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{{Short description|Cricket tournament}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2014}}
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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2002–03 Ranji Trophy
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg
| imagesize = 285px
| 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 = 35
| participants = 27
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Gautam Gambhir]] (Delhi) (833)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 2002/03 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_2002-03/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=25 July 2015}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]] (Tamil Nadu) and [[Sunil Joshi]] (Karnataka) (47)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 2002/03 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_2002-03/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=25 July 2015}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 2001–02
| previous_tournament = 2001–02 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 2003–04
| next_tournament = 2003–04 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''2002–03 Ranji Trophy''' was the 69th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. Mumbai defeated Tamil Nadu by 141 runs in the final.

==Format==

The major change in the format of the tournament was the introduction of the Elite and Plate divisions. The 15 teams which qualified from the Zonal league in the previous season were placed in two groups in the upper Elite division. The top two teams from each group qualified for the semifinal and then played for the Ranji title. The remaining twelve teams played each other in two groups in the Plate division. They played the Plate semifinal and the final. The finalists qualified for the Elite division in the next year while the two lowest placed teams in the Elite division were demoted.

Karnataka and Kerala were promoted to the Elite division for 2003–04. This meant that five of the six South Zone teams played in the Elite division. Himachal Pradesh and Orissa were demoted to the Plate.

==Scorecards and averages==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_2002-03.html CricketArchive]

==Group Matches==

===Elite Group===
;Group A
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2002-03/IND_LOCAL/RJI/ELITE/RJI-ELITE_2002-03_TABLE.html |title=Ranji Trophy, 2002/03 Elite Group Points Table |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=30 December 2021}}</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|Bonus|Bonus points}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Points|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| 7 || 5 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 || '''13'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| 7 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 1 || '''8'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Andhra Pradesh cricket team|Andhra Pradesh]]
| 7 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 0 || || '''5'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 7 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 1 || 0 || || '''5'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| 7 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 1 || || '''4'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| 7 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 1 || || '''3'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 7 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 1 || 1 || || '''3'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]]
| 7 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 1 || || '''1'''
|}
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Mumbai and Delhi qualified for the Elite Group [[#Knockout Matches|knockout stage]].

;Group B
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2002-03/IND_LOCAL/RJI/ELITE/RJI-ELITE_2002-03_TABLE.html |title=Ranji Trophy, 2002/03 Elite Group Points Table |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=30 December 2021}}</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|Bonus|Bonus points}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Points|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| 6 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 1 || '''8'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 6 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 1 || '''7'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| 6 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || || '''7'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 6 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 1 || '''4'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| 5 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 0 || || '''2'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| 6 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 1 || || '''1'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| 5 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 1 || || '''0'''
|}
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Tamil Nadu and Baroda qualified for the Elite Group [[#Knockout Matches|knockout stage]].
* Baroda qualified to the knockouts ahead of Punjab on a better run-quotient.

===Plate Group===
;Group A
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2002-03/IND_LOCAL/RJI/PLATE/RJI-PLATE_2002-03_TABLE.html |title=Ranji Trophy, 2002/03 Plate Group Points Table |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=30 December 2021}}</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|Bonus|Bonus points}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Points|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 5 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 2 || '''11'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 5 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Goa cricket team|Goa]]
| 5 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || || '''4'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 5 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 0 || || '''3'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Services cricket team|Services]]
| 5 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 0 || || '''1'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]]
| 5 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 0 || || '''0'''
|}
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Kerala and Vidarbha qualified for the Plate Group [[#Knockout Matches|knockout stage]].

;Group B
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2002-03/IND_LOCAL/RJI/PLATE/RJI-PLATE_2002-03_TABLE.html |title=Ranji Trophy, 2002/03 Plate Group Points Table |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=30 December 2021}}</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|Bonus|Bonus points}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Points|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| 5 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 || '''9'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 5 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 2 || '''9'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| 5 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || '''7'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 5 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu and Kashmi]]
| 5 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 || || '''0'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| 5 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 || || '''0'''
|}
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh qualified for the Elite Group [[#Knockout Matches|knockout stage]].

