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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1980-81 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 = 28
| participants = 24
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Ghulam Parkar]] (Bombay) (732)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1980/81 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1980-81/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Madan Lal]] (Delhi) (33)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1980/81 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1980-81/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1979–80
| previous_tournament = 1979–80 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1981–82
| next_tournament = 1981–82 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1980–81 Ranji Trophy''' was the 47th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] won the title defeating [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] in the final.

==Highlights==
*In the quarterfinal against [[Railways cricket team|Railways]], [[Madan Lal]] of [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] scored 140 and 100 and took 3/87 and 5/56<ref>[http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1980-81/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/DELHI_I-RLYS_RJI-QF4_13-16FEB1981.html Delhi v Railways]</ref>

==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"|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''26''' || 1.862
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''21''' || 1.361
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Services cricket team|Services]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''20''' || 0.989
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''14''' || 0.724
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| 4 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.585
|}

===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''' || 1.650
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''24''' || 1.264
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''19''' || 1.008
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''6''' || 0.803
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''5''' || 0.598
|}

===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"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''27''' || 1.373
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''26''' || 2.186
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''20''' || 1.266
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''9''' || 0.614
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.518
|}
{{col-2}}

===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"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''24''' || 1.667
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''24''' || 1.667
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''19''' || 0.980
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''11''' || 0.660
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.635
|}

===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 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''19''' || 2.510
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || 0.919
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''11''' || 0.808
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 3 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.422
|}
{{col-end}}

== Knockout stage ==
{{Round16

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

|||||
|||||
|30 Dec 1980 — Kanpur|'''[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]'''|'''530/5d & 123/3d'''|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|367 & 30/0
|||||
|30 Dec 1980 — Delhi|'''[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]'''|'''189 & 230/8'''|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|331 & 86
|||||
|||||
|||||

|13 Feb 1981 — Madras|'''[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]'''|'''324 & 275/5'''|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]|316 & 261
|13 Feb 1981 — Kanpur|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]|193 & 255/4|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''441 & 339/6d'''
|13 Feb 1981 — Delhi|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]|369 & 93|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''335 & 216'''
|13 Feb 1981 — Hyderabad|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]|115 & 232|'''[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]'''|'''294 & 207'''

|28 Feb 1981 — Madras|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]|287 & 241/6|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''415 & 369/4d'''
|27 Feb 1981 — Delhi|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''197 & 162/2'''|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]|247 & 108

|20 Mar 1981 — Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''517'''|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|251 & 220

|skipmatch01=yes|skipmatch02=yes|skipmatch03=no|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 = 20–23 March 1981
| team2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] (H)
| team1 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| score-team1-inns1 = '''251 (112.4 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Rakesh Shukla (cricketer)|Rakesh Shukla]] 120
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Balwinder Sandhu]] 6/72
| score-team2-inns1 = '''517 (161 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Ghulam Parkar]] 121, [[Ashok Mankad]] 265
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Madan Lal]] 8/118
| score-team1-inns2 = '''220 (92.5 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Madan Lal]] 76
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Suru Nayak]] 6/65
| result = Bombay won by an innings and 46 runs
| venue = [[Wankhede Stadium]], [[Mumbai|Bombay]]
| umpires = [[Mohammad Ghouse]], [[M. G. Subramaniam]]
| motm =
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1980-81/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/BOM_DELHI_RJI-FINAL_20-24MAR1981.html Scorecard]
| toss = Delhi won the toss and decided to bat
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Scorecards and averages==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1980-81.html CricketArchive]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1980-81 Ranji Trophy}}
[[Category:1980 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1981 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1980–81]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]

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

1980 81 Ranji Trophy - Revision history

Svetlananhr at 11:27, 1 May 2026