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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1995-96 Ranji Trophy
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg
| imagesize = 297px
| 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 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| count = 4
| participants = 26
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[M. V. Sridhar]] (Hyderabad) (868)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1995/96 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1995-96/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=23 July 2015}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Sunil Joshi]] (Karnataka) (52)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1995/96 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1995-96/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=23 July 2015}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1994–95
| previous_tournament = 1994–95 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1996–97
| next_tournament = 1996–97 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1995–96 Ranji Trophy''' was the 62nd season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. Karnataka defeated Tamil Nadu on first innings lead in the finals. For the first time, three teams in the semifinals were from the same zone - Hyderabad being the third team from the South Zone.

[[Sunil Joshi]] became the first, and as of 2015 the only, player to do the double of 500 runs and 50 wickets in a season.

== Knockout stage ==
{{Round4
| seed-width = 25px
| team-width = 100px
| score-width = 110px



||'''[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]'''|'''272 & 220/2'''|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|256 & 232
||'''[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]'''|'''423 & 312'''|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]|188 & 363/7

||[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]|370 & 31/3|'''[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]'''|'''620/8[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] & 277/6[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]]'''
}}

=== Quarter-finals ===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 26 February – 1 March 1996
| round = '''1st Quarter-final'''
| team1 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] (H)
| team2 = [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 480 (138.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Kartik Jeshwant]] 138
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[R. A. Swaroop]] 4/84 (31.3 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 213 (66.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Kiran More]] 49
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[David Johnson (cricketer, born 1971)|David Johnson]] 5/91 (22 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 =
| runs-team1-inns2 =
| wickets-team1-inns2 =
| score-team2-inns2 = 188 (57 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Mukesh Narula]] 41[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Rangarao Ananth]] 4/57 (18 overs)
| result = Karnataka won by an innings and 79 runs
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1995-96/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/KNTKA_BARODA_RJI-QF1_26FEB-01MAR1996.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Rajinder Singh Institute Ground]], [[Bangalore]]
| umpires = [[K. S. Giridharan]] and [[Jasbir Singh (cricketer)|Jasbir Singh]]
| motm =
| toss = Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = [[Kartik Jeshwant]] (Karnataka) reached 100 wickets in first-class cricket.<ref>{{CricketArchive|ref=Archive/Scorecards/61/61892|name=Karnataka v Baroda}}</ref>
}}
----
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 26 February – 1 March 1996
| round = '''2nd Quarter-final'''
| team1 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]] (H)
| team2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 246 (85.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Sridharan Sharath]] 86
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Sairaj Bahutule]] 5/91 (33.2 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 196 (127.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Sulakshan Kulkarni]] 84[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Balaji Rao (Canadian cricketer)|Balaji Rao]] 4/46 (26.5 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 250 (135.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Sridharan Sharath]] 90
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Nilesh Kulkarni]] 3/67 (33 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 147 (61.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Amol Muzumdar]] 58[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Robin Singh (cricketer)|Robin Singh]] 7/54 (22 overs)
| result = Tamil Nadu won by 153 runs
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1995-96/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/TN_BOM_RJI-QF2_26FEB-01MAR1996.html Scorecard]
| venue = Indian Cement Company Ground, [[Tirunelveli]]
| umpires = [[Narendra Menon]] and [[Harnarain Singh Sekhon]]
| motm =
| toss = Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 26 February – 1 March 1996
| round = '''3rd Quarter-final'''
| team1 = [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| team2 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] (H)
| score-team1-inns1 = 409 (1661.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Umakant Phate]] 115
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Narender Pal Singh]] 4/120 (40.1 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 620 (272.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[VVS Laxman]] 196
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Parimal Hedaoo]] 2/90 (35.5 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 32/1 (14 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Manish Dosi]] 14[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Vanka Pratap]] 1/20 (5 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =
| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1995-96/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/HYD_VIDAR_RJI-QF3_26FEB-01MAR1996.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad|Gymkhana Ground]], [[Secunderabad]]
| umpires = [[Sekhar Choudhary]] and [[Des Raj]]
| motm =
| toss = Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 26 February – 1 March 1996
| round = '''4th Quarter-final'''
| team1 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] (H)
| team2 = [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 431 (140.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Ajay Sharma]] 136
| wickets-team1-inns1 = 5/86 (42 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 223 (73.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Vijendra Yadav]] 75
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Atul Wassan]] 6/75 (21 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 561/9 (183 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Ajay Sharma]] 182
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Javed Alam]] 3/121 (39 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =
| result = Match Drawn
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1995-96/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/DELHI_I-RLYS_RJI-QF4_26FEB-01MAR1996.html Scorecard]
| venue = Air Force Station, [[Delhi]]
| umpires = [[Kutticode Murali]] and [[Rangachari Vijayaraghavan]]
| motm =
| toss = Delhi won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Ajay Sharma]] (Delhi) passed 1,000 runs in first-class cricket.<ref>{{CricketArchive|ref=Archive/Scorecards/61/61890|name=Delhi v Railways}}</ref>
}}

