| 1987-88 Ranji Trophy | |
| Administrator: | BCCI |
| Cricket Format: | First-class cricket |
| Tournament Format: | League and knockout |
| Champions: | Tamil Nadu |
| Count: | 2 |
| Most Runs: | Brijesh Patel (Karnataka) (596)[1] |
| Most Wickets: | M. Venkataramana (Tamil Nadu) (35)[2] |
| Previous Year: | 1986–87 |
| Previous Tournament: | 1986–87 Ranji Trophy |
| Next Year: | 1988–89 |
| Next Tournament: | 1988–89 Ranji Trophy |
The 1987–88 Ranji Trophy was the 54th season of the Ranji Trophy. Tamil Nadu defeated Railways by an innings in the final.
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 3.367 | |
| Punjab | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 2.361 | |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 1.172 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0.864 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0.763 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.203 |
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Railways | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 1.521 | |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 1.252 | |
| Rajasthan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0.995 | |
| Vidarbha | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0.772 | |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0.768 |
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baroda | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 1.237 | |
| Bombay | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 1.548 | |
| Maharashtra | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1.103 | |
| Gujarat | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0.669 | |
| Saurashtra | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.780 |
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamil Nadu | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 1.479 | |
| Karnataka | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 1.358 | |
| Hyderabad | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 1.534 | |
| Andhra | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0.813 | |
| Kerala | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0.729 | |
| Goa | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0.584 |
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 2.328 | ||
| Bengal | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 2.194 | |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 1.026 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0.732 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.219 |
(F) - Advanced to next round on First Innings Lead.
(T) - Advanced to next round on Coin Toss.
(Q) - Advanced to next round on better Quotient.