1984–85 Ranji Trophy Explained

1984-85 Ranji Trophy
Administrator:	BCCI
Cricket Format:	First-class cricket
Tournament Format:	League and knockout
Champions:	Bombay
Count:	30
Participants:	24
Most Runs:	Ghulam Parkar (Bombay) (660)^[1]
Most Wickets:	Rajinder Goel (Haryana) (39)^[2]
Previous Year:	1983–84
Previous Tournament:	1983–84 Ranji Trophy
Next Year:	1985–86
Next Tournament:	1985–86 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]}

Group stage

South Zone

Team
Karnataka	4	3	0	1	0	0	91	2.027
Tamil Nadu	4	2	1	1	0	0	78	1.464
Hyderabad	4	1	0	3	0	0	57	1.779
Andhra	4	1	3	0	0	0	52	0.602
Kerala	4	0	3	1	0	0	24	0.361

West Zone

Team
Bombay	4	1	0	3	0	0	74	2.053
Saurashtra	4	0	1	3	0	0	49	0.841
Maharashtra	4	0	0	4	0	0	45	1.106
Baroda	4	0	0	4	0	0	39	0.716
Gujarat	4	0	0	4	0	0	37	0.775

Central Zone

Team
Uttar Pradesh	4	3	0	1	0	0	90	1.990
Railways	4	1	1	2	0	0	47	0.661
Madhya Pradesh	4	0	1	3	0	0	39	1.051
Vidarbha	4	0	2	2	0	0	39	0.706
Rajasthan	4	0	0	4	0	0	29	1.021

North Zone

Team
Delhi	4	2	0	2	0	0	76	2.167
	4	2	0	2	0	0	68	1.285
Punjab	4	1	0	3	0	0	50	1.259
	4	1	2	1	0	0	44	0.880
	4	0	4	0	0	0	17	0.333

East Zone

Team
	3	1	0	2	0	0	48	1.651
	3	1	0	2	0	0	46	1.136
Bengal	3	0	0	3	0	0	25	1.146
	3	0	2	1	0	0	14	0.453

Knockout stage

Final

Scorecards and averages

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Ranji Trophy, 1984/85 / Records / Most runs . subscription . 13 December 2014.
2. Web site: Ranji Trophy, 1984/85 / Records / Most wickets . subscription . 13 December 2014.
3. Web site: Ranji Trophy West Zone League, 1984-85:Bombay v Baroda . ESPNcricinfo . 15 January 2019.
4. https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/First_Class/Overall/Batting/Fastest_Double_Hundreds_by_Minutes.html Acscricket.com, Fastest double centuries in first class cricket