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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1998–99 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 = 6
| participants = 27
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Vijay Bharadwaj]] (Karnataka) (1280)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1998/99 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1998-99/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=23 July 2015}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Dodda Ganesh]] (Karnataka) (62)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1998/99 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1998-99/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=23 July 2015}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1997–98
| previous_tournament = 1997–98 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1999–00
| next_tournament = 1999–00 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1998–99 Ranji Trophy''' was the 65th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. Karnataka won their third title in four years defeating Madhya Pradesh by 96 runs in the final.

In the final held at [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ranji trophy final Chandrakant |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/ranji-trophy-final-chandrakant-pandit-finds-redemption-at-chinnaswamy-stadium/articleshow/92481220.cms |website=[[Times of India]]}}</ref> Madhya Pradesh gained a first innings lead of 75 runs. The match was interrupted by rain on the fourth day, at the end of which Karnataka declared their second innings at 321 for 7. Madhya Pradesh needed 247 or alternately bat through the last day to win on first innings lead. They chose the latter option and were 130 for 4 wickets at tea. [[Vijay Bharadwaj]] dismissed the captain [[Chandrakant Pandit]] in the first over after tea and Raja Ali with the first ball of his next over. Harvinder Sodhi scored a 30-minute duck while Bharadwaj had 7-0-13-3 in this spell. In the second over with the new ball, taken after 80 overs, Sunil Joshi dismissed Abbas Ali and Bharadwaj took the last two wickets in a single over.

Bharadwaj's 1280 runs in the season was a new record and as of 2015, is the second highest aggregate.

==Super League==
===Final Round - Points table===
;Group A
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1998-99/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/SUPER/RJI-SL_1998-99_TABLE.html |title=Ranji Trophy Super League Matches, 1998/99 Final Round - Points Table |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|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|FL|First innings lead}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|FD|First innings deficit}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Points|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || '''21'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || '''16'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 1 || '''16'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 1 || '''14'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 1 || '''9'''
|}
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Hyderabad and Punjab qualified for the quarterfinals.
* Punjab qualified over Bengal due to their one outright win over Bengal's none.

;Group B
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1998-99/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/SUPER/RJI-SL_1998-99_TABLE.html |title=Ranji Trophy Super League Matches, 1998/99 Final Round - Points Table |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|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|FL|First innings lead}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|FD|First innings deficit}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Points|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || '''21'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 0 || '''19'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || '''18'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 0 || '''13'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || '''9'''
|}
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Tamil Nadu and Delhi qualified for the quarterfinals.

;Group C
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1998-99/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/SUPER/RJI-SL_1998-99_TABLE.html |title=Ranji Trophy Super League Matches, 1998/99 Final Round - Points Table |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|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|FL|First innings lead}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|FD|First innings deficit}}
! 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 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''29'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''22'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''10'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 1 || '''9'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || '''8'''
|}
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh qualified for the semifinals as the two highest scoring teams.

==Knockouts==
===Quarterfinal 1===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 30 March-3 April 1999
| team1 = [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| team2 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 344 (113.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]] 124 (238)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Sadagoppan Mahesh]] 5/74 (22.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 261 (116.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Anand George]] 45 (110)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Sarandeep Singh]] 3/41 (21)

| score-team1-inns2 = 422/9d (130.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Dinesh Mongia]] 160 (278)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran]] 4/42 (17.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 189/6 (76 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Sridharan Sharath]] 71 (183)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Sandeep Sharma]] 2/25 (13 overs)

| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1998-99/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/PNJB_TN_RJI-QF1_30MAR-03APR1999.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Gandhi Sports Complex Ground]], [[Amritsar]]
| umpires = SB Nandy and RT Ramachandran
| motm =
| toss = Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

