# 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 (Himachal Pradesh and Bengal). Mumbai won the final by defeating Uttar Pradesh.

## First round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | Won | Lost | Tied | Draw | Aban | Pts | Quo |
| Mumbai | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 1.741 |
| Gujarat | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 1.593 |
| Saurashtra | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 1.401 |
| Delhi | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 1.094 |
| Punjab | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0.800 |
| Hyderabad | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0.809 |
| Orissa | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0.640 |
| Rajasthan | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.538 |
| 3–6 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Delhi 519 | v | Punjab 391 and 140/3 | Match drawn Venue :Delhi |
| 3–6 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Mumbai 307 and 305/7d | v | Rajasthan 204 and 171 | Mumbai won by 237 runs Venue :Mumbai |
| 3–6 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Orissa 269 | v | Hyderabad (India) 296 and 263/5 | Match drawn Venue :Cuttack |
| 3–6 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Saurashtra 153 and 201 (f/o) | v | Gujarat 581/6d | Gujarat won by an innings and 227 runs Venue :Rajkot |
| 10–12 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Gujarat 203 and 44 (f/o) | v | Mumbai 486 | Mumbai won by an innings and 239 runs Venue :Surat |
| 10–13 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Hyderabad (India) 334 and 230/3 | v | Delhi 284 | Match drawn Venue :Hyderabad |
| 10–12 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Punjab 262 and 41/1 | v | Rajasthan 133 and 169 | Punjab won by 9 wickets Venue :Mohali |
| 10–13 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Saurashtra 620/4d | v | Orissa 302 and 234 (f/o) | Saurashtra won by an innings and 84 runs Venue :Rajkot |
| 16–19 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Delhi 295 | v | Mumbai 330 and 468/4 | Match drawn Venue :Delhi |
| 16–19 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Gujarat 520/9d | v | Hyderabad (India) 225 and 287/7 (f/o) | Match drawn Venue :Ahmedabad |
| 16–19 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Orissa 281 and 209 | v | Rajasthan 270 and 131/4 | Match drawn Venue :Sambalpur |
| 16–19 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Saurashtra 679/8 | v | Punjab 482 | Match drawn Venue :Rajkot |
| 23–26 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Gujarat 350 and 259/6 | v | Delhi 314 | Match drawn Venue :Valsad |
| 23–26 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Hyderabad (India) 553/6d and 33/0 | v | Rajasthan 405 | Match drawn Venue :Hyderabad |
| 23–26 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Orissa 352 and 87/1 | v | Punjab 60 and 378 | Orissa won by 9 wickets Venue :Bhubaneswar |
| 23–26 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Saurashtra 643/4d | v | Mumbai 214 and 157/7 (f/o) | Match drawn Venue :Rajkot |
| 29–30 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Delhi 78 and 150 | v | Orissa 80 and 96 | Delhi won by 52 runs Venue :Delhi |
| 29 Nov – 1 Dec 2008 (scorecard) | Gujarat 300 and 34/0 | v | Punjab 137 and 192 (f/o) | Gujarat won by 10 wickets Venue :Ahmedabad |
| 29 Nov – 1 Dec 2008 (scorecard) | Saurashtra 344 | v | Rajasthan 185 and 85 (f/o) | Saurashtra won by an innings and 74 runs Venue :Rajkot |
| 2–5 Dec 2008 (scorecard) | Mumbai 602/6d | v | Hyderabad (India) 251 and 243 (f/o) | Mumbai won by an innings and 108 runs Venue :Mumbai |
| 12–15 Dec 2008 (scorecard) | Hyderabad (India) 335 and 164 | v | Punjab 291 and 211/1 | Punjab won by 9 wickets Venue :Hyderabad |
| 12–14 Dec 2008 (scorecard) | Orissa 108 and 118 | v | Mumbai 180 and 361/5d | Mumbai won by 315 runs Venue :Cuttack |
| 12–14 Dec 2008 (scorecard) | Rajasthan 136 and 186 | v | Gujarat 227 and 99/3 | Gujarat won by 7 wickets Venue :Jaipur |
