1990–91 Ranji Trophy

December 2014 May 2026 1990-91 Ranji Trophy Ranji_trophy.jpg 292px The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get. BCCI First-class cricket League and knockout Haryana 1 27 Amarjit Kaypee (Haryana) (940)Ranji Trophy, 1990/91 / Records / Most runs subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1990-91/Batting_by_Runs.html 20 December 2014 Chetan Sharma (Haryana) (39)Ranji Trophy, 1990/91 / Records / Most wickets subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1990-91/Bowling_by_Wickets.html 20 December 2014 1989–90 1989–90 Ranji Trophy 1991–92 1991–92 Ranji Trophy The 1990–91 Ranji Trophy was the 57th season of the Ranji Trophy cricket tournament. Haryana defeated Bombay by 2 runs in the closest Ranji final in history. Group stage North Zone TeamPld PlayedW WonL LostD DrawT TiedNR No ResultPts PointsRR Run RateDelhi 5 3 0 2 0 0 92 3.460Haryana 5 3 0 2 0 0 87 2.951Punjab 5 3 1 1 0 0 81 3.160Himachal Pradesh 5 1 3 1 0 0 40 2.842Services 5 1 4 0 0 0 36 2.930Jammu and Kashmir 5 0 3 2 0 0 29 2.785 Central Zone TeamPld PlayedW WonL LostD DrawT TiedNR No ResultPts PointsRR Run RateMadhya Pradesh 4 2 0 2 0 0 60 2.882Uttar Pradesh 4 1 0 3 0 0 50 2.979Railways 4 1 1 2 0 0 46 3.037Rajasthan 4 1 1 2 0 0 39 2.490Vidarbha 4 0 3 1 0 0 28 2.999 East Zone TeamPld PlayedW WonL LostD DrawT TiedNR No ResultPts PointsRR Run RateBengal 4 2 0 2 0 0 79 3.945Bihar 4 1 0 3 0 0 56 2.644Assam 4 1 0 3 0 0 55 3.265Orissa 4 1 1 2 0 0 42 3.013Tripura 4 0 4 0 0 0 16 2.562 South Zone TeamPld PlayedW WonL LostD DrawT TiedNR No ResultPts PointsRR Run RateHyderabad 5 3 1 1 0 0 85 3.483Karnataka 5 3 0 2 0 0 77 3.160Tamil Nadu 5 2 0 3 0 0 58 3.329Kerala 5 2 3 0 0 0 46 3.068Goa 5 0 2 3 0 0 29 2.501Andhra 5 0 4 1 0 0 25 3.053 West Zone TeamPld PlayedW WonL LostD DrawT TiedNR No ResultPts PointsRR Run RateMaharashtra 4 0 0 4 0 0 64 3.850Bombay 4 1 0 3 0 0 58 3.824Baroda 4 1 0 3 0 0 56 3.402Saurashtra 4 0 1 3 0 0 37 3.274Gujarat 4 0 1 3 0 0 33 3.297 Knockout stage 25px 150px 100px 2 Feb 1991 — Indore Madhya Pradesh 377 & 165 Bombay 493 & 50/0 2 Feb 1991 — Pune Maharashtra 311 & 268/2 Karnataka (F) 638 & 307/2d 16 Apr 1991 — Delhi Delhi 389 & 371/4 Bombay (F) 390 & 719/8d 16 Apr 1991 — Ranchi Bihar 203 Hyderabad (F) 298/6 16 Apr 1991 — Calcutta Bengal (R) 652/9 Karnataka 791/6d 16 Apr 1991 — Faridabad Haryana (F) 339 & 429/9d Uttar Pradesh 295 & 221/7 24 Apr 1991 — Bombay Bombay (F) 855/6d & 446/4d Hyderabad 498 & 36/0 24 Apr 1991 — Calcutta Bengal 440 Haryana (F) 605 & 274/5 3 May 1991 — Bombay Bombay 410 & 352 Haryana 522 & 242 yes no yes yes yes no yes yes Pre-Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals no (F) - Advanced to next round on First Innings Lead. (R) - Advanced to next round on better Run Rate. Semi-finals Bombay got off to a poor start after electing to bat on the opening day of the first semi-final. They lost both openers to Rajesh Yadav and were reduced to 30/2. Captain Sanjay Manjrekar, joined by Dilip Vengsarkar, added 283 runs for the third wicket. Despite not being in good touch, the latter made 121.Natarajan H. Manjrekar, Vengsarkar in good touch The Indian Express 16 25 April 1991 With his relentless batting for a total of five sessions (666 minutes) filled with fine strokeplay, Manjrekar made 377, the second highest individual score in the history of the Ranji trophy. He put on 118 and 268 runs with hard-hitting Sachin Tendulkar (70) and Vinod Kambli (126) for the fourth and fifth wickets, taking the team to 807/6 at the end of day two.Natarajan H. Manjrekar (377) stars in Bombay run-riot The Indian Express 26 April 1991 16 However, 48 penalty runs against Hyderabad meant Bombay's score stood at 855/6, then the second highest innings total in Ranji Trophy history. Hyderabad's reply with the bat began with the loss of opener Chelluri Jaikumar in the first over. R. A. Swaroop (123) and M. V. Sridhar then put together 285 runs, breaking Hyderabad's record for the best second-wicket partnership. The new ball before end of day's play brought Bombay the wickets of Swaroop and M. V. Ramanamurthy. Swaroop playing attacking cricket early in the day hitting eleven boundaries to reach his half-century.Natarajan H. Hyderabad have a tough climb ahead The Indian Express 27 