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The 1988–89 Ranji Trophy was the 55th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament that took place in India between October 1988 and March 1989.[1] Delhi defeated Bengal by an innings and 210 runs in the final.

Sachin Tendulkar made his first-class debut in this season, in December 1988. Playing for Bombay at home in the Wankhede Stadium against Gujarat, he made a century in his debut innings, scoring 100 not out off 129 balls, becoming the youngest Indian to do to so.[2]

Group stage

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North Zone

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Delhi 5 3 0 2 0 0 94 2.577
Punjab 5 3 0 2 0 0 77 1.740
Haryana 5 2 0 3 0 0 71 1.338
Services 5 0 2 3 0 0 49 0.712
Jammu and Kashmir 5 0 3 2 0 0 36 0.611
Himachal Pradesh 5 0 2 3 0 0 25 0.387

Central Zone

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Uttar Pradesh 4 2 0 2 0 0 54 1.122
Madhya Pradesh 4 2 1 1 0 0 54 1.104
Railways 4 1 0 3 0 0 52 1.402
Vidarbha 4 0 1 3 0 0 31 0.705
Rajasthan 4 0 3 1 0 0 28 0.793

East Zone

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Bengal 4 2 0 2 0 0 65 2.624
Orissa 4 2 1 1 0 0 60 1.393
Bihar 4 1 0 3 0 0 51 1.152
Assam 4 1 1 2 0 0 37 0.801
Tripura 4 0 4 0 0 0 11 0.263

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South Zone

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Tamil Nadu 5 3 0 2 0 0 81 2.602
Hyderabad 5 1 1 3 0 0 78 1.455
Karnataka 5 1 1 3 0 0 52 0.889
Andhra 5 1 1 3 0 0 51 0.774
Goa 5 0 0 5 0 0 44 0.690
Kerala 5 0 3 2 0 0 43 0.657

West Zone

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Maharashtra 4 1 0 3 0 0 55 1.762
Bombay 4 0 0 4 0 0 46 1.246
Gujarat 4 0 0 4 0 0 32 0.616
Baroda 4 0 1 3 0 0 31 1.003
Saurashtra 4 0 0 4 0 0 31 0.732

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Knockout stage

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(F) - Advanced to next round on First Innings Lead.

Pre-quarter-finals

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

Delhi qualified for the final for the tenth time by virtue of a first innings lead after its match against Bombay ended in a draw. Requiring 152 runs to surpass Delhi's first innings score of 409, Bombay were dismissed for 321, that included a fighting 78 off 171 balls by Sachin Tendulkar.[3]

Bengal made it to their ninth final, their first since the 1971–72 competition, also by virtue of a first innings lead, against Tamil Nadu. Earlier in Tamil Nadu's innings, Woorkeri Raman scored 238, recording his third double century in as many matches. In the process, he broke the 45-year-old record of Rusi Modi for most runs in a single season of the competition (1,008). Gautam Shome, who played his first game of the season for Bengal, removed Raman and P. C. Prakash before Tamil Nadu were dismissed 61 runs short of Bengal's first innings tally.[4]

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Final

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References

  1. Ranji Trophy, 1988-89 Schedule. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  2. [{{{url}}} Tendulkar hits ton on debut]. The Indian Express(12 December 1988).
  3. Bombay fail to make it. The Indian Express(7 March 1989). Retrieved 9 April 2018.
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