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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1996–97 Ranji Trophy
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg
| imagesize = 298px
| 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 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| count = 33
| participants = 27
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Raman Lamba]] (Delhi) (1034)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1996/97 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1996-97/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=23 July 2015}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Rajesh Chauhan]] (Madhya Pradesh) (52)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1996/97 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1996-97/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=23 July 2015}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1995–96
| previous_tournament = 1995–96 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1997–98
| next_tournament = 1997–98 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1996–97 Ranji Trophy''' was the 63rd season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. Bombay won the final against Delhi on first innings lead. This match, held at Gwalior, was the first day-night first class match in India.

[[Raman Lamba]] who scored 1034 and [[Ajay Sharma]], 1033, bettered the previous record for most runs in a season.

==Knockout Matches==
===Quarterfinal 1===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 17–21 March 1997
| team1 = [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| team2 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 464 (145.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Amay Khurasiya]] 209
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Utpal Chatterjee]] 3/110 (45 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 420 (149.1)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Rohan Gavaskar]] 109
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Rajesh Chauhan]] 3/121 (49 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 425/5 d (136 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Jai Prakash Yadav (cricketer)|Jai P Yadav]] 108
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Rohan Gavaskar]] 2/51 (20 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 54/2 (23 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Shibsagar Singh]] 86
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Manish Babulal Majithia 2/16 (9 overs)

| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1996-97/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCKOUT/MP_BENG_RJI-QF1_17-21MAR1997.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Holkar Stadium|Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground, Indore]], [[Indore]]
| umpires = R Radhakrishnan and KG Lakshminarayana
| motm =
| toss = Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Madhya Pradesh advanced to the semi-final
}}

===Quarterfinal 2===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 17–21 March 1997
| team1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| team2 = [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 226 (96.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = V Pratap 76
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Milind Shripath Kulkarni 4/71 (24.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 287 (119.3)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Indrajeet Kamtekar 53
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Venkatapathy Raju]] 3/54 (31 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 230 (76.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Narender Pal Singh]] 62
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Iqbal Siddiqui]] 4/46 (11.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 172/3 (35.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Surendra Bhave]] 86
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Ramakrishnan Sridhar]] 2/42 (7 overs)

| result = Maharashtra won by 7 wickets
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1996-97/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCKOUT/MAHA_HYD_RJI-QF2_17-21MAR1997.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Nehru Stadium, Pune|Nehru Stadium]], [[Pune]]
| umpires = SK Bansal and MS Mahal
| motm =
| toss = Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

===Semifinal 1===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 27–31 March 1997
| team1 = [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| team2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 369 (153.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Manish Majithia 75
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Nilesh Kulkarni]] 5/81 (41 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 532 (230.5)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Amol Mazumdar]] 125
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Rajesh Chauhan]] 6/191(93.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 291/7 d (101.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Abbas Ali (cricketer)|Abbas Ali]] 102
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Sairaj Bahutule]] 4/75 (37.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 25/0 (11 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Wasim Jaffer]] 16
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Sunil Lahore 0/12 (5 overs)

| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1996-97/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCKOUT/MP_BOM_RJI-SEMI1_27-31MAR1997.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Holkar Stadium|Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground]], [[Indore]]
| umpires = S Lakshmanan and P Bhanu Prakash
| motm =
| toss = Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Mumbai advanced to the Ranji Trophy Final
}}

===Semifinal 2===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 27–31 March 1997
| team1 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| team2 = [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 656 (213.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Raman Lamba]] 192
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Sameer Inamdar 4/163 (40 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 524 (143.1)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Hrishikesh Kanitkar]] 174
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Robin Singh (cricketer)|Robin Singh]] 3/168 (35 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 264/2 d (67 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Raman Lamba]] 101
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Shantanu Sugwekar]] 2/41 (12 overs)

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

| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1996-97/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCKOUT/MAHA_DELHI_RJI-SEMI2_27-31MAR1997.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Nehru Stadium, Pune|Nehru Stadium]], [[Pune]]
| umpires = LM Thyagrajan and TN Ravi
| motm =
| toss = Delhi won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Delhi advanced to the Ranji Trophy Final
}}

==Final==
{{Test match
| date = 5–9 April 1997
| team2 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| team1 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| score-team1-inns1 = '''630 (202.2 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Jatin Paranjpe]] 111, [[Amol Muzumdar]] 144
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Feroze Ghayas]] 2/116
| score-team2-inns1 = '''559 (219.1 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Ashu Dani]] 178, [[Ajay Sharma]] 176
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Nilesh Kulkarni]] 4/143
| result = Mumbai won on first innings lead
| venue = [[Captain Roop Singh Stadium]], [[Gwalior]]
| umpires = [[V. K. Ramaswamy (umpire)|V. K. Ramaswamy]], [[Subroto Porel]]
| motm =
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1996-97/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCKOUT/DELHI_BOM_RJI-FINAL_05-09APR1997.html Scorecard]
| toss = Mumbai won the toss and decided to bat
| rain =
| notes = Day-night match
}}

==Scorecards and averages==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1996-97.html CricketArchive]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ranji Trophy, 1996-97}}
[[Category:1996 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1997 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1996–97]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]

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1996 97 Ranji Trophy - Revision history

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