===Quarterfinal 2===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 30 March-3 April 1999
| team1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| team2 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 440 (145.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[VVS Laxman]] 110 (257)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Amit Bhandari]] 4/79 (26 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 160 (62.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Pankaj Joshi (cricketer)|Pankaj Joshi]] 44 (127)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Kanwaljit Singh (cricketer)|Kanwaljit Singh]] 8/86 (25.4)

| score-team1-inns2 = 404/9d (112.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[VVS Laxman]] 193 (243)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Rahul Sanghvi]] 3/79 (30.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 246 (62.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Davendra Sharma]] 68 (86)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Kanwaljit Singh (cricketer)|Kanwaljit Singh]] 5/68 (22 overs)

| result = Hyderabad won by 438 runs
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1998-99/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/HYD_DELHI_RJI-QF2_30MAR-03APR1999.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad]], [[Secunderabad]]
| umpires = Sekher Choudhary and CK Sathe
| motm =
| toss = Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

===Semifinal 1===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 9–13 April 1999
| team1 = [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| team2 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 90 (31 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]] 26 (86)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Dodda Ganesh]] 6/37 (14 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 322 (91.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Thilak Naidu]] 125 (164)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Sandeep Sharma]] 4/75 (24.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 322 (95.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Amit Sharma (cricketer)|Amit Sharma]] 80 (190)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Anand Yalvigi]] 4/60 (18 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 94/3 (18.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Sujith Somasunder]] 33 (37)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Harbhajan Singh]] 2/30 (4 overs)

| result = Karnataka won by 7 wickets
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1998-99/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/PNJB_KNTKA_RJI-SEMI1_09-13APR1999.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Gandhi Sports Complex Ground]], [[Amritsar]]
| umpires = [[AM Saheba]] and VM Gupte
| motm =
| toss = Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

===Semifinal 2===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 9–13 April 1999
| team1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| team2 = [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 280 (112.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[VVS Laxman]] 84 (150)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Manish Majithia]] 4/56 (35 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 337 (136.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Devendra Bundela]] 112 (315)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Kanwaljit Singh (cricketer)|Kanwaljit Singh]] 5/117 (46 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 292 (112.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Vanka Pratap]] 108 (308)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Manish Majithia]] 4/96 (43 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 203/3 (84 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Jai Prakash Yadav (cricketer)|Jai Prakash Yadav]] 83 (123)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Daniel Manohar]] 1/16 (5 overs)

| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1998-99/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/HYD_MP_RJI-SEMI2_09-13APR1999.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad]], [[Secunderabad]]
| umpires = [[SK Bansal]] and Desh Raj
| motm =
| toss = Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Madhya Pradesh progressed to the final through their first innings lead.
}}

===Final===
{{Test match
| date = 19–23 April 1999
| team2 = [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| team1 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 304 (95.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Vijay Bharadwaj]] 86 (145)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Harvinder Sodhi]] 5/78 (27.2 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 379 (100 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Santosh Sahu]] 130 (165)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Dodda Ganesh]] 5/103 (30 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 321/7[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (105 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[J. Arunkumar]] 147 (250)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Jai Prakash Yadav (cricketer)|Jai Prakash Yadav]] 3/45 (22 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 150 (84.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Abbas Ali (cricketer)|Abbas Ali]] 47 (204)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Vijay Bharadwaj]] 6/24 (14.5 overs)
| result = Karnataka won by 96 runs
| venue = [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
| umpires = [[Francis Gomes]] and [[S. K. Sharma]]
| motm = [[Vijay Bharadwaj]] (Karnataka)
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1998-99/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/KNTKA_MP_RJI-FINAL_19-23APR1999.html Scorecard]
| toss = Karnataka won the toss and decided to bat
| rain =
| notes = [[J. Arunkumar]] (Karnataka) and [[Devendra Bundela]] (Madhya Pradesh) passed 3,000 and 1,000 runs respectively in first-class matches.<ref name="final">{{cite web|title=Karnataka v Madhya Pradesh, Ranji Trophy 1998/99 (Final)|url=https://cricketarchive.com:80/Archive/Scorecards/67/67555.html|website=CricketArchive|access-date=6 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130090820/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/67/67555.html|archive-date=30 January 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*''[[Rajesh Chauhan]] (Madhya Pradesh) reached 300 wickets in first-class matches.''<ref name="final"/>
}}

==Scorecards and averages==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1998-99.html CricketArchive]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1998-99/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/ Ranji Trophy, 1998-99] at [[ESPNcricinfo]] archive

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