2002–03 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)League and knockout
ChampionsMumbai (35th title)
Participants27
Most runsGautam Gambhir (Delhi) (833)[1]
Most wicketsLakshmipathy Balaji (Tamil Nadu) and Sunil Joshi (Karnataka) (47)[2]

The 2002–03 Ranji Trophy was the 69th season of the Ranji Trophy. Mumbai defeated Tamil Nadu by 141 runs in the final.

Format

The major change in the format of the tournament was the introduction of the Elite and Plate divisions. The 15 teams which qualified from the Zonal league in the previous season were placed in two groups in the upper Elite division. The top two teams from each group qualified for the semifinal and then played for the Ranji title. The remaining twelve teams played each other in two groups in the Plate division. They played the Plate semifinal and the final. The finalists qualified for the Elite division in the next year while the two lowest placed teams in the Elite division were demoted.

Karnataka and Kerala were promoted to the Elite division for 2003–04. This meant that five of the six South Zone teams played in the Elite division. Himachal Pradesh and Orissa were demoted to the Plate.

Scorecards and averages

Group Matches

Elite Group

Group A
Team[3] Played W L FL FD NR Bonus Points
Mumbai 750110213
Delhi 72131018
Andhra Pradesh 7221205
Hyderabad 7123105
Rajasthan 7220214
Bengal 7121213
Railways 7023113
Himachal Pradesh 7021311
  •   Mumbai and Delhi qualified for the Elite Group knockout stage.
Group B
Team[4] Played W L FL FD NR Bonus Points
Tamil Nadu 62031018
Baroda 62022017
Punjab 6203107
Assam 61212014
Rajasthan 5012202
Uttar Pradesh 6021211
Orissa 5020210
  •   Tamil Nadu and Baroda qualified for the Elite Group knockout stage.
  • Baroda qualified to the knockouts ahead of Punjab on a better run-quotient.

Plate Group

Group A
Team[5] Played W L FL FD NR Bonus Points
Kerala 540100211
Vidarbha 52111016
Goa 5122004
Saurashtra 5023003
Services 5001401
Tripura 5020300
Group B
Team[6] Played W L FL FD NR Bonus Points
Karnataka 53011029
Madhya Pradesh 53110029
Haryana 53101017
Maharashtra 52111016
Jammu and Kashmi 5040010
Bihar 5040010
  •   Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh qualified for the Elite Group knockout stage.

Knockout Matches

Plate Semifinal 1

18–21 January 2003
Scorecard
v
156 (68.3 overs)
C Hemanth Kumar 43 (79)
Harvinder Sodhi 3/26 (10 overs)
112 (70.5 overs)
Amay Khurasiya 42 (88)
K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan 3/29 (14 overs)
185 (81.4 overs)
Suresh Kumar 58 (111)
Narendra Hirwani 4/58 (31.4 overs)
161 (69.1 overs)
Amay Khurasiya 77 (113)
Sreekumar Nair 5/66 (13 overs)
Kerala won by 68 runs
Nehru Stadium, Kochi
Umpires: VM Gupte and SM Bandedkar
  • Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Kerala advances to the Ranji Trophy Plate final

Plate Semifinal 2

27–31 January 2003
Scorecard
v
364 (139.5 overs)
Barrington Rowland 124 (306)
Chandrashekar Atram 3/71 (19 overs)
236 (76.5 overs)
Vivek Naidu 43 (101)
Sunil Joshi 5/45 (26.5 overs)
607/9d (147 overs)
Deepak Chougule 166 (282)
Alind Naidu 2/42 (7 overs)
270 (78.5 overs)
Ranjit Paradkar 70 (160)
Sunil Joshi 4/51 (28 overs)
Karnataka won by 465 runs
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Umpires: V Chopra and Devendra Sharma
  • Karnataka advances to the Ranji Trophy Plate final

Plate Final

4–6 March 2003
Scorecard
v
190 (77.3 overs)
Hemanth Kumar 48 (128)
Sunil Joshi 6/62 (30 overs)
405 (129.1 overs)
Sudhindra Shinde 84 (136)
K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan 5/118 (37 overs)
204 (59.3 overs)
Hemanth Kumar 44 (130)
Sunil Joshi 6/75 (23.3 overs)
Karnataka won by an innings and 11 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: SK Sharma and Jasbir Singh
  • Kerala won the toss and elected to bat
  • Karnataka won the Plate Division

Elite Semifinal 1

25–29 April 2003
Scorecard
v
327 (128.4 overs)
Sadagoppan Ramesh 82 (244)
Rahul Sanghvi 3/26 (13 overs)
256 (95.1 overs)
Narender Negi 44(135)
MR Shrinivas 4/47 (23.1 overs)
261 (93 overs)
Sridharan Sharath 75 (175)
NS Negi 3/41 (12 overs)
200 (53.3 overs)
Virender Sehwag 99 (114)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 5/49 (16 overs)
Tamil Nadu won by 132 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: F Gomes and AM Saheba
  • Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat
  • Tamil Nadu qualified for the Ranji Trophy Final

Elite Semifinal 2

25–29 April 2003
Scorecard
v
130 (43.3 overs)
Rakesh Solanki 43 (114)
Ajit Agarkar 5/46 (15 overs)
390 (122.3 overs)
Bhavin Thakkar 76 (254)
Zaheer Khan 5/46 (23.3 overs)
122 (51.2 overs)
Rakesh Solanki 38 (142)
Sairaj Bahutule 5/21 (13.2 overs)
Mumbai won by an innings and 138 runs
Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation Ground, Vadodara
Umpires: Devendra Sharma and K Hariharan
  • Mumbai Nadu won the toss and elected to bowl
  • Mumbai qualified for the Ranji Trophy Final

Final

4–8 May 2003
Scorecard
v
260 (91 overs)
Wasim Jaffer 83 (154)
Somasetty Suresh 3/51 (18 overs)
271 (115.3 overs)
Sadagoppan Ramesh 85 (202)
Ajit Agarkar 4/57 (29 overs)
387/7 d (105 overs)
Nishit Shetty 100 (133)
MR Shrinivas 3/73 (21 overs)
235 (100.4 overs)
Hemang Badani 109 (220)
Sairaj Bahutule 5/70 (30.4 overs)
Mumbai won by 141 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: V Chopra and NN Menon
  • Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.

References

  1. ↑ "Ranji Trophy, 2002/03 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ranji Trophy, 2002/03 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ranji Trophy, 2002/03 Elite Group Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Ranji Trophy, 2002/03 Elite Group Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "Ranji Trophy, 2002/03 Plate Group Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "Ranji Trophy, 2002/03 Plate Group Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
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