==Knockout Matches==
===Plate Semifinal 1===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 18–21 January 2003
| team1 = [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| team2 = [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 156 (68.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = C Hemanth Kumar 43 (79)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Harvinder Sodhi]] 3/26 (10 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 112 (70.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Amay Khurasiya]] 42 (88)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan]] 3/29 (14 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 185 (81.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Suresh Kumar 58 (111)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Narendra Hirwani]] 4/58 (31.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 161 (69.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Amay Khurasiya]] 77 (113)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Sreekumar Nair]] 5/66 (13 overs)

| result = Kerala won by 68 runs
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2002-03/IND_LOCAL/RJI/KNOCK-OUTS/KERALA_MP_RJI_PLATE-SF1_18-22JAN2003.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)|Nehru Stadium]], [[Kochi]]
| umpires = VM Gupte and SM Bandedkar
| motm =
| toss = Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Kerala advances to the Ranji Trophy Plate final
}}

===Plate Semifinal 2===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 27–31 January 2003
| team1 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| team2 = [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 364 (139.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Barrington Rowland]] 124 (306)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Chandrashekar Atram 3/71 (19 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 236 (76.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Vivek Naidu]] 43 (101)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Sunil Joshi]] 5/45 (26.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 607/9d (147 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Deepak Chougule 166 (282)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Alind Naidu 2/42 (7 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 270 (78.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Ranjit Paradkar 70 (160)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Sunil Joshi]] 4/51 (28 overs)

| result = Karnataka won by 465 runs
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2002-03/IND_LOCAL/RJI/KNOCK-OUTS/VIDAR_KNTKA_RJI_PLATE-SF2_27-31JAN2003.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground]], [[Nagpur]]
| umpires = V Chopra and Devendra Sharma
| motm =
| toss =
| rain =
| notes = Karnataka advances to the Ranji Trophy Plate final
}}

===Plate Final===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 4–6 March 2003
| team1 = [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| team2 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 190 (77.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Hemanth Kumar 48 (128)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Sunil Joshi]] 6/62 (30 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 405 (129.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Sudhindra Shinde 84 (136)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan]] 5/118 (37 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 204 (59.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Hemanth Kumar 44 (130)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Sunil Joshi]] 6/75 (23.3 overs)

| result = Karnataka won by an innings and 11 runs
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2002-03/IND_LOCAL/RJI/KNOCK-OUTS/KNTKA_KERALA_RJI_PLATE-FINAL_04-08MAR2003.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
| umpires = SK Sharma and Jasbir Singh
| motm =
| toss = Kerala won the toss and elected to bat
| rain =
| notes = Karnataka won the Plate Division
}}

===Elite Semifinal 1===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 25–29 April 2003
| team1 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| team2 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 327 (128.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Sadagoppan Ramesh]] 82 (244)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Rahul Sanghvi]] 3/26 (13 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 256 (95.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Narender Negi 44(135)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = MR Shrinivas 4/47 (23.1 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 261 (93 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Sridharan Sharath 75 (175)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = NS Negi 3/41 (12 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 200 (53.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Virender Sehwag]] 99 (114)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]] 5/49 (16 overs)

| result = Tamil Nadu won by 132 runs
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2002-03/IND_LOCAL/RJI/KNOCK-OUTS/DELHI_TN_RJI_ELITE-SF1_25-29APR2003.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Feroz Shah Kotla]], [[Delhi]]
| umpires = F Gomes and AM Saheba
| motm =
| toss = Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat
| rain =
| notes = Tamil Nadu qualified for the Ranji Trophy Final
}}

===Elite Semifinal 2===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 25–29 April 2003
| team1 = [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| team2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 130 (43.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Rakesh Solanki]] 43 (114)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ajit Agarkar]] 5/46 (15 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 390 (122.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Bhavin Thakkar 76 (254)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Zaheer Khan]] 5/46 (23.3 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 122 (51.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Rakesh Solanki]] 38 (142)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Sairaj Bahutule]] 5/21 (13.2 overs)

| result = Mumbai won by an innings and 138 runs
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2002-03/IND_LOCAL/RJI/KNOCK-OUTS/BARODA_BOM_RJI_ELITE-SF2_25-29APR2003.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation Ground]], [[Vadodara]]
| umpires = Devendra Sharma and K Hariharan
| motm =
| toss = Mumbai Nadu won the toss and elected to field
| rain =
| notes = Mumbai qualified for the Ranji Trophy Final
}}

==Final==
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 4–8 May 2003
| team1 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| team2 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 260 (91 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Wasim Jaffer]] 83 (154)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Somasetty Suresh]] 3/51 (18 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 271 (115.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Sadagoppan Ramesh]] 85 (202)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Ajit Agarkar]] 4/57 (29 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 387/7 d (105 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Nishit Shetty 100 (133)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = MR Shrinivas 3/73 (21 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 235 (100.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Hemang Badani]] 109 (220)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Sairaj Bahutule]] 5/70 (30.4 overs)

| result = Mumbai won by 141 runs
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2002-03/IND_LOCAL/RJI/KNOCK-OUTS/BOM_TN_RJI_ELITE-FINAL_04-08MAY2003.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Wankhede Stadium]], [[Mumbai]]
| umpires = V Chopra and NN Menon
| motm =
| toss = Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ranji Trophy, 2002-03}}
[[Category:2002 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:2003 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 2002–03]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]
[[Category:Long stubs with short prose]]

{{Indian-domestic-cricket-competition-stub}}

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