / Records / Most wickets . subscription . 13 December 2014.
  3. https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/First_Class/Overall/Batting/Hundred_Before_Lunch.html Acscricket.com, Century before lunch