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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1997–98 Ranji Trophy
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg
| imagesize = 299px
| 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 = 5
| participants = 27
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Vinod Kambli]] (Bombay) (880)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1997/98 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1997-98/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=23 July 2015}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Paras Mhambrey]] (Bombay) (48)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1997/98 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1997-98/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=23 July 2015}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1996–97
| previous_tournament = 1996–97 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1998–99
| next_tournament = 1998–99 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1997–98 Ranji Trophy''' was the 64th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]] cricket championship. Karnataka won the final match against Uttar Pradesh on first innings lead.

==Super League==
;Group A
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/RJI-SL/RJI-SL_1997-98_SUMMARY.html |title=Ranji Trophy, 1997-98: Super League Summary |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref>
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Played| Matches played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Drawn}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Points|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''27'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''26'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''13'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''9'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''5'''
|}
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Karnataka and Mumbai qualified for the Knockout Stage.
* Karnataka received a bye to the semifinals as the group winner.
* Mumbai received a bye to the semifinals as the defending champions.

;Group B
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/RJI-SL/RJI-SL_1997-98_SUMMARY.html |title=Ranji Trophy, 1997-98: Super League Summary |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref>
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Played| Matches played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Drawn}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Points|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || '''7'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || '''7'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''6'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3'''
|}
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Uttar Pradesh and Bengal qualified for the Knockout Stage.
* Delhi and Tamil Nadu were suspended from the tournament on February 21, 1998. Points against them were not considered for the remaining teams.

;Group C
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/RJI-SL/RJI-SL_1997-98_SUMMARY.html |title=Ranji Trophy, 1997-98: Super League Summary |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref>
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Played| Matches played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Drawn}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Points|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| 4 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''19'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| 4 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''19'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 4 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''18'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || '''13'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || '''11'''
|}
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Hyderabad and Haryana qualified for the Knockout Stage.

== Knockout stage ==
{{8TeamBracket
| seed-width = 25px
| team-width = 125px
| score-width = 80px
| RD1 = Quarterfinals
| RD2 = Semifinals
| RD3 = Final

| RD1-seed1 =
| RD1-team1 = '''[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]'''
| RD1-score1 = '''209 & 244'''
| RD1-seed2 =
| RD1-team2 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| RD1-score2 = 244 & 166

| RD1-seed3 =
| RD1-team3 = '''[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]'''
| RD1-score3 =
| RD1-seed4 =
| RD1-team4 = bye
| RD1-score4 =

| RD1-seed5 =
| RD1-team5 = '''[[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]'''
| RD1-score5 =
| RD1-seed6 =
| RD1-team6 = bye
| RD1-score6 =

| RD1-seed7 =
| RD1-team7 = '''[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]'''
| RD1-score7 = '''156 & 423'''
| RD1-seed8 =
| RD1-team8 = [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| RD1-score8 = 613

| RD2-seed1 =
| RD2-team1 = '''[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]'''
| RD2-score1 = '''309 & 157/9'''
| RD2-seed2 =
| RD2-team2 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| RD2-score2 = 283 & 179

| RD2-seed3 =
| RD2-team3 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| RD2-score3 = 94 & 328
| RD2-seed4 =
| RD2-team4 = '''[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]'''
| RD2-score4 = '''293 & 135/7'''

| RD3-seed1 =
| RD3-team1 = '''[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]'''
| RD3-score1 = '''617/9d'''
| RD3-seed2 =
| RD3-team2 = [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| RD3-score2 = 134 & 416/7

}}

===Quarterfinal 1===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 30 March - 3 April 1998
| team1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| team2 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 209 (110.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Daniel Manohar 44
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Ajay Varma 4/31 (15.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 243 (115.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Saba Karim]] 69
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Narender Singh 7/103 (36 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 244 (92.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Daniel Manohar 66
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Subroto Banerjee 5/58 (22.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 166 (67.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Saba Karim]] 59*
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Daniel Manohar 4/48 (14)

| result = Hyderabad won by 44 runs
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/BENG_HYD_RJI-QF1_30MAR-03APR1998.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad]], [[Secunderabad]]
| umpires = KS Giridharan and N Menon
| motm =
| toss = Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

===Quarterfinal 2===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 30 March - 3 April 1998
| team1 = [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| team2 = [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 156 (63.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Vijay Yadav 23
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Obaid Kamal]] 3/37 (17 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 613 (224.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Saurabh Shukla]] 189
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Dhanraj Singh (cricketer)|Dhanraj Singh]] 3/77 (30.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 423 (115.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Jitender Sharma 149
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Ashish Zaidi]] 4/111 (25.3 overs)