=== Semi-finals ===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 14–18 March 1996
| round = '''1st Semi-final'''
| team1 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| team2 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]] (H)
| score-team1-inns1 = 256 (97.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Akash Malhotra]] 117
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Divakar Vasu]] 5/71 (28 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 272 (103 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Woorkeri Raman]] 85
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Nikhil Chopra]] 4/122 (35 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 232 (92.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Sumeet Dogra]] 97
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Balaji Rao (Canadian cricketer)|Balaji Rao]] 3/46 (20 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 220/2 (66 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Woorkeri Raman]] 116
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Atul Wassan]] 1/28 (11 overs)
| result = Tamil Nadu won by 8 wickets
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1995-96/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/TN_DELHI_RJI-SEMI1_14-18MAR1996.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Chepauk Stadium|MA Chidambaram Stadium]], [[Madras]]
| umpires = [[Purnachandra Godbole]] and [[M. R. Singh]]
| motm =
| toss = Delhi won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Padmanabhan Rajesh]] (Tamil Nadu) made his first-class debut.
}}
----
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 14–18 March 1996
| round = '''2nd Semi-final'''
| team1 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] (H)
| team2 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 423 (134.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Rahul Dravid]] 153
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Mohammad Mohiuddin]] 3/101 (23 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 188 (67 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Noel David]] 57
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Sunil Joshi]] 4/58 (24 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 312 (116.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Kartik Jeshwant]] 85
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Ramakrishnan Sridhar]] 3/58 (43 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 363/7 (132 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[VVS Laxman]] 203[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Sunil Joshi]] 5/126 (59 overs)
| result = Match drawn (Karnataka won on first innings lead)
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1995-96/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/KNTKA_HYD_RJI-SEMI2_14-18MAR1996.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
| umpires = [[Chandra Sathe]] and [[Surinder Kumar Sharma]]
| motm =
| toss = Karnataka won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Mansur Ali Khan (Karnataka cricketer)|Mansur Ali Khan]] (Karnataka) made his first-class debut.
*''[[Sujith Somasunder]] and [[Rahul Dravid]] (Karnataka) passed 1,000 and 4,000 runs respectively in first-class cricket.''
*''[[VVS Laxman]] (Hyderabad) passed 1,000 runs for the first-class season.''
}}

=== Final ===
{{Test match
| date = 27–31 March 1996
| team1 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| team2 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]] (H)
| score-team1-inns1 = 620/8[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (168.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Vijay Bharadwaj]] 146
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Balaji Rao (Canadian cricketer)|Balaji Rao]] 3/173 (54 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 370 (120 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Krishnaraj Srinath]] 85
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Anil Kumble]] 5/95 (31 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 277/6[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (95 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Avinash Vaidya]] 61
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Divakar Vasu]] 2/58 (22 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 31/3 (15 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Sridharan Sharath|S. Sharath]] 13[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Sunil Joshi]] 2/12 (6 overs)
| result = Match drawn (Karnataka won on first innings lead)
| venue = [[MA Chidambaram Stadium]], [[Madras]]
| umpires = [[Shyam Bansal]] and [[Subroto Porel]]
| motm =
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1995-96/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/TN_KNTKA_RJI-FINAL_27-31MAR1996.html Scorecard]
| toss = Karnataka won the toss and decided to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Krishnaraj Srinath]] and [[Sridharan Sharath]] (Tamil Nadu) passed 1,000 and 2,000 runs respectively in first-class cricket.
*''[[Anil Kumble]] and [[Sunil Joshi]] (Karnataka) reached 400 and 100 wickets respectively in first-class cricket.''
}}

==Scorecards and averages==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1995-96.html CricketArchive]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1995-96/IND_LOCAL/RANJI Ranji Trophy, 1995-96] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

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