# 1997–98 Ranji Trophy

The 1997–98 Ranji Trophy was the 64th season of the Ranji Trophy cricket championship. Karnataka won the final match against Uttar Pradesh on first innings lead.

## Super League
### Group A

| Team | Played | W | D | L | NR | Points |
| Karnataka | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Mumbai | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Orissa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Punjab | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Railways | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
* Karnataka and Mumbai qualified for the Knockout Stage.
* Karnataka received a bye to the semifinals as the group winner.
* Mumbai received a bye to the semifinals as the defending champions.

### Group B

| Team | Played | W | D | L | NR | Points |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Bengal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Maharashtra | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Delhi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
* Uttar Pradesh and Bengal qualified for the Knockout Stage.
* Delhi and Tamil Nadu were suspended from the tournament on February 21, 1998. Points against them were not considered for the remaining teams.

### Group C

| Team | Played | W | D | L | NR | Points |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Haryana | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Baroda | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Bihar | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
* Hyderabad and Haryana qualified for the Knockout Stage.

## Knockout stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Hyderabad | Hyderabad | 209 & 244 | | | | | | |
| Bengal | Bengal | 244 & 166 | | | | | | |
| Bengal | Bengal | 244 & 166 | Karnataka | Karnataka | 309 & 157/9 | | | |
| | | | Hyderabad | Hyderabad | 283 & 179 | | | |
| Karnataka | Karnataka | | Hyderabad | Hyderabad | 283 & 179 | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | Karnataka | Karnataka | 617/9d |
| | | | | | | Uttar Pradesh | Uttar Pradesh | 134 & 416/7 |
| Mumbai | Mumbai | | | | | | | | Uttar Pradesh | Uttar Pradesh | 134 & 416/7 |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Mumbai | Mumbai | 94 & 328 | | | |
| | | | Uttar Pradesh | Uttar Pradesh | 293 & 135/7 | | | |
| Haryana | Haryana | 156 & 423 | Uttar Pradesh | Uttar Pradesh | 293 & 135/7 | | | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Uttar Pradesh | 613 | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinal 1

* 30 March - 3 April 1998 Scorecard
* Hyderabad won by 44 runs Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad, Secunderabad Umpires: KS Giridharan and N Menon
* Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.

### Quarterfinal 2

* 30 March - 3 April 1998 Scorecard
* Uttar Pradesh won by an innings and 34 runs Ordnance Equipment Factory Ground, Kanpur Umpires: CR Vijayaraghavan and S Dandapani
* Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.

### Semifinal 1

* 9–12 April 1998 Scorecard
* Uttar Pradesh won by 3 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Francis Gomes and Arani Jayaprakash
* Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
* Amol Muzumdar (Mumbai) passed 4,000 runs in first-class cricket.

### Semifinal 2

* 9–12 April 1998 Scorecard
* Karnataka won by 1 wicket Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad Umpires: M. R. Singh and Chandra Sathe
* Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
* Prahladrao Srinivasa Murthy (Karnataka) made his first-class debut.
* Both J. Arunkumar and Sunil Joshi (Karnataka) passed 2,000 runs in first-class cricket.
* Rahul Dravid (Karnataka) passed 7,000 runs in first-class cricket and 1,000 runs for the season.

### Final

* 19–23 April 1998 Scorecard
* Match drawn (Karnataka won on first innings lead) M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Aloke Bhattacharjee and Suresh Deo Player of the match: Rahul Dravid (Karnataka)
* Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Gyanendra Pandey (Uttar Pradesh) and Sujith Somasunder (Karnataka) passed and 3,000 and 2,000 runs respectively in first-class cricket.

## Scorecards and averages

* CricketArchive