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

TeamPldWonLostTiedDrawAbanPtsQuoMumbai750020311.741Gujarat741020281.593Saurashtra732020231.401Delhi720050201.094Punjab723020120.800Hyderabad703040100.809Orissa71402090.640Rajasthan70403030.538

Group B

TeamPldWonLostTiedDrawAbanPtsQuoTamil Nadu620040232.110Karnataka630030191.126Uttar Pradesh611040170.970Baroda622020151.019Railways610050120.863Maharashtra60303070.731Andhra60303030.704

Playoffs Four top teams of the plate group league qualified for the playoffs.

* FIL – First Innings Lead

Plate playoffs

Quarterfinals

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.

Final

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.Gallant Shukla bats Uttar Pradesh into 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

References

External links 2008–09 Ranji Trophy at ESPNcricinfo