2008–09 Ranji Trophy


The season 2008–09 of the Ranji Trophy began on 4 November, and finished on 16 January with the final. 15 teams were divided in two groups. The 3 top teams of each group qualified to the playoffs, plus the two top teams of the plate league. Mumbai won the final by defeating Uttar Pradesh.

First round

Group A

TeamPldWonLostTiedDrawAbanPtsQuo
Mumbai750020311.741
Gujarat741020281.593
Saurashtra732020231.401
Delhi720050201.094
Punjab723020120.800
Hyderabad703040100.809
Orissa71402090.640
Rajasthan70403030.538

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Group B

TeamPldWonLostTiedDrawAbanPtsQuo
Tamil Nadu620040232.110
Karnataka630030191.126
Uttar Pradesh611040170.970
Baroda622020151.019
Railways610050120.863
Maharashtra60303070.731
Andhra60303030.704

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Playoffs

Four top teams of the plate group league qualified for the play offs.
* FIL – First Innings Lead

Plate playoffs

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Quarterfinals

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Semi-finals

Mumbai were the first team to qualify for the final after on the basis of a lead over Saurashtra's first-innings total. The latter were dismissed for 379 in their first innings by Mumbai who made 637. Wasim Jaffer top-scored with 301 for them, while Sachin Tendulkar made 122.
Uttar Pradesh advanced to the final, also by virtue of a first-innings lead, over Tamil Nadu. In reply to the latter's first innings total of 445, Uttar Pradesh's Shivakant Shukla, who made an unbeaten 178 in 569 balls and 821 minutes, helped his team go past the score securing a qualification for the final. Parvinder Singh, who scored his maiden first-class century, and Shukla batted for a total of five-and-half-hours, and added 272 runs for the fourth wicket.
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Final

Records

Runs

Wickets