| 12–15 Dec 2008 (scorecard) | Saurashtra 241 and 274 | v | Delhi 384 and 132/0 | Delhi won by 10 wickets Venue :Rajkot |
| 18–21 Dec 2008 (scorecard) | Mumbai 436/9d and 151/1 | v | Punjab 202 and 382 | Mumbai won by 9 wickets Venue :Mumbai |
| 18–21 Dec 2008 (scorecard) | Orissa 162 and 154 | v | Gujarat 394 | Gujarat won by an innings and 78 runs Venue :Bhubaneswar |
| 18–21 Dec 2008 (scorecard) | Rajasthan 295 and 55/3 | v | Delhi 688 | Match drawn Venue :Jaipur |
| 18–20 Dec 2008 (scorecard) | Saurashtra 133 and 183 | v | Hyderabad (India) 140 and 71 | Saurashtra won by 105 runs Venue :Rajkot |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | Won | Lost | Tied | Draw | Aban | Pts | Quo |
| Tamil Nadu | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 2.110 |
| Karnataka | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1.126 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0.970 |
| Baroda | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1.019 |
| Railways | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0.863 |
| Maharashtra | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0.731 |
| Andhra | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.704 |
| 3–6 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Karnataka 365 and 127 | v | Railways 389 and 17/2 | Match drawn Venue :Bangalore |
| 3–6 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Maharashtra 457 and 250/6 (f/o) | v | Tamil Nadu 648/3d | Match drawn Venue :Nasik |
| 3–6 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Uttar Pradesh 412 | v | Andhra 349 and 130/2 | Match drawn Venue :Meerut |
| 10–13 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Baroda 235 and 314 | v | Uttar Pradesh 286 and 151/6 | Match drawn Venue :Vadodara |
| 10–13 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Karnataka 267 and 269/4 (f/o) | v | Tamil Nadu 531 | Match drawn Venue :Bangalore |
| 10–13 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Maharashtra 393 and 27/1 | v | Andhra 348 and 210/5d | Match drawn Venue :Nasik |
| 16–19 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Karnataka 366 and 171 | v | Andhra 218 and 117 | Karnataka won by 202 runs Venue :Mysore |
| 16–19 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Railways 224 and 240/5 | v | Baroda 460/8d | Match drawn Venue :Delhi |
| 16–18 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Uttar Pradesh 150 and 119 | v | Tamil Nadu 507 | Tamil Nadu won by an innings and 238 runs Venue :Ghaziabad |
| 23–26 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Karnataka 395 and 60/0 | v | Baroda 169 and 285 | Karnataka won by 10 wickets Venue :Bangalore |
| 23–26 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Railways 227 and 90/3 | v | Andhra 208 and 108 | Railways won by 7 wickets Venue :Delhi |
| 23–26 Nov 2008 (scorecard) | Uttar Pradesh 315 and 140/2 | v | Maharashtra 221 and 230 | Uttar Pradesh won by 8 wickets Venue :Kanpur |
| 29 Nov – 2 Dec 2008 (scorecard) | Andhra 283 and 95/3 | v | Tamil Nadu 286/4d | Match drawn Venue :Vijayawada |
| 29 Nov – 2 Dec 2008 (scorecard) | Baroda 305 and 229/6 | v | Maharashtra 228 and 303 | Baroda won by 4 wickets Venue :Vadodara |
| 29 Nov – 2 Dec 2008 (scorecard) | Railways 200 and 215/8 | v | Uttar Pradesh 346 and 150/6d | Match drawn Venue :Delhi |
| 12–14 Dec 2008 (scorecard) | Baroda 166 and 94 | v | Tamil Nadu 117 and 402 | Tamil Nadu won by 259 runs Venue :Vadodara |
| 12–15 Dec 2008 (scorecard) | Karnataka 511 | v | Uttar Pradesh 567 | Match drawn Venue :Bangalore |
| 12–15 Dec 2008 (scorecard) | Maharashtra 244 and 251/5 | v | Railways 212 and 334/6d | Match drawn Venue :Ratnagiri |
| 18–20 Dec 2008 (scorecard) | Baroda 400 | v | Andhra 77 and 263 (f/o) | Baroda won by an innings and 60 runs Venue :Vadodara |
| 18–20 Dec 2008 (scorecard) | Karnataka 252 and 229 | v | Maharashtra 210 and 116 | Karnataka won by 155 runs Venue :Bangalore |
| 18–21 Dec 2008 (scorecard) | Tamil Nadu 475/6d and 389/7d | v | Railways 314 | Match drawn Venue :Chennai |

