List of Ranji Trophy records

This is a list of Ranji Trophy records, with each list containing the top five performances in the category. The Ranji Trophy is the premier first-class cricket competition in India.

Currently active players are bolded.

Contents

Batting records

Most career runs

Rank Score Player Teams Career span
1 8237+ Wasim Jaffer Bombay, Mumbai 1996/97 -
2 8237 Amol Muzumdar Bombay, Mumbai, Assam 1993/94 -
3 7623 Amarjit Kaypee Punjab, Haryana 1980/81 - 1999/00
4 7438 Ajay Sharma Delhi, Himachal Pradesh 1984/85 - 2000/01
5 7329 Jacob Martin Baroda, Railways, Assam 1991/92 -
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: October 16, 2010.

Highest individual scores

Rank Score Player Team Opponent Season
1 443* B. B. Nimbalkar Maharashtra Kathiawar 1948/49
2 377 Sanjay Manjrekar Bombay Hyderabad 1990/91
3 366 M. V. Sridhar Hyderabad Andhra 1993/94
4 359* Vijay Merchant Bombay Maharashtra 1943/44
5 353 V. V. S. Laxman Hyderabad Karnataka 1999/00
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: October 16, 2010.

Most career centuries

Rank Score Player Teams Career span
1 31 Ajay Sharma Delhi, Himachal Pradesh 1984/85 - 2000/01
2 27 Amarjit Kaypee Punjab, Haryana 1980/81 - 1999/00
3 26 Brijesh Patel Mysore, Karnataka 1969/70 - 1987/88
26 Surendra Bhave Maharashtra 1986/87 - 2000/01
5 24 Vinod Kambli Bombay, Mumbai 1989/90 - 2004/05
24 Wasim Jaffer Mumbai 1996/97 -
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: October 16, 2010.

Highest career average

Qualification: 3000 runs

Rank Average Player Teams Runs
1 98.75 Vijay Merchant Bombay 3639
2 89.02 Sachin Tendulkar Bombay, Mumbai 3739
3 80.61 V. V. S. Laxman Hyderabad 5240
4 78.29 Ajay Sharma Delhi, Himachal Pradesh 7438
5 76.08 Ashok Mankad Bombay 6619
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: September 5, 2008.

Most runs in a season

Rank Score Player Team Season
1 1415 V. V. S. Laxman Hyderabad 1999/00
2 1280 Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 1998/99
3 1260 Wasim Jaffer Mumbai 2008/09
4 1089 Ajinkya Rahane Mumbai 2008/09
5 1076 Rakesh Naik Surat, Railways, Gujarat 1997/98/99
6 1075 Sridharan Sriram Tamil Nadu 1999/00
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: January 15, 2009.

Bowling records

Most career wickets

Rank Wickets Player Teams Career span
1 637 Rajinder Goel Southern Punjab, Delhi, Haryana 1958/59 - 1984/85[1]
2 530 Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan Madras, Tamil Nadu 1963/64 - 1984/85
3 479 Sunil Joshi Karnataka 1992/93 - 2010/11
4 441 Narendra Hirwani Madhya Pradesh, Bengal 1984/85 - 2005/06
5 437 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar Mysore, Karnataka 1963/64 - 1979/807[2]
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: October 16, 2010.

Best innings bowling

Rank Score Player Team Opponent Season
1 10/20 Premangsu Chatterjee Bengal Assam 1956/57
2 10/78 Pradeep Sunderam Rajasthan Vidarbha 1985/86
3 9/25 Hyder Ali Railways Jammu and Kashmir 1969/70
4 9/29 Faisal Shaikh Goa Services 2002/03
5 9/31 Madan Lal Delhi Haryana 1979/80
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: October 16, 2010.

Most wickets in a season

Rank Score Player Team Season
1 64 Bishan Singh Bedi Delhi 1974/75
2 62 Dodda Ganesh Karnataka 1998/99
62 Kanwaljit Singh Hyderabad 1999/00
4 58 Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan Tamil Nadu 1972/73
58 Maninder Singh Delhi 1991/92
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: October 16, 2010.

Team records

Highest innings totals

Rank Score Team Opponent Season
1 944/6 declared Hyderabad Andhra 1993/94
2 912/6 declared Tamil Nadu Goa 1988/89[3]
3 912/8 declared Holkar Mysore 1945/46[4]
4 855/6 Bombay Hyderabad 1990/91[5]
5 826/4 Maharashtra Kathiawar 1948/49
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: October 16, 2010.

Highest partnerships per wicket

Wicket Score Players Team Opponent Season
1st 464 Ravi Sehgal & Raman Lamba Delhi Himachal Pradesh 1994/95
2nd 475 Zahir Alam & Lalchand Rajput Assam Tripura 1991/92
3rd 436 Shiv Sundar Das & Sanjay Raul Orissa Bengal 2001/02
4th 577 Vijay Hazare & Gul Mohammad Baroda Holkar 1946/47
5th 520* Cheteshwar Pujara & Ravindra Jadeja Saurashtra Orissa 2008/09
6th 371 Vijay Merchant & Rusi Modi Bombay Maharashtra 1943/44
7th 460 Bhupinder Singh, Jr. & Pankaj Dharmani Punjab Delhi 1994/95
8th 268 Sridharan Sriram & M. R. Shrinivas Tamil Nadu Punjab 2002/03
9th 249* Amkit Srivastava & Kapil Seth Madhya Pradesh Vidarbha 2000/01[6][7]
10th 233 Ajay Sharma & Maninder Singh Delhi Bombay 1991/92
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: October 16, 2010.

Notes

All lists are referenced to CricketArchive.

  1. ^ Indian sources usually credit Goel with 640 Ranji Trophy wickets. CricketArchive has his wicket tally as 637 while Robert Brooke's 'The Cricketer Book of Cricket Milestones' states that he took 636 wickets.
  2. ^ The most successful non spin bowler in the Ranji Trophy was Madan Lal who took 351 wickets.
  3. ^ Includes 52 penalty runs
  4. ^ The Holkar innings included six centurions. Kamal Bhandarkar made 142, Chandu Sarwate 101, Madhavsinh Jagdale 164, C. K. Nayudu 101, B. B. Nimbalkar 172 and Pratap Singh 100.
  5. ^ Includes 48 penalty runs
  6. ^ It was Kapil Seth's only first-class match.
  7. ^ 276 runs were added for this wicket. After Srivastava retired hurt, Seth and Narendra Hirwani added 27 runs

External links

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