April 1991 16 From being 255/3 overnight, Hyderabad were dismissed after tea, handing their opponents a 357-run lead. The only notable partnerships were those of Sridhar (184) with Vivek Jaisimha and Venkatapathy Raju that yielded respectively 111 and 94 runs.Natarajan H. Bombay almost through to final The Indian Express 28 April 1991 18 Virtually through to the final on account of first innings lead and only a day of play left, the Bombay batsmen once again displayed "ruthless... arrogance" in their second innings. Both openers made half-centuries, and Kambli made a century (127 off 114 balls), becoming the fourth Bombay batsman to score a century in both innings of a Ranji Trophy match. Tendulkar batted in similar fashion, making 88 off 66 deliveries, an innings that included five sixes and eight fours. Chandrakant Pandit also made an unbeaten century. Bombay declared at 446/4 after tea, with their opponents making 36 runs without losing a wicket, before proceedings were halted with ten of the stipulated overs in the last hour uncompleted.Natarajan H. Kambli completes second ton The Indian Express 29 April 1991 16 In the second semi-final, Bengal's decision to field after winning the toss on a batting wicket at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, backfired after Haryana put on 305 on day one. Captain Kapil Dev arrived when his team were at 186/4, and took his team to end of play without further loss of wickets.Magazine Pradeep Kapil wrests back the initiative The Indian Express 16 25 April 1991 Day two saw three of Haryana's batsmen making centuries — Dev (141), Ajay Banerjee (111) and Vijay Yadav (106) — helping their team go past their highest ever innings total of 583.Magazine Pradeep Three tons in Haryana's big total The Indian Express 26 April 1991 16 In reply to Haryana's total of 605, Bengal began strongly reaching 124 without losing a wicket before Dev picked two wickets in an over, reducing them to 128/2. Arun Lal reached his 17th Ranji century,Magazine Pradeep Arun Lal cracks 17th Ranji century The Indian Express 27 April 1991 16 before Dev dismissed him for 136 with a rising delivery that took his edge. Sourav Ganguly's controversial dismissal led to stoppage of play for 20 minutes due to crowd trouble.Magazine Pradeep Haryana poised to take lead The Indian Express 28 April 1991 18 Dev claimed Haryana's final two wickets helping his team gain a 165-run first innings lead on the final day. Haryana's second innings saw Amarjit Kaypee making his fifth century of the season while Ajay Jadeja made 85. The match ended in a draw with Haryana progressing to their second Ranji final, on first innings lead.Magazine Pradeep Haryana through to final The Indian Express 29 April 1991 16 24–28 April 1991 Bombay Hyderabad 855/6d (176 overs) Sanjay Manjrekar 377 (473) Rajesh Yadav 3/111 (25 overs) 498 (160.5 overs) M. V. Sridhar 184 Sanjay Patil 4/71 (42.5 overs) 446/4d (86.2 overs) Vinod Kambli 127 (114) Arshad Ayub 2/127 (30 overs) 36/0 (7 overs) Chelluri Jaikumar 15* Match drawn Scorecard Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Jiban Ghosh and S. K. Bansal Bombay won the toss and elected to bat. Yogendra Bhandari (Haryana) made his first-class debut. 24–28 April 1991 Haryana Bengal 605 (184.1 overs) Kapil Dev 141 Joydeep Mukherjee 4/100 (32.1 overs) 440 (191.1 overs) Arun Lal 136 Kapil Dev 5/85 (40.1 overs) 274/5 (47 overs) Amarjit Kaypee 102 Sagarmoy Sensharma 4/74 (18 overs) Match drawn Scorecard Eden Gardens, Kolkata B. Jamula and T. A. Sreedhar Bengal won the toss and elected to field. Final 3–7 May 1991 Haryana Bombay (H) 522 (162.3 overs) Deepak Sharma 199 Abey Kuruvilla 4/128 (31 overs) 410 (137.3 overs) Sanjay Patil 85 Yogendra Bhandari 5/118 (31.3 overs) 242 (87.4 overs) Ajay Banerjee 60 Salil Ankola 3/39 (13.4 overs) 352 (65.4 overs) Dilip Vengsarkar 139* (137) Chetan Sharma 2/59 (16.4 overs) Haryana won by 2 runs Wankhede Stadium, Bombay A. L. Narasimhan and R. V. Ramani Scorecard Haryana won the toss and decided to bat Scorecards and averages CricketArchive References External links Series home at ESPNcricinfo Category:1990 in Indian cricket Category:1991 in Indian cricket Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1990–91 Category:Ranji Trophy seasons