1985–86 Ranji Trophy Explained

1985-86 Ranji Trophy
Administrator:	BCCI
Cricket Format:	First-class cricket
Tournament Format:	League and knockout
Champions:	Delhi
Count:	4
Participants:	27
Most Runs:	Kirti Azad (Delhi) (834)^[1]
Most Wickets:	Sarkar Talwar (Haryana) (45)^[2]
Previous Year:	1984–85
Previous Tournament:	1984–85 Ranji Trophy
Next Year:	1986–87
Next Tournament:	1986–87 Ranji Trophy

The 1985–86 Ranji Trophy was the 52nd season of the Ranji Trophy. Delhi defeated Haryana by an innings and 141 runs in the final.^[3]

Expansion

Three teams participated for the first time: Goa in the South Zone, Himachal Pradesh in the North Zone and Tripura in the East Zone. This raised the number of teams from 24 to 27.^[4]

Highlights

Playing for Rajasthan against Vidarbha, Pradeep Sunderam took all 10 wickets for 78 runs, and 16 wickets for 154 runs. This was the second (and till 2021, the last) instance of a bowler taking 10 wickets in an innings in Ranji trophy.^[5]

Group stage

North Zone

Team
Delhi	5	3	0	2	100	4.035
	5	3	1	1	98	1.595
Punjab	5	2	1	2	75	1.473
	5	1	2	2	51	0.649
	5	1	1	3	50	0.736
	5	0	5	0	17	0.254

Central Zone

Team
Uttar Pradesh	4	2	0	2	70	2.367
Rajasthan	4	2	2	0	67	0.861
Madhya Pradesh	4	1	0	3	45	0.879
Vidarbha	4	0	1	3	32	0.941
Railways	4	0	2	2	26	0.733

West Zone

Team
Maharashtra	4	2	0	2	69	1.727
Bombay	4	1	0	3	56	2.000
Saurashtra	4	0	1	3	34	0.830
Gujarat	4	0	2	2	32	0.576
Baroda	4	0	0	4	25	0.714

South Zone

Team
Andhra	5	2	0	3	86	1.448
Tamil Nadu	5	2	0	3	82	1.558
Hyderabad	5	2	0	3	81	1.834
Karnataka	5	1	0	4	61	1.146
Kerala	5	1	3	1	52	0.684
Goa	5	0	5	0	28	0.429

East Zone

Team
	4	3	0	1	101	2.377
Bengal	4	2	0	2	73	1.570
	4	2	1	1	72	1.558
	4	1	3	0	44	0.558
	4	0	4	0	14	0.321

Knockout stage

(T) - Advanced to next round by spin of coin.

Final

Scorecards and averages

CricketArchive

Notes and References

Web site: Ranji Trophy, 1985/86 / Records / Most runs . subscription . 13 December 2014.
Web site: Ranji Trophy, 1985/86 / Records / Most wickets . subscription . 13 December 2014.
Web site: Ranji Trophy 1985-86 Schedule . ESPNcricinfo . ESPNcricinfo . 2024-10-06 .
P. N. Sundaresan, "Cricket in India, 1985-86", Wisden 1987, pp. 1138–53.
https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/First_Class/Overall/Bowling/Most_Wickets_in_Innings_in_India_by_BB.html Most wickets in an innings in India