1995–96 Ranji Trophy

1995-96 Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s) BCCI
Cricket format First-class cricket
Tournament format(s) League and knockout
Champions Karnataka
Most runs M. V. Sridhar (Hyderabad) (868)[1]
Most wickets Sunil Joshi (Karnataka) (52)[2]

The 1995–96 Ranji Trophy was the 62nd season of the Ranji Trophy. Karnataka defeated Tamil Nadu on first innings lead in the finals. For the first time, three teams in the semifinals were from the same zone - Hyderabad being the third team from the South Zone.

Sunil Joshi became the first, and as of 2015 the only, player to do the double of 500 runs and 50 wickets in a season.

Final

27-31 March, 1996
v
620/8 decl (168.4 overs)
Vijay Bharadwaj 146, Rahul Dravid 114
Balaji Rao 3/173
370 (120 overs)
K. Srinath 85
Anil Kumble 5/95
277/6 decl (95 overs)
Avinash Vaidya 61
Divakar Vasu 2/587
31/3 (15 overs)
S. Sharath 13*
Sunil Joshi 2/12
Karnataka won on first innings lead
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras
Umpires: S. K. Bansal, Subroto Porel
  • Karnataka won the toss and decided to bat

Scorecards and averages

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