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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name                = 1996–97 Ranji One Day Trophy
| fromdate            = 21 October
| todate              = 22 December 1996
| administrator       = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]
| cricket format      = [[List A cricket|List A]]
| tournament format   = [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| participants        = 27
| matches             = 60
| previous_year       = 1995–96
| previous_tournament = 1995–96 Ranji One Day Trophy
| next_year           = 1997–98
| next_tournament     = 1997–98 Ranji One Day Trophy
}}
The '''1996–97 Ranji One Day Trophy''' was the fourth edition of India's annual [[List A cricket]] tournament which became the [[Vijay Hazare Trophy]] in 2007.<ref name="OD96">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_One_Day_1996-97.html Ranji Trophy One Day 1996/97]. CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2023. {{subscription}}</ref><ref name="TI">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/IND.html Tournaments in India]. CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2023. {{subscription}}</ref> As in the earlier editions, the 1996–97 tournament was open to teams participating in the [[Ranji Trophy]] and it was organised on a zonal basis without national playoffs or a final, so the aim of each team was to win its zonal championship only.<ref name="Pts">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/1/Ranji_Trophy_One_Day_1996-97.html Ranji Trophy One Day Tables, 1996/97]. CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2023. {{subscription}}</ref>

==Tournament==
All 27 teams from the Ranji Trophy competed and were divided into the five zones used for the [[Duleep Trophy]]: Central (5 teams), East (5), North (6), South (6), and West (5). The format within each zone was [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] with the teams playing all of their zonal opponents once. Four points were awarded for a win and [[run rate]] was utilised as a [[Result (cricket)#Tiebreakers|tie-breaker]] within each league.<ref name="Pts"/> The teams played a total of 60 matches from 21 October to 27 December 1996.<ref name="OD96"/> The zonal champions were [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]] (Central), [[Assam cricket team|Assam]] (East), [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] (North), [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]] (South), and [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] (West).<ref name="Pts"/>

=== Central Zone ===
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== References ==
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{{Vijay Hazare Trophy}}

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[[Category:1996 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1997 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1996–97]]
[[Category:Vijay Hazare Trophy seasons]]


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