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{{Short description|68th Ranji Trophy}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2001–02 Ranji Trophy
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg
| imagesize = 285px
| fromdate =
| todate =
| caption = The Ranji Trophy, which the winners receive
| administrator = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]
| cricket format = [[First-class cricket]]
| tournament format = League and [[Single-elimination tournament|knockout]]
| host =
| champions = [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| count = 1
| participants = 27
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Amit Pagnis]] (Railways) (800)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 2001/02 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_2001-02/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=25 July 2015}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Utpal Chatterjee]] (Bengal) (39)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 2001/02 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_2001-02/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=25 July 2015}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 2000–01
| previous_tournament = 2000–01 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 2002–03
| next_tournament = 2002–03 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''2001–02 Ranji Trophy''' was the 68th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. Baroda and Railways played the final again but Railways won their first Ranji title.

This was the last season played under the zonal format.

==Zonal stage==
;Central Zone
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref>{{cite web|url=https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2001-02/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/CENTRAL/RJI-C_2001-02_TABLE.html|title=Ranji Trophy Central Zone Table - 2001–02|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=14 October 2018}}</ref>
! 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|A|Abandoned}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || '''26'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| 4 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || '''19'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || '''16'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || '''13'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || '''8'''
|}
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top three teams advanced to the [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]].

{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;East Zone
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref>{{cite web|url=https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2001-02/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/EAST/RJI-E_2001-02_TABLE.html|title=Ranji Trophy East Zone Table - 2001–02|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=14 October 2018}}</ref>
! 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|A|Abandoned}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| 4 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 1 || '''27'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| 4 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 1 || '''27'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || '''10'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || '''8'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || '''6'''
|}
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top three teams advanced to the [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]].

;North Zone
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref>{{cite web|url=https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2001-02/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/NORTH/RJI-N_2001-02_TABLE.html|title=Ranji Trophy North Zone Table - 2001–02|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=14 October 2018}}</ref>
! 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|A|Abandoned}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| 5 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 0 || '''34'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| 5 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 0 || '''27'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]]
| 5 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 0 || '''24'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| 5 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 0 || '''19'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{cr-IND|jak}}
| 5 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 0 || '''10'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Services cricket team|Services]]
| 5 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 0 || '''6'''
|}
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top three teams advanced to the [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]].

{{col-2}}
;West Zone
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref>{{cite web|url=https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2001-02/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/WEST/RJI-W_2001-02_TABLE.html|title=Ranji Trophy West Zone Table - 2001–02|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=14 October 2018}}</ref>
! 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|A|Abandoned}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || '''23'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''16'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || '''16'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || '''11'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || '''8'''
|}
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top three teams advanced to the [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]].

;South Zone
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref name=RPoints>{{cite web|url=https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2001-02/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/SOUTH/RJI-S_2001-02_TABLE.html|title=Ranji Trophy South Zone Table - 2001–02|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=14 October 2018}}</ref>
! 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|A|Abandoned}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| 5 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 0 || '''28'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| 5 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 0 || '''26'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 5 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 0 || '''24'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| 5 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 0 || '''22'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Goa cricket team|Goa]]
| 5 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 0 || '''14'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 5 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 0 || '''6'''
|}
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top three teams advanced to the [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]].
{{col-end}}

==Knockout stage==
The draw for the quarter-finals were made after the final zonal-stage match, with the following fixtures announced.<ref name="Results">{{cite web|url=http://www.bcci.tv/ranji-trophy-2001-02/results|title=Ranji Trophy 2001–02 / Results|publisher=Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)|access-date=20 October 2018|archive-date=21 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021111410/http://www.bcci.tv/ranji-trophy-2001-02/results|url-status=dead}}</ref> The fixtures in the knockout stage of the tournament are played across five days, instead of four days in the zonal stage.<ref name="Results"/>

{{16TeamBracket|nowrap=y
| seed-width = 25px
| team-width = 125px
| score-width = 80px
| RD1 = Round of 16
| RD2 = Quarterfinals
| RD3 = Semifinals
| RD4 = Final

| RD1-seed01 = '''SZ2'''
| RD1-team01 = '''[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]'''
| RD1-score01 = '''182 & 272'''
| RD1-seed02 = WZ1
| RD1-team02 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| RD1-score02 = 186 & 129

| RD1-seed03 = '''CZ1'''
| RD1-team03 = '''[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]'''
| RD1-score03 = '''497 & 314/4'''
| RD1-seed04 = NZ1
| RD1-team04 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| RD1-score04 = 395

