# 1988–89 Ranji Trophy

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. 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.

## Knockout stage

| Pre-Quarter-finals | Pre-Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals |
| 3 Feb 1989 — Secunderabad | 3 Feb 1989 — Secunderabad | | | | | |
| Hyderabad | 270 & 268 | | | | | |
| Hyderabad | 270 & 268 | 17 Feb 1989 — Bombay | 17 Feb 1989 — Bombay | | | | |
| Bombay | 283 & 256/4 | 17 Feb 1989 — Bombay | 17 Feb 1989 — Bombay | | | |
| Bombay | 283 & 256/4 | Bombay | 234 & 422 | | | |
| | | Uttar Pradesh | 137 & 295 | | | |
| | | | | | 3 Mar 1989 — Bombay | 3 Mar 1989 — Bombay | |
| | | | | | Bombay | 321 |
| | | | | | Delhi (F) | 409 & 176/5 |
| | | 17 Feb 1989 — Delhi | 17 Feb 1989 — Delhi | | | | |
| | | Delhi | 638/6d | | | |
| | | Orissa | 161 & 262 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 22 Mar 1989 — Delhi | 22 Mar 1989 — Delhi |
| | | | | | | | Delhi | 721 |
| | | | | | | | Bengal | 167 & 344 |
| | | 17 Feb 1989 — Calcutta | 17 Feb 1989 — Calcutta | | | | | |
| | | Bengal (F) | 594/8d & 66/2 | | | | | |
| | | Punjab | 551 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 Mar 1989 — Calcutta | 3 Mar 1989 — Calcutta | | |
| | | | | | Bengal (F) | 596/8d & 76/1 | | |
| | | | | | Tamil Nadu | 535 |
| | | 17 Feb 1988 — Madras | 17 Feb 1988 — Madras | | | | |
| | | Tamil Nadu | 507 & 247 | | | |
| 3 Feb 1989 — Pune | 3 Feb 1989 — Pune | | Tamil Nadu | 507 & 247 | | | |
| 3 Feb 1989 — Pune | 3 Feb 1989 — Pune | Maharashtra | 382 & 333 | | | |
| Maharashtra | 700 | Maharashtra | 382 & 333 | | | |
| Madhya Pradesh | 261 & 177 | | | | | |
(F) - Advanced to next round on First Innings Lead.

### Pre-quarter-finals

* 3–6 February 1989 Pre-quarter-final 1 Scorecard
* Bombay won by 6 wickets Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad Umpires: P. S. Godbole and R. Mitra
* Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
* 3–6 February 1989 Pre-quarter-final 1 Scorecard
* Maharashtra won by an innings and 262 runs Nehru Stadium, Pune Umpires: D. V. Pathak and V. S. Rajan
* Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.

### Quarter-finals

* 17–20 February 1989 Quarter-final 1 Scorecard
* Tamil Nadu won by 39 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Nilay Dutta and Ram Babu Gupta
* Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat.
* Woorkeri Raman and V. Sivaramakrishan (both Tamil Nadu) and Shrikant Jadhav (Maharashtra) passed 2,000, 6,000 and 1,000 runs respectively in first-class matches.
* Bharat Arun (Tamil Nadu) reached 100 wickets in first-class matches.
* 17–20 February 1989 Quarter-final 2 Scorecard
* Match drawn (Bengal won on 1st innings) Eden Gardens, Calcutta Umpires: B. Jamula and B. R. Keshavamurthy
* Bengal won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sukhvinder Tinku (Punjab) made his first-class debut.
* Indu Bhushan Roy (Bengal) and Gursharan Singh (Punjab) passed 1,000 and 3,000 runs respectively in first-class matches.
* 17–20 February 1989 Quarter-final 3 Scorecard
* Bombay won by 224 runs Wankhede Stadium, Bombay Umpires: S. K. Bansal and Soumendra Basu
* Bombay won the toss and elected to bat.
* Satish Kesherwani (Uttar Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
* 17–20 February 1989 Quarter-final 4 Scorecard
* Delhi won by an innings and 215 runs Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: M. G. Deshpande and S. B. Kulkarni
* Orissa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Devashish Mahanti (Orissa) made his first-class debut.

### 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.
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.
* 3–6 March 1989 1st Semi-final Scorecard
* Match drawn (Delhi won on 1st innings) Wankhede Stadium, Bombay Umpires: R. V. Ramani and Ivaturi Shivram
* Delhi won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sanjay Sharma (Delhi) made his first-class debut.
* Shishir Hattangadi (Bombay) passed 3,000 runs in first-class matches.
* 3–6 March 1989 2nd Semi-final Scorecard
* Match drawn (Bengal won on 1st innings) Eden Gardens, Calcutta Umpires: S. B. Kulkarni and Piloo Reporter
* Bengal won the toss and elected to bat.
* Arup Bhattacharya (Bengal) passed 1,000 runs in first-class matches.
* Woorkeri Raman (Tamil Nadu) scored his third successive double century.
* P. C. Prakash and Raman set a record for the highest partnership for the third wicket for Tamil Nadu, surpassing C. D. Gopinath and A. G. Milkha Singh's 248.

### Final

* 22–26 March 1989 Scorecard
* Delhi won by an innings and 210 runs Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Dara Dotiwalla and R. S. Rathore Player of the match: Bhaskar Pillai (Delhi)
* Bengal won the toss and elected to bat.
* Kirti Azad (Delhi) passed 5,000 runs in first-class matches.