Cricket tournament
| Dates | 21 October – 27 December 1996 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | List A |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
| Participants | 27 |
| Matches | 60 |
| ← 1995–961997–98 → | |
The 1996–97 Ranji One Day Trophy was the fourth edition of India's annual List A cricket tournament which became the Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2007. As in the earlier editions, the 1996–97 tournament was open to teams participating in the Ranji Trophy and it was organised on a zonal basis without national playoffs or a final, so the aim of each team was to win its zonal championship only.
Tournament
All 27 teams from the Ranji Trophy competed and were divided into the five zones used for the Duleep Trophy: Central (5 teams), East (5), North (6), South (6), and West (5). The format within each zone was round-robin with the teams playing all of their zonal opponents once. Four points were awarded for a win and run rate was utilised as a tie-breaker within each league. The teams played a total of 60 matches from 21 October to 27 December 1996. The zonal champions were Madhya Pradesh (Central), Assam (East), Delhi (North), Tamil Nadu (South), and Mumbai (West).
Central Zone
| 21 October 1996 Scorecard |
| Railways 202/6 (50 overs) |
v | Madhya Pradesh 204/6 (49.1 overs) |
| SZ Zuffri 31 Rajesh Chauhan 3/21 (10 overs) |
Chandrakant Pandit 73 Zakir Hussain 3/36 (10 overs) |
| Madhya Pradesh won by 4 wickets Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Yashpal Sharma and VN Kulkarni |
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Points : Madhya Pradesh 4; Railways 0
| 21 October 1996 Scorecard |
| Railways 248/7 (50 overs) |
v | Uttar Pradesh 21/0 (5 overs) |
| Rizwan Shamshad 60 PK Hedaoo 3/42 (10 overs) |
SK Rao 16 |
| No result Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Umpires: SJ Phadkar and BS Bhatti |
- Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain prevented the completion of the second innings.
| 29 October 1996 Scorecard |
| Madhya Pradesh 245/7 (50 overs) |
v | Vidarbha 247/2 (48.3 overs) |
| Jai Prakash Yadav 92 Lalchand Rajput 2/30 (10 overs) |
Lalchand Rajput 83* Harvinder Sodhi 1/33 (9 overs) |
| Vidarbha won by 8 wickets Nehru Stadium, Indore Umpires: Ramesh Jadhav and K Krishnan |
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
References
- ^ Ranji Trophy One Day 1996/97. CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2023. (subscription required)
- Tournaments in India. CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2023. (subscription required)
- ^ Ranji Trophy One Day Tables, 1996/97. CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2023. (subscription required)
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