The 1981–82 Ranji Trophy was the 48th season of the Ranji Trophy. The final between Delhi and Karnataka went into a sixth day before Delhi won on first innings lead.
Highlights The final between Delhi and Karnataka was extended to a sixth day to allow the first innings to be decided. Delhi took the lead on the sixth day. Raghuram Bhat of Karnataka took a hat-trick in the semifinal against Bombay in the semifinal. Towards the end of the match, Sunil Gavaskar batted left handed.Karnataka v Delhi Laxman Sivaramakrishnan took 7 wickets for 28 runs on his debut in first class cricket, for Tamil Nadu against Delhi in the quarter-final. Delhi won by 20 runs despite being bowled out for 117 in the second innings.Tamil Nadu v Delhi
The Tamil Nadu - Delhi match at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium saw two crowd incidents. T. E. Srinivasan was given out off the last ball of the second day. As the players came off, the crowd invaded the ground and the pavilion shouting slogans against the umpires and the Delhi captain Mohinder Amarnath, dispersing only after an hour. On the fourth day, S. Vasudevan was given out caught off the pad the crowd again invaded the field. The "umpires were manhandled, chairs thrown on to the field and benches wrenched apart" before the police intervened.Partab Ramchand, The Guardians of the Game Meet, Sportworld, 4 August 1982, p.37
Group stage
South Zone TeamTamil Nadu 4 2 0 2 0 0 27 1.617Karnataka 4 2 0 2 0 0 26 1.414Hyderabad 4 2 0 2 0 0 23 1.166Kerala 4 1 3 0 0 0 8 0.609Andhra 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.708
West Zone TeamBombay 4 2 0 2 0 0 27 3.892Saurashtra 4 2 0 2 0 0 22 0.848Baroda 4 1 1 2 0 0 14 1.010Maharashtra 4 0 1 3 0 0 13 0.909Gujarat 4 0 3 1 0 0 5 0.428
North Zone TeamDelhi 4 1 0 3 0 0 24 2.218Punjab 4 2 0 2 0 0 24 1.738Haryana 4 2 0 2 0 0 24 1.649Services 4 1 2 1 0 0 11 0.628Jammu and Kashmir 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.222
Central Zone TeamRailways 4 2 0 2 0 0 27 1.649Uttar Pradesh 4 2 0 2 0 0 22 1.227Rajasthan 4 2 2 0 0 0 16 0.955Madhya Pradesh 4 0 1 3 0 0 13 0.817Vidarbha 4 0 3 1 0 0 3 0.554
East Zone TeamBihar 3 2 0 1 0 0 18 2.039Bengal 3 1 0 2 0 0 15 1.723Orissa 3 1 1 1 0 0 11 0.711Assam 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.489
Knockout stage
Final
Scorecards and averages CricketArchive
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