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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1990-91 Ranji Trophy
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg
| imagesize = 292px
| 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 = [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| count = 1
| participants = 27
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Amarjit Kaypee]] (Haryana) (940)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1990/91 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1990-91/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=20 December 2014}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Chetan Sharma]] (Haryana) (39)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1990/91 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1990-91/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=20 December 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1989–90
| previous_tournament = 1989–90 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1991–92
| next_tournament = 1991–92 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1990–91 Ranji Trophy''' was the 57th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]] cricket tournament. Haryana defeated Bombay by 2 runs in the closest Ranji final in history.

==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|RR|Run Rate}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| 5 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''92''' || 3.460
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| 5 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''87''' || 2.951
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| 5 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''81''' || 3.160
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]]
| 5 || 1 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''40''' || 2.842
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Services cricket team|Services]]
| 5 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''36''' || 2.930
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| 5 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''29''' || 2.785
|}

===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|RR|Run Rate}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''60''' || 2.882
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''50''' || 2.979
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''46''' || 3.037
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''39''' || 2.490
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''28''' || 2.999
|}

===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|RR|Run Rate}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''79''' || 3.945
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''56''' || 2.644
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''55''' || 3.265
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''42''' || 3.013
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]]
| 4 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || 2.562
|}
{{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|RR|Run Rate}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 5 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''85''' || 3.483
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| 5 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''77''' || 3.160
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| 5 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''58''' || 3.329
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 5 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''46''' || 3.068
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Goa cricket team|Goa]]
| 5 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''29''' || 2.501
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| 5 || 0 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''25''' || 3.053
|}

===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|RR|Run Rate}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''64''' || 3.850
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''58''' || 3.824
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''56''' || 3.402
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''37''' || 3.274
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''33''' || 3.297
|}
{{col-end}}

== Knockout stage ==
{{Round16

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

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|2 Feb 1991 — Indore|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]|377 & 165|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''493 & 50/0'''
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|2 Feb 1991 — Pune|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]|311 & 268/2|'''[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] (F)'''|'''638 & 307/2d'''
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|16 Apr 1991 — Delhi|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|389 & 371/4|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]] (F)'''|'''390 & 719/8d'''
|16 Apr 1991 — Ranchi|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|203|'''[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] (F)'''|'''298/6'''
|16 Apr 1991 — Calcutta|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] '''(R)'''|652/9|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]|791/6d
|16 Apr 1991 — Faridabad|'''[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]] (F)'''|'''339 & 429/9d'''|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]|295 & 221/7

|24 Apr 1991 — Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]] (F)'''|'''855/6d & 446/4d'''|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]|498 & 36/0
|24 Apr 1991 — Calcutta|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|440|'''[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]] (F)'''|'''605 & 274/5'''

|3 May 1991 — Bombay|[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]|410 & 352|'''[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]'''|'''522 & 242'''

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

'''(F)''' - Advanced to next round on First Innings Lead.<br />
'''(R)''' - Advanced to next round on better Run Rate.

===Semi-finals===
Bombay got off to a poor start after electing to bat on the opening day of the first semi-final. They lost both openers to [[Rajesh Yadav (cricketer)|Rajesh Yadav]] and were reduced to 30/2. Captain [[Sanjay Manjrekar]], joined by [[Dilip Vengsarkar]], added 283 runs for the third wicket. Despite not being in good touch, the latter made 121.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Natarajan |first1=H. |title=Manjrekar, Vengsarkar in good touch |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |page=16 |date=25 April 1991}}</ref> With his relentless batting for a total of five sessions (666 minutes) filled with fine strokeplay, Manjrekar made 377, the second highest individual score in the history of the Ranji trophy. He put on 118 and 268 runs with hard-hitting [[Sachin Tendulkar]] (70) and [[Vinod Kambli]] (126) for the fourth and fifth wickets, taking the team to 807/6 at the end of day two.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Natarajan |first1=H. |title=Manjrekar (377) stars in Bombay run-riot |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=26 April 1991 |page=16}}</ref> However, 48 penalty runs against Hyderabad meant Bombay's score stood at 855/6, then [[List of Ranji Trophy records#Highest innings totals|the second highest innings total in Ranji Trophy history]]. Hyderabad's reply with the bat began with the loss of opener [[Chelluri Jaikumar]] in the first over. [[R. A. Swaroop]] (123) and [[M. V. Sridhar]] then put together 285 runs, breaking Hyderabad's record for the best second-wicket partnership. The new ball before end of day's play brought Bombay the wickets of Swaroop and [[M. V. Ramanamurthy]]. Swaroop playing attacking cricket early in the day hitting eleven [[Boundary (cricket)#Four runs|boundaries]] to reach his half-century.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Natarajan |first1=H. |title=Hyderabad have a tough climb ahead |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=27 April 1991 |page=16}}</ref> From being 255/3 overnight, Hyderabad were dismissed after tea, handing their opponents a 357-run lead. The only notable partnerships were those of Sridhar (184) with [[Vivek Jaisimha]] and [[Venkatapathy Raju]] that yielded respectively 111 and 94 runs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Natarajan |first1=H. |title=Bombay almost through to final |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=28 April 1991 |page=18}}</ref> Virtually through to the final on account of first innings lead and only a day of play left, the Bombay batsmen once again displayed "ruthless... arrogance" in their second innings. Both openers made half-centuries, and Kambli made a century (127 off 114 balls), becoming the fourth Bombay batsman to score a century in both innings of a Ranji Trophy match. Tendulkar batted in similar fashion, making 88 off 66 deliveries, an innings that included five sixes and eight fours. [[Chandrakant Pandit]] also made an unbeaten century. Bombay declared at 446/4 after tea, with their opponents making 36 runs without losing a wicket, before proceedings were halted with ten of the stipulated overs in the last hour uncompleted.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Natarajan |first1=H. |title=Kambli completes second ton |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=29 April 1991 |page=16}}</ref>