## Playoffs

Four top teams of the plate group league qualified for the playoffs.
| Wild-Card 18–21 December 2008 | Wild-Card 18–21 December 2008 | Wild-Card 18–21 December 2008 | Quarterfinals 26–29 December 2008 | Quarterfinals 26–29 December 2008 | Quarterfinals 26–29 December 2008 | Semifinals 4–7 January 2009 | Semifinals 4–7 January 2009 | Semifinals 4–7 January 2009 | Final 12–16 January 2009 | Final 12–16 January 2009 | Final 12–16 January 2009 |
| | | | Mumbai | Mumbai | Win | | | | | | |
| Himachal Pradesh | Himachal Pradesh | Win | Himachal Pradesh | Himachal Pradesh | | | | | | | |
| Madhya Pradesh | Madhya Pradesh | | | | | Mumbai | Mumbai | FIL | | | |
| | | | | | | Saurashtra | Saurashtra | | | | |
| | | | Saurashtra | Saurashtra | Win | | | | | | |
| | | | Karnataka | Karnataka | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Mumbai | Mumbai | Win |
| | | | | | | | | | Uttar Pradesh | Uttar Pradesh | |
| | | | Gujarat | Gujarat | | | | | | | |
| | | | Uttar Pradesh | Uttar Pradesh | FIL | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Uttar Pradesh | Uttar Pradesh | FIL | | | |
| | | | | | | Tamil Nadu | Tamil Nadu | | | | |
| | | | Tamil Nadu | Tamil Nadu | Win | | | | | | |
| Bengal | Bengal | FIL | Bengal | Bengal | | | | | | | |
| Goa | Goa | | | | | | | | | | |
* FIL – First Innings Lead

### Plate playoffs

* 18–21 December Scorecard
* Himachal Pradesh won by an innings and 175 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Umpires: Purnachandra Godbole and T. R. Kashyappan
* 18–21 December Scorecard
* Match drawn, Bengal advanced Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Subrat Das and Avdhoot Gokhale

### Quarterfinals

* 26–29 December Scorecard
* Mumbai won by 9 wickets Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera Umpires: Sanjeeva Rao and Shavir Tarapore
* 26–29 December Scorecard
* Saurashtra won by 5 wickets Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Sanjay Hazare &Suresh Shastri
* 26–29 December Scorecard
* Match Drawn, Uttar Pradesh advanced Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Subroto Daas & Madanmohan Singh
* 26–29 December Scorecard
* Tamil Nadu won by 8 wickets M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Sudhir Asnani & Krishna Hariharan

### 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.
* 4–7 January 2009 Scorecard
* Match drawn, Mumbai advanced to the final MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Sanjay Hazare and Amiesh Saheba
* Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ajinkya Rahane (Mumbai) passed 1,000 runs, and Jaydev Shah and Rakesh Dhruv (both Saurashtra) passed 2,000 runs each in first-class cricket.
* 4–7 January 2009 Scorecard
* Match drawn, Uttar Pradesh advanced to the final Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Umpires: Suresh Shastri and Shavir Tarapore
* Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat.
* Parvinder Singh (Uttar Pradesh) scored his first century in first-class cricket.
* Shivakant Shukla's (Uttar Pradesh) innings of 178 was then the fourth longest innings in first-class cricket in terms of minutes batted (821).

