# 1998–99 Ranji Trophy

The 1998–99 Ranji Trophy was the 65th season of the Ranji Trophy. Karnataka won their third title in four years defeating Madhya Pradesh by 96 runs in the final.
In the final held at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Madhya Pradesh gained a first innings lead of 75 runs. The match was interrupted by rain on the fourth day, at the end of which Karnataka declared their second innings at 321 for 7. Madhya Pradesh needed 247 or alternately bat through the last day to win on first innings lead. They chose the latter option and were 130 for 4 wickets at tea. Vijay Bharadwaj dismissed the captain Chandrakant Pandit in the first over after tea and Raja Ali with the first ball of his next over. Harvinder Sodhi scored a 30-minute duck while Bharadwaj had 7-0-13-3 in this spell. In the second over with the new ball, taken after 80 overs, Sunil Joshi dismissed Abbas Ali and Bharadwaj took the last two wickets in a single over.
Bharadwaj's 1280 runs in the season was a new record and as of 2015, is the second highest aggregate.

## Super League
### Final Round - Points table
#### Group A

| Team | Played | W | L | FL | FD | NR | Points |
| Hyderabad | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| Punjab | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Bengal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Rajasthan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| Baroda | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
* Hyderabad and Punjab qualified for the quarterfinals.
* Punjab qualified over Bengal due to their one outright win over Bengal's none.

#### Group B

| Team | Played | W | L | FL | FD | NR | Points |
| Tamil Nadu | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| Delhi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Maharashtra | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Orissa | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Railways | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
* Tamil Nadu and Delhi qualified for the quarterfinals.

#### Group C

| Team | Played | W | L | FL | FD | NR | Points |
| Karnataka | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| Saurashtra | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Bihar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Haryana | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
* Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh qualified for the semifinals as the two highest scoring teams.

## Knockouts
### Quarterfinal 1

* 30 March-3 April 1999 Scorecard
* Match drawn Gandhi Sports Complex Ground, Amritsar Umpires: SB Nandy and RT Ramachandran
* Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.

### Quarterfinal 2

* 30 March-3 April 1999 Scorecard
* Hyderabad won by 438 runs Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad, Secunderabad Umpires: Sekher Choudhary and CK Sathe
* Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.

### Semifinal 1

* 9–13 April 1999 Scorecard
* Karnataka won by 7 wickets Gandhi Sports Complex Ground, Amritsar Umpires: AM Saheba and VM Gupte
* Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.

### Semifinal 2

* 9–13 April 1999 Scorecard
* Match drawn Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad, Secunderabad Umpires: SK Bansal and Desh Raj
* Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
* Madhya Pradesh progressed to the final through their first innings lead.

### Final

* 19–23 April 1999 Scorecard
* Karnataka won by 96 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Francis Gomes and S. K. Sharma Player of the match: Vijay Bharadwaj (Karnataka)
* Karnataka won the toss and decided to bat
* J. Arunkumar (Karnataka) and Devendra Bundela (Madhya Pradesh) passed 3,000 and 1,000 runs respectively in first-class matches.
* Rajesh Chauhan (Madhya Pradesh) reached 300 wickets in first-class matches.

## Scorecards and averages

* CricketArchive