1985–86 Ranji Trophy

The 1985–86 Ranji Trophy was the 52nd season of the Ranji Trophy. Delhi defeated Haryana by an innings and 141 runs in the final.

Expansion Three teams participated for the first time: Goa in the South Zone, Himachal Pradesh in the North Zone and Tripura in the East Zone. This raised the number of teams from 24 to 27.P. N. Sundaresan, "Cricket in India, 1985-86", Wisden 1987, pp. 1138–53.

Highlights Playing for Rajasthan against Vidarbha, Pradeep Sunderam took all 10 wickets for 78 runs, and 16 wickets for 154 runs. This was the second (and till 2021, the last) instance of a bowler taking 10 wickets in an innings in Ranji trophy.Most wickets in an innings in India

Group stage

North Zone TeamDelhi 5 3 0 2 0 0 100 4.035Haryana 5 3 1 1 0 0 98 1.595Punjab 5 2 1 2 0 0 75 1.473Jammu and Kashmir 5 1 2 2 0 0 51 0.649Services 5 1 1 3 0 0 50 0.736Himachal Pradesh 5 0 5 0 0 0 17 0.254

Central Zone TeamUttar Pradesh 4 2 0 2 0 0 70 2.367Rajasthan 4 2 2 0 0 0 67 0.861Madhya Pradesh 4 1 0 3 0 0 45 0.879Vidarbha 4 0 1 3 0 0 32 0.941Railways 4 0 2 2 0 0 26 0.733

West Zone TeamMaharashtra 4 2 0 2 0 0 69 1.727Bombay 4 1 0 3 0 0 56 2.000Saurashtra 4 0 1 3 0 0 34 0.830Gujarat 4 0 2 2 0 0 32 0.576Baroda 4 0 0 4 0 0 25 0.714

South Zone TeamAndhra 5 2 0 3 0 0 86 1.448Tamil Nadu 5 2 0 3 0 0 82 1.558Hyderabad 5 2 0 3 0 0 81 1.834Karnataka 5 1 0 4 0 0 61 1.146Kerala 5 1 3 1 0 0 52 0.684Goa 5 0 5 0 0 0 28 0.429

East Zone TeamBihar 4 3 0 1 0 0 101 2.377Bengal 4 2 0 2 0 0 73 1.570Orissa 4 2 1 1 0 0 72 1.558Assam 4 1 3 0 0 0 44 0.558Tripura 4 0 4 0 0 0 14 0.321

Knockout stage

(T) - Advanced to next round by spin of coin.

Final

Scorecards and averages CricketArchive

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