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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1981-82 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 = 3
| participants = 24
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Sunil Gavaskar]] (Bombay) (632)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1981/82 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1981-82/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Raghuram Bhat]] (Karnataka) (41)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1981/82 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1981-82/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1980–81
| previous_tournament = 1980–81 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1982–83
| next_tournament = 1982–83 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1981–82 Ranji Trophy''' was the 48th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. The final between [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] and [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] went into a sixth day before Delhi won on first innings lead.<ref name="result">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149958.html |title=Yet another World Cup for Australia |access-date=29 March 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ask-steven-what-the-lowest-total-successfully-defended-in-the-ipl-1280950 |title=What's the lowest total successfully defended in the IPL? |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=6 October 2021}}</ref>

==Highlights==
* The final between Delhi and Karnataka was extended to a sixth day to allow the first innings to be decided. Delhi took the lead on the sixth day.
* [[Raghuram Bhat]] of Karnataka took a hat-trick in the semifinal against [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] in the semifinal. Towards the end of the match, [[Sunil Gavaskar]] batted left handed.<ref>[http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1981-82/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/KNTKA_BOM_RJI-SEMI2_11-14MAR1982.html Karnataka v Delhi]</ref>
*[[Laxman Sivaramakrishnan]] took 7 wickets for 28 runs on his debut in first class cricket, for [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]] against Delhi in the quarter-final. Delhi won by 20 runs despite being bowled out for 117 in the second innings.<ref>[http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1981-82/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/TN_DELHI_RJI-QF2_25-28FEB1982.html Tamil Nadu v Delhi]</ref>

The Tamil Nadu - Delhi match at the [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium]] saw two crowd incidents. [[T. E. Srinivasan]] was given out off the last ball of the second day. As the players came off, the crowd invaded the ground and the pavilion shouting slogans against the umpires and the Delhi captain [[Mohinder Amarnath]], dispersing only after an hour. On the fourth day, [[S. Vasudevan]] was given out caught off the pad the crowd again invaded the field. The "umpires were manhandled, chairs thrown on to the field and benches wrenched apart" before the police intervened.<ref>Partab Ramchand, ''The Guardians of the Game Meet'', Sportworld, 4 August 1982, p.37</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"|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''27''' || 1.617
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''26''' || 1.414
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''23''' || 1.166
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 4 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 0.609
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| 4 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.708
|}

===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''' || 3.892
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''22''' || 0.848
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''14''' || 1.010
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''13''' || 0.909
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''5''' || 0.428
|}

===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 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''24''' || 2.218
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''24''' || 1.738
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''24''' || 1.649
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Services cricket team|Services]]
| 4 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''11''' || 0.628
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| 4 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.222
|}
{{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"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''27''' || 1.649
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''22''' || 1.227
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || 0.955
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''13''' || 0.817
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.554
|}

===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 || '''18''' || 2.039
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''15''' || 1.723
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''11''' || 0.711
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.489
|}
{{col-end}}

== Knockout stage ==
{{Round16

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

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|11 Feb 1982 — Madras|'''[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]'''|'''287 & 378'''|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]|195 & 229
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|15 Feb 1982 — Delhi|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]|171 & 325|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''244 & 253/4'''

|25 Feb 1982 — Jamshedpur|'''[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]'''|'''581/5d'''|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]|383 & 155/1
|25 Feb 1982 — Madras|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]|298 & 213|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''414 & 117'''
|25 Feb 1982 — Bangalore|'''[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]'''|'''422'''|[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]|130 & 125
|25 Feb 1982 — Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''652/6d'''|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|252 & 219

|11 Mar 1982 — Jamshedpur|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|180 & 133|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''483/8d'''
|11 Mar 1982 — Bangalore|'''[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]'''|'''470'''|[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]|271 & 200/9d

|24 Mar 1982 — Delhi|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''707/8'''|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]|705

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

===Final===

{{Test match
| date = 24–29 March 1982
| team1 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| team2 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] (H)
| score-team1-inns1 = '''705 (255.5 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Roger Binny]] 115, [[Brijesh Patel]] 124, [[Syed Kirmani]] 116, [[Ranjit Khanwilkar]] 113
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Rakesh Shukla (cricketer)|Rakesh Shukla]] 3/158
| score-team2-inns1 = '''707/8 (252.5 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Gursharan Singh]] 101, [[Mohinder Amarnath]] 185
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Roger Binny]] 3/134
| result = Delhi won on first innings lead
| venue = [[Feroz Shah Kotla]], [[Delhi]]
| umpires = [[Dara Dotiwalla]], [[Padmakar Pandit]]
| motm =
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ranji-trophy-1981-82-550293/delhi-vs-karnataka-final-550294/full-scorecard Scorecard]
| toss = Karnataka won the toss and decided to bat
| rain =
| notes = The match was extended to a sixth day to get a result.
}}

==Scorecards and averages==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1981-82.html CricketArchive]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

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[[Category:1981 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1982 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1981–82]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]
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