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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1978-79 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 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| count = 1
| participants = 24
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Brijesh Patel]] (Karnataka) (850)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1978/79 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1978-79/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Rajinder Goel]] (Haryana) (41)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1978/79 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1978-79/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1977–78
| previous_tournament = 1977–78 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1979–80
| next_tournament = 1979–80 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1978–79 Ranji Trophy''' was the 45th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] won their first title defeating [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]].

==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 || '''31''' || 2.391
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''25''' || 1.570
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''17''' || 1.173
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Services cricket team|Services]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 0.711
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.307
|}

===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 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''27''' || 2.607
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''19''' || 0.901
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''18''' || 1.002
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''14''' || 0.781
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.645
|}

===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''' || 2.114
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''25''' || 1.890
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''24''' || 1.483
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 4 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 0.493
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| 4 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.410
|}
{{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 || '''27''' || 1.764
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''21''' || 1.017
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || 1.196
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 0.448
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''5''' || 0.793
|}

===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 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''24''' || 1.501
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || 1.509
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| 3 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''2''' || 0.717
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 3 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''2''' || 0.469
|}
{{col-end}}

== Knockout stage ==
{{Round16

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

|||||
|12 Feb 1979 — Calcutta|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''245 & 162/4'''|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]|253 & 152
|||||
|||||
|21 Feb 1979 — Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''577/9d'''|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|284 & 180
|||||
|||||
|||||

|24 Feb 1979 — Bangalore|'''[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]'''|'''371 & 265/4d'''|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|128 & 272
|24 Feb 1979 — Baroda|'''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''|'''346'''|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]|193 & 150
|24 Feb 1979 — Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''565'''|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]|154 & 165
|24 Feb 1979 — Delhi|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''316 & 92/5'''|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]|197 & 210

|9 Mar 1979 — Bangalore|'''[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]'''|'''582/8d'''|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]|237 & 322
|8 Mar 1979 — Bombay|[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]|329|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''359 & 436/6'''

|17 Mar 1979 — Bangalore|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]|411 & 122|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''516 & 416/8d'''

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

===Final===
{{Test match
| date = 24–29 March 1979
| team2 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] (H)
| team1 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| score-team1-inns1 = '''516 (165.1 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Surinder Amarnath]] 132, [[Surinder Khanna]] 111
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Arani Jayaprakash|A. V. Jayaprakash]] 3/38
| score-team2-inns1 = '''411 (99 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Brijesh Patel]] 166
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Madan Lal]] 3/50
| score-team1-inns2 = '''416/8 decl (132 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Mohinder Amarnath]] 178*, [[Surinder Khanna]] 128
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[B. Vijayakrishna]] 2/100
| score-team2-inns2 = '''122 (34 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Syed Kirmani]] 33
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Madan Lal]] 5/30
| result = Delhi won by 399 runs
| venue = [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
| umpires = [[Dara Dotiwalla]] and [[Jiban Ghosh (umpire)|Jiban Ghosh]]
| motm =
| report = [https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978-79/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/KNTKA_DELHI_RJI-FINAL_24-29MAR1979.html Scorecard]
| toss = Delhi won the toss and decided to bat
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Scorecards and averages==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1978-79.html CricketArchive]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1978-79 Ranji Trophy}}
[[Category:1978 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1979 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1978–79]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]

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

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