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{{Short description|Cricket tournament}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2014}}
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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1977-78 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 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| count = 2
| participants = 24
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Venkat Sunderam]] (Delhi) (608)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1977/78 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1977-78/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Rajinder Hans|Rajinder Singh Hans]] (Uttar Pradesh) (52)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1977/78 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1977-78/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1976–77
| previous_tournament = 1976–77 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1978–79
| next_tournament = 1978–79 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1977–78 Ranji Trophy''' was the 44th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] won their second title defeating [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]].

==Highlights==
* [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] finished third in the West Zone and failed to qualify for the knockout stage. [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]] won all their four matches in the West Zone, a rare feat.
* Bombay were dismissed for 42 by Gujarat.<ref>[https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1977-78/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/WEST/GUJ_BOM_RJI-W_24-26DEC1977.html Gujarat v Bombay, Bulsar, 1977/78]</ref> This is their lowest total in Ranji Trophy.
* The loss against Gujarat ended a sequence of 124 matches without defeat for Bombay. Their previous defeat was against Baroda in 1957/58.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22765.html Baroda v Bombay, Solapur, 1957/58]</ref> During these twenty years, Bombay won the Ranji Trophy 18 times.
* [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] defeated [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]] without losing a wicket. Kerala scored 141 and 124, and Karnataka 451/0 decl.<ref>[https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1977-78/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/SOUTH/KNTKA_KERALA_RJI-S_05-07NOV1977.html Karnataka v Kerala, Chickmagalur, 1977/78]</ref> The partnership between [[Sanjay Desai]] and [[Roger Binny]] was then an Indian record for the first wicket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ask-steven-how-many-batters-have-made-their-first-two-centuries-in-the-same-test-1305393 |title=How many batters have made their first two centuries in the same Test? |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=15 March 2022}}</ref>
* [[Rajinder Goel]] took 7 wickets for 4 runs in the second innings as [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]] bowled out [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu Kashmir]] for 23. Goel's match figures were 13 for 29.<ref>[https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1977-78/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/NORTH/HRYNA_J+K_RJI-N_09-11DEC1977.html Haryana v Jammu Kashmir, Rai, 1977/78]</ref>

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

===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"|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''27''' || 2.481
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''25''' || 2.247
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''19''' || 1.099
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 0.547
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.232
|}

===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"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''32''' || 2.062
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''17''' || 0.733
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''13''' || 1.086
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''11''' || 0.818
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 0.692
|}

===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 || '''30''' || 3.149
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''24''' || 1.306
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| 4 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''19''' || 1.731
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Services cricket team|Services]]
| 4 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 0.640
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| 4 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.171
|}
{{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 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''26''' || 1.512
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| 4 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''19''' || 1.272
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || '''15''' || 0.903
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''9''' || 0.662
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || '''7''' || 0.757
|}

===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"|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''22''' || 3.236
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''19''' || 1.437
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 3 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''5''' || 0.559
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| 3 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.431
|}
{{col-end}}

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

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

|11 Feb 1978 — Ghaziabad|'''[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]'''|'''407 & 41/0'''|[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]|287 & 275/9d
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|21 Feb 1978 — Karad|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]|237 & 258|'''[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]'''|'''220 & 284/6'''
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|24 Feb 1978 — Ghaziabad|'''[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]'''|'''186 & 280'''|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]|154 & 252
|17 Feb 1978 — Hyderabad|'''[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]'''|'''317'''|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|197 & 108/8
|26 Feb 1978 — Delhi|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''522/9d'''|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]|223 & 196
|18 Feb 1978 — Bangalore|'''[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]'''|'''486'''|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|255 & 162

|17 Mar 1978 — Ghaziabad|'''[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]'''|'''267 & 159/3'''|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]|247 & 175
|17 Mar 1978 — Delhi|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|332 & 195/7d|'''[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]'''|'''391 & 94/5'''

|4 Apr 1978 — Ghaziabad|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]|129 & 112|'''[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]'''|'''434'''

|skipmatch01=no|skipmatch02=yes|skipmatch03=yes|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 = 4–6 April 1978
| team2 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| team1 = [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]] (H)
| score-team1-inns1 = 129 (50.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Anand Shukla]] 32
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[B. S. Chandrasekhar]] 6/57 (19.5 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 434 (136.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Gundappa Viswanath]] 247
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Rajinder Hans]] 9/152 (55.4 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 112 (56.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Shashikant Srivastava]] 22
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[B. S. Chandrasekhar]] 6/24 (17.2 overs)
| result = Karnataka won by an innings and 193 runs
| venue = [[Narendra Mohan Sports Stadium]], [[Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh|Mohan Nagar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| umpires = [[Piloo Reporter|P. D. Reporter]] and [[Har Sharma|Har Prasad Sharma]]
| motm =
| report = [https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1977-78/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/UP_KNTKA_RJI-FINAL_04-06APR1978.html Scorecard]
| toss = Uttar Pradesh won the toss and decided to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Scorecards and averages==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1977-78.html CricketArchive]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1977-78 Ranji Trophy}}
[[Category:1977 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1978 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1977–78]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]
[[Category:Long stubs with short prose]]

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UgsPoXanB at 12:29, 30 April 2026