In the second semi-final, Bengal's decision to field after winning the [[Toss (cricket)|toss]] on a batting [[Pitch (cricket)|wicket]] at the [[Eden Gardens]], [[Kolkata]], backfired after Haryana put on 305 on day one. Captain [[Kapil Dev]] arrived when his team were at 186/4, and took his team to end of play without further loss of wickets.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Magazine |first1=Pradeep |title=Kapil wrests back the initiative |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |page=16 |date=25 April 1991}}</ref> Day two saw three of Haryana's batsmen making centuries — Dev (141), Ajay Banerjee (111) and [[Vijay Yadav (cricketer)|Vijay Yadav]] (106) — helping their team go past their highest ever innings total of 583.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Magazine |first1=Pradeep |title=Three tons in Haryana's big total |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=26 April 1991 |page=16}}</ref> In reply to Haryana's total of 605, Bengal began strongly reaching 124 without losing a wicket before Dev picked two wickets in an over, reducing them to 128/2. [[Arun Lal]] reached his 17th Ranji century,<ref name="debut">{{cite news |last1=Magazine |first1=Pradeep |title=Arun Lal cracks 17th Ranji century |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=27 April 1991 |page=16}}</ref> before Dev dismissed him for 136 with a rising delivery that took his edge. [[Sourav Ganguly]]'s controversial dismissal led to stoppage of play for 20 minutes due to crowd trouble.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Magazine |first1=Pradeep |title=Haryana poised to take lead |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=28 April 1991 |page=18}}</ref> Dev claimed Haryana's final two wickets helping his team gain a 165-run first innings lead on the final day. Haryana's second innings saw [[Amarjit Kaypee]] making his fifth century of the season while [[Ajay Jadeja]] made 85. The match ended in a draw with Haryana progressing to their second Ranji final, on first innings lead.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Magazine |first1=Pradeep |title=Haryana through to final |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=29 April 1991 |page=16}}</ref>

{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 24–28 April 1991
| team1 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
| team2 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 855/6[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (176 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Sanjay Manjrekar]] 377 (473)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Rajesh Yadav (cricketer)|Rajesh Yadav]] 3/111 (25 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 498 (160.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[M. V. Sridhar]] 184
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Sanjay Patil 4/71 (42.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 446/4d (86.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Vinod Kambli]] 127 (114)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Arshad Ayub]] 2/127 (30 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 36/0 (7 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Chelluri Jaikumar]] 15[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/545554.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Wankhede Stadium]], [[Mumbai]]
| umpires = [[Jiban Ghosh (umpire)|Jiban Ghosh]] and [[S. K. Bansal]]
| motm =
| toss = Bombay won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Yogendra Bhandari (Haryana) made his first-class debut.<ref name="debut"/>
}}
----
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 24–28 April 1991
| team1 = [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| team2 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 605 (184.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Kapil Dev]] 141
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Joydeep Mukherjee]] 4/100 (32.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 440 (191.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Arun Lal]] 136
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Kapil Dev]] 5/85 (40.1 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 274/5 (47 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Amarjit Kaypee]] 102
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Sagarmoy Sensharma]] 4/74 (18 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1990-91/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/BENG_HRYNA_RJI-SEMI2_24-28APR1991.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Eden Gardens]], [[Kolkata]]
| umpires = [[B. Jamula]] and T. A. Sreedhar
| motm =
| toss = Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----

===Final===
{{Test match
| date = 3–7 May 1991
| team1 = [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| team2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] (H)
| score-team1-inns1 = 522 (162.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Deepak Sharma (cricketer, born 1960)|Deepak Sharma]] 199
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Abey Kuruvilla]] 4/128 (31 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 410 (137.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Sanjay Patil]] 85
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Yogendra Bhandari 5/118 (31.3 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 242 (87.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Ajay Banerjee 60
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Salil Ankola]] 3/39 (13.4 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 352 (65.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Dilip Vengsarkar]] 139[[not out|*]] (137)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Chetan Sharma]] 2/59 (16.4 overs)
| result = Haryana won by 2 runs
| venue = [[Wankhede Stadium]], [[Mumbai|Bombay]]
| umpires = [[A. L. Narasimhan]] and [[R. V. Ramani]]
| motm =
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8050/scorecard/548042/bombay-vs-haryana-final-ranji-trophy-1990-91 Scorecard]
| toss = Haryana won the toss and decided to bat
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Scorecards and averages==
*[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8050/scorecard/548042/bombay-vs-haryana-final-ranji-trophy-1990-91 CricketArchive]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1990-91/IND_LOCAL/RANJI Series home] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

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[[Category:1991 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1990–91]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]

1990 91 Ranji Trophy - Revision history

Rudratree at 10:55, 1 May 2026