| RD1-seed05 = CZ3
| RD1-team05 = [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| RD1-score05 = 321 & 146
| RD1-seed06 = '''EZ1'''
| RD1-team06 = '''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''
| RD1-score06 = '''518'''

| RD1-seed07 = '''WZ3'''
| RD1-team07 = '''[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]'''
| RD1-score07 = '''499 & 175/8'''
| RD1-seed08 = SZ1
| RD1-team08 = [[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| RD1-score08 = 456

| RD1-seed09 = NZ3
| RD1-team09 = [[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]]
| RD1-score09 = 192 & 238
| RD1-seed10 = '''SZ3'''
| RD1-team10 = '''[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]'''
| RD1-score10 = '''403 & 31/0'''

| RD1-seed11 = '''WZ2'''
| RD1-team11 = '''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''<ref name="bye" group="nb">Baroda got bye in Round of 16 on the virtue of winning [[2000–01 Ranji Trophy]].</ref>
| RD1-score11 =
| RD1-seed12 =
| RD1-team12 = bye
| RD1-score12 =

| RD1-seed13 = EZ3
| RD1-team13 = [[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| RD1-score13 = 170 & 200
| RD1-seed14 = '''NZ2'''
| RD1-team14 = '''[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]'''
| RD1-score14 = '''357 & 15/0'''

| RD1-seed15 = CZ2
| RD1-team15 = [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| RD1-score15 = 231 & 369/9d
| RD1-seed16 = '''EZ2'''
| RD1-team16 = '''[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]'''
| RD1-score16 = '''320 & 284/7'''

| RD2-seed01 = SZ2
| RD2-team01 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| RD2-score01 = 276 & 326/6d
| RD2-seed02 = '''CZ1'''
| RD2-team02 = '''[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]'''
| RD2-score02 = '''423 & 180/2'''

| RD2-seed03 = '''EZ1'''
| RD2-team03 = '''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''
| RD2-score03 = '''353 & 483/6d'''
| RD2-seed04 = WZ3
| RD2-team04 = [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| RD2-score04 = 321 & 69/5

| RD2-seed05 = SZ3
| RD2-team05 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| RD2-score05 = 290 & 127
| RD2-seed06 = '''WZ2'''
| RD2-team06 = '''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''
| RD2-score06 = '''673'''

| RD2-seed07 = '''NZ2'''
| RD2-team07 = '''[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]'''
| RD2-score07 = '''207 & 460'''
| RD2-seed08 = EZ2
| RD2-team08 = [[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| RD2-score08 = 205 & 219

| RD3-seed01 = '''CZ1'''
| RD3-team01 = '''[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]'''
| RD3-score01 = '''557 & 380/3d'''
| RD3-seed02 = EZ1
| RD3-team02 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| RD3-score02 = 325

| RD3-seed03 = '''WZ2'''
| RD3-team03 = '''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''
| RD3-score03 = '''222 & 233'''
| RD3-seed04 = NZ2
| RD3-team04 = [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| RD3-score04 = 237 & 82

| RD4-seed01 = '''CZ1'''
| RD4-team01 = '''[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]'''
| RD4-score01 = '''253 & 306'''
| RD4-seed02 = WZ2
| RD4-team02 = [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| RD4-score02 = 169 & 113
}}

==Final==
{{Test match
| date = 6–10 March 2002
| team1 = [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| team2 = [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| score-team1-inns1 = '''253 (82.4 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Jai Prakash Yadav (cricketer)|Jai Prakash Yadav]] 84 (170)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ajit Bhoite]] 3/52 (20 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = '''169 (74 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Satyajit Parab]] 53 (78)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Murali Kartik]] 5/51 (22 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = '''306 (107.4 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Murali Kartik]] 69 (127)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Tushar Arothe]] 3/49 (10 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = '''113 (36.3 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Atul Bedade]] 59 (73)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Murali Karthik]] 3/7 (6 overs)
| result = Railways won by 277 runs
| venue = [[Karnail Singh Stadium]], [[Delhi]]
| umpires = [[Arani Jayaprakash]], [[Francis Gomes]]
| motm =
| report = [https://www.bcci.tv/ranji-trophy-2001-02/match/73 Scorecard]
| toss = Railways won the toss and decided to bat
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Scorecards and averages==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_2001-02.html CricketArchive]

==Notes==
===Footnotes===
{{reflist|group=nb}}

===References===
{{Reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

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[[Category:2001 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:2002 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 2001–02]]
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2001 02 Ranji Trophy - Revision history

GildaNolan0093 at 11:28, 1 May 2026