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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1985-86 Ranji Trophy
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg
| imagesize = 287px
| 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 = 4
| participants = 27
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Kirti Azad]] (Delhi) (834)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1985/86 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1985-86/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Sarkar Talwar]] (Haryana) (45)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1985/86 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1985-86/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1984–85
| previous_tournament = 1984–85 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1986–87
| next_tournament = 1986–87 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1985–86 Ranji Trophy''' was the 52nd season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. Delhi defeated Haryana by an innings and 141 runs in the final.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://i.imgci.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1985-86/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/RANJI_1985-86-SCHEDULE.html | title=Ranji Trophy 1985-86 Schedule | author=ESPNcricinfo | website=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=2024-10-06 }}</ref>

==Expansion==
Three teams participated for the first time: [[Goa cricket team|Goa]] in the South Zone, [[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]] in the North Zone and [[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]] in the East Zone. This raised the number of teams from 24 to 27.<ref>P. N. Sundaresan, "Cricket in India, 1985-86", ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 1987, pp. 1138–53.</ref>

==Highlights==
*Playing for [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]] against [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]], [[Pradeep Sunderam]] took all 10 wickets for 78 runs, and 16 wickets for 154 runs. This was the second (and till 2021, the last) instance of a bowler taking 10 wickets in an innings in Ranji trophy.<ref>[https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/First_Class/Overall/Bowling/Most_Wickets_in_Innings_in_India_by_BB.html Most wickets in an innings in India]</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"|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| 5 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''100''' || 4.035
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| 5 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''98''' || 1.595
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| 5 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''75''' || 1.473
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| 5 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''51''' || 0.649
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Services cricket team|Services]]
| 5 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''50''' || 0.736
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]]
| 5 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''17''' || 0.254
|}

===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 || '''70''' || 2.367
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''67''' || 0.861
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''45''' || 0.879
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''32''' || 0.941
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''26''' || 0.733
|}

===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"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''69''' || 1.727
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''56''' || 2.000
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''34''' || 0.830
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''32''' || 0.576
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''25''' || 0.714
|}
{{col-2}}

===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"|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| 5 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''86''' || 1.448
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| 5 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''82''' || 1.558
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 5 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''81''' || 1.834
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| 5 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''61''' || 1.146
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 5 || 1 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''52''' || 0.684
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Goa cricket team|Goa]]
| 5 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''28''' || 0.429
|}

===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]]
| 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''101''' || 2.377
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''73''' || 1.570
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| 4 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''72''' || 1.558
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 4 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''44''' || 0.558
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]]
| 4 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''14''' || 0.321
|}
{{col-end}}

== Knockout stage ==
{{Round16

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

|||||
|||||
|7 Feb 1986 — Pune|'''[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]'''|'''585 & 278/4'''|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|373
|||||
|7 Feb 1986 — Kanpur|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]|149/1|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]''' (T) '''|508
|||||
|||||
|||||

|14 Feb 1986 — Jaipur|'''[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]'''|'''431'''|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]|185 & 227/4
|14 Feb 1986 — Pune|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]|352 & 64/3|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''604 & 160/4d'''
|14 Feb 1986 — Madras|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]|233 & 212/5|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''380'''
|14 Feb 1986 — Jamshedpur|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|268|'''[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]'''|'''270 & 385'''

|15 Mar 1986 — Kota|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]|169 & 177|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''192 & 358'''
|15 Mar 1986 — Bombay|[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]|296 & 229|'''[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]'''|'''423 & 252'''

|28 Mar 1986 — Delhi|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''638'''|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]|288 & 209

|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}}

'''(T)''' - Advanced to next round by spin of coin.

===Final===
{{Test match
| date = 29 March - 1 April 1986
| team2 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] (H)
| team1 = [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| score-team1-inns1 = '''288 (109.5 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Ashwini Kumar (cricketer)|Ashwini Kumar]] 74
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Maninder Singh (cricketer)|Maninder Singh]] 3/66
| score-team2-inns1 = '''638 (186.2 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Manoj Prabhakar]] 113, [[Kirti Azad]] 107, [[Mohinder Amarnath]] 194, [[Ajay Sharma]] 110
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Sarkar Talwar]] 4/194
| score-team1-inns2 = '''209 (79.1 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Ashok Malhotra]] 98
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Maninder Singh (cricketer)|Maninder Singh]] 8/54
| result = Delhi won by an innings and 141 runs
| venue = [[Feroz Shah Kotla]], [[Delhi]]
| umpires = [[Subrata Banerjee]], [[V. K. Ramaswamy (umpire)|V. K. Ramaswamy]]
| motm =
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1986-87/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/DELHI_HYD_RJI-FINAL_21-26MAR1987.html Scorecard]
| toss = Haryana won the toss and decided to bat
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Scorecards and averages==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1985-86.html CricketArchive]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1985-86 Ranji Trophy}}
[[Category:1985 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1986 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1985–86]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]

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

1985 86 Ranji Trophy - Revision history

DiannaGariepy5 at 11:27, 1 May 2026