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

| result = Uttar Pradesh won by an innings and 34 runs
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/HRYNA_UP_RJI-QF2_30MAR-03APR1998.html Scorecard]
| venue = Ordnance Equipment Factory Ground, [[Kanpur]]
| umpires = CR Vijayaraghavan and S Dandapani
| motm =
| toss = Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

=== Semifinal 1 ===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 9–12 April 1998
| round =
| team1 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] (H)
| team2 = [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 94 (34.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Jatin Paranjpe]] 42
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ashish Zaidi]] 6/29 (11.3 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 293 (99.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Gyanendra Pandey (cricketer)|Gyanendra Pandey]] 109
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Paras Mhambrey]] 3/48 (21 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 328 (112 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Amol Muzumdar]] 87
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Obaid Kamal]] 5/58 (31 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 135/7 (60.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Gyanendra Pandey (cricketer)|Gyanendra Pandey]] 45[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Nilesh Kulkarni]] 4/46 (23.2 overs)
| result = Uttar Pradesh won by 3 wickets
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/BOM_UP_RJI-SEMI1_09-12APR1998.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Wankhede Stadium]], [[Mumbai]]
| umpires = [[Francis Gomes]] and [[Arani Jayaprakash]]
| motm =
| toss = Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Amol Muzumdar]] (Mumbai) passed 4,000 runs in first-class cricket.<ref>{{CricketArchive|ref=Archive/Scorecards/65/65574|name=Mumbai v Uttar Pradesh}}</ref>
}}

===Semifinal 2===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 9–12 April 1998
| round =
| team1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] (H)
| team2 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 283 (126.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Gangashetty Arvind Kumar|G Arvind Kumar]]
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Dodda Ganesh]] 5/74 (28.1 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 309 (135.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[J. Arunkumar]] 85
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Kanwaljit Singh (cricketer)|Kanwaljit Singh]] 7/62 (39.3 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 179 (62.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Nand Kishore (cricketer, born 1970)|A Nand Kishore]] 39
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Dodda Ganesh]] 4/74 (21 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 157/9 (75 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Fazal Khaleel]] 51
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Kanwaljit Singh (cricketer)|Kanwaljit Singh]] 7/38 (32 overs)
| result = Karnataka won by 1 wicket
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/HYD_KNTKA_RJI-SEMI2_09-13APR1998.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad|Gymkhana Ground]], [[Secunderabad]]
| umpires = [[M. R. Singh]] and [[Chandra Sathe]]
| motm =
| toss = Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Prahladrao Srinivasa Murthy]] (Karnataka) made his first-class debut.<ref name="SF2">{{CricketArchive|ref=Archive/Scorecards/65/65573|name=Hyderabad v Karnataka}}</ref>
*''Both [[J. Arunkumar]] and [[Sunil Joshi]] (Karnataka) passed 2,000 runs in first-class cricket.''<ref name="SF2"/>
*''[[Rahul Dravid]] (Karnataka) passed 7,000 runs in first-class cricket and 1,000 runs for the season.''<ref name="SF2"/>
}}

=== Final ===
{{Test match
| date = 19–23 April 1998
| team2 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] (H)
| team1 = [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 134 (67.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Jyoti Yadav]] 36
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Sunil Joshi]] 4/37 (23.1 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 617/9[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (211.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Rahul Dravid]] 215
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Obaid Kamal]] 4/99 (45.3 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 416/7 (171 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Saurabh Shukla]] 91
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Sunil Joshi]] 3/112 (61 overs)
| result = Match drawn (Karnataka won on first innings lead)
| venue = [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
| umpires = [[Aloke Bhattacharjee]] and [[Suresh Deo]]
| motm = [[Rahul Dravid]] (Karnataka)
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/KNTKA_UP_RJI-FINAL_19-23APR1998.html Scorecard]
| toss = Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Gyanendra Pandey (cricketer)|Gyanendra Pandey]] (Uttar Pradesh) and [[Sujith Somasunder]] (Karnataka) passed and 3,000 and 2,000 runs respectively in first-class cricket.<ref>{{CricketArchive|ref=Archive/Scorecards/65/65608|name=Karnataka v Uttar Pradesh}}</ref>
}}

==Scorecards and averages==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1997-98.html CricketArchive]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/874417.html Ranji Trophy, 1997-98] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]
* [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/ Tournament home] at ESPNcricinfo archives
* {{CricketArchive|ref=Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1997-98|name=Ranji Trophy 1997/98}}

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