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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1976–77 Ranji Trophy
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg
| imagesize = 285px
| fromdate =
| todate =
| caption = The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
| administrator = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]
| cricket format = [[First-class cricket]]
| tournament format = League and [[Single-elimination tournament|knockout]]
| host =
| champions = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
| count = 27
| participants = 24
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Ashok Mankad]] (Bombay) (827)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1976/77 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1976-77/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Karsan Ghavri]] (Bombay) (40)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1976/77 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1976-77/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1975–76
| previous_tournament = 1975–76 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1977–78
| next_tournament = 1977–78 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1976–77 Ranji Trophy''' was the 43rd season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay's]] won their third consecutive title defeating Delhi. This was their 18th win in 19 years.

==Group stage==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}

===North Zone===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:160px"|Team
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|T|Tied}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No Result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:25px;"|{{Abbr|Q|Quotient}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''29''' || 4.003
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''24''' || 1.445
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| 4 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''19''' || 1.071
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Services cricket team|Services]]
| 4 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 0.531
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| 4 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.425
|}

===South Zone===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:160px"|Team
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|T|Tied}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No Result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:25px;"|{{Abbr|Q|Quotient}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''25''' || 1.635
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''22''' || 1.463
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''21''' || 1.150
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''13''' || 0.886
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.461
|}

===West Zone===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:160px"|Team
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|T|Tied}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No Result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:25px;"|{{Abbr|Q|Quotient}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''24''' || 1.892
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || 1.095
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || 0.849
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || 0.848
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''9''' || 0.713
|}
{{col-2}}

===Central Zone===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:160px"|Team
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|T|Tied}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No Result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:25px;"|{{Abbr|Q|Quotient}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''23''' || 1.715
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''18''' || 1.154
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || 1.046
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''13''' || 0.808
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''6''' || 0.570
|}

===East Zone===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:160px"|Team
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|T|Tied}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No Result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:25px;"|{{Abbr|Q|Quotient}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''22''' || 3.258
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''20''' || 3.248
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 3 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''2''' || 0.426
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| 3 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''2''' || 0.198
|}
{{col-end}}

== Knockout stage ==
{{Round16|style=white-space:nowrap

| seed-width = 25px
| team-width = 150px
| score-width = 100px

|||||
|||||
|25 Feb 1977 — Ghaziabad|'''[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]'''|'''327 & 121/7d'''|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]|212 & 53/3
|||||
|||||
|25 Feb 1977 — Sonipat|'''[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]'''|'''237 & 139'''|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|135 & 58
|||||
|||||

|11 Mar 1977 — Bangalore|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]|393 & 118/6|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''440 & 284/6d'''
|11 Mar 1977 — Ghaziabad|'''[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]'''|'''389 & 300/5d'''|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|235 & 126/7
|11 Mar 1977 — Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''513/3d'''|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]|183 & 225
|11 Mar 1977 — Delhi|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]|276 & 114|'''[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]'''|'''191 & 248'''

|26 Mar 1977 — Delhi|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''360 & 25/1'''|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]|118 & 396/8d
|26 Mar 1977 — Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''352 & 4/0'''|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]|197 & 156

|8 Apr 1977 — Delhi|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|291 & 121|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''317 & 224'''

|skipmatch01=yes|skipmatch02=yes|skipmatch03=no|skipmatch04=yes|skipmatch05=yes|skipmatch06=no|skipmatch07=yes|skipmatch08=yes
|RD1 = Pre-Quarter-finals|RD2 = Quarter-finals|RD3 = Semi-finals|RD4 = Finals
|3rdplace=no}}

===Final===
{{Test match
| date = 8–13 April 1977
| team2 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] (H)
| team1 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
| score-team1-inns1 = '''317 (123.4 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Ashok Mankad]] 73
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Bishan Bedi]] 4/98
| score-team2-inns1 = '''291 (114.1 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Surinder Amarnath]] 81
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Karsan Ghavri]] 6/105
| score-team1-inns2 = '''224 (82.3 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Karsan Ghavri]] 70*
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Bishan Bedi]] 5/90
| score-team2-inns2 = '''121 (50 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Surinder Amarnath]] 52
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Padmakar Shivalkar]] 6/55
| result = Bombay won by 129 runs
| venue = [[Feroz Shah Kotla]] Ground, [[Delhi]]
| umpires = [[S. N. Hanumantha Rao]] and [[Kasturi Ramaswami|K. B. Ramaswami]]
| motm =
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/36/36910.html Scorecard]
| toss = Delhi won the toss and decided to field
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Scorecards and averages==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1976-77.html CricketArchive]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1976-77 Ranji Trophy}}
[[Category:1976 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1977 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1976–77]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]

{{Indian-domestic-cricket-competition-stub}}

1976 77 Ranji Trophy - Revision history

Estella97P at 11:26, 1 May 2026