### Final

* 12–16 January Scorecard
* Mumbai won by 243 runs Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Amiesh Saheba and Shavir Tarapore
* Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Vinayak Samant (Mumbai) scored his first century in first-class cricket.
* Zaheer Khan (Mumbai) claimed his 500th wicket in first-class cricket.

## Records

* In the 2nd Semifinal, Shivakant Shukla was at the bat by 821 minutes, the fourth longest innings in first class and the second in Indian cricket, in this time he scored 178 runs at 569 balls faced for guide to Uttar Pradesh to the final.

## Statistics
### Runs

| Player | Team | Matches | Inns | NO | Runs | Balls | HS | S/Rate | 100s | 50s | Ave |
| Wasim Jaffer | Mumbai | 10 | 16 | 1 | 1260 | 1814 | 301 | 64.48 | 4 | 5 | 84.00 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | Mumbai | 10 | 17 | 1 | 1089 | 1587 | 201 | 65.84 | 4 | 5 | 68.06 |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | Saurashtra | 9 | 13 | 2 | 906 | 1268 | 302* | 71.45 | 4 | 0 | 82.36 |
| Abhinav Mukund | Tamil Nadu | 8 | 11 | 1 | 856 | 1391 | 300* | 61.53 | 4 | 0 | 85.60 |
| Rohit Sharma | Mumbai | 10 | 15 | 1 | 747 | 1071 | 141 | 69.74 | 3 | 3 | 53.35 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Saurashtra | 9 | 13 | 2 | 739 | 1196 | 232* | 61.78 | 2 | 3 | 67.18 |
| Sangram Singh | Himachal Pradesh | 7 | 12 | 1 | 703 | 1117 | 215* | 63.91 | 2 | 3 | 62.94 |
| Bhavik Thaker | Gujarat | 8 | 12 | 4 | 693 | 1435 | 192 | 48.29 | 3 | 1 | 86.62 |
| Tanmay Srivastava | Uttar Pradesh | 9 | 15 | 1 | 667 | 1381 | 159 | 48.29 | 2 | 4 | 47.64 |
| Kedar Jadhav | Maharashtra | 6 | 11 | 2 | 651 | 1234 | 114* | 52.75 | 1 | 6 | 72.33 |

### Wickets

| Player | Team | Matches | Overs | Runs | Wickets | BBI | BBM | Econ | S/R | 5+/i | 10+/m | Ave. |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | Mumbai | 9 | 273.3 | 813 | 42 | 7/50 | 9/86 | 2.97 | 39.0 | 4 | 0 | 19.35 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Saurashtra | 9 | 369.3 | 837 | 42 | 7/31 | 10/88 | 2.26 | 52.7 | 4 | 1 | 19.92 |
| Mohnish Parmar | Gujarat | 8 | 341 | 801 | 41 | 6/51 | 12/104 | 2.34 | 49.9 | 4 | 1 | 19.53 |
| Lakshmipathy Balaji | Tamil Nadu | 7 | 245 | 630 | 36 | 6/24 | 9/80 | 2.57 | 40.8 | 4 | 0 | 17.5 |
| Vikramjeet Malik | Himachal Pradesh | 7 | 236.2 | 560 | 35 | 7/29 | 13/72 | 2.37 | 40.5 | 2 | 1 | 16.00 |
| Siddharth Trivedi | Gujarat | 8 | 261 | 649 | 34 | 5/43 | 9/96 | 2.48 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 19.08 |
| Ramesh Powar | Mumbai | 9 | 268.3 | 889 | 34 | 5/44 | 8/70 | 3.31 | 47.3 | 2 | 0 | 26.14 |
| Ranadeb Bose | Bengal | 7 | 208 | 484 | 33 | 6/62 | 7/41 | 2.33 | 37.8 | 3 | 0 | 14.67 |
| Sunil Joshi | Karnataka | 7 | 302.2 | 694 | 33 | 7/29 | 11/91 | 2.29 | 54.9 | 3 | 1 | 21.03 |
| Samad Fallah | Maharashtra | 6 | 252.3 | 807 | 33 | 6/102 | 8/159 | 3.19 | 45.9 | 4 | 0 | 24.45 |