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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1986-87 Ranji Trophy
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg
| imagesize = 288px
| 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 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| count = 2
| participants = 27
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Carlton Saldanha]] (Karnataka) (782)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1986/87 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1986-87/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=20 December 2014}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Sunil Lahore]] (Madhya Pradesh) (32)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1986/87 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1986-87/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=20 December 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1985–86
| previous_tournament = 1985–86 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1987–88
| next_tournament = 1987–88 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1986–87 Ranji Trophy''' was the 53rd season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. Hyderabad won their second title defeating Delhi on first innings lead.

==Highlights==
* [[Carlton Saldanha]], who was the top scorer of the season, scored 89, 77, 70, 74, 84, 70 and 142 in his first seven innings.

==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]]
| 5 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''75''' || 2.491
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| 5 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''73''' || 2.016
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| 5 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''65''' || 1.619
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| 5 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''42''' || 0.601
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Services cricket team|Services]]
| 5 || 1 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''39''' || 0.648
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]]
| 5 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''33''' || 0.379
|}

===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"|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''54''' || 1.239
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''44''' || 1.359
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''43''' || 0.859
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''35''' || 0.923
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''31''' || 0.775
|}

===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 || '''62''' || 1.669
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''44''' || 0.903
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 4 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''41''' || 1.002
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''40''' || 0.881
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''36''' || 0.789
|}
{{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"|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| 5 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 || '''75''' || 1.458
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 5 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''61''' || 1.229
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| 5 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''59''' || 0.948
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 5 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 || '''56''' || 1.012
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| 5 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''48''' || 0.966
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Goa cricket team|Goa]]
| 5 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''37''' || 0.552
|}

===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]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''69''' || 1.729
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''50''' || 1.939
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''45''' || 1.039
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''41''' || 1.298
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''17''' || 0.258
|}
{{col-end}}

== Knockout stage ==
{{Round16

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

|31 Jan 1987 — Calcutta|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''614/7d & 17/2'''|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]|465
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|1 Feb 1987 — Patna|'''[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]'''|'''422 & 90/1'''|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]|210 & 394/7d

|22 Feb 1987 — Calcutta|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|464/9|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] '''(Q)'''|545/7d
|14 Feb 1987 — Bangalore|'''[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]'''|'''465 & 166/6'''|[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]|404
|14 Feb 1987 — Hyderabad|'''[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]'''|'''605/7d & 224/6d'''|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]|314 & 129/2
|14 Feb 1987 — Faridabad|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]|234|'''[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]'''|'''360 & 283/4'''

|07 Mar 1987 — Delhi|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''711/3d & 247/1'''|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]|440
|07 Mar 1987 — Secunderabad|'''[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]'''|'''783/8d'''|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|468 & 87/0

|21 Mar 1987 — Delhi|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|433|'''[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]'''|'''457 & 480/7'''

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

'''(Q)''' - Advanced to next round on better Quotient.

===Final===
{{Test match
| date = 21–26 March 1987
| team2 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] (H)
| team1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| score-team1-inns1 = '''457 (138 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Abdul Azeem]] 114, [[Arshad Ayub]] 174
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Mohinder Amarnath]] 3/48
| score-team2-inns1 = '''433 (128 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Bhaskar Pillai]] 160*
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Rajesh Yadav (cricketer)|Rajesh Yadav]] 5/114
| score-team1-inns2 = '''480/7 (138.5 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Vijay Mohanraj]] 211*
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Jaspal Singh (cricketer)|Jaspal Singh]] 4/132
| result = Hyderabad won on first innings lead
| venue = [[Feroz Shah Kotla]], [[Delhi]]
| umpires = [[N. N. Patwardhan]], [[Joydeb Roy]]
| 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 = Hyderabad won the toss and decided to bat
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Scorecards and averages==
*[http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1986-87/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/DELHI_HYD_RJI-FINAL_21-26MAR1987.html Espncricinfo]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1986-87 Ranji Trophy}}
[[Category:1986 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1987 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1986–87]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]

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

1986 87 Ranji Trophy - Revision history

ShannonAguayo at 11:27, 1 May 2026